Marge Simpson: From TV Mom to Playboy Bunny

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, FOX, Gossip

It’s not a joke. Marge Simpson will soon be featured in a special three-page Playboy spread that showcases her various charms - and yes, she’ll be nude. The November spread will also offer an in-depth interview. It’s all part of the 20th anniversary celebration for The Simpsons, which is signed up to run on FOX for the next few years.

Playboy readers will still be treated to the usual, non-animated form of Playmate in the issue - Marge is just thrown in as an interesting extra.

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FCC Reduces Fine Against FOX Over 2003 Reality Show

Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, FOX, Cable/Satellite, News

Score one for

FOX reality TV, sort of. The Federal Communications Commission slashed nearly all of a proposed $1.2 million indecency fine against several FOX stations yesterday, according to the Washington Post.

The FCC instead decided stations can only be fined for airing the offensive TV show in question if viewers actually complained about it. There was not a change in the FCC’s determination that the show in question was,  in fact, indecent.

In this case, 13 of the 169 FOX stations that aired the April 7, 2003 episode of the short-lived Married By America will actually be required to pay indecency fines. The total amount of fines will be somewhere near $91,000.

The episode that lead to the original fine showed digitally-obscured nudity and strippers covered in whipped cream. FOX argued that the worst parts were obscured, keeping the scene from being indecent under FCC rules which prohibit conventional radio and television stations from broadcasting what’s called “patently offensive” material of a sexual or excretory nature between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Times when children are most likely to be watching.) Obviously FCC indecency statutes do not cover cable or satellite TV (e.g. Paradise Hotel 2).

The Post says FOX, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.,  hasn’t decided whether to appeal the FCC ruling in federal court.

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Britney’s Former Bodyguard Witness to Nudity, Drugs

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Gossip, Rumors

The ongoing custody drama between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline just got slightly more interesting.  A former bodyguard of Spears, Tony Barretto, reported to court today.  He was prepared to testify on the questionable things he saw behind closed doors.

Although he was never called to the stand, Baretto, 28, submitted his detailed accounts into evidence.  The former employee—who could bear a grudge against Spears for being abruptly fired—claims he witnessed acts of ‘nudity, drug use and safety issues involving the children’.  Unfortunately these accusations are extremely vague (and something we could have all guessed already).  Let’s hope the juicy details are leaked soon!

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the only bad news for Brit today.  Her lawyer, Laura Wasser, has elected to drop her client and pass her over to a new set of hands.  Apparently big bucks aren’t worth the headache.

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