Last week, when Wendi Deng Murdoch stole the show at the parliamentary tabloid hearings with a sock to the face of her husband's pie-wielding aggressor, it seemed like the demure woman who calls Rupert Murdoch her "hubby" had suddenly turned fierce. In fact, Deng's impromptu reaction may have revealed more about her true self than she'd like to let on.
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Disney goes back to its roots with "Tangled," an animated fairy story in the tradition of "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty," but not without adding a few new digital, 3-D kinks.
Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi are "Tangled" up in Disney's take on the classic Grimm Brothers' fairy tale.
The FBI is warning law agencies that the new Barbie "Video Girl" doll could be used as a tool by pedophiles to make child pornography.
The "Video Girl" Barbie has a built in video camera, raising concerns that it may be used by pedophiles for child porn.
It's not every day you meet a chief executive officer named "Punkass." Especially one who runs a $200 million company.
Many air travelers complain about weird seatmates, but they could be more creeped out if they knew what other passengers had packed in their luggage.
But even Mattel had to tone down the Mad Men character's curves for the collectible line
More than three weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake, many of the makeshift camps housing thousands are starting to function as mini cities.
Despite its moniker, reality television has rarely been intended to give you the real story. It deals in characters (sometimes caricatures) and is usually edited to prove a point.
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The opening of clothing retailer H&M's first store in China's capital was marked by the sight of hundreds of umbrellas clustered around its front doors.
Shoppers at an Atlanta, Georgia, mall weigh in on whether they prefer Bratz dolls or Barbie dolls.
Look at a Bratz doll. What do you see? Ask that of random shoppers and you might hear it's an empowering role model, a degrading caricature or a harmless piece of plastic.
The actor and his expectant wife think their chances are good for having a son
Mattel unveils the first-ever Elvis and Priscilla Presley dolls from their 1967 Las Vegas wedding day.
Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys
The actor and Thandie Newton join others in posing for the symbolic photographs
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports that the coating of Aqua Dots toys converts into the 'date rape' drug when swallowed.
The world's toy makers unveil the hottest toys for the holiday season, most made in China. CNN's Linzie Janis reports.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer vowed Friday to take legislative action on the recent federal recall of lead-contaminated and hazardous toys because it does not require retailers to take the products off store shelves.
Toymaker Mattel on Monday posted first-quarter profits, versus expectations for a loss, as strong sales of its pre-school Fisher-Price toys and its Hot Wheels toys for boys offset a 21 percent drop in U.S. sales of Barbie dolls.
The standardized image is pasted all over the mass media. Whether it's Hollywood, the runway or glossy magazines, the message is very clear: Look like this and be sexy.
She's been a cowgirl, she's been a rock star, she's even been a genie. Is there anything that a "Bratz" doll can't do?
If you think that souped-up cell phones, iPods and videogames have rung the death knell for toys, then think again.
Kiefer Sutherland is an Emmy award winner for his role as agent Jack Bauer on "24," but he also holds another prestigious title: rodeo champion.
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Parents, get ready. Toy Wishes magazine on Wednesday unveiled its annual list of this year's must-have toys for tots.
If Mattel was hoping that Princess Barbie and Fairytopia Barbie -- its two big doll initiatives for 2005 -- would light a fire under sagging Barbie sales over the holidays, the toymaker may be in for another rude awakening.
Pierre Omidyar, 38, is one of the world's richest idealists. With stock in eBay worth $8.4 billion, the founder of the auction giant and his wife, Pam, are starting to give money away. In early Nov...
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[HIT] Desperate marketing. When your network's in last place, using on-air promos is a surefire way to keep it there, since you'll only reach your own ever-shrinking ranks of loyal viewers. So ABC ...
Barbie dolls from the "Princess and the Pauper" line and some high-tech toys featuring Elmo and Barney are among the "Hot Dozen" toys on the Toy Wishes magazine list announced Tuesday.
A new Barbie doll is sold approximately every three seconds. The average American girl has ten Barbies. And 100% of mothers with daughters ages 3 to 10 can identify the doll by name (and, let's fac...
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett calls his annual shareholders' meeting the "Woodstock weekend for capitalists," but investor Michael Cleveland has a better analogy: "It's a religious rev...
You turn 40, and all of a sudden analysts are poking around to see if your inventory is bloated or your profits are sagging. Yes, life has been tough over the past few months for Barbie, who made h...
As a time-strapped working mother, I find few things more aggravating than toy shopping, especially during the holidays. The trek from store to store in search of the one particular giggling, bulgi...
The Madison Square shopping center on the outskirts of Nashville has clearly seen better days. A couple of stores sit vacant; the parking lot is far from full. Yet one small, unpretentious storefro...
When Michael A. Schuler took over as president and CEO at Zippo Manufacturing in 1986, the company's business plan read like a living will. It was selling a cigarette lighter virtually unchanged in...
It's easy to see why the Pilot is a hot item these days. The little personal digital assistant (PDA) from U.S. Robotics is inexpensive, compact, and easy to use, and syncs up to your PC with no has...
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Q. An official with the U.S. Commerce Department said on television recently that many businesses and industries are in development in China and that the country would become an economic contender....
Ten years ago Jill Barad, then a junior manager in the boys' toys division at Mattel, went to Tom Kalinske, the senior vice president who had hired her, and said, ''Okay, I'm ready now. Give me a b...
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ALAN B. LEFKOF, 36 TANDY CORP. For some people, good things really do come in small packages. Nine years ago Lefkof got a peek at Grid Systems Corp.'s ten-pound laptop computer. ''The only other po...
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YONKERS, N.Y. -- A man who once weighed 640 pounds says he was kicked out of a health club because the ''Barbie dolls'' there didn't want a fat man around. At a hearing . . . before the State Divis...
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