Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. In what is being described as "a Willy Wonka moment," the Jim ...

David Bowie, giant puppets and a handcrafted fantasy world helped turn “Labyrinth” into one of Jim Henson’s strangest cult ...

That great American acting company, the Muppets, returns once again to television in the 10-part series “The Muppets Mayhem,” premiering Wednesday on Disney+. Like any company of contract players, ...

The Muppet Show started as two pilot episodes. The episodes didn’t get any traction in the states. However, the show was picked up by producer Lew Grade in the U.K., who agreed to co-produce the show.

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Puppets and props from Muppets creator Jim Henson's extensive career will go up for auction this fall, including pieces from children’s shows such as “Fraggle Rock” and “The Dark Crystal: Age of ...

In 1978, Jim Henson and Kermit cut the ribbon for the Center for Puppetry Arts’ grand opening. On November 14, Kermit returns as part of the center’s 7,500-square-foot Worlds of Puppetry Museum, which ...

You could say Kathryn Mullen was Yoda’s right-hand woman. It takes at least two people to manipulate a glove puppet, and while the great Frank Oz operated the little green Jedi master’s head and left ...

Jane Ann Nebel loved the Nativity scene beneath her parents’ Christmas tree. As a young child in St. Albans, Queens, she often played with the ceramic figurines — cradling the Baby Jesus in her palm, ...