At the end of the new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, Eddie Murphy receives a package he’s visibly excited to open. “Oh, I know what this is. Those are ventriloquist dummies,” he says, before ...

For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...

Imagine extras from 'The Muppet Show' doing 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' That's the concept behind Brian Henson’s long-running 'Puppet Up!' improv comedy show.

A sock, a piece of plastic and some fake eyeballs — a simple yet effective formula to create a sock puppet. That formula was executed last Wednesday by nearly 30 Mountain View School students, who ...

In a world where cruelty can flourish, maybe we need more puppets. They’re a “Trojan horse for empathy,” says Alex Vernon, half of the Baltimore-based puppet and filmmaking company Alex and Olmsted.

When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

KaMillion says that the courage of her great-grandmother, Lena Baker, lives on through her. Baker was the only woman and last person to die by the electric chair in Georgia after being convicted of ...