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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    Nancy Cartwright doesn't think AI has enough "heart" to replace her on The Simpsons
     18 February 2026
    The 68-year-old actress has voiced Bart Simpson for over 35 years and when she eventually retires, she hopes producers on the animated comedy series bring in a real-life replacement instead of relying on technology to replicate her speech.
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    Rupert Grint found life as a new dad "isolating" and "traumatising"
    18 Feb: The Harry Potter star became a first-time father back in 2020 when he welcomed his daughter Wednesday with his partner Georgia Groome, and Rupert, 37, has now admitted he was overwhelmed with fears for his little girl after she arrived.... more
    Wunmi Mosaku has "not been able to celebrate" her Oscar nomination
    18 Feb: Mosaku, 39, is competing for the Best Supporting Actress prize at the upcoming Academy Awards for her role in vampire movie Sinners, but she's admitted she hasn't felt able to toast her achievement because of all the negative news stories in the US over the last few weeks.... more
    The Simpsons will never have an official ending
    18 Feb: The long-running animated sitcom aired its milestone 800th episode on Sunday (15.02.26) but showrunner Matt Selman insisted they aren't preparing for the show to finish any time soon - but if it did, it would just close out with a "regular episode".... more
    Ted Danson has revealed Cheers was almost cancelled during its first season
    18 Feb: The 78-year-old actor - who led the cast of the sitcom as bar owner Sam Malone - recalled how the programme was a hit with critics when it debuted in 1982 but struggled to find an audience, even coming "dead last" in the ratings at one point.... more
    Savannah Guthrie dec lared "it's never too late to do the next right thing" as she made a fresh appeal for her mother's safe return
    18 Feb: The TV presenter marked two weeks since her mom Nancy disappeared from her Arizona home by filming a new video in which she addressed any potential kidnappers and told them to "bring her home".... more
    Wiz Khalifa has been left devastated by his father's "sudden" death after he "decided not to wake up"
    18 Feb: The 38-year-old rapper - real name Cameron Thomaz - took to X to announce the news of the family tragedy revealing his dad Laurence W. Thomaz was "at peace" and passed away "on his own time" with Wiz also sharing details of the last conversation he had with his father.... more
    Glen Powell and Joe Jonas faked an arrest to prank his sister Leslie
    18 Feb: The 37-year-old actor has recalled how he and his Devotion castmate - who he worked with on the 2022 war movie - devised a plan to trick his singer songwriter sister Leslie Powell, 33, which resulted in her "searching in every jail in Georgia" to bail them out.... more
    Linda Hamilton's Dark Winds role had a "very specific" unexpected connection to her late mother
    18 Feb: The 69-year-old actress appeared in the season four premiere of the AMC series as Barbara Sena, who shared not only her mother's name, but also a journey with dementia, and the star has admitted the real life bond didn't stop there.... more
    Maya Hawke and Christian Lee Hutson have officially said "I do"
    18 Feb: The Stranger Things star, 27, and the 35 year old singer songwriter tied the knot in a romantic Valentine's Day wedding in New York City on Saturday (14.02.26).... more

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