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• Movie Review: The Simpsons Movie

  Published: July 27, 2007, 11:04 am

  Tags: Movies, Reviews, James L Brooks, Matt Groening, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie

  After 18 years, television's favorite animated family finally makes the leap to the big screen.

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• 166 Screenplay Drafts of The Simpsons Movie

  Published: August 9, 2007, 2:15 am

  Tags: 20th Century Fox, Television, Family Films, Comedy, Animation, Screenwriting, James L Brooks, The Simpsons Movie

  According to DH, Simpsons Producer/Writer James L. Brooks claims that there was 166 drafts of The Simpsons Movie screenplay. Is that a new record for Hollywood?

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• The Simpsons Movie on DVD December 18

  Published: August 31, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: Commentary, David Silverman, Deleted Scenes, Details, Dvd, Extras, James L Brooks, Matt Groening, Promos, Simpsons Movie, Simpsonsmovie

  Filed under: TV on DVD, TV on the Bigscreen, The SimpsonsThe always-informative Simpsons Channel has news from the always-informative TVShowsOnDVD.com about the upcoming DVD release of the Simpsons Movie. The information was relayed to TVShowsOnDVD through some folks in the industry, so everything I mention here is subject to change. Still, I

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• 'The Simspons Movie' DVD Details!

  Published: September 25, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Al Jean, Albert Brooks, Albertbrooks, Aljean, Dan Castellaneta, Dancastellaneta, David Silverman, Davidsilverman, Dvd, James L Brooks, Jameslbrooks, Matt Groening, Mattgroening, Mike Scully, Mikescully, Simpsons, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie, Thesimpsons, Thesimpsonsmov

  One track will feature James L. Brooks (a hero of mine), Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, David Silverman, Dan Castellaneta (voice of Homer and many other characters), and Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa). The other will be a directors' commentary by Silverman, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore and Rich Moore. There will also be deleted

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• Emperor Dobson blackmails Republicans with Nuclear Option.

  Published: October 4, 2007, 3:40 pm

  Tags: James Dobson, Gop, Nuclear Option, Jerome Corsi, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Fred Thompson, Gail Collins, President, 2008, Election, David Brooks, Neocons, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Constitution Party

  The Republican Party is in disarray. Emperor Dobson has written an op-ed in the New York Times threatening to leave the Republican Party if they do not nominate a candidate who is against abortion. This naked threat from one of the chief gatekeepers

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• Julia Louis-Dreyfus joins picket line, Leno hands out doughnuts

  Published: November 5, 2007, 2:28 pm

  Tags: America Fererra, Brothers And Sisters, Carleton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, James L Brooks, Jay Leno, Julia Louis Dreyfus, New Adventures Of Old Christine, The Tonight Show, Ugly Betty, Wga, Writers Guild Writers Strike

  Filed under: Industry, ProgrammingEarlier we heard about Tina Fey joining the picket line in New York City, and now more celebs are joining the picket lines on the west coast. The New Adventures of Old Christine star Julia Louis-Dreyfus joined picketers in front of Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, CA. She supports the writers and also knows

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• Hollywood Strike Turns Punch Lines to Picket Lines

  Published: November 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hollywood, Strike, Turns, Punch, Lines, Picket, Nbc Universal Inc, James L Brooks, Tina Fey, Jay Leno, Steve Skrovan, 30 Rock, Cbs Corporation, Sony Corporation, Bill Martin, Tom Hertz, Adams Media Research Inc, Comedy Partners Llc, Harley Davidson Inc, Home Box Office I

  LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 -- Thousands of writers closed their laptops Monday to march on picket lines in Hollywood and New York, vowing not to pen another joke or script until the film and TV industry offer payment for shows available over the Internet.

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• AMPAS Event: Celebration of Comedy in Film with Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks and Larry Gelbart

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: 40 Year Old Virgin, 40yearoldvirgin, As Good As It Gets, Asgoodasitgets, Broadcast News, Broadcastnews, Garry Shandling, Garryshandling, James L Brooks, Jameslbrooks, Jonah Hill, Jonahhill, Judd Apatow, Juddapatow, Knocked Up, Knockedup, Larry Gelbart, Larrygelbart, Leslie

  Film featuring Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks and Larry Gelbart." James L. Brooks is one of the major reasons I started writing. I saw Terms of Endearment when I was a little kid and sobbed like...that little kid in Terms of Endearment. I have seen Broadcast News fifty times, and consider it perhaps the finest romantic comedy ever written. As Good

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• Celebrities Attend Need For Speed Game Launch

  Published: November 14, 2007, 8:07 am

  Tags: Adrienne Curry, Hayden Panettiere, Kelly Hu, Mario Lopez, Darin Brooks, James Kyson Lee, Jimmy Jean Louis, Need For Speed, Shar Jackson

  Hayden Panettiere, Adrienne Curry, Kelly Hu, Shar Jackson, James Kyson Lee, Darin Brooks, Jimmy Jean Louis, and Mario Lopez all showed up to have a little fun at the ‘Need for Speed: ProStreet’ EA video game launch at Les Deux in Los Angeles. It seems Kelly had politics on her mind because she decided [...]

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• Jeffrey M. Anderson's 400 Screens, 400 Blows - All the Write Moves

  Published: November 15, 2007, 4:02 am

  Tags: 400 Screens 400 Blows, Allison Burnett, Andrew Dominik, Before The Devil Knows You Re Dead, Blade Runner, Cinematical, David Mirkin, David Webb Peoples, Feast Of Love, Film, Goya S Ghosts, Hampton Fancher, In The Valley Of Elah, James L Brooks, Jason Schwartzman, Jean C

  Heartbreakers (2001), and James L. Brooks, who won an armload of Oscars for Terms of Endearment (1983). Most of the others are from TV, and I'd like to think they wrote this movie the way they might have written a half-hour episode: by sitting around a big table and throwing out ideas and laughing a lot. Those writer rooms are usually

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• Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer Poster

  Published: January 12, 2008, 6:53 am

  Tags: Jon Knautz, Jack Brooks Monster Slayer, Trevor Matthews Robert Englund Rachel Skarsten James A Woods Daniel Kash Ashley Bryant

  Director: Jon KnautzStarring: Trevor Matthews Robert Englund Rachel Skarsten James A. Woods Daniel Kash Ashley Bryant

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• Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are writing a Simpsons episode

  Published: June 6, 2008, 10:38 am

  Tags: Evan Goldberg, Freaks And Geeks, Green Hornet, James L Brooks, Seth Rogen

  explains that after meeting James L. Brooks at a party he figured he had an in with The Simpsons. He was right, and after pitching 5 ideas for the show they got the gig. Animation schedules being what they are the episode won't make it into the upcoming season, but it's something to look forward to. [via digitalspy] Permalink

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