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Moxie Girlz and Liv Dolls Take Aim at Barbie
Liv, is perhaps the most lavishly detailed of the new dolls. "We wanted to create a collector-doll feel," said Mr.
Doll Makers Compete For Christmas Season Sales
Three relatively new doll lines are poised to lead the market this holiday season: Mattel's new Barbie line, the Fashionistas; Moxie Girlz and Liv Dolls.
Play On doesn't live up to star's standards
Carrie Underwood's path to superstardom has been cut down the middle with savvy, razor-sharp precision.
Brooklyn Man Enters Barbie vs. Bratz Feud
BROOKLYN a ' Now a Brooklyn man says he should have the copyright to the infamous Bratz dolls that have been the subject of a multimillion dollar legal battle between Mattel and MGA.
A white model painted black in French Vogue . Another model in Ralph Lauren campaign with her body badly photoshopped into something looking similar to a Bratz doll.
Facing Younger Rivals On The Runway, Barbie Gets A Facelift
Under tight security deep in a war room called, incongruously, the Pink Room at Mattel's design center in El Segundo, Calif., Ann Zimmerman reports that yet-another new Barbie has been birthed.
Day Late, Dollar Short: Birthday Mess
We give T. Error Mari about as much attention as Balloon Boy around these parts, so consider this atrocity as a late pass.
Halloween costumes often 'too sexy,' 'too violent'
A 5-year-old girl came trick-or-treating at Gigi Durham's door a couple Halloweens back wearing a tube top, gauzy miniskirt, high heels and gobs of makeup.
Sexist? Pepsi Has an App for That
Sexism? There's an app for that. In an effort to push its new Amp energy drink , Pepsi has released an iPhone app dubbed "Amp Up Before You Score" that's intended to help guys score with 24 "types" of women.
We've seen slutty Barbies and the ubercool Bratz dolls. Gay Bob and Hitler dolls are just two the the Top 10 Awesomely Bad Dolls .
Fleur Harris collector of paper dolls. Picture: James Cockington
Hello, dolly . . . Fleur Harris. James Cockington October 7, 2009 Before Barbie, before Bratz, young girls had to make do with dressing up paper dolls.
Suri Cruise spoiled Bratz doll?
Multi-million dollar baby ... Katie Holmes cuddles daughter Suri Cruise. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have splashed out 2 million on their daughter's clothes.
RI judge tosses patent verdict against Microsoft
Microsoft and Dutch personal-navigation technology maker TomTom have settled a high-profile legal dispute over intellectual property, the companies said Monday.
Good luck raising that gender-neutral child
A Swedish couple has refused to reveal the sex of their 2-year-old to anyone -- except those on diaper duty.
American Girl Gwen Raises Columnist's Ire for Sending Negative Parenting Messages
Gwen's story is homelessness, living in a car after dad abandoned the family and mom lost her job, then couldn't make the house payments.
Wal-Mart. Mississauga's Wal-Mart Canada is offering cash-strapped consumers a break on prices on select toys between now and Christmas.
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Stephen Larson, the federal judge overseeing the high-profile Mattel-MGA Bratz doll case, said he is resigning to go into private practice, saying his salary is too low to let him support his seven children.
Turning young girls into sex symbols
Toddlers in tube tops and naked teen pin-ups no longer seem to shock us. How the sexual image of young girls is being manipulated M G Durham Brooke Shields, aged 12, playing a child prostitute in the film Pretty Baby.
Citing pay, U.S. District Court judge in Riverside steps down
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen G. Larson, who oversaw the controversial Duroville mobile home park case along with the Barbie vs Bratz toy lawsuit, is resigning to go into private practice, saying that the job doesn't pay enough to support his wife and seven children.
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next Doll
The Pussycat Dolls are kinda like the Bratz version of the Spice Girls . And no-that is not a compliment.
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