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Elmo actor resigns amid sex scandal
Puppeteer Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo on "Sesame Street" for the better part of the last three decades, resigned Tuesday amid allegations of a second sexual relationship with a teenage boy. The development was as much a blow for Clash, whose name was...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Laws, Sexual Misconduct, Kevin Clash, Sesame Street (tv program)
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'Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit': Good, not great, grief
"Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit" is a big, reasonably well-stuffed celebration of one of the great achievements in American popular culture, the "Peanuts" newspaper comic strip by lachrymose Minnesotan Charles Schulz. In section after section of...
Tags: Charles M. Schulz, A Charlie Brown Christmas (tv program), Artists, Arts, Entertainment
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Puppets behaving badly in 'Stuffed and Unstrung'
You'd think that in the presence of puppets — near Muppets, really — associated with the legendary creator of Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, audiences would behave themselves, if only in deference to their innocent childhoods. You'd think....
Tags: Banking, Rahm Emanuel, Entertainment, Frank Oz, TBS (tv network)
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Jerry Nelson dies at 78; puppeteer voiced Count von Count
Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer best known for giving voice to Count von Count, the silly but instructional vampire mathematician on television's "Sesame Street," died Thursday at his home in Cape Cod, Mass., the Sesame Workshop announced. He was 78....
Tags: Music, Bela Lugosi, The Muppet Show (tv program), Entertainment, Sesame Street (tv program)
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Kansas students create petitions against Chick-fil-A on campuses
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe controversy over gay marriage and a fast food chain has reached college campuses in Kansas. There are online petitions at Change.org to remove Chick-fil-A from the campuses of Wichita State University and the University of Kansas. The KU petition...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Mike Huckabee, Gays and Lesbians, Lifestyle and Leisure, Companies and Corporations
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Hollywood Chick-fil-A owner: 'Some of our guests are upset'
L.A. NOWChick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's public opposition to gay marriage has thrust the chicken chain's local franchisees into the crossfire of a bitter debate that has pitted the Muppets against Mike Huckabee.... -
Fallout from Chick-Fil-A President's Gay Marriage Remarks
doug.magditch@cw33.com, Follow Me @DougMagditchIt's the fast food restaurant with a Christian flavor: Chick-Fil-A. The company's 1,600 restaurants have always been closed on Sundays. Now, the president of the company is taking a public stance on gay marriage. Chick-Fil-A is known for it's eye-...Tags: Mike Huckabee, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage
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Chick-fil-A loses Muppets, gains Mike Huckabee in gay controversy
From the maker of “The Muppets” to the mayor of Boston, the list of folks severing ties with Chick-fil-A due to the fast-food company’s opposition to gay marriage is growing. Jim Henson Co., which has produced characters for “...Tags: Mike Huckabee, Gays and Lesbians, Sex Crimes, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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Chick-fil-A store owners seek distance from gay marriage debate
L.A. NOWSome owners of Chick-fil-A restaurants are trying to distance themselves from the national debate over gay marriage sparked by the fast-food chain's chief executive.... -
Chick-fil-A gay fallout: Chicago ban, Facebook gaffe, Malkin blog
Strike another city from Chick-fil-A’s fan club as a Chicago official has pledged to block the fast-food chain from opening in his district amid a heated national debate over the place of the gay marriage debate in corporate America. Proco “...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Mike Huckabee, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Chicago Restaurants, Gays and Lesbians
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Chick-fil-A: Palin, Conan and D.C. mayor's #hatechicken tweet
More than a week after igniting a national debate about gay marriage and corporate America’s role in the discussion, Chick-fil-A still has taste-makers taking sides, with a visit from Sarah Palin, tweets from the mayor of Washington D.C., a spot...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Gays and Lesbians, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mike Huckabee, Restaurants
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Muppets history auctioned off
KIAHA bit of Muppet history got auctioned off to the highest bidder. Handwritten notes and drawings by creator Jim Henson were expected to bring in almost $40,000. It was part of a Hollywood memorabilia auction in Los Angeles. The Muppets franchise started...Tags: Auction Service
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