Barbie News Archives

Dimitri Dovellos couldn't wait for his 9th birthday to go shopping for presents -- not for himself, but for children at The Community Hospital.

It looks like the Toledo Public Schools aren't happy with what they are getting out of the marina district project.

It was tastefully attired Barbie vs. streetwise Bratz in federal court in Riverside today as opening arguments began in a copyright infringement case potentially worth billions of dollars.

The four "Hs" of 4-H are "head, heart, hands and health," but with funding in jeopardy, it could be more like "help, help, help and help." Chris Rush of Antioch Township thinks the program has been exceptional ...

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008 The Barbie/Bratz Lawsuit Barbie used to own the doll market.

Running time: 1 hr, 30 min Barbie may be a perfect metaphor for America. She is mass-produced, grossly disproportionate, and derived from petroleum.

A healthy body means feeling, looking and staying physically and mentally fit. In America, teenagers and young adults are getting mixed messages, mostly from the bad M's . Dating back centuries ago, the ...

Mattel Inc said on Monday it has settled its lawsuit against ex-employee and Bratz dolls inventor Carter Bryant, but its case against MGA Entertainment, which makes the Bratz collection, will proceed.

LEE ELEY cheerfully admits he's completely barmy about Barbie dolls. Over the last four years he's managed to amass an incredible 600 of the classic Mattel toys which have taken over the spare bedroom of his ...

“The displays of personalities such as Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter ... as well as the irregular importation of unsanctioned computer games and movies are all warning bells to the officials in the cultural arena”

Here's hoping everyone remembered mom on Sunday, especially if her main job is taking care of you, your dad and the house. via Times-Transcript

“I couldn't really understand the whole thing, so I was like, I'm just going to do what I'm told, and it'll work out fine. ”

"I've seen my Barbie doll," Ricci said at the Gotham party in her honor on May 3. There's a Barbie of her character, Trixie, and a Speed Ken. via New York Magazine

Mattel Inc. , the world's biggest toymaker, may add as much as $500 million a year to its revenue by winning a copyright suit against MGA Entertainment Inc. via Bloomberg Business News

Don't you wish you had one? The new Ukrainian Adolf Hitler doll does, according to the Daily Mail [h/t Paul R.]: An action-man style doll of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has gone on sale in the Ukraine, with ... via German Joys

This Mother's Day is not only my 21st birthday, but it will be the third Mother's Day without my mom. via Tallahassee.com

“I have a scar on my left shoulder where leeches attacked me in a lake when I was nine.”

May 6th, 2008 at 12:00 by Matthew Laidlow Watch any teatime broadcast of Baywatch and you'll see Pamela Anderson as a Barbie doll of a woman who saves drowning pensioners and children whilst prancing around in ... via Hecklerspray

“The facts are on our side and we are confident we will prevail at trial. MGA, through its hard work, innovation and marketing, created and built Bratz - and no one else”

Bratz dolls and a Barbie Doll are seen at the Dream Toys 2004 exhibition. Photograph: Stephen Hird / Reuters It had to come to this eventually. via Guardian Unlimited

“Vomiting uncontrollably, together with the stench of my breath, my phlegm curdles. As my tongue flays to pieces, my headache intensifies, and my eyes have become blind.”

NEW YORK

Other animals have done it.

African elephants have been known to flatten the same forests they depend on for survival.

The rabbits of Laysan Island in Hawaii once ate themselves and a dozen other species to extinction.

Our species could prove self-destructive, too. All it might take is 6 billion of us demanding suburban America's toys.

The work of Takashi Murakami, Japan's most famous artist, paints a convincing picture of the modern consumer as lemming. We glimpse the cliff ahead but can't resist its pull. That vision makes '© Murakami,' the massive retrospective organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and now at the Brooklyn Museum, one of the most gripping shows in years. Read more

“They're very good at hiding from us.”

Fluffing and folding the news Evil Barbie We have to admit that we're not huge Barbie fans - we envy her narrow waist and limitless career opportunities - but it's nothing compared to the hate the Iranian ... via Pleasant Hill Record

“We need to find substitutes to ward off this onslaught, which aims at children and young people whose personality is in the process of being formed”

Barbie, the iconic American fashion doll, is destroying the youth and the culture of Iran. via Blogging Baby

“It made me feel, like, uncomfortable”

A Detroit, Texas, middle school student accused of accessing an inappropriate Website at school testified in federal court Monday she had a substitute teacher's permission. via Texarkana Gazette