Big Bird

A hit at Sundance, this documentary about the early days of landmark children’s show ‘Sesame Street‘ features a treasure trove of rare, behind-the-scenes footage and more.

Steven Spielberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Sesame Street, Reese Witherspoon, M. Night Shyamalan, Sofia Coppola and more will all have shows on Apple’s new streaming service.

The Colbert Report aired its final episode last night (12/18) after nine seasons on Comedy Central. At the end, Randy Newman and Jon Stewart came out to help Stephen Colbert sing the 1939 standard “We’ll Meet Again” and soon they were joined by stageful of celebrity guests, including Willie Nelson, Michael Stipe, Jeff Tweedy, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Cranston, Tom Brokaw, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ric Ocasek, James Franco, Patrick Stewart, Arianna Huffington, George Lucas, Henry Kissinger, and many, many more…

Flying Lotus @ American Museum of Natural History in 2009 (more by Zach Dilgard) today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * New Yorker Festival * Les Hot Club @ Barbes * The Four Bags @ Barbes * Bob Telson @ Joe’s Pub * Blondie @ The Capitol Theatre * Lotion, Edsel @ The Rock Shop (matinee) * ZZ Top @ Count Basie Theatre (NJ) * Celtic Thunder @ Wellmont Theatre * Leyna Marika Papach @ The Stone * Ian Anderson @ NJ Performing arts Center * The Empty Cage Quartet @ The Stone * The Moth @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Believers, Landlady, Railbird @ Glasslands * Hannibal Buress @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * Sewing Machines, Beloved Binge, Poingly @ Cake Shop * Census, Lantern, Spacin’, Acrobat Twin @ Shea Stadium * Kath Bloom, Ed Askew, Tica Douglas @ Pete’s Candy Store * Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Teebs, Jeremiah Jae @ Terminal 5 * Punch Brothers, Tom Brosseau @ The Paramount (Huntington, NY) * The Everymen, The Brooklyn What, Secret Country @ Public Assembly * Royal Baths, Larkin Grimm, Behavior, M…