16 January 2008 - 12:37SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM TO HOST “THE SIMPSONS”

The old Vermont mill town that boasts of being home to the Simpsons will also be home to a museum devoted to the dysfunctional cartoon family.

The Springfield Chamber of Commerce will share space with the new museum on Main Street, according to a report Friday by Burlington, Vermont TV station WCAX. The facility will feature memorabilia from the world premiere of The Simpsons Movie, which took place next door.

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16 January 2008 - 12:30PRODUCERS GUILD NOMINATES THREE ANIMATED FILMS

“Bee Movie,” “Ratatouille” and “The Simpsons Movie” are the Producers Guild of America’s nominees for best animated film of 2007.

The PGA announced its nominees Monday in Los Angeles. Awards will be presented February 2.

For best film, the nominees are foreign-language film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, teen-pregnancy comedy Juno, legal drama Michael Clayton, crime tale No Country for Old Men and historical epic There Will Be Blood.

Documentaries nominated by the PGA are Iraq War story Body of War, deafness narrative Hear and Now, music chronicle Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Michael Moore’s health-care tale Sicko and Second World War film White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Other nominees:

Long-form television
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Bronx Is Burning, High School Musical 2, Jane Eyre, The Starter Wife

Episodic TV comedy
Entourage, Extras, The Office, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty

Episodic TV drama
Dexter, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, The Sopranos

Non-fiction television
Deadliest Catch, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Planet Earth, 60 Minutes

TV live entertainment-competition
The Amazing Race, American Idol, The Colbert Report, Project Runway, Real Time With Bill Maher

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16 January 2008 - 12:23Boy Glues Self To Bed To Skip School

Authorities said Monday that a 10-year-old Mexican boy glued his hand to his bed because he was still not ready to go back to school after the Christmas vacation.

“I thought if I was glued to the bed, they couldn’t make me go to school. I didn’t want to go, the holidays were so much fun,” the boy Diego told AFP.

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