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There’s still a run on the real estate agencies, as toons corner the market on choice beachfront properties. In this installment, we cover the years 1951 through 1953 – another period when suntans seemed desirable in spite of dermatologists’ advice, while the salty ocean spray provided sufficient relative humidity levels to allow audiences to easy distinguishing the abundance of sand on the screen from the periodic run of foreign legion pictures. Symphony in Slang (MGM, 6/16/51 – Tex Avery. dir.), deserves an honorable mention for purposes of this article. The film is an impressionistic marvel in compiling a seemingly never-ending...

Release Date: April 2021 RRP: 5500 yenFor the most part the Super Mini-Pla range has done a good job of covering the various mecha from each Super Sentai series, but when it comes to some of the older series there are a lot less options to choose from. In some cases (such as Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan for example) you might even only get the main mecha and its giant carrier vehicle. However for the Choudenshi Bioman range Bandai really went the extra mile, and on top of those releases also produced something that was LONG overdue a new toy....

Vendor: Hachette Type: Book Price: 19.99 This adorably stylish gift set includes a board book version of the internationally best-selling Frida Kahlo—from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series—and a 7.25" plush Frida Kahlo doll.When Frida was a teenager, an accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her bed. Her self-portraits, which show her pain and grief, but also her passion for life and instinct for survival, have made her one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. Babies and toddlers will love to snuggle with their own little Frida as you read to them the...

This article contains spoilers through the Season 1 finale of The White Lotus. “This is a lot of pineapple. Not subtle with the theme.”Midway through The White Lotus, Mike White’s acerbic satire on HBO, the socialite mother of a guy on his honeymoon pays her son and new daughter-in-law a surprise visit. The drop-in is partly the result of her inability to stop meddling in her son’s life. It is mostly the result, however, of her desire to see the newlyweds installed in the room she booked for them: a suite with a private patio and a plunge pool. The...

Layla wears the Kity Leotard and Footless Classic Dance Tight With little warning, in early 2020 an unheard of virus called ‘COVID-19’ morphed into a global pandemic that disrupted every country and every inhabitant. No community was left untouched. And whilst we have all adapted, many industries are still navigating their way to a post-pandemic equilibrium. It’s a challenging time to be alive, a challenging time particularly to be a young adult, trying to set your sights on a future which seems to transform and mutate as quickly as the virus. If that seems tough, now imagine your chosen industry...