Actress and singer Alaina Reed Hall has died at the age of 63.
Details of her death have not been made public but sources indicate that the cause of death may have been related to her battle with breast cancer. Hall died on December 17th.
She is most-known for her role as Gordon’s younger sister, Olivia, [...]

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In a recent episode of The Tyra Banks Show, a couple of old pals drop by to say hello and celebrate Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary.
Things took an ugly turn, however, when Cookie Monster and Elmo backed Tyra Banks into a corner and began to harass her – at least that’s what you might think when [...]

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UPDATE: The final logo has now been included in this post.
The barrage of Sesame Street Google images continued on Monday with a sixth logo honoring the popular show’s 40th birthday.
The actual anniversary date is November 10, so we will likely see another honorary Google Doodle on Tuesday as well.
Today’s Doodle features The Count with each [...]

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Google continued it celebration of Sesame Street’s 40th birthday by featuring Bert and Ernie in today’s Google Doodle.
Google’s logo has taken on a different look over the last few days as part of its celebration.  First. we saw Big Bird’s legs, then Cookie Monster’s eyes.
Now Bert and Bernie, two more classic favorites from the classic [...]

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It seems that the folks over at Google read Blippitt.  If you recall, yesterday we commented on the Big Bird Google Doodle and mentioned the following…
It’s nice to see Google getting into the spirit of things, but personally, I would have liked to see Cookie Monster’s eyes used in place of the “OO”s, but that’s [...]

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Google is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. The company’s logo today features Big Bird’s legs in place of the “L”.
It’s nice to see Google getting into the spirit of things, but personally, I would have liked to see Cookie Monster’s eyes used in place of the “OO”s, but that’s just me.
Sesame Street [...]

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When did Sesame Street get hip?
The children’s television show released a video this week in which Big Bird, Elmo and “Snuffy” praise the letter “D” with a clip that was clearly inspired by an iPod advertisement.
Looks like someone over at Sesame Street has been studying viral marketing…

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The 36th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were held Sunday evening at the Orpheum Theatre in L.A.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to your childhood favorite, Sesame Street, for 40 spectacular years of educating children and young people around the globe. The Bold and the Beautiful won its first Outstanding Drama Series award.
There were several [...]

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If you weren’t sure as to whether or not the apocalypse was coming, we have obtained confirmation.  Yes, we now have Sesame Street layoffs.
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization that produces Sesame Street, is laying off around one-fifth of its employees due to the recession.
The company announced on Wednesday that it is cutting 67 of its [...]

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