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Yahoo
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Monsters Cereal Characters Brought to Life as Hilarious Puppets as General Mills Partners with the Legendary Jim Henson Company
Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry are reimagined in their fuzziest forms yet in celebration of The Jim Henson Company's 70th anniversary MINNEAPOLIS, July 29, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This Halloween, spooky nostalgia meets innovative imagination as General Mills unveils a monstrously magical makeover for its iconic Monsters Cereal lineup. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the legendary Jim Henson Company — celebrating its 70th anniversary this year — Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry are being reimagined as puppets to delight fans in an entirely new way. The frightful fun features the debut of a limited-edition fuzzy Franken Berry cereal box, available exclusively on for $7.70 beginning Tuesday, October 7. Designed to mimic the fleece-like texture of the newly created puppet characters, the collector-worthy box offers fans a tactile twist on the beloved brand. With its soft-touch finish and eye-catching design, it's a must-have for cereal collectors, Halloween enthusiasts, and Henson fans alike. "This is more than a cereal box, it's a piece of art," said Mindy Murray, Brand Experience Director for Morning Foods at General Mills. "We know that fans have an incredible love for Monsters and anticipate their return every year. That's why we knew the partnership with The Jim Henson Company was the perfect way to deliver surprise and delight – and the first-of-its-kind fuzzy Franken Berry box." "For 70 years, The Jim Henson Company has brought some of the world's most memorable and adored characters to life and our incredible team at Jim Henson's Creature Shop especially enjoyed realizing these beloved Monsters as puppets for the first time ever," said Nicole Goldman, Executive Vice President of Branding for The Jim Henson Company. "This irreverent and funny take on these well-known characters will make this Halloween especially memorable for the amazing and loyal fans of both Monsters Cereals and The Jim Henson Company." Starting in August, fans can grab this year's limited-edition cereal boxes featuring puppet-y versions of the Monsters, brought to life with a bold, dimensional look that practically leaps off the pack. But the fun doesn't stop there. Flip each box for a look at how the team from Jim Henson's Creature Shop used their signature puppet-building expertise and artistry to reimagine these beloved characters as part of the iconic family of monsters from throughout The Jim Henson Company's 70-year history. Fans will also want to check out for merch and collectibles that commemorate this historic partnership. And for the full experience, fans can head to social media to see and hear the Monsters in action – brought to life in full puppet form unlike ever before. Since their debut in 1971, the Monsters have blended spooky fun with seasonal flavor, delighting generations of fans. This year's puppet transformation marks a bold new chapter, infusing the franchise with the timeless charm and craft of Henson magic. The partnership idea originated with Imagine Entertainment, who had worked with both companies in the past on separate projects. Imagine provided creative direction and oversaw creation of the filmed content. Whether you're reliving fond Halloween memories or making new ones, Monsters Cereal promises a season of frightful fun, fuzzy feels, and puppet-powered nostalgia. For more information, follow @generalmills and @hensoncompany on Instagram and Facebook, and visit About General Mills General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build its brands, relentlessly innovate, unleash its scale and stand for good. Its portfolio of beloved brands includes household names like Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Totino's, Annie's, Wanchai Ferry, Yoki and more. General Mills generated fiscal 2025 net sales of U.S. $19 billion. In addition, the company's share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1 billion. For more information, visit About The Jim Henson Company The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for 70 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company's most recent credits include Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip, starring Eva Longoria and Cheech Marin for Disney+, the Oscar®-winning Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio for Netflix, and the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV+. Other television credits include Slumberkins and Harriet the Spy for Apple TV+; Dinosaur Train, Splash and Bubbles, and Sid the Science Kid all for PBS; Earth to Ned for Disney+; and Word Party and the Emmy-winning series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, both for Netflix. Iconic catalogue titles include Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, the sci-fi series Farscape, and the ground-breaking fantasy classics The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Headquartered in Los Angeles with additional locations in New York and London, the Company is also home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent puppet and creature-building group and industry leader in puppeteered digital animation, with international film, television, theme park, and advertising clients. 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Time of India
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
NYT Connections answers and hints for June 11, 2025: Puzzle #731 clues, word groups, tricky connections, and smart strategy to solve today's challenge
NYT Connections answers for June 11 bring a fun mix of challenge and nostalgia in puzzle #731. With themes like boasting, arc-shaped things, cereal mascots, and citation symbols, today's game kept players guessing till the end. If you're a fan of Cap'n Crunch or ever used a dagger in citations, this puzzle was made for you. It's a perfect mix of clever clues and surprising links. Want to boost your win streak or learn what tripped most players up today? Dive into the full breakdown with helpful tips, group explanations, and strategies to beat tomorrow's puzzle, too. NYT Connections answers for June 11 puzzle #731 feature tricky categories from cereal mascots to citation symbols. Get the full breakdown, clues, and smart strategies to boost your score and solve the puzzle faster with today's complete Connections hints. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads What are the color-coded hints for today's NYT Connections? 🟨 Yellow (easy): boast boast 🟩 Green (medium): arc-shaped things arc-shaped things 🟦 Blue (hard): cereal mascots cereal mascots 🟪 Purple (tough): ways to denote a citation How do we identify each word group? What are all the answers for puzzle #731? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads 🟨 Boast : bluster, crow, show off, strut : bluster, crow, show off, strut 🟩 Arc-shaped things : banana, eyebrow, flight path, rainbow : banana, eyebrow, flight path, rainbow 🟦 Cereal mascots : count, elves, leprechaun, rooster : count, elves, leprechaun, rooster 🟪 Citation symbols: asterisk, dagger, number, parens Why did the yellow group focus on bragging words? What made the green group all about arcs? Who are the cereal mascots in the blue group? Count (Count Chocula) Elves (Snap, Crackle & Pop from Rice Krispies) Leprechaun (Lucky the Leprechaun from Lucky Charms) Rooster (Cornelius from Kellogg's Corn Flakes) Why were citation symbols such a tough purple group? What's new with NYT Connections features and scoring? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads How can you solve future NYT Connections puzzles more effectively? Say the words out loud — This helps spot common phrases. Don't go for the obvious first — Sometimes the trickiest groups look the easiest. Break down compound words — Think of words like 'Rushmore' as 'Rush' + 'More'. Use the shuffle button — This can give you a fresh view on stubborn words. Practice daily — The more puzzles you solve, the sharper your pattern recognition becomes. On today's NYT Connections puzzle FAQs: The NYT Connections answers for June 11 are finally here, and if you're one of the thousands who struggled with today's purple group, you're not alone. Puzzle #731 gave players a fun mix of categories — some straightforward, others a bit sneaky — including sugary cereal mascots and college citation symbols. Whether you're a daily solver or just getting started, we've got a complete breakdown of all hints, answers, and helpful tips to keep your streak Connections puzzle gives you four hints tied to colored difficulty levels:These clues help you zoom in on the right word groups without revealing answers outright. Knowing their order—from easiest to hardest—can guide your guess with what's easiest: yellow is all about boasting or showing off—think crow and strut. Green links arc‑shaped items like rainbow or flight path. Blue is cereal mascots like Leprechaun and Rooster. Purple is the trickiest: symbols used for citations, like asterisk and parens. When puzzles mix themes like snack mascots and grammar marks, they stay creative and keep us on our are the full sets for today's Connections:Spotting one category often clears the way to the next, so build yellow group today circled around the theme of boasting — a concept easy to recognize once you see the words lined up. Terms like bluster, crow, show off, and strut all evoke images of someone flaunting their success or trying to gain attention. In Connections, yellow categories tend to be the most straightforward, helping players ease into the set had a more visual theme — banana, eyebrow, flight path, and rainbow all describe things that naturally form an arc. It was a good test of whether players were thinking beyond literal meanings and visualizing each term. This kind of grouping often rewards lateral thinking, a skill that's becoming more important as the puzzles evolve you grew up eating sugary cereal, this group may have felt nostalgic. The blue category featured famous cereal mascots:This theme brought a playful vibe to the puzzle and offered a fun challenge for players to match characters to their breakfast purple group, traditionally the hardest, focused on ways to denote citations. These included asterisk, dagger, number, and parens (short for parentheses). Many solvers found this group challenging because the terms can easily blend into other contexts — for instance, dagger might make someone think of weapons, not kind of abstract grouping is where many players get stuck, especially when the words seem unrelated at first glance. But that's the twist — the New York Times loves to test knowledge outside of just New York Times recently launched a Connections Bot, similar to the Wordle bot, to help registered players track their stats. This feature lets users analyze their win streaks, perfect scores, total puzzles played, and more. It's becoming a popular tool for puzzle fans who enjoy measuring their daily to the NYT Games section, this helps build a sense of community around the game and provides more ways to improve over are a few tips that keep showing up from veteran players and the NYT Games editors:The NYT Connections answers for June 11 offered a smart mix of vocabulary, visual concepts, and cultural references. From cereal mascots to citation symbols, puzzle #731 was full of variety and a decent challenge for solvers of all levels. As the Times continues evolving its Games section, it's clear that Connections has joined Wordle and the Mini Crossword as must-play morning rituals for puzzle tuned for tomorrow's Connections hints and answers — and don't forget to check out the Wordle and Strands updates June 11 puzzle includes boasting words, arc-shaped items, cereal mascots, and citation for patterns, say words aloud, and use the shuffle to refresh your view.
