"A Star Is Born Again" is the thirteenth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
While that film is about an actress finding happiness with the owner of an independent bookstore, the episode features Hollywood movie star Sara Sloane (Marisa Tomei) falling for Ned Flanders after visiting the Leftorium.
The other adults have partners with whom to spend a romantic evening at the Jellyfish Cotillion, and this is Ned's first festival without his wife Maude.
She slowly starts settling in with the locals, joining Marge's book club hosted by author Helen Fielding and going shopping with Ned.
[3] Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide liked the contrast between Flanders and Sara and thought the plot "feels less contrived".
[4] On Four Finger Discount, Guy Davis and Brendan Dando were "surprised by the sexy in this episode" and highlighted the performance by Marisa Tomei.
[5] In a 2008 article, Entertainment Weekly named Marisa Tomei's role as Sara Sloane as one of the sixteen best guest appearances on The Simpsons.