A second Simpsons character voiced by actor Hank Azaria, 56, has been recast following criticism of how the iconic cartoon portrays minorities. Marge’s gay Cuban hairdresser, Julio, is now being voiced by an actor far closer to the role in real life, Tony Rodriguez, who is both gay and of Cuban descent. Last year Azaria … Read more
John Cleese has apologised for making fun of ‘white English people’ in a mocking snipe at The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria. Mr Azaria, who is white but had played the Indian-American character Apu since 1989, was the subject of controversy in 2017 following the release of a documentary. He recently apologised to ‘every single Indian person’ … Read more
John Cleese has apologised for making fun of ‘white English people’ in a mocking snipe at The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria. Mr Azaria, who is white but had played the Indian-American character Apu since 1989, was the subject of controversy in 2017 following the release of a documentary. He recently apologised to ‘every single Indian person’ … Read more
Hank Azaria says he feels the need to apologize to ‘every single Indian person in this country’ for voicing Apu in The Simpsons. In an interview with the Armchair Expert podcast, Azaria has said the character show had contributed to ‘structural racism’ and that he hadn’t known any better during the nearly 30 years he … Read more
Producers on Fox’s long-running animated series The Simpsons announced in June that they will no longer have white actors voicing black characters, though today it’s been revealed who will voice one of the show’s longest-running black characters. Alex Desert (Swingers, High Fidelity) has come aboard to voice Carl Carlson, one of Homer Simpson’s longtime co-workers … Read more
Producers on Fox’s long-running animated series The Simpsons announced in June that they will no longer have white actors voicing black characters, though today it’s been revealed who will voice one of the show’s longest-running black characters. Alex Desert (Swingers, High Fidelity) has come aboard to voice Carl Carlson, one of Homer Simpson’s longtime co-workers … Read more
Country singer Hank Williams Jr’s daughter has shared her heartache over her sister Katherine’s death aged 27. Katherine Williams-Dunning, the youngest daughter of Williams Jr, was killed on Saturday when the 2007 Chevy Tahoe she was driving with her husband, Tyler Dunning, flipped on Highway 79 in Henry County, Tennessee. Her sister Holly Audrey Williams … Read more
Country singer Hank Williams Jr’s daughter has shared her heartache over her sister Katherine’s death aged 27. Katherine Williams-Dunning, the youngest daughter of Williams Jr, was killed on Saturday when the 2007 Chevy Tahoe she was driving with her husband, Tyler Dunning, flipped on Highway 79 in Henry County, Tennessee. Her sister Holly Audrey Williams … Read more
The daughter of country singer Hank Williams Jr. was killed in a car crash on Saturday night while driving with her husband in Tennessee. She was 27. Katherine Williams-Dunning, the youngest daughter of Williams Jr., was driving a 2007 Chevy Tahoe along Highway 79 in Henry County. People reports that Katherine’s SUV suddenly crossed the center … Read more
Hank Williams Jr.’s daughter Katherine dead at age 27 after rollover car crash Katherine Williams-Dunning died at age 27 after losing control of her car and subsequently rolling over Katherine’s car began drifting across the center median and subsequently rolled over There were no other vehicles involved in the crash, though her husband Tyler Dunning … Read more