We’ve all been there: you’re halfway through a cinematic masterpiece when a sudden realization hits you that makes the entire ...

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Parents, keep your eyes peeled for AI-powered toys. These may look like they might make a novel gift for a child, but a recent controversy surrounding several of the stocking stuffers has highlighted ...

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri—about the year in cinema. Dear Alison, Bilge, and Justin, For ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WGN) — It’s that time of year when children who celebrate Christmas dream of toys under the tree. Some of the most famous toys – and one iconic Christmas character – have their roots ...

The toy that’s sold out in America’s biggest retailers and just topped Amazon’s charts on the busiest shopping day of the year was made by a tech startup that had absolutely no clue how to make a toy.

As told in Tarpley Hitt’s rollicking “Barbieland,” the rise of America’s doll alter ego is much messier and more interesting than any movie. By Amanda Hess Amanda Hess is a critic at large for the ...

Quentin Tarantino says Toy Story 3 is his second favorite film of the 21st Century, calling it “almost a perfect movie.” “That last five minutes ripped my f—ing heart out,” Tarantino says in the ...

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Nov. 26 (UPI) --Tim Allen says filming Toy Story 5 was "an amazing experience." The Shifting Gears star, 72, stopped by The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon to discuss the feature on Tuesday. He ...

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...