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Newswire || BY Jen Yamato || 11 26 2011 2:30 PM

Friday Box Office: Muppets Chomp at Twilight's Heels

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn might have held onto the #1 slot during the Thanksgiving frame, but holiday buzz lifted those plucky Muppets to a strong second place showing; with $24.7 million over three days, Jason Segel, Kermit, and Co. should ride the Rainbow Connection all the way to a very nice pile of green by weekend's end. Meanwhile, Happy Feet Two continues to slide and Aardman Animation's fellow wintry offering Arthur Christmas opened with a modest $4.5 million Friday. Martin Scorsese's 3-D fall family flick Hugo, on the other hand, enjoyed a strong debut on a fraction of the screens. Maybe audiences weren't quite ready to ring in the yuletide cheer?

Newswire || BY || 11 23 2011 12:30 PM

Miss Piggy on The Muppets, Amy Adams' 'OK' Voice, and Kermit's Dirty Secret

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 17: Miss Piggy attends the OUT celebration of The OUT100 at Skylight Soho on November 17, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage for OUT)

Miss Piggy has been a TV and movie star for decades, but in The Muppets, she finally gets the spotlight to herself and dominates the entire film start to finish -- or so she'd have us believe. The Muppets is a showcase for many of her colleagues, but she's the only character who gets a split-screen duet with Amy Adams and a very contemporary wardrobe. Movieline caught up with the porcine superstar (who is voiced by Eric Jacobsen) to discuss the new movie, her new look,and the bodily secret that Kermit doesn't want you to know.