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Chanukah and toys go together like doughnuts and jam, but there are some dolls and teddies that have a greater significance, writes Lorraine Gibson

Holiday highlights include a Waltons remake, ‘Annie Live!’ and Mariah Carey

The HISTORY Channel's series 'The Toys That Built America' is premiering on November 28th and will feature 4 new episodes.

Weather in northwest Orange County for Thursday, November 4, 2021

Third Point demands energy giant place oil operations into a separate business after taking £545m stake

Hollywood star is in final talks to play the iconic doll based on the Mattel line

  She’s an OAP? The famous fashion doll arrived on toy store shelves in 1959 after Los Angeles businesswoman, Ruth Handler, felt her daughter’s toy choices were limited to “moms and caregivers”. She said: “My whole philosophy of Barbie was that through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.” Handler went on to become the founder and president of Mattel, the worlds largest toy firm.   Since he...

With millions of downloads already, the Goal Digger airs twice a week at JennaKutcherBlog.com. 4. Best for Limited Series: Great Women of Business From booming success stories to utter failures, Great Women of Business is not afraid to dig deep into the stories of some of the world’s most successful female entrepreneurs. From Coco Chanel to Martha Stewart, Mrs. Fields to Julia Child, this 12-part series is both thought-provoking and inspiring. Famous women entrepreneurs include: Debbi Fields,...

Greta Gerwig is officially directing the Barbie movie. The Lady Bird and Little Women helmer was already on script duties with Noah Baumbach, but now its been confirmed that the 37-year-old filmmaker will also direct. In an interview with Vogue, Margot Robbie, who will play the iconic toy in the live-action movie, let slip that Greta is directing. She said: "People generally hear Barbie and think, ‘I know what that movie is going to be,’ and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and d...

55 Delightful Doll Tattoos Author: Did you play with dolls growing up? Growing up, many of us played with dolls. However, the time period you were born in greatly determined which kinds of dolls you played with. For example, as a child of the 1990s, I grew up playing with Barbie dolls. I can even remember being gifted a collectible Cruella de Vil Barbie that, much to my moms horror, I tried to give a haircut. However, my sister was born just a few years later and she fell into the Bratz doll de...