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Polly Pocket
Polly Pocket is a toy line of dolls and accessories first founded and designed by Chris Wiggs in 1983 and licensed by Bluebird Toys from 1989 until both entities/properties were acquired by Mattel in 1998. History Polly Pocket was first designed by Chris Wiggs in 1983 for his daughter Kate. Using a makeup powder compact, he fashioned a small house for the tiny doll. Bluebird Toys of Swindon, England, licensed the concept and the first Polly Pocket toys appeared in stores in 1989. Mattel held a distribution arrangement with Bluebird Toys for Polly Pocket items in the early 1990s. In 1998, while production lulled/slowed down, Bluebird Toys endured multiple hostile takeover attempts until Mattel finally purchased both the brand and Bluebird Toys later that year. The sets made by Bluebird Toys are now valuable collectables. The original Polly Pocket toys were plastic cases that opened to form a dollhouse or other playset with Polly Pocket figurines less than an inch tall. The doll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebird Toys
Bluebird Toys plc was a British toy company. They are responsible for the Polly Pocket brand, Havok wargame and Disney Tiny Collection. Previous toy lines include Manta Force, Oh Penny, the British version of Oh Jenny from Matchbox Toys, Mighty Max and miniature Thomas and Friends sets. Corporate history Torquil Norman founded Bluebird Toys in 1980, his first product being the now famous Big Yellow Teapot House. This was one of the first 'container' houses which broke away from the traditional architectural style of dolls' houses in favour of this light and colourful family home. He is also famous for his Big Red Fun Bus and Big Jumbo Fun Plane, A La Carte Kitchen, Polly Pocket, Lucy Locket (A larger version of Polly Pocket) and the Mighty Max range, as well as the invention of the plastic lunch box. Bluebird was an almost immediate success, coming within £18,000 of breaking even in its first year of business, on turnover of £1.25m. By 1983 turnover had reached £3.4, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Pockets
Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (a diminutive of Mary). Polly may also be a short form of names such as Polina, Polona, Paula or Paulina. People named or nicknamed Polly Female * Caresse Crosby (1891–1970), American patron of the arts, poet, publisher, peace activist and inventor of the first modern brassiere to receive a patent and gain wide acceptance, who was also known as Polly Jacob and Polly Peabody *Mary Jefferson Eppes (1778–1804), a daughter of Thomas Jefferson, known as Polly during her childhood * Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols (1845–1888), a victim of the Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper * PJ Harvey (born 1969), English singer/songwriter *Polly Adams (born 1939), English actress *Polly Adler (1900–1962), Russian-born American madam and author *Polly Apfelbaum (born 1955), American contemporary visual artist *Polly Arnold (born 1972), British academic *Polly Baca (born 1941), American politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, JPIMedia, also publishes the ''Edinburgh Evening News''. It had an audited print circulation of 16,349 for July to December 2018. Its website, Scotsman.com, had an average of 138,000 unique visitors a day as of 2017. The title celebrated its bicentenary on 25 January 2017. History ''The Scotsman'' was launched in 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren in response to the "unblushing subservience" of competing newspapers to the Edinburgh establishment. The paper was pledged to "impartiality, firmness and independence". After the abolition of newspaper stamp tax in Scotland in 1855, ''The Scotsman'' was relaunched as a daily newspaper priced at 1d and a circulat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Walters
Ocean Productions, Inc., is a Canadian media production and voice acting company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that is part of the Ocean Group of businesses. Ocean Group is involved in intellectual property acquisition and development, co-production and the creation of English versions of animation for worldwide distribution. The Group also works with global toy companies and producers to create and distribute animation properties in conjunction with game development as well as licensing and merchandising programs. Ocean Media Inc. creates world master versions of programming to promote intellectual properties on a global basis. The company's productions are recorded at Ocean Studios (originally known as Ocean Sound) in Vancouver and Blue Water Studios in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. History Founded by Ken Morrison and Dave Thomas in the early 1970s, the company, then known as Ocean Sound, originally started as a North Vancouver-based music recording studio. Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Chan-Kent
Shannon Chan-Kent (born September 23, 1988) is a Canadian voice and stage actress. She is known for her roles as Silver Spoon and Smolder and the singing voice of Pinkie Pie in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', Misa Amane in the English dub of ''Death Note'', and the Biskit twins and Youngmee Song on '' Littlest Pet Shop''. She also portrays Joy Pepper in the rebooted ''Superbook'', the Chief in ''Pucca'', Courtney's best friend Janet in '' Spectacular!'', and Amy Rose in '' Sonic Prime''. In addition to her voice acting career, she is also an opera singer (Soprano), having graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in Opera from the University of British Columbia. Shannon has performed with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra as well as with local theater productions. Filmography Animation *'' 16 Hudson'' – Mrs. Wu, Joyce *''Adventures of Ayuma'' - Noxana *'' Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale'' – Delphine *'' Barbie: Princess Charm School'' – Princess Isla *'' Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Higgins
Catherine Davis Higgins is an American voice actress, singer and jazz pianist. Career Music career Higgins earned a degree in music from Auburn University in 1991. She is a trained pianist who studied with the jazz artist Bob Richardson. She released the first jazz album by her own name ''The Tide is Low'' in 2002. The second jazz album is ''Stealing Freedom''. She is also in a band called Upper Structure. Voice acting career Higgins's major voice roles have been in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and she is best known as the voice of Sakura Haruno in '' Naruto'' and Talho Yuuki in Eureka 7. She has also voiced CC in '' Code Geass'' and Saber in the original '' Fate/stay night''. Between 2010 and 2013, Higgins voiced Tails in the video game series ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. She also voices Kate, Stinky, and Lilly in the ''Alpha and Omega'' sequels. In 2014, Higgins was cast as Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury in the Viz English dub of ''Sailor Moon''. She voiced Pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazumi Evans
Kazumi Evans (born September 14, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a contestant on the CBC's ''Triple Sensation''. As a voice actress, she has voiced Saffi on '' Bob the Builder'', Madeline on '' The Deep'', and Skipper in the ''Barbie'' films. One of her biggest roles to date is Princess Iris of Athenia, the lead character in the French animated show ''LoliRock'' which was released in English by Netflix in May 2016. Career Evans trained at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, the Richmond Academy of Dance, and the Goh Ballet before becoming known as a voice actress. In 2007, Evans appeared as a contestant on the first season of the reality television series ''Triple Sensation ''Triple Sensation'' is a reality television series produced by multi-Tony Award-winning producer Garth Drabinsky. Its first season debuted on October 7, 2007 on CBC Television, and its second season debuted on June 22, 2009. Over $250,000 in sc ...'' to win a scholarship to a thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Fitzgerald
Erin Fitzgerald is a Canadian voice actress who provides voice-overs for a number of cartoons, video games and English language dubs of Japanese anime. In animation, she voices Raven Queen in '' Ever After High'' and C.A. Cupid in both '' Monster High'' and '' Ever After High''. In addition, she also voiced Spectra Vondergeist and Scarah Screams among others in the " Monster High" series. Biography Fitzgerald was born in Victoria, British Columbia and graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with an acting specialization. She moved to Vancouver and worked with local theater groups doing plays, radio plays, television, and film. Her voice-over career began with loops groups in Vancouver for shows such as '' The Outer Limits'', she worked in looping for six years. Fitzgerald moved to Los Angeles in 2000. While in LA she regularly works with a Christmas charity called Combat Radio. Career She had her first start in voice acting as Piranha Mae Hoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiara Zanni
Chiara Zanni (; born July 19, 1978) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is known for her roles as Amy Ryan on The N series '' About a Girl'' and Maggie Buckman on the CBC series '' Edgemont''. She is also known for her voice-work as Hahli in '' Bionicle: Mask of Light'', the titular character in ''Hamtaro'', Jubilee in '' X-Men: Evolution'', Eva "Molly" Wei in ''Ōban Star-Racers'', Piper in '' Storm Hawks'', Stellaluna in the film adaptation of '' Stellaluna'', and Kani Maki in ''Sushi Pack''. Life and career Zanni was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to an Italian father and an English mother. She started her career at the age of eight when she was cast as the "Pokey Little Puppy" in the animated series ''Little Golden Bookland''. She has appeared in the feature films ''X-Men'', ''40 Days and 40 Nights'', ''Come l'America'', ''In the Land of Women'' and '' Good Luck Chuck''. Her television credits include ''Supernatural'', ''Stargate Atlantis'', '' Edgemont'', ''Troph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Tennant
Emily Tennant (born August 9, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She played Ivy Young on the Canadian comedy television series '' Mr. Young''. Life and career Tennant was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2000, she played her first role in the romantic comedy film, ''Personally Yours''. After that, she could be seen in some minor roles in TV series and films. In 2004, she played a recurring role in the comedy horror series ''Kingdom Hospital''. In 2005, Tennant had a minor role of ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants''. She starred in the 2009 thriller, ''Zombie Punch''. She won a Leo Award in the category ''Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama'' for ''Valentines'' in 2009. Tennant played a main role in the Canadian teen sitcom '' Mr. Young'' (2011–13). In 2014–15, Tennant played Cecelia Rendall on the Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegan Moss
Tegan Moss (born February 7, 1985) is a Canadian actress appearing in film and television. She has been nominated for a Young Artist Award. Biography Moss was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has two brothers, Rory Moss, and actor Jesse Moss. Her given name is of Welsh origin, meaning "fair one" and pronounced to rhyme with "Megan". Moss had attended the Point Grey Secondary School Point Grey stəywəte:n̓ Secondary School, previously called Point Grey Secondary School, is a public secondary school located in the Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy neighbourhoods of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. History Designed by Fred T ... and graduated in June 2003. Moss appears in the films '' Free Style'' and '' Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts''. She appeared in the movie ''Sea People'' as Amanda Forrest. Filmography Awards/Nominations References External links * 1985 births Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's AdSense program, which seeks to generate more revenue for both parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
