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EXCLUSIVE: After relaunching its film division last October, Castle Rock Entertainment has set a first project out of the gate that will have a familiar ring. It’s Spinal Tap II, a sequel to the fabled rock mockumentary that set the film company on a run of hits, many of them directed by Rob Reiner. He made his…

The Simpsons actor Harry Shearer, who gives voice to characters ranging from elderly miser Mr. Burns to the unflappable African-American physician Dr. Julius Hibbert, isn’t quite in agreement with the long-running show’s recent decision to stop using white actors for non-white characters. “I have a very simple belief…

The 35th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, the classic mockumentary film on the fictional British rock band’s misadventures, saw the group reunite Saturday night following a Tribeca Film Festival screening. As reported by PageSix, the original cast members – Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer…

A judge has denied the defendants’ motion to have a fraud claim dismissed from the lawsuit filed by the principals of the 1984 feature This Is Spinal Tap. Original filed nearly two years ago by Harry Shearer and seeking $125 million, the suit since has added his fellow Spinal Tap bandmates Christopher Guest and Michael…

Spinal Tap has broken up yet again — at least in court — though a reunion is pretty much guaranteed: A U.S. District Court judge yesterday dropped Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner and Michael McKean from a $400 million lawsuit against Vivendi, leaving Christopher Guest temporarily as a solo act with his cohorts pledging to…

Nearly four months after Harry Shearer went solo against Vivendi for $125 million profits for This Is Spinal Tap, The Simpsons voice actor has been joined by his co-creators of the beloved and much-cited 1984 mockumentary – and they want $400 million from the French media conglomerate. In an amended complaint filed…

Harry Shearer is developing a topical political sketch comedy series titled Too Soon? that will have a heavy focus on President-elect Donald Trump and his time in the Oval Office. In a teaser (see above), with the use of motion-capture technology, Shearer voices and plays both Trump and President Barack Obama, as he…

EXCLUSIVE: President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met in an official capacity for the first time Thursday following the former reality TV host’s surprising victory in the race to become leader of the United States. While there was a photo op before the two men had their face to face, the meeting itself was…

The Simpsons voice actor and This Is Spinal Tap co-creator Harry Shearer says Vivendi is treating the profits from his classic mockumentary like a backstage labyrinth and he wants it all sorted out – to the tune of $125 million. "Defendant Vivendi and its agents, including StudioCanal executive Ron Halpern, have…

Harry Shearer, who is probably best known for voicing a total of 23 characters on The Simpsons for over two decades (including Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders) has just joined the cast of the feature comedy Bastards. The film marks the directorial debut of cinematographer Lawrence Sher (The Hangover). Justin Malen (Bad Teac…

UPDATED with Fox’s statement: Harry Shearer has agreed to return to The Simpsons fold after less than two months ago saying he quit the show when his contract negotiations broke down. It amounted to a virtual Twitter snit between Simpsons producers and Shearer, but now all is back to normal for the actor to return to…

With veteran voice actor Harry Shearer announcing his departure from The Simpsons after 26 seasons, the show is set to be short a serious number of leading characters. In total, Shearer voiced some 30-odd characters on a regular basis, but of those, who could possibly replace the appalling Mr. Burns, Homer's nemesis…