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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

Op-Ed: A Letter to the #SesameStreet / #HBO Deal

We send an impassioned plea to HBO as Sesame Street leaves PBS. Story by Matt Cummings Dear HBO: Please don't screw up Sesame Street . It's a simple request, but one that's essential to keeping the center of our national culture alive. I am a product of Sesame Street , as are many of my friends. We all remember the insanity of Ernie and Bert, the musical numbers educating us about crossing the street, the dangers of driving the wrong way, and the relationships formed between felt characters and humans living on a street just over the bend. Kermit the Frog, Grover, Count von Count and a dozen others are more iconic than any sports franchise and more beloved than any comedy, their simple values of love and friendship leaving an enduring mark on how we raise our children. The show has helped to form the basis of America's television culture, going so far as to connect children to big concepts like the death (Mr. Hooper) as well as Big Bird's f

Jason Segel Tapped To Star In Upcoming Muppet Film

Jason Segel Tapped To Star In Upcoming Muppet Film Jason Segel best know for his roles in How I Met Your Mother,Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and I Love You, Man, it tapped to star in The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time. Not only will Jason star in the film he also wrote the film with pal Nicholas Stoller. The movie will follow a man named Gary (Segel), who along with his girlfriend Mary and life-long nondescript, brown puppet best friend Walter must round up and convince the now retired entertainers from the original Muppet Show to help save the famous television studio that the original variety series was filmed in. The film’s evil villain, Tex Richman, is due to take over the property, and wants to destroy the theater and drill for oil underneath. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR