Jezebel: Miss Piggy

Miss Piggy Does The BAFTA Red Carpet, Gets to Kiss Jon Hamm

Madeleine Davies — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:45:00 EST

Miss Piggy killed it on the BAFTA red carpet this weekend, turning celebrities like Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris O'Dowd and Viola Davis into starstruck puddles. Wait, our award shows get Billy Bush and English award shows get the Muppets?! We never should have gone indie. More »

Muppets Give Fox News a One-Two Punch

Cassie Murdoch — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:30:00 EST

Kermit The Frog Is A Terrible Boyfriend

Julie Klausner — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:00:00 EST

I was a plucky little girl, but I never related to the rough-and-tumble icons of children's lit, like Pippi Longstocking or Harriet the Spy. Even Ramona Quimby, who seemed cool, wasn't somebody who truly spoke to me. She was scrawny and scrappy, and I was soft and sarcastic. I connected instead to Miss-never "Ms."-Piggy; the comedienne extraordinaire who'd swoon over girly stuff like chocolate, feather boas or random words pronounced in French, then on a dime, lower her voice to "Don't fuck with me, fellas" decibel when slighted. She was hugely feminine, boldly ambitious, and hilariously violent when she didn't get her way whether it was in work, love, or life. And even though she was a pig puppet voiced by a man with a hand up her ass, she was the fiercest feminist I'd ever seen. More »

Miss Piggy's Wild Ride Down The Red Carpet

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:35:00 EST

HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 12: Miss Piggy attends the Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures' 'The Muppets' at the El Capitan Theatre on November 12, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) More »

MAC Wants You To Lasso Some Wonder Woman-Inspired Makeup For Spring

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:35:18 EST

"Since Wonder Woman has this amazing strength," explains a spokesperson, everything's oversized. Products range from $14 for fake lashes to $49.50 for "a brush set with its own metallic utility belt," and are expected to generate sales of $20m. [WWD]

The Best, Dirtiest Muppets Mashups

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:40:00 EDT

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This list of the Top 10 Muppet Mashups is full of gems, like "Henson's 11" and Lost Babies, but a personal fave is Miss Piggy doing Peaches! (Lyrics NSFW) [Boing Boing, Ranker] More »

Pigs In Zen

Anna Holmes — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:10:00 EDT

[New York, April 12. Image via Getty]

Naomi Campbell, Miss Piggy, And The Joke Of The Violent Woman

Anna North — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST

Remember how funny it was that Elin Nordegren might have attacked Tiger Woods? Well, today in Hilarious Violent Women, our subject is Naomi Campbell — again. More »

Jessica To Talk To Oprah About John; Miss Piggy Might Go Gaga

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Jessica Simpson will be on Oprah's show on Wednesday, and apparently she talks about John Mayer:

Bonnie Hunt & Miss Piggy Trash Kate Hudson's Ex

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:40:00 EST

Today on Bonnie Hunt's show, Miss Piggy asked Bonnie if she'd dump Kate Hudson like A-Rod did. Bonnie's confusing, yet definitely mean answer: "No, I won't take a ticket and get on the ride that everyone else has been on." More »

Courtney Writes About Frances Again; Jon & Kate Divide Their Assets

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:00:00 EST

Courtney Love threatened to sue Perez Hilton for publishing her messages about Frances Bean Cobain, yet she posted about her daughter again today saying, "im angry at these people not Frances id just prefer she not become Jaimie L Spears."

Katherine Heigl Completes Adoption; Lindsay Finds Rumor She's Been Committed Funny

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:40:00 EDT

Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley have completed the adoption of a 10-month-old Korean girl. They named her Nancy Leigh, after Katherine's mother Nancy and sister Margaret Leigh, but she'll go by the nickname Naleigh. [AP]

The Emperor Kate Moss Has No Pants

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EDT

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Kate Moss's latest fashion contribution: tights that look like you took a drunken prat fall on a gravel driveway. [The Sun]
The surprise guest of honor at Macy's Glamorama in Chicago: Miss Piggy. [WWD]

Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:40:00 EDT

They said it would never happen, but a judge ordered that Google reveal Liskula Cohen's anonymous online tormentor. The model sued Google to find out who was behind a hate-blog about her, in order to file a defamation suit. [NYPost]

The Origins Of Your Favorite Muppets, Revealed

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:45:00 EST

Bert and Ernie really are just friends, but there are plenty of other secrets about the inspiration for some of the characters on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. More »

Fine Swine

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Smithsonian recently interviewed Bonnie Erickson, the woman who designed and built Miss Piggy in 1974. Erickson says the character was actually inspired by the singer Peggy Lee. "When I first created Miss Piggy I called her Miss Piggy Lee—as both a joke and an homage. Peggy Lee was a very independent woman, and Piggy certainly is the same. But as Piggy's fame began to grow, nobody wanted to upset Peggy Lee, especially because we admired her work. So, the Muppet's name was shortened to Miss Piggy." But Erickson's favorite characters? "Statler and Waldorf, the two old men who heckled from the balcony in the Muppet Show. I could picture them in the Yale Club sipping brandy, surrounded by portraits of their predecessors." [Smithsonian, via BoingBoing] More »

Reader Roundup

Jessica G. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Best Comment of the Day, in response to Pig Face "There's always a fly in the oinkment." We say: not kosher, but very funny. • Worst, in response to Pig Face: "This is bullshit. Has anyone seen Miss Piggy lately? She is not aging well at all ." Miss Piggy responds:: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." More »

"I just saw him the other day. He stays...

Jessica — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:45:00 EST

"I just saw him the other day. He stays so busy lining up his little productions, then I show up and make them hits. It works marvellously that way. And we stay in constant contact thanks to spy satellites." Miss Piggy on her ex-boyfriend, Kermit. [Mirror] More »