Tag: The Muppet Movie
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‘The Muppets Mayhem’ Brings It With This Key Franchise Staple
With the new Disney+ series The Muppets Mayhem, Disney is going all-in on what has always made the Muppets great: music. The series focuses on the Muppet house band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, and the efforts of junior music executive Nora (Lilly Singh) to get the group to finish an album – their…
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Streaming: the pick of the best children’s films for the summer holidays
Our critic surveys the streaming services’s current offerings to find the best family films – from Monsters, Inc to The Muppet Movie, Wolfwalkers to WadjdaYou’ve survived the heatwave, perhaps already been away, and still the school holidays stretch languidly into September, demanding plans and playdates and activities to fill the slowed summer hours. Sitting the…
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Barbra Streisand on Her New Album, Directing Again and the Only Time She Smoked Pot
It’s 3 p.m. on a beautiful Southern California day and Barbra Streisand is in bed. “I’m still in my nightie,” she says. “I love being in my bed.”Of course, her dogs — Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett — are by her side. “They take their naps in my bed,” Streisand tells me on today’s episode…
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Watch an Exclusive ‘Prop Culture’ Clip Featuring Everyone’s Fave Muppet, Kermit the Frog
Are you curious about the new Disney+ original series Prop Culture, but don’t know what to expect? Look no further because a new clip from the show hosted by film historian and prop collector Dan Lanigan provides the perfect taste of what you will see over the course of eight episodes. The fun and illuminating…
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Film News Roundup: Mac Miller Documentary in Development
In today’s film news roundup, documentaries on Mac Miller and the U.S.’s great outdoors are under way, Paramount has promoted Kevin Tsu, Wavelength hires four and “The Muppet Movie” will come back for two days.Documentaries LaunchedFilmmaker Cj Wallis has announced that his company Margrette Bird Pictures is beginning pre-production on a documentary chronicling the late…
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James Frawley, ‘The Monkees’ and ‘The Muppet Movie’ Director, Dies at 82
James Frawley, a veteran Hollywood director of film and TV projects like The Monkees and The Muppet Movie, has died. He was 82.Frawley died on Jan. 22 at his home in Indian Wells, Calif., the Palm Springs Desert Sun reported on Wednesday. His wife, Cynthia Frawley, told the newspaper that Frawley had fallen and had…