It’s a novelty to find pictures of a big movie premiere in which the celebrities aren’t that recognizable. I love the Simpsons and watch it all the time but I never really knew who voiced what, except for the crazy Scientologist chick who does Bart.

Here are pictures from the premiere, but we’ll do something different today. Rather than show the thumbnails first here’s a list of the voice characters with a link to pictures of the person who voices them.

Homer Simpson (also does Grampa Abraham Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Sideshow Mel, Itchy, Kodos, Gil, Poochie, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Burn’s Lawyer, Mr. Teeny, Bill Clinton.)

Bart Simpson (also does Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders, Ralph Wiggum, Kearney, Database.)

Marge Simpson (also does Patty and Selma)

Lisa Simpson

Milhouse Van Houten (also does Rod Flanders, Janey Powell, Jimbo Jones, Malibu Stacy, Sarah Wiggum.)

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (also does Moe Szyslak, Chief Clancy Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, Carl, Dr. Nick Riviera, Snake, Kirk Van Houten, Captain McCallister, Bumblebee Man, Superintendent Chalmers, Professor Frink, Cletus, Dredrick Tatum.)

There were also a lot of celebrities at the premiere and it looks like they had a great time walking the yellow carpet. To start, here are thumbnails of the voice characters:

Others at the premiere included Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Patricia Heaton and her family, Kevin Smith, Ed McMahon, Lisa Leslie and her family, Lisa Edelstein, Albert Brooks, David Hasselhoff and his daughters, Marilu Henner, Ian Ziering, Fred Willard, and Dr. Phil with his son.

Thanks to PRPhotos for these pictures.

If you’re bored at work today and happen to have a headshot of yourself available, you can turn yourself into a Simpson’s character on a new website promoting the film, Simponizeme.com.

I did it with the picture of my son above and it took an awfully long time to process and the initial result wasn’t that great. (You also have to hit the “Simponize” button several times before anything happens, which can be confusing.) His hair was brown at first, and I had to change that and tweak some things. Still, it was pretty fun to mess with and I think the result is close.

The Simpsons people didn’t ask for this promotion, I’m just a Simpson’s fan and since I wasted ten minutes on this I figured I may as well write about it. I’m not sure I’ll see the movie though. It’s rare for my husband and I to get a chance to go out and I’d rather see Harry Potter or The Bourne Ultimatum. I’m sure the movie will be good, just not that much better than the television version, if that makes sense. The Simpsons Movie is out in theaters on July 27.

A ten minute clip from The Simpsons movie has whet the appetites of fans in London, and included a little cartoon nudity!

The clip offered several clues as to the plot, suggesting that the environment and religion would be major themes.

Rock band Green Day is booed and pelted when it starts speaking about the environment to a Springfield crowd, while Homer’s daughter Lisa is a green campaigner shunned by the town’s inhabitants who simply don’t care.

She may also find love, however, after she swoons upon meeting a fellow campaigner from Ireland who insists he is not the son of U2 frontman and celebrity campaigner Bono.

The Simpsons also turn up late at church, where Homer’s father has a seizure and warns of trouble to come.

[From Stuff.co.nz]

Bart Simpson also skateboards nude through town in an incident similar to the Austin Powers scene, where Austin moves around a hotel room nude, objects hiding the bits that change a film’s rating. Except we get to see Bart’s private parts in all their animated glory. I guess it being a cartoon means that full-frontal nudity doesn’t make it a film for adults.

Other spoilers revealed include Lisa presenting a lecture on pollution called “An Irritating Truth.” Matt Groening also pointed out “It’s a romantic movie. Homer falls in love with a pig.”

The Simpsons Movie is out on 7/27/07.

They must not have made a lot of progress on The Simpson’s Movie, because this second trailer for the film is just like the first one with a stupid throwaway introduction of Mel narrating while a bunny hops around. The new part at the end is not that promising, and just shows Bart and Homer working on the roof while Homer hurts himself. Hysterical.

The old trailer was equally dumb, with a clip of Homer getting stuck between a rock and a hard place. It doesn’t matter what crap they put out, though, this movie will be wildly popular and I know I’ll go to see it.

I know this isn’t celebrity news, but it’s pretty interesting. Scientists have found a dolphin with an extra set of fins, suggesting that dolphins once had legs and walked on land. Maybe this news came out earlier about dolphins once being land-dwellers, but this is the first I’ve heard of it.

Fossil remains show dolphins and whales were four-footed land animals about 50 million years ago and share the same common ancestor as hippos and deer. Scientists believe they later transitioned to an aquatic lifestyle and their hind limbs disappeared.

Whale and dolphin fetuses also show signs of hind protrusions but these generally disappear before birth.

Though odd-shaped protrusions have been found near the tails of dolphins and whales captured in the past, researchers say this was the first time one had been found with well-developed, symmetrical fins, Hayashi said.

“I believe the fins may be remains from the time when dolphins’ ancient ancestors lived on land … this is an unprecedented discovery,” Seiji Osumi, an adviser at Tokyo’s Institute of Cetacean Research, said at a news conference televised Sunday.

The second set of fins — much smaller than the dolphin’s front fins — are about the size of human hands and protrude from near the tail on the dolphin’s underside. The dolphin measures 8.92 feet and is about five years old, according to the museum.

Despite their big brains, scientists aren’t convinced that dolphins are as intelligent as they get credit for. Their large brains may be due to the fact that they are warm-blooded animals living in water.

Here’s a segment from The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror XI” in which dolphins take over the world.

Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum and Todd and Rod Flanders on The Simpsons got extremely offended by a minor veiled reference to Scientology written into The Simpsons and had it cut. Cartwright is a member of the cult of Scientology, and like Isaac Hayes she could always threaten to quit if her precious cult was satirized:

No one would dare cross Cartwright - she’s essential to the show as the voice of Bart and it would be impossbile to replace her. The Simpsons did kill off one character. Maude Flanders died when it was rumored that voice actress Maggie Roswell asked for a raise in 1999. The Simpsons’ cast also held a strike in the spring of 2004. It was resolved within a few weeks with a new multiyear contract, the details of which were not disclosed.

Scientology is such a powerful cult that they can dictate the plot of the worlds’ most popular and longest running cartoon series. That’s fucking wrong, and those people need to be stopped. The best way to counter Scientology is by learning about how ridiculous and exploitive it is and talking about it with people you know. It’s not a legitimate religion and it should not have tax free status in America.

A new 25-second teaser trailer announcing the release date of the Simpsons Movie was shown at the premiere of Ice Age: The Meltdown. It features Homer in a skintight Superman T-Shirt and announces the release date of the new movie as July 27, 2007. Only 15 more months!

Here’s the trailer: [via]

Although she was banned from the Vanity Fair after-party, Paris Hilton has gained entry to the most exclusive club of all. Paris is slated to guest star on the Simpsons.

Paris joins the much more talented Madonna as the latest celebrity to lend her voice to the popular animated series. And I never thought I would have a reason to be jealous of her.

Paris was also a guest on the OC last season. She played a much smarter version of herself at a club.

There’s no way you missed this peacock outfit she wore to Elton John’s after party, but just in case you want a good laugh:

Here’s an incredible video of the opening Simpsons credits filmed with real people. It’s meant to publicize the 17th season: