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  • In this film publicity image released by Disney, Jason Segel is shown with muppet characters Kermit the Frog, left, and Miss Piggy, in a scene from "The Muppets." (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Andrew Macpherson)

    MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Muppets'

    We all love the Muppets. And after their latest cinematic outing, lots of people are going to love them even more.


  • Stephen Colbert

    Culture Briefs

    "After five years of parodying Bill O'Reilly, [Stephen] Colbert often seems constrained by his character," writes Daniel Walters at the Pacific Northwest Inlander.


  • Henson donates original Kermit to Smithsonian

    The original Kermit the Frog, his body created with an old dull-green coat and his eyes made of pingpong balls, has returned home to the nation's capital, where the puppet got his start.


  • Ten character's from "Sam and Friends," some of Jim Henson's early puppets, including the original Kermit, are donated to the Smithsonian Institution, during a ceremony at the National Museum of American History, in Washington, on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    Henson donates original Kermit to Smithsonian

    The original Kermit the Frog, his body created with an old dull-green coat and his eyes made of pingpong balls, has returned home to the nation's capital, where the puppet got his start.


  • Jane Henson donates some of Jim Henson's early puppets, including the original Kermit the Frog, to the Smithsonian Institution during a ceremony at the National Museum of American History in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    Original Kermit donated to Smithsonian

    The original Kermit the Frog, his body created with an old dull-green coat and his eyes made of pingpong balls, has returned home to the nation's capital, where the puppet got his start.


  • First Kermit the Frog being given to Smithsonian

    The original Kermit the Frog from Jim Henson's Muppets collection is coming home to Washington where the characters were created in the 1950s.


  • 'Muppet Show' bandleader Jack Parnell dies at 87

    British jazz drummer Jack Parnell, who served as bandleader on "The Muppet Show," has died aged 87, his family said Monday.


  • Opera superstar Sills dies of cancer at 78

    NEW YORK (AP) — Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died yesterday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.


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