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...year marriage is an eternity by Hollywood standards. Still, it came as a shock last week when Pixar and Disney announced an end to their long and lucrative partnership. As a team, they had given moviegoers some of the greatest animated films in history, from Toy Story to last year's Finding Nemo, hauling in a total of $2.6 billion at the box office. The two studios have a profit-sharing deal, but Pixar wanted to end it early and pay Disney a straight distribution commission. Despite 10 months of negotiating, the two were still at loggerheads. Finally Pixar...
...child in all of us. From the policeman who gave us a sly but heartwarming smile to the garrulous waitress who, after one adoring look, recalled fond childhood memories of the dog’s namesake, we realized that FAO Schwarz wasn’t just any toy store—it was the toy store...
...product of the American dream, the toy store that is now a national institution was started by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz in 1862 in Baltimore. In 1880, the store moved to its location on Fifth Avenue in New York City, later made famous by a playful Tom Hanks in the 1988 film Big. Many of us grew up watching Big, yearning to go to that very toy store one day and play “Chopsticks” on that very piano...
During my first year at Harvard, over intersession, I finally fulfilled that desire. As my roommates and I headed to New York, the famous toy store was top among our list of must-see attractions. After all, it wasn’t just a store, it was more of a museum—enshrining classic memories, old-school toys, a sense of tradition—forever preserving our childhood. Little did we know that the chain was headed for bankruptcy, filing for Chapter 11 protections twice...
...learn more about Cassandra, I had to find out what women say about sex when they're alone. To do that, I sat quietly in the back of a Bronx, N.Y., apartment, shopping for sex toys with 30 young women, many of whom were drunk elementary school teachers. In a 21st century twist on Tupperware parties, women invite their friends to buy X-rated products at home events. Passion Parties is a 10-year-old company with $20 million in sales whose slogan is Where Every Day Is Valentine's Day. Every day also seems to require a package...