Frequent collaborators Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, and Judd Apatow will be part of The Simpsons‘ “Steal This Episode” episode on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at 8pm ET/PT on Fox. Also lending their voices to the special Hollywood-themed episode are Channing Tatum, Will Arnett, and Rob Halford from Judas Priest.
“Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen have been looking for a project to do together for a long time. So we were happy to finally give them this opportunity,” said The Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman. “Will Arnett, Channing Tatum, and Rob Halford never wanted to work together, so please don’t tell them they’re in the same episode.”
The Plot:
In “Steal this Episode,” Homer (Dan Castellaneta) is banned from the Springfield movie theaters, so Bart (Nancy Cartwright) teaches him how to download movies illegally. Homer creates a backyard movie theater where he shows his friends pirated movies for free. But Marge (Julie Kavner) feels guilty for watching illegally downloaded movies, and in trying to pay the film studios back for “stealing with her eyes,” she accidentally tips off the FBI to Homer’s “Cinema Pirate-diso.”
The Simpsons must go on the run to escape the relentless justice of the head FBI anti-piracy agent (Arnett), who is determined to bring Homer to justice at any cost.
Stumble It! 
The eight-part miniseries The Assets will premiere on ABC on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 10pm ET/PT. Based on the book Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Sandy Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuile, The Assets was executive produced by Morgan Hertzan, Rudy Bednar and Drew Chapman and stars Paul Rhys as Aldrich Ames, Jodie Whittaker as Sandy Grimes, Harriet Walter as Jeanne Vertefeuile, Stuart Milligan as Arthur O’Neill, Julian Ovenden as Gary Grimes, Christina Cole as Louisa Tilton, and Ralph Brown as Lawrence Winston. The book and miniseries are based on the true story of CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes.
Marvel, Vin Diesel, and director James Gunn have confirmed Diesel will be voicing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy. Diesel joins the cast which is led by Chris Pratt as Star-Lord and features Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Benicio del Toro as The Collector, Lee Pace as Ronan The Accuser, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Djimon Hounsou as Korath The Pursuer, Karen Gillan as Nebula, and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon.
After members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who make up the Phase I committee viewed the selection of 76 films submitted for the Foreign Language Oscar, the field has been narrowed to nine potential Oscar candidates. The Phase I committee members chose six films to move forward and the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee contributed three films to the list. The next step is for “specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles” to view three films per day from January 10 through January 12th to decide the five nominees.
