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  • July 2008

    • Don't Expect Dora at Your Kid's Party

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 22, 08 3:48 PM CDT

      Don't Expect Dora at Your Kid's Party

      Want to book Elmo for your kid’s birthday party? Better expect “Big Red Tickle Monster” instead, the Wall Street Journal reports. Corporations that control the use of children’s entertainment characters are targeting costume-rental services that offer unauthorized versions of their cash cows, resulting in lawsuits, grotesque lookalikes, and disappointed kids. More »

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      television  • lawsuit  • Nickelodeon  • birthday party  • children's show  • costume

    • Tween Star Shines in The Wackness

      newser  |  Metacritic  |  Jul 4, 08 11:53 AM CDT

      Tween Star Shines in The Wackness

      Ex-Nickelodeon star Josh Peck shines in The Wackness , a dark comedy set in 1994 Manhattan. Jonathan Levine's coming-of-age film is “both darkly funny and life-affirming, in an offbeat and offhanded way,” writes Claudia Puig of USA Today . Peck as Luke, who’s selling pot out of an Italian ice cart, “shows you the sweet, virginal kid hiding inside the outlaw poseur,” writes Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly . More »

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      movie review  • teenagers  • Nickelodeon  • Mary Kate Olsen

  • June 2008

    • Hairy Fad: Boys Dig Long Locks

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 30, 08 7:09 AM CDT

      Hairy Fad: Boys Dig Long Locks

      In what could be a frightening nod to the '80s, more and more boys are growing their hair out. And while most deny pop culture inspired the barber boycott, long locks can be spotted on everyone from the Jonas Brothers to celebrity tots. Despite sometimes being mistaken for girls, notes the Chicago Tribune in a look at the trend, most wouldn't trade their tresses. More »

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      fashion  • Nickelodeon  • Disney Channel  • hair  • style

  • May 2008

    • Nickelodeon Show Draws Stoner Crowd

      newser  |  ABC News  |  May 8, 08 10:40 PM CDT

      Nickelodeon Show Draws Stoner Crowd

      A Nickelodeon series aimed at preschoolers has garnered an unusual following—hipster parents and twenty-something potheads. The variety-show format of “Yo Gabba Gabba!”—celebs and indie rockers guest between animated shorts—attracts a generation weaned on “The Muppet Show,” reports ABC News. Add bright colors, trippy characters, and ironically funny life lessons and you have a recipe for stoner entertainment. More »

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      television  • YouTube  • marijuana  • Nickelodeon  • preschool  • television watching

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  • September 2007

    • Nickelodeon Unplugs the Tube

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 28, 07 2:05 PM CDT

      Nickelodeon Unplugs the Tube

      For years, parents have been telling kids to turn off the TV, go outside and play. Now, Nickelodeon is turning the tube off for them, broadcasting three hours of dead air starting at noon tomorrow, during which they hope kids will go outside and get some exercise. It’s part of the network’s fourth annual worldwide day of play, the AP reports. More »

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      television  • exercise  • childhood obesity  • Nickelodeon

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