From Springfield, Ohio, to the city's namesakes in West Virginia, Vermont and Illinois, resounds the exclamation: "Doh!" The creator of The Simpsons has broken his silence and revealed that the real-life inspiration for the animated series is the Springfield in Oregon.
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No power plant, no Krusty Burger – but this is the real home of the Simpsons
Thursday 12 April 2012
Oregonians delight as Groening finally reveals that of 38 US Springfields, he was thinking of theirs
Morph and Chas set for TV return
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Animated star Morph is to make a return to children's TV, 35 years after he made his debut.
Winterreise, Tristan Bates Theatre, London
L'Enfance du Christ, Dome, Brighton
Sunday 18 December 2011
A sour, bronchitic rasp opens and closes baritone Thomas Guthrie's staging of Winterreise.
McCartney halts sale of sketches
Friday 17 June 2011
A set of drawings by Sir Paul McCartney of a cartoon mouse have been withdrawn from sale after a legal challenge by the former Beatle.
DVD: Toy Story 3 (U)
Friday 19 November 2010
Bret Easton Ellis, the author of American Psycho, was among those who took to Twitter to broadcast the fact that they had cried at the denouement of this animation. And there's no denying that this third instalment of the Toy Story series is as affecting as it is funny, philosophical, suspenseful and, at times, scary.
First Night: Toy Story 3, Edinburgh International Film Festival
Tuesday 22 June 2010
A triumphant return to the playroom that left audience in tears
Ponyo (U)
Friday 12 February 2010
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese legend of handmade animation, recasts the story of The Little Mermaid, as a five-year-old boy discovers a goldfish named Ponyo that metamorphoses into a girl.
Spirits, gods and pastel paints: The weird world of master animator Hayao Miyazaki
Sunday 31 January 2010
The films of Studio Ghibli are often as bizarre as they are beautiful. So, on the eve of its latest release, Robert Epstein went fishing for answers from Hayao Miyazaki, the genius behind it all
Leap of faith: The Princess and the Frog
Monday 18 January 2010
Disney's landmark new cartoon, The Princess and the Frog, has given hand-drawn animation the kiss of life. Guy Adams reports from the Mouse House
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Friday 04 December 2009
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Letters: Increase in demand for special educational needs
Wednesday 02 December 2009
Rising numbers of disabled children need education
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Sunday 29 November 2009
Bumps, thumps and shaking chandeliers make for enjoyably hammy horror
Philip Hensher: The deadliest rivalry lurks in literary festivals
Monday 31 August 2009
Some writers treat them as a brute Darwinian struggle for survival
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