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...send him back to his father in communist Cuba--had the boy himself sign court papers seeking U.S. asylum. Elian, they said, is capable of deciding where he wants to live. But the first-grader's crude letters betray his tender mind, like the Power Rangers in his toy box. Last week Miami Federal Judge K. Michael Moore dismissed the relatives' case and agreed with Attorney General Janet Reno that only the Cuban father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, can speak for a child that young. "Each passing day," Moore wrote, "is another day lost" between Juan Miguel and Elian...
Finished video in hand, Aigner-Clark set out to find a store that would sell it, which is where her success story really begins. She spent two full days at a toy trade show looking for someone from the Right Start, a retail and catalog company that sells developmentally appropriate toys and products for infants and toddlers. "I literally hunted down the sales representatives," she says. It took several follow-up phone calls and letters, but eventually the Right Start agreed to sell the video. When it hit the shelves in 1997, it quickly became one of the company...
...Forty-three ads in Variety later, Cider House Rules finds itself with seven nominations. Deserving films like The Talented Mr. Ripley, Election, Toy Story 2 and Being John Malkovich get shut out by a cheesy Republican movie. Miramax preserves its streak. The story ends happily for the Weinsteins. Ah! But wait... It's more complicated. See, last year, the race boiled down to Saving Private Ryan vs. Shakespeare in Love. Saving Private Ryan was a Dreamworks movie, Shakespeare, of course, a Miramax one. Ryan was the heavily favored juggernaut-but the Weinsteins orchestrated such a monster PR campaign with literally...
...know if it was a real gun or a toy--I've never seen a gun before," the victim said...
Kids can be so nasty, but not without the proper accessories. The innocent days of yo-yos and roller skates are long gone, if the cruel or unusual products on display at last week's 97th annual American International Toy Fair in New York City are anything to go by. Coming soon to a wish list near...