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Trove of Muppets creator Jim Henson's items headed for Museum of the Moving Image in NYC
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and other puppets, costumes and items from...Tags: Theater, History (tv network), Sesame Street (tv program), Entertainment, Broadway Theater
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Roncalli pops concert Wednesday
Aberdeen Roncalli Junior and Senior High band and choir students will present the school's 2013 Pops Concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Roncalli High School Gym. Performing will be the junior high choir, high school choir, junior high concert band,...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Theater, Music, High Schools, Schools
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High court ponders: Is racism over?
Sometimes U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia remind me of Statler and Waldorf, the grumpy old cranks in the balcony of "The Muppet Show" — except that in the courtroom Thomas usually lets his fellow conservative do all...Tags: Justice System, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Social Issues, Racism
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Jane Henson, Muppets collaborator, dies at 78
Jane Nebel Henson, who collaborated with her husband, Jim Henson, in creating, designing and marketing the Muppets, died Tuesday at her home in Connecticut after battling cancer. She was 78. Her death was announced by the Jim Henson Co. The couple met...Tags: Obituaries, Washington, DC, Jim Henson
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Jane Nebel Henson dies at 78; partner with Jim Henson in Muppets
Jane Nebel Henson knew Kermit before he was the Frog, saw the Cookie Monster before he lost his "fiendish" teeth and was around for the pre-diva days of Miss Piggy. Henson, the wife and longtime artistic collaborator of legendary Muppets creator Jim...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Television, Sesame Street (tv program), Entertainment, Detroit Free Press
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Group Analysis: ESPN Experts Sort Through The Chaos Of March Madness
The Hartford CourantDigger Phelps has a million of'em. … No, really. One-liners? A million of 'em. Stories about the glory days when he coached Notre Dame? A million of them. Four-by-six cards with notes, color-coded with highlighters? Hundreds of them, at least....Tags: SportsCenter (tv program), Mike Muscala, Michigan State Spartans, ESPN (tv network), NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Wish granted for ailing boy
Dashiell Codd went to Disneyland with his family Monday. It was part of the 5-year-old's dream that was being fulfilled through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He started off bashful and nervous in the park, his mother, Pam, said. He's always been that...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Liver Cancer, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Chemotherapy
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Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...
Tags: Pete Townshend, Library of Congress, Lyndon B. Johnson, Grant Achatz, Madeleine Albright
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Ozomatli's new 'Ozokidz' album isn't just child's play
If you've ever attended an Ozomatli concert, you know it's sort of like being swept up in a Disneyland parade for adults. The unclassifiable L.A. band -- OK, call its members Latino-hip-hop-reggae-rockers, if you must -- is known for a kinetically feel-...
Tags: Human Interest, Sesame Street (tv program), Entertainment, Ozomatli (music group), The Happiest News!
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Jerry Nelson dies at 78; puppeteer voiced Count von Count
Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer best known for giving voice to Count von Count, the silly but instructional vampire mathematician on television's "Sesame Street," died Thursday at his home in Cape Cod, Mass., the Sesame Workshop announced. He was 78....
Tags: Bela Lugosi, Freedom of the Press, Music, Sesame Street (tv program), Entertainment
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The cult of LINCOLN
In a city where you can cruise down Lincoln Avenue for a bite at the Lincoln Restaurant (paying the check with currency featuring a picture of you know who), then go shopping in Lincoln Park before meeting a friend in Lincoln Square, it's impossible for...
Tags: Liam Neeson, Sam Waterston, Hal Holbrook, Barack Obama, Social Issues
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Frank Oz to ‘Star Wars’ fans: Do the Yoda impression I won’t
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comFrank Oz was the voice of the wise and beloved Yoda and, more than 30 years after the character's debut, ......
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