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The big-screen revival of The Muppets, cleverly titled “The Muppets,” is a generally charming exercise in nostalgia. The musical comedy whimsically and often cleverly revisits the characters, their shtick and the TV show and movies that made them most ...

Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in front of and behind the camera. She is a theme park ...

The writer of "The Muppets" and "Muppets Most Wanted" films talks about the Muppets' new found popularity, and why the franchise is a beloved classic. The Muppets are back, picking up right where they left off in their 2011 film, "The Muppets." Like ...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Jason Segel is balancing a bowling pin atop his noggin. The jolly actor-screenwriter is perched on the stage of a makeshift Muppet Theater that’s been erected inside a mammoth Universal Studios soundstage. He’s nervously ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival. He resides in ...

Whatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the talent behind all your favorite Muppets, and some you’ve forgotten, on The Muppet Show? “Dad, what’s a Muppet?” “Well, it’s not quite a mop and it’s not ...

The old Muppets guard—a group of writers and performers involved in creating the franchise—is eager for the neglected troupe to shine again, almost desperate in their longing for the film to work. But though they have not yet seen it, some wonder ...

David Steffey decorates his middle-school classroom with relics from his childhood. Hanging on his wall is a framed original soundtrack album cover of "The Muppet Show," which ran from 1976 to 1981 on TV. "Some teachers are big about having educational ...