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Hank Azaria says he will no longer be voicing the controversial character Apu on The Simpsons. Azaria made the comment in an interview with Slashfilm at the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour following a panel for his IFC show Brockmire. “All we know there is I won’t be doing the voice anymore, unless there’s some way to transition it or something,” Azaria told the publication. “We all made the decision together… We all agreed on it. We all feel like it’s the right thing and good about it.” The show’s producer 20th Century Fox TV would not comment on...

Indian restaurant's face legal threat over playing music London, July 5 (UNI) Indian restaurants in Britain are under threat of a legal crackdown on their choice of background music. Majority of the restaurants play Hindi film songs but some restaurants in London particularly have been playing Bhangra or Indipops. A demand is now being raised that the Indian restaurants pay performance fee for the music they play. If they fail to do so, they will be liable to court action taken against them by the official collectors of music royalties, the Performing Rights Society (PRS) and Phonographic Performance Limited. It...