Anne Rice’s Doll Auction: Is it a stake through her heart?
Back in 1998, I had the great fortune to meet Ms. Rice and spend time with her in her stunning...
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Author: Stephanie Finnegan
Forever Young: We have multiple Snow White dolls but no Betty Whites. Are we afraid to grow old?
July 2010 is certainly shaping up to be the summer of the vampire. In addition to all the Twilight...
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Living Dolls: Could Your Life Stand Up to the Doll Challenge?
While promoting the latest installment of the Twilight series, actress Kristen Stewart (Bella) and...
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Dollcasters: Is Network TV just a Few Segments Away from a Team of Vinyl Broadcasters?
The other week, I was watching “The O’Reilly Factor,” and Bill O’Reilly was in rare form. I can...
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The Friends of Barbie R: A Six-Step Program to End Doll Denial
The other evening I was at a Weis grocery store with my sister. It was pretty late, but I had a...
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New Directions at Tonner Doll Co.
Everyone knows that Robert Tonner and his talented associates are always exploring new horizons....
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City Slickers: Can Carrie Bradshaw and Pals Ever Be Cut Down to Size?
Many years ago, when I was putting together an issue of DOLLS, I asked readers to share which...
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Say so Long to Hollywood and Vinyl
As I type my blog this week, I have an imaginary monogrammed hankie tucked into my crisp, starched...
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First Impressions, Lasting Memories
When I’m not busy cooing over cuddly baby dolls and swooning over surreal pieces of doll art, I...
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Paper Pusher
The other day I decided I had to get moving again. Sitting on my duff might be helping me...
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Remembering Jack Friedman
I learned last week that Mr. Jack Friedman, the founder of JAKKS Pacific toy company, passed away...
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Dolls that Go Bump in the Night
There’s a commercial airing these days for a package-delivery company, where a whole family is...
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Collectible Quandary: Can You Collect When There’s Nothing There?
The other night, when I was putting my daughter, Jane, to bed, I spotted, out of the corner of my...
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Flirting with Disaster: A Tragedy with Titanic Results!
We have just undergone a heck of a month in my hometown. It was a combination of Mother Nature...
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Throwing a CURVEball
A funny thing happened the other day while I was at Wal-Mart. Well, actually, funny things always...
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Fantastic Plastic Power
My daughter, Jane, is 5 years old, and as smart as a whip. As a matter of fact, she’s often been...
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Who’s that Girl?
What can we say about a girl that appears to be both prim and improper, naughty yet nice,...
Read MoreI played this weekend
Well this weekend as usual I ran errands. And when I went to our local buy everything store there were all new dolls out. Being a huge fan of playdolls I bought them all! I bought some clothing, who knows what it will fit in my...
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