Tuesday, February 21, 2006
New cover picture on Bratz TV
Did a new picture for http://www.bratz.tv
I had this urge to use the hi-res Yasmin picture to get a portrait style picture just some fun pretty colored assemblage, sunrise and blue summer skies mixed with diamonds!
:)
What a day, I had to take my birdy to the vet today she had an impacted egg.. she had to stay all day, they did all kinds of things then she got a stitch in her birdy buns and they told me she was a very stately well-behaved bird and I was like- since when? My bird is a Bratz no, a Brat Bird :) She's actually really cute but can get an "attitude". She gets medicine everyday for five days and goes back to get the stitch out in 3 days. They say she'll be fine. She's just happy to be back in her own basket.
Hope everybody had a good Monday
:)
sfb
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Nikki SooHoo, Cool Actress
Nikki was in a Lil Bratz commercial and she is now going to be in a major movie. She has also done many other things some very deep and meaningful all of them with a message in one way or another that means something to her. Check out the cool thing she wrote for Bratz World and check out her new film in April too!
Nikki SooHoo
http://bratz-world.diaryland.com/soohoo.html
:)
sfb
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Bratz and MGA Toy Fair report 2006
This is what I am able to share at this point (MGA did ask for some things not to be mentioned). More things will pop up over time but this is what was on display at TF 2006. so hope you enjoy it and look forward to all kinds wonderful Bratz goodness :)
Bratz and MGA Toy Fair 2006
http://bratz-world.diaryland.com/TF2006.html
Bratz and MGA Toy Fair 2006
http://bratz-world.diaryland.com/TF2006.html
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Bratz stuff for People!
I don't know much about details for these, the showroom looks so cute!
Of course no dolls visible..
:)
sfb
Of course no dolls visible..
:)
sfb
From the Bratz Showroom they'll be in for Toy Fair:
Bratz Decor
Bratz On Film
Bratz Liptunes player and Cloe's Pet player
Friday, February 10, 2006
New Bratz line hints and sneak peeks pre-Toy Fair
All the cool news/hints pre-Toy Fair (there is just so much just check BWy links to read all about it :) ):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56431
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56440
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56470
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56432
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56431
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56440
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56470
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BratzWorld/message/56432
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Bratz backstage!
Cool behind the scenes look at a commercial being made, just a clip but very cool
:)
:)
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Babyz WIN Doll of the Year Award in the UK :)
So much for the haters yelling THONG trying to ruin the doll line's sales- looks like no one listened or if they did they were smart enough to
see its a fabric strip made to hold a skirt down loonies! LOL
:)
see its a fabric strip made to hold a skirt down loonies! LOL
:)
BRATZ Babyz™ WIN FASHION DOLL OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THE UK
Los Angeles, January 27, 2006 -- MGA Entertainment, a leading consumer entertainment products company and
manufacturer of the wildly popular BRATZ™ brand of fashion dolls and accessories, announced that BRATZ Babyz™
have won the Fashion Doll of the Year Award in the UK. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the brand has won this award.
“We are very proud of this award! The credit goes to our innovative designers at MGA and to our partners at Vivid Imaginations
for their great marketing and sales efforts in the UK,” said Isaac Larian, CEO of MGA Entertainment.
“We already see excellent sales growth in response to our new 2006 line from consumers in the USA and elsewhere around
the world. We expect our market share to increase even further in 2006.”
http://www.bratzworld.tv
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Dionne Quan, voice of Yasmin, inspiring person :)
She is a truly inspiring person and she is a mentor now for others to help
reach their dreams. Just a truly cool and Bratzy person :)
:)
sfb
Direct link
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7&TopicID=267&DocumentID=
3004
Dionne Quan
Voice-Over Actress
The Job: Acting and much, much more...
The Story: With hard work and a never-give-up spirit, dreams do come true!
Dionne Quan, a fiercely imaginative 27-year-old, best known for her role as
cowboy-booted, spunky Kimi Finster, on the Emmy-award-winning Rugrats,
as well as Yasmin in the animated series BRATZ, is also an AFB
CareerConnect® mentor! Below she recalls acting out characters aloud from
storybooks as a kid and describes a typical day at work.
Although born almost entirely blind, a crystal-clear image of myself as an
actress led me undaunted down a career path beginning in childhood. I
would do different voices for all the characters in any story. I just love the
freedom that acting and in particular voice-over gives me. Kimi is edgy and a
bit of a tomboy. She's also fearless and very confident and I like that!
With the help and encouragement of my parents, I enrolled in acting classes
at age 10. (By the way, speaking of parents, I play Trixie Tang on
Nickelodeon's hit series The Fairly Odd Parents.) There was really no
courage involved, at least on my part. It was just fun because I love singing
and acting. My passion for hard work and performance was validated when I
received the Shining Star Award from American Women in Radio and
Television. Another gratifying role I've enjoyed was the opportunity to star in
the Nickelodeon spin-off series All Grown Up featuring the Rugrats' teen
years, and appearing in the Nickelodeon/Paramount Pictures movie release
Rugrats Go Wild!
Although I originally envisioned a career in musical theater and trod the
boards with chorus roles for a couple of years, the obstacles were obvious. It
didn't work well because, although it really was never a problem for me,
people were worried about me walking around the stage. Also, in community
theater, I was always cast as somebody blind, Asian, or blind and Asian!
The solution to realizing my dream seemed apparent when my dad happened
to tune in to a radio talk show featuring a local voice-over instructor. He
promptly enrolled me in the instructor's class, and there I found my niche. My
first paying job was a national radio spot for an HMO at age 14 and various
commercial voice-overs followed, along with many other opportunities.
In my line of work, not only do I get to create unique voices and in many ways
unique characters, I'm able to passionately enliven fellow cast members by
my ability to portray such characters from an almost innocent place. Actually,
most don't even realize I'm non-sighted. About the only implication is an
adjustment to my microphone so it doesn't pick up the sound of my fingers
moving across the braille script. My hope is to give people around the world
inspiration through my imagination and God-given talent.
Now that you know what I do and how I got into this line of work, let me tell
you what a typical work day is like. My driver and I begin the day by going to
morning voice-over auditions at my voice-over agency in order to keep the
day open for any voice-over jobs that may come in at the last minute or
scheduled jobs already set for the day. Once those auditions are recorded I
am off to my first session. Each day varies greatly as this kind of career is
never set to a 9-5 time frame.
If it is an animated series voice-over session, the script is brought to life by
all
the cast members in the recording studio. Cue lines and my lines are
translated into braille the night before. Some animation sessions are
scheduled to read each voice-over talent separately (or "wild" as it is called)
and some like to schedule the entire cast together for a more natural flow to
the script. An animation session can take about 3-4 hours per half-hour show,
which can be around 30 pages of dialogue give or take. The voice-over
director lets the cast know if their lines need to have a different inflection,
pace, etc., and I take that interpretation and deliver the lines accordingly
until
the director believes he or she has the perfect take. In most cases, the voice-
over work is done first so the animation can be drawn around the voice
sessions. Often times, the voice-over talent's work and personality inspire the
animators to breathe a lot more life into their characters' movement.
If I am booked for a TV or radio commercial voice-over session, the time
allotted is one and a half to two hours (if not less) per commercial spot. The
commercial voice-over jobs are usually much quicker to complete than an
animated session due to a commercial spot being 60 seconds in length at the
most, in comparison to the complexities of a half-hour animated show.
Once I have completed my last session for the day, I check in with my voice-
over agency (or vice versa) to find out how my schedule for the next day is
shaping up audition and/or session-wise. Just remember this type of career is
very up and down. It is about working hard all day one day and perhaps not
working or auditioning at all the next. But, to me, the love of the work is very
much worth the wait!
reach their dreams. Just a truly cool and Bratzy person :)
:)
sfb
Direct link
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7&TopicID=267&DocumentID=
3004
Dionne Quan
Voice-Over Actress
The Job: Acting and much, much more...
The Story: With hard work and a never-give-up spirit, dreams do come true!
Dionne Quan, a fiercely imaginative 27-year-old, best known for her role as
cowboy-booted, spunky Kimi Finster, on the Emmy-award-winning Rugrats,
as well as Yasmin in the animated series BRATZ, is also an AFB
CareerConnect® mentor! Below she recalls acting out characters aloud from
storybooks as a kid and describes a typical day at work.
Although born almost entirely blind, a crystal-clear image of myself as an
actress led me undaunted down a career path beginning in childhood. I
would do different voices for all the characters in any story. I just love the
freedom that acting and in particular voice-over gives me. Kimi is edgy and a
bit of a tomboy. She's also fearless and very confident and I like that!
With the help and encouragement of my parents, I enrolled in acting classes
at age 10. (By the way, speaking of parents, I play Trixie Tang on
Nickelodeon's hit series The Fairly Odd Parents.) There was really no
courage involved, at least on my part. It was just fun because I love singing
and acting. My passion for hard work and performance was validated when I
received the Shining Star Award from American Women in Radio and
Television. Another gratifying role I've enjoyed was the opportunity to star in
the Nickelodeon spin-off series All Grown Up featuring the Rugrats' teen
years, and appearing in the Nickelodeon/Paramount Pictures movie release
Rugrats Go Wild!
Although I originally envisioned a career in musical theater and trod the
boards with chorus roles for a couple of years, the obstacles were obvious. It
didn't work well because, although it really was never a problem for me,
people were worried about me walking around the stage. Also, in community
theater, I was always cast as somebody blind, Asian, or blind and Asian!
The solution to realizing my dream seemed apparent when my dad happened
to tune in to a radio talk show featuring a local voice-over instructor. He
promptly enrolled me in the instructor's class, and there I found my niche. My
first paying job was a national radio spot for an HMO at age 14 and various
commercial voice-overs followed, along with many other opportunities.
In my line of work, not only do I get to create unique voices and in many ways
unique characters, I'm able to passionately enliven fellow cast members by
my ability to portray such characters from an almost innocent place. Actually,
most don't even realize I'm non-sighted. About the only implication is an
adjustment to my microphone so it doesn't pick up the sound of my fingers
moving across the braille script. My hope is to give people around the world
inspiration through my imagination and God-given talent.
Now that you know what I do and how I got into this line of work, let me tell
you what a typical work day is like. My driver and I begin the day by going to
morning voice-over auditions at my voice-over agency in order to keep the
day open for any voice-over jobs that may come in at the last minute or
scheduled jobs already set for the day. Once those auditions are recorded I
am off to my first session. Each day varies greatly as this kind of career is
never set to a 9-5 time frame.
If it is an animated series voice-over session, the script is brought to life by
all
the cast members in the recording studio. Cue lines and my lines are
translated into braille the night before. Some animation sessions are
scheduled to read each voice-over talent separately (or "wild" as it is called)
and some like to schedule the entire cast together for a more natural flow to
the script. An animation session can take about 3-4 hours per half-hour show,
which can be around 30 pages of dialogue give or take. The voice-over
director lets the cast know if their lines need to have a different inflection,
pace, etc., and I take that interpretation and deliver the lines accordingly
until
the director believes he or she has the perfect take. In most cases, the voice-
over work is done first so the animation can be drawn around the voice
sessions. Often times, the voice-over talent's work and personality inspire the
animators to breathe a lot more life into their characters' movement.
If I am booked for a TV or radio commercial voice-over session, the time
allotted is one and a half to two hours (if not less) per commercial spot. The
commercial voice-over jobs are usually much quicker to complete than an
animated session due to a commercial spot being 60 seconds in length at the
most, in comparison to the complexities of a half-hour animated show.
Once I have completed my last session for the day, I check in with my voice-
over agency (or vice versa) to find out how my schedule for the next day is
shaping up audition and/or session-wise. Just remember this type of career is
very up and down. It is about working hard all day one day and perhaps not
working or auditioning at all the next. But, to me, the love of the work is very
much worth the wait!
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Friday, January 13, 2006
New Bratz! www.bratzworld.tv
Log on for all the newest Bratz stuff you will be going broke over this year :)
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Ex Mattel Prez PAID to leave!
Just amazing... failure does pay big time
Mattel to Pay Former Executive $5.43 Mln in Severance
Bloomberg
Mattel Inc. agreed to pay the former head of the Barbie business $5.43 million to leave the company after sales for the doll fell sharply during his tenure.
Matthew Bousquette, who ran the Barbie and Hot Wheels lines, is receiving three times his annual salary and a $750,000-a-year job as a consultant to Mattel, the company said in a regulatory filing today.
Barbie sales dropped for two straight years under Bousquette as the brand struggled to compete with more popular dolls such as Bratz. In October, Mattel, the world’s largest toymaker, folded Bousquette’s division into its Fisher-Price unit.
Bousquette, who had been with Mattel for 17 years, will also receive health-care benefits for another two years or until he finds another job, the El Segundo, California-based company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also held options on about 2 million Mattel shares as of Dec. 15, which may be exercised through March, according to the filing.
Shares of Mattel rose 1 cent to $16.01 at 12:17 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. They are headed for their first annual decline in six years and have fallen 18 percent in 2005.
Mattel spokeswoman Lisa Marie Bongiovanni didn’t immediately return a call requesting comment.
Bratz Dolls
Mattel’s third-quarter profit dropped 12 percent after sales of Barbie, introduced in 1959, plunged 18 percent as girls seek multicultural Bratz dolls that wear edgier fashions and have names such as Jade and Yasmin.
Chief Executive Officer Robert Eckert hasn’t been able to reverse the decline with fantasy-themed Fairytopia dolls for younger girls and an animated movie on DVD featuring the voice of actress Lindsay Lohan as part of its My Scene line for teens.
Profit has fallen in four of the past seven quarters, and Mattel reported a second-period loss. Fourth-quarter and annual net income is expected to drop, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial.
Sales of Bratz dolls and related licensed merchandise this holiday season picked up relative to Barbie sales, based on discussions with 40 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. toy department managers and industry sources, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Dean Gianoukos wrote in a Dec. 20 report. Gianoukos, who is based in New York, rates Mattel "neutral."
Overall U.S. toy sales are likely headed for their third consecutive annual drop as children put aside action figures and board games in favor of video games and other electronic gadgets. Toy sales will likely fall at least two per cent this year, Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Anthony Gikas wrote in a Dec. 8 report. Gikas, based in Minneapolis, rates Mattel "market perform."
© 2005
Mattel to Pay Former Executive $5.43 Mln in Severance
Bloomberg
Mattel Inc. agreed to pay the former head of the Barbie business $5.43 million to leave the company after sales for the doll fell sharply during his tenure.
Matthew Bousquette, who ran the Barbie and Hot Wheels lines, is receiving three times his annual salary and a $750,000-a-year job as a consultant to Mattel, the company said in a regulatory filing today.
Barbie sales dropped for two straight years under Bousquette as the brand struggled to compete with more popular dolls such as Bratz. In October, Mattel, the world’s largest toymaker, folded Bousquette’s division into its Fisher-Price unit.
Bousquette, who had been with Mattel for 17 years, will also receive health-care benefits for another two years or until he finds another job, the El Segundo, California-based company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also held options on about 2 million Mattel shares as of Dec. 15, which may be exercised through March, according to the filing.
Shares of Mattel rose 1 cent to $16.01 at 12:17 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. They are headed for their first annual decline in six years and have fallen 18 percent in 2005.
Mattel spokeswoman Lisa Marie Bongiovanni didn’t immediately return a call requesting comment.
Bratz Dolls
Mattel’s third-quarter profit dropped 12 percent after sales of Barbie, introduced in 1959, plunged 18 percent as girls seek multicultural Bratz dolls that wear edgier fashions and have names such as Jade and Yasmin.
Chief Executive Officer Robert Eckert hasn’t been able to reverse the decline with fantasy-themed Fairytopia dolls for younger girls and an animated movie on DVD featuring the voice of actress Lindsay Lohan as part of its My Scene line for teens.
Profit has fallen in four of the past seven quarters, and Mattel reported a second-period loss. Fourth-quarter and annual net income is expected to drop, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial.
Sales of Bratz dolls and related licensed merchandise this holiday season picked up relative to Barbie sales, based on discussions with 40 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. toy department managers and industry sources, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Dean Gianoukos wrote in a Dec. 20 report. Gianoukos, who is based in New York, rates Mattel "neutral."
Overall U.S. toy sales are likely headed for their third consecutive annual drop as children put aside action figures and board games in favor of video games and other electronic gadgets. Toy sales will likely fall at least two per cent this year, Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Anthony Gikas wrote in a Dec. 8 report. Gikas, based in Minneapolis, rates Mattel "market perform."
© 2005
Friday, December 09, 2005
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Bratz World
Come and visit the best Bratz Club ever, come and have some Bratzy fun with us :)
http://www.bratzworld.tv
http://www.bratzworld.tv
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