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Image copyright TCFFC Image caption Hank Azaria has voiced Apu for 30 years The voice actor who plays the Indian character Apu in The Simpsons has said he is stepping down from the role, following years of controversy. White actor Hank Azaria has performed the voice of the Indian convenience store owner since the character […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The cast of potential jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial narrowed once again Thursday, including the dismissal of supermodel Gigi Hadid. Hadid, 24, was spotted shortly before 9 a.m. walking into the courthouse trailed by a person resembling a body guard. Holding a black handbag in one hand and a cup

Corsicana, Texas, has two major exports: fruitcake and elite cheerleading. “Cheer,” the docu-series which dropped on Netflix on Jan. 8, explores the latter. The 24,000-person, blood-red conservative town is described by its residents as gently paced and quiet, but the cheer team at Navarro College is anything but. Watching the team perform is an overwhelming

Prince William and Kate Middleton are already in charge of a family of five, and it looks like it’s going to stay that way.  The Duchess of Cambridge addressed the possibility of more children during an outing to the city of Bradford on Wednesday. The couple currently have three little ones: Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte,

If you haven’t heard of Netflix’s latest docuseries “Cheer,” get bingeing, because you’re missing out. The show follows an elite cheerleading squad at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, who, with their devoted coach Monica Aldama, have nearly dominated the National Cheerleaders Association’s national championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, since 2000. When we meet them, they’re gearing

Rapper Eminem has infuriated Ariana Grande fans with a new song that mentions the terrorist bombing that killed 23 people outside the pop star’s 2017 concert in Manchester, England. Social media lit up Friday with reaction to the rapper’s album that dropped on Thursday night, “Music to Be Murdered By.” The record is rife with

Say goodbye to “20th Century Fox” — and hello to “20th Century Studios.” Disney is doing some rebranding on entertainment properties it acquired from Fox last year in a blockbuster $71 billion deal.  Mainly, that means dropping a name that is strongly associated with a politically divisive news station: “20th Century Fox” is now “20th

ALERT! There’s something fishy going on with “The Circle,” and it’s by far the best part of the show. Netflix’s new reality competition is like “Big Brother” meets Facebook. Contestants are isolated in apartments and compete to be the most popular while only being able to communicate through a mysterious social media platform, the titular

Children are being encouraged to talk about their mental health through puppets. The show Curious Beasts, developed by charity Action For Children, visits schools to identify early signs of psychological and emotional issues in a bid to prevent them from developing in the future. During this performance at Newburn Manor Primary School in Newcastle, youngsters

Martha Stewart may be poised and polished, but she can be straight-up savage when it comes to anything involving Gwyneth Paltrow and her lifestyle brand Goop. Stewart was on Andy Cohen’s talk show “Watch What Happens Live” on Thursday when a caller asked the lifestyle mogul how she felt about Paltrow’s new candle named “This Smells Like