I’m currently taking a bit of a break from being a professional puppeteer, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t still interest me!
Puppets can be anything from the smallest, simplest little creations to the elaborate full-body suits that the Jim Henson Workshop created for the new hit movie, “Where The Wild Things Are”:
Vanity Fair actually got to take a look inside the Henson workshop to see how the massive puppets were created.  The design process began with sketches and small maquettes before the huge puppets could be built.
The monster suits ended up being between eight and nine feet tall, covered in …read more

There are five top movies that your child will probably want to see this coming summer. Here’s the list:
Up- Imagine two kids that fall madly in love and end up marrying one another, the two share a secret promise that they’ll one day go to a falls. Then one day, Carl is an old man, his wife is gone and a boy scout is at his door asking if he can walk him across the street for hiselderly badge. Events occur after this, with the memory of his last promise he fills up thousands of balloons and releases them …read more

I’m going to be talking about the movie, “Precious” in this post. I want to warn you ahead of time, because I don’t want to spoil anyone. I don’t know major plot points. I only know about what is shown in the trailer. If you don’t want any movie clues at all, then please stop reading now. Come on back tomorrow and I will be talking about something absolutely un-spoilery.
I am a fan of Mariah Carey. It seems to me that people either love Maiah Carey or they hate her. I think she’s talented, beautiful, an individual.
I read that she’s …read more

So, I moved into a new apartment this morning and found out…it is quite possibly the only one in this century not cable ready!
Of course, the joke is on me for not asking if it was, and now I know for the immediate future, until I actually am wired, I will be going to the movies a lot…good thing the Tribeca Film Festival is upon us!
I feel like a look at the movies being shown is a great indicator of where the universe is on the subject of love. Some examples of the summaries of movie options at your fingertips:
TIMER: …read more

We were among the millions who cued up at the theater to see Monsters vs. Aliens this weekend, helping it win the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend. This is only the third movie Truman’s actually sat through so we were thrilled not to have paid $40 (if you count popcorn and sodas) only to walk out of the theater. The previews made him laugh and, as we suspected, so did the movie. His favorite character was BOB.
Truman has had a slight curiosity about monsters even before the movie. He wants to know where monsters live. (He …read more

Barbara Walter’s Audition:
This book is written from the dry, poker-faced stance of a neutral journalist. Which is great if you’re reporting for 20/20, but it’s not the tone you want to take when you’re reporting your own life. In spite of that it’s a knock-out. Barbara Walters has lived some kind of life. It’s also a first-person view of history as told by someone who was there. By there, I mean, in the room and asking the questions. The first woman in journalism has a personal opinion of our recent history. Oh, and she’s also to blame for first …read more