'Beverly Hillbillies' actress settles suit over Barbie doll
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| A Clampett may have struck it rich yet again. Or at least the actress who played the beautiful tomboy Elly May on the television show "The Beverly Hillbillies," who settled a lawsuit with toy giant Mattel Inc. and CBS Consumer Products over a Barbie doll modeled after her character. Actress Donna Douglas, who held the role of buxom Elly May, claimed that she never gave permission for the El Segundo toy maker to use her photo or name in promoting the doll, according to court filings. The lawsuit asked for at least $75,000 in compensation, but the settlement amount could... |
Mattel releases Farrah Fawcett Barbie
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Farrah Fawcett has been immortalized in plastic with her very own Barbie. The new Black Label Collection doll depicts the late actress posing in her famous red swimsuit in front of a striped blanket, recreating the iconic '70s poster. The uniquely sculpted Barbie uncannily mimics Farrah’s mega-watt smile, and features perfectly feathered hair and even a tiny gold necklace. |
Elliot Handler, Co-Founder of Mattel Toys, Dies at 95
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Elliot Handler, who co-founded the Mattel toy company and designed the plastic playthings that have filled millions of Christmas stockings, made dinner parties possible by occupying otherwise fidgety children, and stubbed countless parents’ toes, died on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 95. The cause was heart failure, his daughter, Barbara Segal, said. Mr. Handler helped introduce Barbie, helped design the talking doll Chatty Cathy and popularized Hot Wheels toy cars. He began Mattel in 1945 with his wife, Ruth, and a short-term partner. Until the Handlers were forced out of Mattel in 1975, they oversaw a... |
'Beverly Hillbillies' actress sues Barbie maker
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| NEW ORLEANS – The actress who played Elly May Clampett on the hit television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" is suing toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., claiming the company used her name and likeness for a Barbie doll without her authorization. The federal suit filed Wednesday in Baton Rouge, La., says packaging for the "Elly May" Barbie doll features a photo of Donna Douglas portraying the character. Douglas says she never endorsed the doll or gave Mattel permission to use her name to promote its sale before the toy maker introduced the doll in December 2010. From 1962 to 1971, Douglas appeared... |
Mattel loses Bratz battle, must pay millions
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Barbie just can't catch a break when it comes to those sassy Bratz dolls. Barbie maker Mattel (MAT) got smacked down by a federal jury today, and was ordered to pay $88.5 million to rival MGA Entertainment in a dispute over the Bratz line. In what's being called a stunning decision, the jury told Mattel that it does not own the Bratz dolls. The legal battle has been going since 2004, and one analyst said today that Mattel's failure to settle was a "tremendously bad decision" by management. "It means they wasted $400 million or so of shareholder money to... |
Barbie Gets Ordained, and Has the Smells-and-Bells Wardrobe to Match
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| (RNS) With her careers as veterinarian, astronaut and U.S. president behind her, Barbie has at last found her true calling: as a second-career Episcopal priest. The 11.5-inch-tall fictional graduate of Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif., has donned a cassock and surplice and is rector at St. Barbara’s-by-the-Sea in (where else?) Malibu, Calif. She arrived at the church fully accessorized, as is Barbie’s custom. Her impeccably tailored ecclesiastical vestments include various colored chasubles (the sleeveless vestments worn at Mass) for every liturgical season, black clergy shirt with white collar, neat skirt and heels, a laptop with prepared... |
Walmart under fire for selling black Barbies at half price of white dolls
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Walmart under fire for selling black Barbies at half price of white dolls An American supermarket chain has come under fire for cutting the price of black Barbies to nearly half that of the white dolls. By Heidi Blake Published: 9:07AM GMT 11 Mar 2010 Walmart was criticised for selling black Barbies at nearly half the price of white dolls Walmart stocks Mattel’s fair-skinned Ballerina Barbie dolls and its darker-skinned Ballerina Theresa dolls at many of its stores, but the chain has now been criticised for “valuing blackness less than whiteness” by cutting the price of the black doll. A... |
COMING SOON-Suicide Bomber Barbie??
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Nothing like the world of political correctness. In its desire to have something for everybody, the Mattel Corporation has decided to create a Barbie Doll wearing the symbol of the harsh Islamist Repression of women: One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burkha. Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children. More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy. 'I think this is really important for girls,... |
Mattel cuts sales target for Shanghai Barbie store
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| (China Daily/Agencies) – Mattel Inc, the world’s biggest toymaker, lowered the sales target for its Barbie store in Shanghai by at least 30 percent after deciding the original marketing concept didn’t work. “The initial sales targets were astronomical,” said Dann Murphy, who took over as general manager as his predecessor left eight months after the store opened. Targets for the six-story outlet’s restaurant and “retail experience”, which includes designing personalized Barbie dolls, have been revised down three times since its opening in March. Mattel chose Shanghai for its first dedicated Barbie store as consumer demand slumped in the United... |
Mattel Tommy Burst TV commercial 1960s!
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Rare early 60s tv commercial for Mattel's Tommy Burst submachine gun detective set. Load in some fresh caps, pull the bolt back, and it made a God-awful noise as it produced a small cloud of smoke around the barrel tip. It was fantastic!! Guaranteed to take your friends & relatives down, one at a time. |
Designer Comes To Rescue Of (Mattel's) Barbie's 'Cankles'
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Stiletto Maker Louboutin Re-Designing Feet Of Fashion Icon Doll; New Yorkers Let Out Collective 'Are You Serious? A French shoe designer is being called on the carpet for a comment he made calling Barbie fat -- specifically her ankles. The iconic, incredible Barbie is now a bigger fashion symbol than ever. In fact, some in the fashion world seem to think she's too big. Stiletto maker Christian Louboutin is re-designing a fashion Barbie set to come out next year, and according to Women's Wear Daily, found her ankles a bit too fat for his taste, so he re-shaped the doll's... |
Mattel Introduces Black Barbies
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| (AP) Mattel has launched a new line of black Barbie dolls with fuller lips, a wider nose and more pronounced cheek bones - a far cry from Christie, Barbie's black friend who debuted in the 1960s and was essentially a white doll painted brown. etc. |
How Mainstream is Porn? Just Ask Body Art Barbie
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| A little girls’ icon gets ink. Can ‘Pole Dance Barbie’ be far behind? By Matt Philbin Culture and Media Institute March 10, 2009 We can be sure she’s not the first of her generation to mark her 50th birthday by getting tattoos. After all, the cultivation of youth-obsessed narcissism and bad taste is a Baby Boomer hallmark (see Clinton, Bill). But “Totally Stylin’ Tattoos Barbie” is no less disturbing for being a product of her generation. Mattel is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the bubbly blonde franchise with an update – tattoos for her and her young owners. Of course,... |
YOU DECIDE: Does Little Mommy Doll Really Say Islam Is The Light?
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| A simple coo is stirring up controversy among some holiday shoppers. They believe a new doll was programmed to say “Islam is the light.“ Is that what the doll is saying? You Decide… |
FISHER PRICE BABY DOLL SAYS ISLAM IS THE LIGHT
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Now they are attacking our children's minds. This $20.00 baby doll says ISLAM IS THE LIGHT on the 3rd time it talks. This is absolutely pathetic. Shame on Fisher Price and Mattel. What the h*ll were they thinking. 3 different videos at this link http://www.floridab ruce.com/ islam_is_ the_light. htm |
Video game plays strange message? Mother: toy says 'Islam is the light'
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| KNIGHTSVILLE, Ind. (WTHI) - Months ago, Rachel Jones was shocked to discover her 4-year-old's baby doll seemed to have a hidden message: Islam is the light. Imagine her surprise when a game for her 8-year-old daughter's Nintendo DS had the same message. Rachel said she bought the Nintendo game, Baby Pals, as a gift for her 8-year-old daughter after a good report card. She had no idea the game also contained the hidden message "Islam is the light." |
Video game plays strange message Toy says 'Islam is the light'
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| KNIGHTSVILLE, Ind. (WTHI) - Months ago, Rachel Jones was shocked to discover her 4-year-old's baby doll seemed to have a hidden message: Islam is the light. Imagine her surprise when a game for her 8-year-old daughter's Nintendo DS had the same message. Rachel said she bought the Nintendo game, Baby Pals, as a gift for her 8-year-old daughter after a good report card. She had no idea the game also contained the hidden message "Islam is the light." "We were sitting in the kitchen, and she was playing it," said Jones. "All of a sudden she looked at me, and... |
Barbie Beats Back Bratz: Federal Judge Bars MGA From Making, Selling Dolls
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The rowdy Bratz dolls have been evicted. Barbie has regained control of the dollhouse. Toy giant Mattel Inc., after a four-year legal dispute with MGA Entertainment Inc., touted its win in the case Wednesday after a federal judge banned MGA from making and selling its pouty-lipped and hugely popular Bratz dolls. "It's a pretty sweeping victory," Mattel attorney Michael Zeller said. "They have no right to use Bratz for any goods or services at all." U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson rocked the toy industry with his order that MGA must immediately stop manufacturing Bratz. He allowed... |
Judge orders company to stop making popular Bratz dolls
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| LOS ANGELES — The rowdy Bratz dolls have been evicted. Barbie has regained control of the dollhouse. Toy giant Mattel Inc., after a four-year legal dispute with MGA Entertainment Inc., touted its win in the case Wednesday after a federal judge banned MGA from making and selling its pouty-lipped and hugely popular Bratz dolls. |
When Barbie went to Beirut
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Beirut does not feel like a conservative place. The girls wear shorts up to here and hair down to there. Cocktails are consumed by the gallon, and there is a rumbustious, if incestuous, arts scene. But this week, the limits of Lebanon's liberal attitude to art were tested by images of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant Shia group Hezbollah, and a smiling Barbie doll. Some photographs, featuring Barbie dolls and a garish Middle Eastern mishmash of political and religious iconography, were removed from a high-profile exhibition of work by the Lebanese artist Jocelyne Saab by the gallery over... |
Mattel to Cut 1,000 Jobs; Some In [WI]
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| Mattel Inc. said Thursday it is cutting about 1,000 positions worldwide because of the economic downturn that is clouding the holiday outlook for toy makers.The world's largest toymaker said an undisclosed number of the cuts would be at its Middleton-based American Girl division, which has generally been turning in solid results. Mattel, which also makes Barbie and Fisher Price products, among others, said the positions amount to 3 percent of its worldwide work force and will reduce its professional and management staff by 8 percent. The company said the cuts will come from a combination of layoffs, attrition and retirements... |
Factory closure in China a sign of deeper pain
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| pinch Related Quotes Symbol Price Change HAS 30.12 +0.03 MAT 14.45 -0.01 ^GSPC 940.55 -5.88 Chinese police officers stand guard as hundreds of workers gather outside a AP – Chinese police officers stand guard as hundreds of workers gather outside a government building after … DONGGUAN, China – Unemployed worker Wang Wenming was angry at his boss for shutting down a massive Chinese factory this week that made toys for Mattel Inc., Hasbro Inc. and other American companies. But the assembly line worker was also furious at the United States. "This financial crisis in America is going to kill us.... |
Parents Outraged Over (Mattel)Baby Doll They Say Mumbles Pro-Islam Message
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| A doll some are claiming utters pro-Islam and even satanic messages has outraged parents in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. People insist they can hear Fisher-Price's "Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo" mumbling "Islam is the light" and "Satan is king," according to KJRH.com and MyFOXKC.com. "There's no markings on the box to indicate there's anything Islamic about this doll," said Gary Rofkahr of Owasso, Okla., who was at work when another man brought the toy in to show his colleagues. Rofkahr said he found various versions of the doll at local Target and Wal-Mart stores, which have since pulled... |
Mattel Gambles on Pricey Elmo for Holidays ($60 Elmo doll)
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| For nearly two years, designers at Mattel Inc.'s Fisher-Price toiled to hide a maze of copper wires and microchips under the plush red fur of the company's newest Elmo toy. The resulting "Elmo Live" is its most advanced ever, able to cross its legs, flap its arms and fluidly mimic the famous television Muppet. All that wizardry, however, comes at a steep price. When Elmo Live arrives in stores on Tuesday, it will cost $60 -- about a third more than last year's model, and above the $50 tag that once was the high-water mark for most toys. Elmo Live... |
Muslim World’s Vice Squads Hunt ‘Jewish’ Barbie Dolls
Friday 25th of May 2012 11:12:53 PM
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| When Iranian toy seller Masoumeh Rahimi thinks of Barbie and Ken dolls, she thinks of heavy artillery — only worse. “I think every Barbie doll is more harmful than an American missile,” Ms. Rahmi told the BBC back in 2002. In April 2008, Iran’s top prosecutor and religious cleric, Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi, upped the anti-Barbie campaign by calling for a ban on the sale of all Barbie dolls from the country. “Barbie is an emissary of nudity and promotes moral corruption,” wrote the hardliner newspaper Kahyan.... (Photos at link) |
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