Muppets sequel gets an official title plus first stills.

Disney announced today the official title of the new Muppets movie which will be called "The Muppets....Again." This movie puts the Muppets in London as they're famous again after the first movie and are touring Europe. However, Constantine, the World's Number One Criminal is pursuing them, along with his henchman, played by Ricky Gervais. To make things worse, Constantine is Kermit's doppelganger.

Besides Gervais the movie will also feature Tina Fey and Ty Burrell. Also, Brett McKenzie returns to write new songs for the movie, after winning an Oscar for the first movie's "Man or Muppet" song.

The movie is slated for a March 21, 2014 (US) release.

Disney also released the first stills of the movie, Enjoy.

The Great Cookie caper?

A German bakery based in Hannover had the proud distinction of advertising its store with a real golden cookie in the display. All was well untill yesterday, when it was stolen.

The suspect is none other than a man in a Cookie Monster costume.Along with a picture of the would-be Cookie Monster posing with the golden cookie the German police received a ransom letter in which the cookie thief demands that cookies will be delivered to a German children's hospital. The baker has issued a 1000 Euro reward for information that will lead to the return of the golden cookie.

Muppets on WWE: Tribute to the troops

Wrestling company WWE have posted the Muppets segment from their recent Tribute to the Troops special on Youtube. In this segment Kermit is interviewed by wrestler the Miz who wants to know what the status of  Kermit's and Piggy's relationship is.

Prior to the MizTV segment, WWE reporter Josh Matthews interviewed Fozzie on how Kermit was feeling, about to appear on MizTV, followed by a pretty witty comment by Waldorf and Statler.

Later on in the night, wrestler Daniel Bryan, who got the nickname Goat Face due to his beard, got into a discussion with Animal.

While the combination of Muppets and wrestling may seem odd, the Muppets and WWE have teamed up in the past. The Muppets hosted the Halloween RAW episode in which Beaker even interefered in a match, causing wrestler Santino to win. They also appeared in a video message at last years's TTTT.

Ceelo Green and the Muppets team up again

After letting his song Forget you get covered by the so called Princesses of Poultry in the latest Muppets movie, Ceelo has once again joined forces with the Muppets. This time they star in a Christmas music video called "All I need is Love". Enjoy:

Kevin Clash resigns from Sesame Street


Following the recent controversy surrounding Kevin Clash's personal life Sesame Street announced today that Kevin Clash has resigned from Sesame Street.

Sesame Street workshop has issued the following statement:

Sesame Workshop’s mission is to harness the educational power of media to help all children the world over reach their highest potential.  Kevin Clash has helped us achieve that mission for 28 years, and none of us, especially Kevin, want anything to divert our attention from our focus on serving as a leading educational organization.  Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding Kevin’s personal life has become a distraction that none of us wants, and he has concluded that he can no longer be effective in his job and has resigned from Sesame Street.  This is a sad day forSesame Street.

What happens with Kevin's commitment in other Henson productions like the Muppets is currently unknown but it's nonetheless a sad day indeed. Kevin was mostly known for taking over the role of Elmo from Richard Hunt and made the red monster the superstar that he is today. Besides Elmo, he is also known as puppeteer of The Muppets' Clifford and Dinosaurs' Baby.

Besides puppeteer he was also senior creative advisor" at Sesame Workshop.

Accuser of Kevin Clash withdraws statement

The man that accused mr. Clash of having an underage sexual relationship earlier this week has withdrawn his statement. His lawyer has stated that the man was not underage during his relationship with Clash and that nothing happened against his will.

Earlier this week the man stated that he was 16 years old when he had an relationship with Kevin Clash which led to tge Muppeteer temporarily leaving Sesame Street.
Clash responded to the update Tuesday by stating he was glad that this painful accusation was shoved aside and wished to give no further no further comments.

Kevin Clash takes leave of absence due to accusations 

Kevin Clash, Muppeteer of a diverse group of Muppets like Clifford, Elmo and Hoots the Owl has announced that he will take a leave of abcense due to accusations that he was involved in an underage relationship.

Sesame Street Workshop has released the following statement concering this situation.

In June of this year, Sesame Workshop received a communication from a then 23 year old man who alleged that he had a relationship beginning when he was 16 years old with Kevin Clash, a Sesame Workshop puppeteer who performs as Elmo.

We took the allegation very seriously and took immediate action. We met with the accuser twice and had repeated communications with him. We met with Kevin, who denied the accusation. We also conducted a thorough investigation and found the allegation of underage conduct to be unsubstantiated. Although this was a personal relationship unrelated to the workplace, our investigation did reveal that Kevin exercised poor judgment and violated company policy regarding internet usage and he was disciplined.

Kevin insists that the allegation of underage conduct is false and defamatory and he is taking actions to protect his reputation. We have granted him a leave of absence to do so.

Elmo is bigger than any one person and will continue to be an integral part of Sesame Street to engage, educate and inspire children around the world, as it has for 40 years.


A shocking accusation, especially since it involves a man who brings life to one the most beloved children's characters around. Luckily, it seems that the accusation is unsubstantiated but I'm afraid lot's of gossip magazines and websites will use this story in order to sell magazines and give both Sesame Street and Mr. Clash a bad name.