The Muppets

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Jason Segel Wants To Let Muppets “Do Their Thing” Without Him

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The Muppets took Manhattan, sorry, the world, by storm again last year, thanks in part to Jason Segel’s tireless efforts to bring them back to the big screen. The movie even garnered an Oscar — Best Original Song for Bret McKenzie’s “Man or Muppet.” So why are we hearing that he won’t be involved in [...]

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Jason Segel Says Date With YouTube Fan Was “More Awkward” For Her

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Jason Segel, star of the The Muppets, upped his awesome factor when he took a fan and her twin sister out in Chicago last week. Chelsea Gill posted an adorable video of herself singing an original song asking Jason out for drinks, and the star eagerly obliged. “It felt like hanging out with some of [...]

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Will We See Lady Gaga, Other Star Cameos In The Muppets DVD Extras?

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After years of rumors and vague responses about Lady Gaga‘s appearance in The Muppets, the cameo sadly wound up on the cutting room floor due to time constraints. Moviehole.net reports that it involved Gaga and her entourage — Ed Helms, John Krasinski and possibly Eric Stonestreet — in a showdown with Miss Piggy. And they [...]

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Muppet Movie Under Fire From Original Puppet Masters

It’s time to play the music! It’s time to get in fights! Despite how ridiculously cute the upcoming Muppet movie staring Amy Adams looks, there are going to be those who think it’s garbage. Unfortunately, original Miss Piggy voice artist Frank Oz could potentially be counted in that group. “I wasn’t happy with the script,” [...]

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Muppets Table Read Moved Jason Segel To Tears

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It’s not every day that a talking piece of felt can make a grown man weep. But that’s exactly what happened to at the first table reading for the upcoming Muppets revival. The film was a labor of love for its writer and star, Jason Segel, a massive lifelong Muppet fan. And hearing Kermit the [...]

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The Muppets Trailer Will Have Your Inner Child Crying Like A Baby

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Well, they aren’t quite mops, and they aren’t quite puppets, but man. While The Muppets Green Lantern, Hangover and rom-com trailers were a winsome little intro to the upcoming movie, The Muppets official trailer focuses on the familiar cloth faces that used to have your inner child hyperventilating in front of the TV. Oh, and [...]

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It’s Not Easy Being Green Lantern In The Muppets Parody Trailer

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Anyone else have the distinct impression that The Muppets‘ Green Lantern parody trailer might be better than the actual Green Lantern movie? Okay, so it’s not just us then. As their most recent parody trailer (following their Hangover trailer) suggests, Kermie would definitely not take any more karate chops to the face if he was [...]

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Emily Blunt Explains How Acting Erased Her Terrible Stutter

It’s hard to imagine her with anything but the eloquent, biting wit she showed off in The Devil Wears Prada, but as a child Emily Blunt’s stuttering problem was nearly debilitating; it took the encouragement of a drama teacher for The Adjustment Bureau actress to overcome her disability. “He said, ‘Well, why don’t you try [...]

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Kermie Meets The Wolf Pack In The Muppets Teaser Trailer

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In case you weren’t into Jason Segal and Amy Adams‘ sweet rom-com stylings in The Muppets trailer, maybe you’ll like the implied debauchery of the new Muppets teaser trailer, which features The Fuzzy Pack getting the same kind of dazed wake-up call Alan and the gang experience in The Hangover Part II trailer. We’re not [...]

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You Got Your Rom-Com In The Muppets! You Got Your Muppets In My Rom-Com!

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Audiences seeing Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides this weekend though they were just seeing a trailer for new film Green With Envy, a darling new rom-com starring that charming Amy Adams and that adorable Jason Segel and oh my god, it’s Gonzo ripping his shirt off to reveal the bedazzled hot pink number [...]