‘Muppets Now’ on Disney Plus: TV Review

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHolly Humberstone is a 20-year-old British singer-songwriter whose reputation precedes her via several singles released earlier this year — which have garnered rave reviews, ranging from the New York Times to the BBC to the Lefsetz Letter — and a European tour opening for Lewis Capaldi just before the pandemic, during which she played to 12,000 people at London’s Wembley Arena.As is often the case with such seemingly wide-ranging appeal, it’s all for a good reason:

In “Project Power,” a new supercharged, high-concept Netflix film and oblique run at the superhero genre; 1) disposable black and brown people in New Orleans are used as guinea pigs for a new experimental street drug that gives users unpredictable and fleeting superpowers for five minutes; 2) a sympathetic cop uses those same narcotics to “level the playing field” in a city riddled with crime and corrupt superiors who pass on amplified bad guys to secretive feds or men in black without

Dave East falls into the latter category.

Lola Consuelos doesn't think her mom should give social media trolls the time of day.

Rumer, “Nashville Tears” (Cooking Vinyl) The combination of Rumer’s crystalline voice and Hugh Prestwood’s songs results in some breathtaking, deeply moving music on “Nashville Tears,” the Pakistan-born, British singer’s interpretation of the Texas-born, New York-based songwriter’s catalog.

Migos rapper Takeoff has denied accusations made against him that claim he raped a woman at a house party in June.According to the New York Times, Takeoff, real name Kirshnik Khari Ball, is being sued for alleged sexual battery, assault, and emotional distress.A lawsuit was filed yesterday (August 5) in Los Angeles, alleging that the rapper sexually assaulted the woman at a house party in Los Angeles in June.The alleged victim claims that she was invited to the party by DJ Durel, who tours with

Jason Sudeikis is back on television with his new AppleTV+ series, and he can thank Olivia Wilde for that! ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with the 44-year-old actor about his latest project,, and how his partner of almost 10 years nudged him to make the show.«I think it's worthwhile for any guy to listen to their partner, but certainly when they know their stuff. Olivia knows her stuff,» Sudeikis tells ET.

Takeoff, a member of the hip-hop trio Migos, has been sued for sexual assault in the state of Calif., according to court docs obtained by multiple outlets. The civil complaint, obtained by BuzzFeed News and The New York Times, among others, alleges that the rapper -- born Kirshnik Khari Ball -- raped a woman, only identified as Jane Doe in the papers, in Los Angeles on June 23.

will be skipping theaters and releasing on Disney+ on Sept.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“An American Pickle” is a comedy that connects you to something so old world that it seems, at times, to be an artifact of prehistory.

It was inevitable that Disney+ would try something with The Muppets. Few entertainment franchises are more beloved than Jim Henson’s troupe of felt eccentrics.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt’s hard to imagine that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreed to be a part of “Immigration Nation” without expecting the docuseries to shine a more flattering light on the federal agency than it’s otherwise used to.

The most wonderful thing about Muppets is that they can go anywhere and do anything. Over the years, Jim Henson's felt creations have committed elaborate capers, hobnobbed with the biggest and most obscure of celebrities, become embedded in classic works of literature and even gone into space.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe aim of “The Weight of Gold” is both simple and noble: to remind everyone who’s ever tuned in to the Olympics that the competing athletes are, despite their seemingly unattainable strength, human beings.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Unto most every TV-watching generation, a new Muppets show is born. The original “Muppet Show,” which ran from 1976 to 1981, had Jim Henson’s felt puppets take over a vaudeville theatre to perform songs, slapstick sketches and more unabashedly cheesy puns than its bewildered guests could count.