The first Hello Kitty theme park outside Japan — 150 acres, in China, which cost over $300 million to construct — will open to the public on January 1 to a predicted one million visitors a year.

Toys used to be so simple— parents could play with their kids, but the trend now is for the weird and the far-out, says Ed Power.

Due to demand, new colours for baby girls include grey, mint and silver.

Thrifty Sarah Michelle Gellar has quietly become the queen of the green celebrities by recycling shopping bags and cycling to work.