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Muppets to Challenge 'Top Chef' Contestants
By Susanna Baird - AOL News"Top Chef" contestants get sweet and silly tonight when they undertake a Quickfire Challenge for Cookie Monster, Elmo and Telly. The weekly challenge, which comes at the beginning of every show, demands that the chefs use their wizardry for quick-turnaround cooking projects. The three fuzzy Muppets (and presumably their handlers) show up in the "Top Chef" kitchen to watch the seven remaining "cheftestants" on the eighth season of the Bravo reality series attempt to bake (it's hoped) delicious cookies. In a preview clip, Telly the purple monster questions New York City chef Dale Talde's ...
For the War's Wounded Troops and Families, Elmo Can Help
By not in system - AOL NewsHow can you gently explain to a 4-year-old that Daddy has been killed in Afghanistan and will never come home? How does a combat-wounded Marine convince his scared young son that he's still the same loving Dad, even though his thighs now end in stumps? ...
For the War's Wounded Troops and Families, Elmo Can Help
By David Wood - Politics DailyHow can you gently explain to a 4-year-old that Daddy has been killed in Afghanistan and will never come home? How does a combat-wounded Marine convince his scared young son that he's still the same loving Dad, even though his thighs now end in stumps? How does a family cope with their returned soldier who looks the same, but whose traumatic brain injury from a near-miss IED slurs her speech and dims her memory and sometimes wracks her with unreasoning spasms of hot fury? How does a family celebrate Christmas while a loved one is hundreds of miles away in a military hospital ward? War ...
Mad Muppet Menacing Tourists in NYC's Times Square
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Oct. 25) -- An angry, jaded man posing as a lovable Sesame Street character is stalking New York's Times Square, hassling tourists for money and even cursing at passers-by when he doesn't get his Evil Elmo way. The New York Daily News reports that the Elmo impostor, who refuses to reveal his real identity, is a menace to the popular tourist destination. The mad Muppet won't allow his picture to be taken unless money is exchanged, and has been angrily slapping away tourists' cameras when they don't comply. "Five dollars! Five dollars!" the creature shouts, according to the Daily News. "No ...
Eyewitness: 'Sesame Street' Naughty Before Katy Perry
By David Fagin - AOL News
(Sept. 29) -- In the early part of the 2000s, I had the privilege of working behind the scenes on "Sesame Street" for a few seasons. And after seeing the fervor among viewers caused by the leaked video of Katy Perry's revealing outfit during her performance of "Hot N Cold" with a way-too-happy-looking Elmo, I'd tell those offended by the clip that they should be thankful it's taken this long for the sexual innuendos on the classic children's program to surface. Don't get me wrong. Like most grown-ups, I'm a huge fan of Sesame Street. No other children's show on television ever came close to ...
VIDEO: Elmo Meets Michelle, Gets the Exercise Message
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyAs Sesame Street's Elmo puts it to First Lady Michelle Obama in a new public service announcement, "Yea exercise!" We know Mrs. Obama taped the PSA Tuesday at Sesame Street's studios and she was pretty giddy about the experience. "I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird and I was thrilled. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high. I think it's probably the best thing I've done at the White House," she said while visiting the U.S. United Nations mission. Now, DailyFlotus at PoliticsDaily.com has some scoopage: the script and the back story about Mrs. Obama's debut with ...
Michelle Meets Elmo and Big Bird
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama hit Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, visiting the Big Apple for the first time since the inauguration telling folks at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations she was "thrilled" about a visit to the Sesame Street studio. "I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird and I was thrilled. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high. I think it's probably the best thing I've done at the White House." Now, the background: United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice welcomed Mrs. Obama to the U.S. UN Mission-across the street from the UN and the Mrs. Obama spoke to about ...
Elmo and Friends Stump for Iguodala's All-Star Vote in Hollywood
By Elie Seckbach - AOL NewsElie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Andre Iguodala, one of the most exciting players to watch in the NBA, can jump through the roof. That's one of the reasons he is on the All-Star ballot this year. In this video, Andre tells us that the only All-Star team he has been on, was way back in fifth grade, when he was playing NBA Live 95 and added himself to the squad. To see what kind of support Andre has, we took it to the streets of Hollywood where we met Elmo, Elvis and a bunch of their friends.Check ...
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