The 90-minute film charts his career from his early days as a young puppeteer at a local D.C. TV station to the ... What do you hope audiences will take away about the life and career of Jim Henson?

The 90-minute film charts his career from his early days as a young puppeteer at a local D.C. TV station to the ... What do you hope audiences will take away about the life and career of Jim Henson?

If you answered an enthusiastic yes, it might be wise to rein in your expectations. After all, it's "The Muppet Show" we're talking about here. Ballantine, 585 pp., $35. And so, per Brian Jay ...

Fans of Jim Henson can breathe easy, said David Kirby in The Washington Post. Some might have been reluctant to read Brian Jay Jones’s new biography for fear that it would reveal skeletons in ...

Henson was a canny businessman who was an early pioneer in owning his characters and who reaped a fortune in ... Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones (Ballantine, 608 pages, $35, Sept ...

The exhibition will start with a brief look at Henson’s early life through pictures -- he grew up in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. -- and reproductions of some of his early drawings and ...

Viewers are walked chronologically through Henson’s early life in rural Mississippi, his teaming up with his wife, Jane, on early late-night TV appearances, his often oddball sensibility, his ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Who is the baddest pig you’ve ever seen? There’s only one answer: Miss Piggy. Originally named after the iconic actor and singer Peggy Lee, the popular karate-chopping swine ...

Viewers are walked chronologically through the late Henson’s early life in rural Mississippi, his teaming up with his wife, Jane, on early late-night TV appearances, his often oddball ...

“Jim Henson: Idea Man” threads a difficult needle, celebrating the creative genius of the Muppets mastermind without sidestepping or whitewashing the thornier aspects of his personal life, as ...

If you answered an enthusiastic yes, it might be wise to rein in your expectations. After all, it's "The Muppet Show" we're talking about here. And so, per Brian Jay Jones' new Jim Henson ...

“Jim Henson Idea Man” — 3.5 stars There are moments when the spark of creation ... Viewers are walked chronologically through Henson’s early life in rural Mississippi, his teaming up ...