She's hit it big
Bindi Irwin, 9, daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter star, is getting her own doll, according to the AP.
The Emmy winner will have a 10-inch mini-me who will sport khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots. A talking version of the Bindi doll uses such phrases as, "Crikey! Let's go help wildlife," and "You can make the world a better place."
The rubber dolls, being developed by Wild Republic, will cost $15 to $20, with a portion going to help fund efforts to breed endangered species and rescue animals. They are expected to be in stores in September.
Bindi won a Daytime Emmy last month for Bindi the Jungle Girl - a children's version of Steve Irwin's show.
A winning weekend for 'Hancock'
Hancock, the Will Smith film about a derelict superhero, was the top film at U.S. and Canadian theaters over the July 4 weekend, collecting $66 million in ticket sales for Sony Corp., according to Bloomberg News.
Sony has struggled at the box office this year. Ticket sales for its films dropped 46 percent to $490 million in the United States through June 29 from a year earlier, according to Box Office Mojo L.L.C. Before the weekend, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, starring Adam Sandler, was Sony's biggest movie with $91.2 million in sales.
In Hancock, Smith plays a hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor. The movie cost $150 million to produce, according to Internet Movie Database.
Model behavior
Supermodel Cindy Crawford made appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer.
Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. He died of leukemia in 1975, just before his fourth birthday.
The University of Wisconsin told the AP that Crawford has been contributing time and money to the university's pediatric oncology program for nearly 20 years.
He's sorry, Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem about Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown.
White said he was frustrated that his thoughts about Detroit were misrepresented since he moved to Nashville two years ago. So, he wrote "Courageous Dream's Concern," which was published yesterday by the Detroit Free Press. He says it asserts his "feelings about the city itself."
White told the AP in a 2006 interview that he had to leave Detroit because he "couldn't take the negativity anymore."
Contact "Sideshow" at sideshow@phillynews.com. This column contains information from Inquirer wire services.
