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Extra, Extra: Morrissey Vs. The Simpsons


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Jen Chung

Published Apr 19, 2021


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Published Apr 19, 2021


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  • Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who is on trial for the death of George Floyd. The jury is now deliberating.
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that the Biden administration is mulling forcing cigarette companies to cut the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to be at non-addictive levels.
  • A parody of Morrisey in last night's episode of The Simpsons has apparently hurt the infamously anti-immigrant musician's feelings.
  • Two Proud Boys are going to jail, after prosecutors successfully argued that they should be behind bars for their alleged participation in the Capitol riots on January 6th.
  • Oh, and the Supreme Court won't hear a case that challenges the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania.
  • BTS, the superstar K-pop group, is teaming up with McDonald's for a collaboration which will include 10-piece Chicken McNuggets, medium fries, a medium Coke, AND Sweet Chili and Cajun dipping sauces.
  • Hilton Als says the Alice Neel exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is "spectacular."
  • Shooting has begun on the sequel to the successful Downton Abbey movie, with the film expected to premiere in late December of this year.
  • Here's a clip from the upcoming Dan Rather interview with local musical power couple Adam Horovitz and Kathleen Hanna.
  • And finally, is this cute enough for Extra, Extra? We're on the fence:

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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