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YouTube launches subscription service with 'Sesame Street,' UFC
YouTube unveiled its much-anticipated subscription service Thursday with such recognizable entertainment brands as "Sesame Street," "Jim Henson Family TV" and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The Internet's dominant online video site, whose content...
Tags: Television, Social Media, Media Industry, Entertainment, Computer Networking and Internet
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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, Greenwich, Sesame Street (tv program), Fine Artists
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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: The Muppet Show (tv program), Obituaries
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Kevin Clash resigns as voice of Elmo on 'Sesame Street'
Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who has provided the voice of Elmo on “Sesame Street” for the better part of the last three decades, has resigned amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy. In a statement released...
Tags: Trials, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Sesame Street (tv program), Kevin Clash
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‘Pirates,’ ‘Muppets’ sequel news: Disney release date update
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comOK, movie fans. Disney would like you to update your moviegoing calendar for 2014 and beyond. In a bit of ...... -
Elmo actor resigns amid sex scandal
Puppeteer Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo on "Sesame Street" for the better part of the last three decades, resigned Tuesday amid allegations of a second sexual relationship with a teenage boy. The development was as much a blow for Clash, whose name was...
Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Trials, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Freedom of the Press, Bela Lugosi, Entertainment, Detroit Free Press, The Muppet Show (tv program)
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Hollywood Chick-fil-A owner: 'Some of our guests are upset'
L.A. NOWChick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's public opposition to gay marriage has thrust the chicken chain's local franchisees into the crossfire of a bitter debate that has pitted the Muppets against Mike Huckabee.... -
Chick-fil-A loses Muppets, gains Mike Huckabee in gay controversy
From the maker of “The Muppets” to the mayor of Boston, the list of folks severing ties with Chick-fil-A due to the fast-food company’s opposition to gay marriage is growing. Jim Henson Co., which has produced characters for “...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Sex Crimes, Media Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Chick-fil-A store owners seek distance from gay marriage debate
L.A. NOWSome owners of Chick-fil-A restaurants are trying to distance themselves from the national debate over gay marriage sparked by the fast-food chain's chief executive.... -
Chick-fil-A gay fallout: Chicago ban, Facebook gaffe, Malkin blog
Strike another city from Chick-fil-A’s fan club as a Chicago official has pledged to block the fast-food chain from opening in his district amid a heated national debate over the place of the gay marriage debate in corporate America. Proco “...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Antonio Villaraigosa, Rahm Emanuel, Same-Sex Marriage, Media Industry
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Chick-fil-A: Palin, Conan and D.C. mayor's #hatechicken tweet
More than a week after igniting a national debate about gay marriage and corporate America’s role in the discussion, Chick-fil-A still has taste-makers taking sides, with a visit from Sarah Palin, tweets from the mayor of Washington D.C., a spot...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Media Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Recipes
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