Alaina Reed Hall, who portrayed Olivia Robinson on Sesame Street for 12 years, has died.
Reed Hall was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and succumbed Thursday at a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital, her husband, Tamim Amini, told the Los Angeles Times.
Sesame Street and Big Bird feel 40 years young
The actress, who turned 63 last month, also starred on Broadway and was one of the original cast members in the off-Broadway production of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road. She also appeared in...
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For Big Bird, 40 is the new 6. Everyone's favorite 8-foot yellow lark and all his friends celebrated Sesame Street's 40th anniversary earlier this month. While the big Four-Oh means middle age in human years, it's forever young on the groundbreaking, self-renewing children's program. "Forty feels great! I feel pretty good because I'm 6 years old now in bird years," Big Bird tells TVGuide.com. "I was a wee child when it started. I think my first memory is Sesame Street." The same could be said for countless fans of the series that has netted a record 122 Emmys and has become one of TV's most enduring shows. See what Big Bird thinks has made Sesame Street so successful, what his Thanksgiving plans are and more!
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Forget Ellen and Tyra — Guiding Light and a bunch of Muppets are set to take center stage at Sunday's 36th Daytime Emmy Awards.
Hosted by Vanessa Williams, the show will honor two daytime staples during the broadcast — one of which is bidding farewell. Light, which ends its run on ...
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Theres a lot of new stuff in store promises executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente when talking about the 39th season of Sesame Street Mondays 9 amET PBS time may vary in your area the gold standard in preschool programming This year the goal is to make math fun with such parodies as Preschool Musical Are You Smarter Than an Egg Layer and 30 Rocks In the season opener Feist sings her catchy 1234 with new lyrics 1234 chickens just back from the shore and Jack Black pals around with Elmo More A-list stars will show up later in the season including Jessica Alba David Beckham Heidi Klum Neil Patrick Harris Randy Jackson Sandra Oh Jenny McCarthy and newsman Brian Williams who shows his sense of humor while reporting on a case of mine-itis But Sesame Street purists should be warned Two beloved Muppets have a different look as the series introduces Claymation versions of Bert and Ernie At least Super Grover remains untouched Megan Wals
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What's better than seeing NPH riding a unicorn while trippin' on shrooms? How about NPH donning little white wings and singing about footwear as he plays The Shoe Fairy on Sesame Street? Turns out Harris is all about belting out the tunes these days (also starting in Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible Sing-Along Blog), and in this PBS skit, the How I Met Your Mother star sings about his high-tops, polka dot flip-flops and every shoe under the sun they could find to rhyme. Watch it now! | More online videos
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