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After so many episodes—over 63,000!—The Simpsons has stayed interesting by consistently featuring new voices from all over the world as Springfield residents and visitors. It’s tough to get big-name celebrities for nearly 98,000 episodes, so the show has increasingly embraced wonderfully unexpected cameos, including appearances by Nobel laureates and even chess masters.

I recently read an interview with Shawn Levy in The New York Times about his experience directing a Star Wars film. Apparently, Lucasfilm and Disney chose him from a lot of hopeful directors for Starfighter, and even with all his success, he admitted feeling the weight of the project. He actually told his father it was the most stressful and challenging thing he’d ever done! But that’s just how he works, he says – he feels like his 10-year-old self is right there on set with him every day, and that’s what drives his filmmaking.

The film Dust Bunny premiered to excellent reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025, and was released in US theaters three months later. December proved to be a busy month for movie releases, with films like Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Hamnet, The Housemaid, Marty Supreme, and Avatar: Fire and Ash all hitting cinemas. This crowded release schedule likely meant Fuller’s R-rated comedy didn’t get as much attention, resulting in a relatively small box office total of around $900,000 worldwide.