Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but we've got to imagine winning an Oscar is a close second. In which case, Nick Park, the creator of the "Wallace and Gromit" films, can now officially consider himself one of the most flattered guys out there: Park, as well as the fellow Oscar-magnet folks at Pixar and some other former animated Oscar nominees and winners, took some loving potshots from "The Simpsons" during a new episode that aired this past Sunday (February 20).
Just days before the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, the writers at "The Simpsons" (perhaps still slightly ticked from their Best Animated Film snub in 2008 for "The Simpsons Movie") skewered the awards ceremony and some of its most celebrated films and stars with a little help from guest voices like Ricky Gervais (who was the butt of some Golden-Globes-hosting-gone-awry jokes), Russell Brand and Best Actress winner Halle Berry.
- Robert Downey Jr. in negotiations to star in "Cowboys and Aliens." Plot self-explanatory (but you can 
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