Ever wonder what the building behind the Kermit statue on La Brea looks like? Mom Logic invited LAist to tour The Jim Henson Studios. We headed into the screening room to see their new Unstable Fables film "Tortoise vs Hare". Then we met Jim Henson's daughter, Lisa Henson and director, Howard E. Baker. It's great to see Lisa Henson find new ways to carry on the Henson family legacy. photo by Julie Wolfson/LAist......

Last week I went to see Jim Henson's Commercials and Experiments at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax. It was with high hopes because Henson has always been a hero of mine, having created several of my favorite movies and TV shows (Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, The Muppet Show & Muppet Babies) and involved in many other favorites, including Star Wars. For the first half of the film, I was certainly not disappointed. It......

If, like me, you were such a huge fan of Muppets and costumed creatures growing up that you're practically anti-CGI, you should head over to the Silent Movie Theater on March 18th for "Jim Henson's Commercials & Experiments"! The screening starts at 8pm and will feature rare clips, shorts and commercials from Jim Henson's studio archives, including experimental animation and "a 35mm print of Time Piece, an Academy Award nominated 8-minute masterpiece that showcases Henson’s......

And you shall know Mr. Bowie by the size of his purple spandex package… The 35mm reissue of the 1986 Jim Henson/George Lucas magnum opus, LABYRINTH, is now playing at the Nuart Theatre. The new print will continue showing in all its goblin glory until Thursday August 2nd. Tonight, there is a post-show Q&A with the entire Froud brood -- Brian Froud, the conceptual fantasy designer, Wendy Froud, the puppet designer, and baby-actor extraordinaire,......

In what could easily be the most important news item you read today (or yesterday if you’re an overachiever), Ahmet Zappa has been “tapped” to write a treatment for a feature film version of Jim Henson’s beloved Fraggle Rock. Can you think of anything groovier than a Zappafied Muppet movie? Me neither. Photo by Cadela Garza via Flickr......