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Twenty-one seasons in, The Simpsons continues to shine as a beacon of smart, funny TV. But it is also one of our favorite cultural fun-house mirrors, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t spend a moment looking back on the decade of pop that was through the prism that is America’s best dysfunctional animated family.

As we usher in 2010, we share our Top 10 picks for the best pop star appearances on The Simpsons over the last ten years (with “pop” being v-e-r-y loosely defined in order to accommodate our faves).

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Music mogul Simon Cowell is set to make his second cameo in famous cartoon series "The Simpsons" despite calling his last experience with the show "embarrassing and intimidating".

The "American Idol" judge says he didn't have a good time when he lent his voice to a cartoon character in 2004, but has signed to make another appearance in a new episode.

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"The Simpsons" could disappear from the TVs of some cable subscribers in New York, Los Angeles and other U.S. markets in a bitter dispute over fees that the Fox television network is demanding.

As a midnight Thursday deadline approaches, Time Warner Cable offered an olive branch that could leave the Fox network and some of its cable TV channels on the lineup for millions of subscribers _ for now. But an executive at Fox owner News Corp. indicated a signal interruption was likely.

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Question: Name the yellow-skinned cartoon family featuring a dopey husband, groomed wife and children who live in a made-up city. Answer: The Simpsons, right? Wrong.

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