HarryShearer-related stories
Posted Jun 17th 2008 1:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: News, OpEd, Video, Reality-Free

Lately, the only Katie Couric most people have been seeing is the one that's depicted in the picture to the right: serious, sober, possessing whatever gravitas she can muster in her role as anchor of the
CBS Evening News. But where can you see the goofy Katie, the one that people came to know -- and some got sick of -- for fifteen years on the
Today show?
Why, on YouTube, of course! In fact,
Katie has her very own page on the leading video sharing site, where she posts extended
Evening News interviews and behind-the-scene footage. The behind-the-scenes stuff is where you see Katie at her most impish, doing things like snapping Larry King's suspenders as he leads her to the set of his show,
singing with Bette Midler, and
meeting with mommy bloggers in her office (check out the huge Warhol-esque portrait of herself she has hanging near her desk!).
Continue reading Katie Couric has her own YouTube channel - VIDEO
Posted May 22nd 2008 12:36PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, The Simpsons, Reality-Free

Say it ain't so, Ho. Homey, that's is. According to
Variety, even though Fox has given
The Simpsons a renewal for season number 20,
the voice talent that make the show have not been re-signed. Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright and Harry Shearer -- the actors who are as integral to the success of
The Simpsons as the writers and animators -- are looking for a new deal. The group make approximately $360,000 per episode. They want a raise to $500,000 per. While that sounds like a lot of money -- and it is! -- when you consider how much Fox and company are making off
The Simpsons franchise, like
the new ride at Universal Orlando, the talent have every right to expect their piece of the pie.
Continue reading Trouble brewing on The Simpsons
Posted Jul 1st 2006 11:59AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Animation, Celebrities

Comedian Harry Shearer, a frequent collaborator with Christopher Guest and the voice of such
Simpsons characters as Mr. Burns, Smithers, and Ned Flanders, is bringing his voice to BBC Radio 4. Well, his voice and his body, which is where he keeps his voice. Although, I guess I don't know that for sure, he might actually keep his voice in a jar, allowing himself to do voiceover work while his body tends to daily household chores. Anyway, he'll be providing the voice of a character named "Nostrils" for a show called
Not Today Thank You that will air starting August 22. The show centers on a once great radio host now trying to broadcast a show from his grandma's basement.
Posted Aug 31st 2005 3:57PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Cable, News, TV Royalty, Talent
The Simpsons voice legend calls New Orleans "my residence [and] my favorite city," and has several friends there, so he is blogging all this week about Hurricane Katrina and (especially) the media coverage of it for The Huffington Post. Some interesting reading.