Hello, and happy true crime spooky season from the DOGGONE CRIME gals (Blanche and Marlene)! This is an urgent interruption to post New York Toy Fair deal making news and entertainment industry-wide, WGA strike after-parties. Or in this case, the after-‘Party on, dude!’ (Apologies to Mike Myers.) …

by: Blanche DuBois Sharp and Marlene Sharp Hello, and holy smokes! It’s the smell of fireworks out there, and it’s also me Blanche with something to calm those of you who hate the season but not the reason. In the good ol’ USA, around this time every year, we celebrate…

By: Blanche DuBois Sharp and Marlene Sharp Greetings, ladies and germs. You’re not rid of me Blanche yet. There’s a VIP PUPPY BOWL XIX Pup Rally experience for me and Mama to recount for your reading pleasure. …

Spring has sprung! In somewhat similar fashion, the corporate world has sprung a leak, in the form of layoffs. In this author’s opinion, the dramatic workforce reduction breeds a HUNGER GAMES-like atmosphere in the toy biz, the kids’ content landscape, and office culture at large. By HUNGER GAMES, think SQUID…

Meet writer, producer, and former kids’ TV executive Ann Austen of Barbie and Power Rangers fame.

Remember Sonic the Hedgehog’s star turn in the iconic Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation? Picture it: the year is 2016; the locale is San…

Welcome to the story of a family, fandom, and the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation. This is an epic which unfolds over the course of one year and in a series of articles, of which, this is part 1. The setting is Los Angeles; however, this tale has a universally…

Los Angeles-based Neko Productions’ first foray into graphic novel publishing and original animation is available in fall 2023. Amidst the perfect storm of fan-con, confab and festival season, Los Angeles-based Neko Productions performs extra swimmingly. Riding high is the studio’s debut, original kid-lit graphic novel series entitled 101 REASONS WHY…

The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (ACA) is sponsoring the seventh ACA Cinema Project — Emerging Japanese Films — as the cornerstone of its Japan Overseas Expansion Enhancement Project. Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) serves as the steward for the encore of this distinguished screening series. Three recently…