The Muppets don’t rap or bust hip-hop moves. That in itself is almost revolutionary nowadays, when adorable family-franchise characters spitting bars seems practically de rigueur. True, Chris Cooper ...

This book cover image released by Ballantine Books shows "Jim Henson: The Biography," by Brian Jay Jones. (AP Photo/Ballantine Books) "Jim Henson: The Biography" (Ballantine Books), by Brian Jay Jones ...

"It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights. It's time to meet the Muppets on The Muppet Show tonight." For five years, those lyrics and the theme song they begin played before vast ...

Now, along comes the delightful and wacky "The Muppets," and it's more than inventive and funny enough to erase memories of 1999's disappointing "Muppets From Space," the last Muppets film. In "The ...

“Jim Henson: The Biography” (Ballantine Books), by Brian Jay Jones. If ever you had a single question about the felt magic Jim Henson managed to create, chances are Brian Jay Jones’ sweeping new ...