Maria Elena Fernandez

Jace Lacob and Maria Elena Fernandez pick their 10 best TV shows of 2012, from ‘Borgen’ to ‘Awkward.’

<p>Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt star in <i>Any Day Now</i>, a film about a gay couple trying to adopt a mentally disabled child. By Maria Elena Fernandez.</p>

A fourth man emerged Monday to claim that he had underage sex with Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash. By Maria Elena Fernandez.

Maria Elena Fernandez interviews two of Kevin Clash’s accusers and the attorney of the third to piece together the events that led to the beloved puppeteer stepping down last month.

<p>The first man to accuse Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash tells Maria Elena Fernandez how the relationship began. Read the the other accusers’ accounts <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-d-o-files-suit.html">here</a>, and <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-cecil-singleton-opens-up.html">here</a>.</p>

<p>The third accuser of Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has remained anonymous, but that hasn’t stopped him from telling his side of the story in court documents. Read the other accounts <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-sheldon-stephens-opens-up.html">here</a> and <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-cecil-singleton-opens-up.html">here</a>.</p>

<p>Cecil Singleton didn’t know how famous Kevin Clash was when they met, he says, over a gay phone-chat line. Here he tells Maria Elena Fernandez about the details of the relationship. Read the other accounts <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/10/06/elmo-accuser-sheldon-stephens-opens-up.html">here</a> and <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-d-o-files-suit.html">here</a>.</p>

<p>Three men have come forward to accuse Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash of having sex with them when they were minors. Now, two tell their stories to Maria Elena Fernandez as they fight off charges of being money-hungry opportunists. Read their accounts <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-sheldon-stephens-opens-up.html">here</a> and <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-d-o-files-suit.html">here</a>, and the complaint of the third accuser <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/06/elmo-accuser-cecil-singleton-opens-up.html">here</a>.</p>

<p>Across the TV dial, female characters on <i>Revenge</i>, <i>The Good Wife</i>, and other shows have gone from fabulous to dull. Maria Elena Fernandez on the lackluster season for some of TV’s favorite ladies.</p>

Maria Elena Fernandez on the show’s shrinking cast and how an old story in Hollywood is replaying itself.