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2019 Asian Animation Summit Heads Back to Seoul
Kidscreen announced its eighth-annual Asian Animation Summit (AAS) will take place in Seoul, South Korea once again from November 20–22.   Two-hundred and fifty attendees are anticipated to take part in AAS 2019. Over the course of the three-day event, up to 30 new projects seeking financing and partners will be presented. Projects are represented from Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, China, New Zealand and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific.   AAS…
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ShopTalk Episode 6: Spin Master’s Anton Rabie

In this episode of ShopTalk, we chat with Anton Rabie, co-founder and co-CEO of Spin Master about starting the company with college buddies Ronnen Harary and Ben Veradi, and how its recent acquisitions of companies like Cardinal and Swimways coupled with its inventor relationships will drive the company’s future success.

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Stranger Things LEGO Sets Available Now, Eleven’s Waffles Included
The LEGO Group unveils its brand new set, LEGO Stranger Things: The Upside Down.   The first set, made in partnership between the LEGO Group and Netflix, is a new build experience allowing fans of Stranger Things and LEGO bricks to explore the Byers’ house and the supernatural world of the Upside Down in LEGO brick form, released May 15. The set was unveiled at the LEGO Store Leicester Square,…
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Popeye Launches Barbershop Shaving Collection
King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst, Continues Popeye’s 90th anniversary celebration with the launch of Popeye’s Barbershop & Shave Company.   The line features an American-made range of men’s grooming products.     Available now, the product range includes hair pomade, beard oil, beard balm, beard wash, shave cream, post-shave lotion, and pre-shave oil all sporting the iconic mugs of either Popeye or Brutus. To support brick-and-mortar shops, the…