Although the Best Original Song category sparked plenty of controversy during and after the Golden Globes, the 84th Annual Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song appear to have expunged the ...

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian music legend who co-wrote the music for 'Real in Rio,' last attended the Academy Awards 44 years ago. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards While The Muppets is ...

When Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher were hired by Jim Henson to write the songs for The Muppet Movie, they started with Kermit's opening number. That song, "The Rainbow Connection," would become a ...

The Muppets have always been synonymous with music. When they starred in their own variety show, The Muppet Show, each episode would feature some of the characters and the weekly celebrity guest in at ...

On June 22nd, 1979, The Muppet Movie brought Jim Henson’s cavalcade of magical creations to the big screen for the first time. Though the movie opens with a meta-framework sequence involving Statler ...

Jim Henson’s creation lives on today as strong as ever. It seems every year (season?) there is a new show from the Muppets on Disney+ or some other outlet. To wit, right now, the streaming service is ...