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U.S. airlines lose 2 million suitcases a year. Where do they all go?

When luggage and its owner can't be reunited, airlines sell it to a store in Alabama, where its contents are sold to the public. The result is a grab bag of normal and odd things people travel with.

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‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’ washes up on Michigan Avenue, on way to (maybe) Broadway

Actors perform alongside puppets in stage adaptation of beloved TV special from Jim Henson.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blumhouse's Disturbing New Thriller Had to Overcome One Major Challenge

'Five Nights at Freddy's director Emma Tammi had to master animatronics... and how to show brutal kills within the confines of PG-13.

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Rage against the machine? Why AI may not mean the death of film

Generative technology is Hollywood’s current arch nemesis, but as exhibitors on Venice film festival’s ‘immersive island’ will tell you, AI, VR and XR could lead to a brighter future

The Guardian - UK

The Google Doodle turns 25 – here are the best ones ever, ranked

From video games to inventors, Google’s Doodles have celebrated countless topics since 1998. We’ve picked our favorite logo designs.

TechRadar

People think Timothee Chalamet's Wonka stole his look from a Muppet

It's remarkably similar to Gonzo's outfit in The Muppet Christmas Carol... remarkably

Total Film

Property tax special session is over, but months of acrimony could complicate Texas lawmakers’ mission as more work awaits

Efforts to repair rifts, particularly among Republican leaders, begin as another contentious special session looms on Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for “school choice.”

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Texas Senate’s handling of Angela Paxton’s role gives small boost to her husband in pending impeachment trial

Sen. Angela Paxton will have no say in deliberations to convict or acquit impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton, but she will sit on the Senate court of impeachment. That means 21, not 20, votes will be needed to convict.

The Texas Tribune

Mark Z. Barabak: Texas vs. California: Mean tweets, migrant dumping and the 'race to the bottom'

Name-calling. Mean tweets. A governor's quick-draw veto pen.

Los Angeles Times

House probe could force GOP leaders to discuss Texas AG Paxton’s problems head on

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s political career has been marked by a longstanding securities fraud indictment, an FBI probe and feeble attempts to oust him at the ballot box.

Tribune News Service

UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey; Northern Ballet: The Great Gatsby – review

Wayne McGregor conjures a shimmering eco-myth from Jim Henson’s 80s puppet fantasy film

The Guardian - UK

UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey at the ROH review: Wayne McGregor’s take on the cult film hits hard

The ballet adaptation of Jim Henson’s film has an even more urgent ecological message 40 years on

Evening Standard

The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30: How the film became a cult classic

Among the many screen adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, The Muppet Christmas Carol is unique.

The New Daily

The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30 - how film became a cult classic

Wherever you find love, it feels like Christmas

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30 years ago, Jim Henson made his darkest movie ever — and failed to create a new genre

No one expected a passion project to take such a disturbing turn.

The Guardian - UK

Kermit and Fozzie: ‘I’d like to try The Great British Bake Off – especially if it was custard pies’

The Muppets’ top entertainers answer your questions about festive traditions, Miss Piggy and working with their good friend Michael Caine

The Conversation

The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30: how the film became a cult classic

“Cult” is often indiscriminately applied to film and television. In Cult Movies (1981), film critic Danny Peary argued that it should be reserved for “special films which for one reason or another have been taken to heart by segments of the movie audience, cherished, protected, and most of all, enthusiastically…

Daily Mirror

How Muppets' Christmas Carol became festive classic as it returns to cinemas 30 years on

As The Muppet Christmas Carol returns to cinemas this month, Amanda Killelea explores the story behind how one of the best adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel overcame doubters to become a much-loved festive classic

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Inverse

You need to watch the most provocative epic adventure on Netflix ASAP

Puppets, practical effects, and an infamous pair of socks.

Evening Standard

The Muppet Christmas Carol at 30: why the movie, coming to Disney+, is the best Christmas film bar none

The Muppet Christmas Carol is 30 years old on Saturday - it’s the best Christmas film ever and this is a hill I will die on

The Texas Tribune

Greg Abbott widens lead over Beto O’Rourke with likely voters in latest UT poll

The 11-point margin is one of the wider advantages Abbott has registered among likely voters in a public survey yet. Abbott had a smaller 5-point advantage in the last UT poll, which was done in August, though that was among registered voters.

Tribune News Service

After tense Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke debate, what’s next in Texas governor’s race

EDINBURG, Texas — Last week’s debate in the race for Texas governor between Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke offered each the chance to make closing arguments to a large television and digital audience.

The Texas Tribune

Abortion should be permitted in cases of rape and incest, around 80% of Texas voters say in UT poll

Polling from the Texas Politics Project finds registered voters opinions’ on abortion are at odds with Texas laws.

The Guardian - AU

The Muppet Movie: my lifelong love affair with Kermit’s big-screen debut

With plenty of Muppet madness, puppetry feats and celebrity cameos, the first Muppets movie is a big-hearted lesson in self-belief

Tribune News Service

Most Texans disapprove of trigger law banning abortion, say state is on wrong track

A majority of Texans disapprove of the state’s trigger law, which will ban almost all abortions, new polling shows.

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