Along with fellow critic Gene Siskel, who died in 1999, Ebert reshaped the way the world talks about movies by introducing the binary judgement of a “thumbs up” or a “thumbs down.” ...

the puppeteer behind a delightful menagerie of characters including Count von Count on “Sesame Street” and Gobo Fraggle on “Fraggle Rock,” has died. He was 78. Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, ...

"Nelson was born in Tulsa and grew up in D.C., where he first worked with the creator of the Muppets, Jim Henson. Nelson became the Count on TV's Sesame Street in the 1970's, a role he voiced to ...