Sure, they’ve had their share of squabbles over the years. But that hasn’t deterred Kermit and Miss Piggy from rekindling their romance. TV Guide has learned that a digitally enhanced pilot for a new version of the MuppetShow is in the works at Jim Henson Studios. “The show will have the original puppets but they’ll be able to walk around,” says a source close to the project. “It’s going to be like the original variety show, not the cartoons that came out afterwards.” According to one Hollywood insider, Paul McCartney will appear as a celebrity guest at the 27-year reunion. “He’s hilarious,” says the source. “The Muppets keep asking what it’s like to be a Beatle and he keeps telling them he has a new band now. They don’t care at all. They just want to hear about the Beatles.” “To our knowledge, Paul McCartney is not involved in a Muppets project,” the singer’s publicist Paul Freundlich told TV...
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SUPER BOWL XL: EVERYTHING ELSEWell folks, I'm here to cover everything besides the football. The commercials, the entertainment, still more commercials — just think of me as a food critic who's more concerned with the side dishes than the main course. (Mmm, mashed potatoes.) And away we go.
Preshow and HalftimeStevie Wonder and Friends — the friends including John Legend, Joss Stone (so sexy with the bare feet!), India.Arie and a whole mess of dancers — treat us to a head-bopping medley of classics, from "Superstition" to "Dancin' in the Streets." Wow, it's nice to see a Motown tribute done by artists with a vested interest in the genre — as opposed to the annual soulless, badly choreographed version we get on American Idol. The national anthem proves a little tough for me to get through, not because Aaron Neville
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We always thought of Miss Piggy's golden locks as being kind of like the ages of Bart and Lisa Simpson or the recipe for Coca-Cola Classic — perfect and unchanging. Then, the natural-born trendsetter went and dyed her fair hair brown, setting off shock waves that continue to reverberate within the style-conscious entertainment community. Why did she do it, and where will the fallout end? To find out, TVGuide.com questioned the formerly blonde bombshell, and in so doing dared to light her notoriously short fuse.TVGuide.com: After all these years as a golden girl, what inspired you to dye your hair? Or are you a natural brunette?Miss Piggy: Why the change? It was bold. It was different. It was dark, and I couldn't see what I was doing. As for moi's natural hair color, I hear Dan Brown is working on a new book called The Diva Code to get the answer to that one.
TVG: Aren't you afraid that now you'll get stopped on the street by people mistaking
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Someone alert the Lollipop Guild: Miss Piggy's coming to town — and she's brandishing a broomstick! This May, ABC will air The Muppets' Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a two-hour twist on the classic fable that casts Kermit as the Scarecrow, Gonzo as the Tin Man, Fozzie as the Cowardly Lion and Miss Piggy — in a tour de force that is already garnering Emmy buzz — as all four witches. During a break in filming, the ageless beauty chatted with TV Guide Online about her latest acting challenge and rumors that the Vancouver set wasn't big enough for her and pop star Ashanti, who stars as Dorothy.TV Guide Online: Did you have a favorite witch?Miss Piggy: It is so difficult to choose a favorite when moi is so exquisitely good as all four witches. But I must admit that after years of playing the adorable ingenue in my movies, it was a lot of fun to play that bad girl, The Wicked Witch of the West. Of course, it was difficult for someone as
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