4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (314+ words) Simpsons Hits a Giant Milestone for TV Shows'Newser After 800 Shows, Simpsons Creator Tired of Familiar Slam The Simpsons hit yet another hard-to-fathom milestone Sunday in the realm of TV: The show aired its 800th episode on Fox after nearly 40 years. And…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (357+ words) The Simpsons just killed off a character who's been around for more than three decades. In Sunday's Season 37 episode titled "Sashes to Sashes," Alice Glick , the elderly organist at Springfield's First Church, dies atop her instrument in the middle of…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (673+ words) A big-screen adaptation of the popular anime Chainsaw Man has beaten out a biopic about the Boss and the horror sequel Black Phone 2 to top the North American box office. It's the latest win for an anime film, less than…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (274+ words) After decades of rumors and half-reveals, Matt Groening has finally let slip the true inspiration behind his iconic character Homer Simpson. On Monday's episode of WTF with Marc Maron , Groening revealed that he got the central idea for America's favorite…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (313+ words) Neither a Jordan Peele-produced horror nor a Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell romantic drama were enough to continue the September hot streak at the movies. Overall ticket sales were down nearly 50% from last weekend, the AP reports, with the holdover…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (634+ words) The Sony-owned Crunchyroll release shattered expectations with a mighty $70 million debut in North America, according to Sunday estimates from Comscore. That haul marks the biggest domestic opening ever for an anime film, surpassing "Pok'mon: The First Movie," which opened with…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (400+ words) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'Infinity Castle carved out a place in box office history this weekend as the Japanese anime film went straight to No. 1outpacing the horror sequel The Conjuring: Last Rites . The Sony-owned Crunchyroll release shattered expectations with a…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago  (283+ words) At the moment, it is still impossible to predict an earthquake with specific timing, location or its magnitude," Japan Meteorological Agency Director General Ryoichi Nomura told reporters. Any such prediction is a hoax, and there is absolutely no need to…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago  (676+ words) The head of Japan's meteorological agency on Friday dismissed widespread rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as unscientific and a "hoax," urging people not to worry because even the most advanced science still cannot predict any quake…...