Elmo is not happy with the content shared by Elmo’s X account. On Tuesday, Sesame Street shared a statement on Elmo’s X addressing the antisemitic and racist content posted when the account was hacked over the weekend. “On Sunday, Elmo’s X account was briefly hacked by an outside party, in …
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The X account belonging to Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked on Sunday, resulting in a series of antisemitic posts that included violent threats against Jewish people. The six now-deleted posts called on the muppet’s followers to “kill all Jews” and declared that Donald Trump is the “puppet” of Israeli …
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Elmo’s brief unemployment era is over. Sesame Street has found a new home at Netflix following the expiration of its contract with Warner Bros. Discovery, which began in 2016 when new episodes went into production at HBO after the Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS, could no longer afford the expenses …
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Today’s news item is brought to you by the letters S, Z, and A. Sesame Street welcomed SZA on Thursday to sing a song about gratitude. In the clip, SZA is minding her own business, writing down things she’s thankful for on pieces of paper, when Muppets Elmo, Abby, and …
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Elmo and his friends are sorting out some big feelings on the latest season of Sesame Street — and some big name celebrities will be helping them. Guest stars for season 55 will include SZA, Reneé Rapp, Michael B. Jordan, Samara Joy, Noah Kahan, Chris Stapleton, Jonathan Van Ness, and …
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In the premiere of the most recent season of Sesame Street,innocent conversations among residents of 123 Sesame Street keep being interrupted by a typically confused and apoplectic Grover. He points out all the ways that each group is filled with seemingly incompatible people —kids who are several years apart in …
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Nearly 20 years after his death, it’s easy to forget the ways that R&B legend Luther Vandross impacted pop music. His suavely rhythmic hits, many from the Eighties, don’t get the same amount of airplay as New Wave classics of the same period. It’s also easy to forget how complex …
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Andrew Garfield got sweet and emotional while visiting Elmo on the Sesame Workshop. The actor opened up to the Sesame Street character about his feelings around missing his mom Lynn, who died in 2019 of pancreatic cancer. “She passed away not too long ago and you know, I just miss …
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Sesame Workshop writers have made a tentative agreement with management, the Writers Guild of America announced on Friday, narrowly skirting what would’ve been one of the first strikes spearheaded by unionized Sesame Workshop writers had they not reached a deal today. Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit organization that produces Sesame …
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Call him the great collaborator. In the past year, Noah Kahan has duetted with Kacey Musgraves, Brandi Carlile, and Gracie Abrams, as part of his Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) series. Now, he’s found the ultimate counterpart: A literal stick. Or as literal as it gets on Sesame …
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