Henson, Jim (1936-1990)
Puppeteer and filmmaker/director Jim Henson was the genius behind the world famous puppet creations known as Muppets. By the end of the twentieth century, Henson's name ...
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Influential children's entertainer Jim Henson (1936-1990) is best known for inventing the Muppets, a softer versions of puppets. His characters were a key component of Sesame Street, the children's ed...
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Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are coming to Atlanta. The Center for Puppetry Arts is set to be the definitive Jim Henson museum with everything from original puppets to sketches from his personal ...
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Road signs of a flipper-waving Kermit the Frog attract thousands of visitors annually through the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta to the hometown of the famous amphibian and his equally renowned...
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Manhattan's rich and famous are once again fighting-and ponying up-to live in the city's most prestigious addresses. The penthouse apartment at 1 Beacon Court, the much-ballyhooed Cesar Pelli ̵...
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The Upper East Side home of the New York Academy of Sciences has gone into contract for close to $30 million, according to a source close to the deal. The buyer is 63rd Street LLC, a company establ...
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EASTCUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) _ The Cumberland Housing Authority plans to use prison labor to build homes for low- and moderate-income families. Plans call for three-bedroom modular homes to be built on...
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Alexandra Clancy, wife of suspense-fiction titan Tom Clancy, has purchased a 1,627-square-foot Upper East Side condo for $3.25 million, according to city deed-transfer records."Alexandra Clancy, in...
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How much pleasure you derive from Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005, a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, will depend on whether you think art should simply confirm wh...
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In "Shrek the Third," Cameron Diaz's ogre bride shares tea time with the fairy-tale world's fairest princesses _ Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel.With Diaz's plump Fiona expecti...
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Everything's big in Texas — big pickup trucks, big SUVs and the state's big carbon footprint, too. Texans' fondness for large, manly vehicles has helped make the Lone Star State the biggest c...
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In Husbands and Wives, Mia Farrow’s character memorably tells her husband, played by Woody Allen, that he isn’t serious about moving to Europe, because he “couldn’t survive ...
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