Yes, this past Saturday was the Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon, and they were notable because Hannah Montana’s Miley Cyrus walked away with both favorite actress in a TV show and favorite female singer.

Or maybe it was because Harrison Ford got slimed. Personally, I think that was more interesting news, but then again, I’ve had a crush on Indiana Jones longer than Miley Cyrus has been alive….

(I cannot believe I just admitted that. Hi, I’m the Toy Box Mommy, and I am extremely old!)

Some were surprised that Cyrus didn’t take three awards, but Drake & Josh managed to edge out Hannah Montana for favorite show. Hey, she got two awards and she has two hands, so unless she was planning on juggling them, I think it worked out okay. (Also, judging by all of the products in the Hannah Montana Store here, I don’t really think she’s hurting for popularity. Just sayin’.)

My other favorite winner, of course, was the dubbing of Avatar: The Last Airbender as Favorite Cartoon. You know I love Avatar; where else can you get such an involved story embedded in fabulous animation along with humor and entertainment that works for almost all ages? Aside from the little orange Nickelodeon blimp statue thingie they get, I’m pleased that Avatar was recognized for the awesome show that it is. (But I am not going to say that too loudly, because there is a long history of cartoons I love being canceled. Let’s pretend I’m whispering.)

Congratulations to all of the winners, of course, and I would like to respectfully suggest that we work the sliming of guests into the next Academy Awards show, as well. It certainly livened things up a bit.

Did you hear that? It was the sound of millions of little girls’ minds exploding with glee.

The hotly anticipated 3D Hannah Montana movie is premiering in theaters tonight, and if you know a tween girl, you know all about it. In fact, you’ve probably been hearing about it for months. You probably envision browsing the Ty’s Toy Box Hannah Montana Store in your sleep, and you are probably looking forward to the day when that special little girl in your life becomes too cool for Hannah Montana, and instead develops an interest in boys.

Ha!

Anyway, the big news is that yesterday—a day before it opened—the movie set a new record for ticket presales:

The 3D movie, which features a filmed concert by “Hannah Montana” singer-actress Miley Cyrus, opens on Thursday at midnight in 684 digital 3D theaters, a Disney spokeswoman said.

Fandango.com and MovieTickets.com, the top online ticket sellers, said “Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” accounted for more than three-quarters of their ticket sales as of Wednesday morning.

Fandango.com said “Hannah Montana” was the site’s best-selling concert film ever, selling out more than 1,000 showings and accounting for 91 percent of sales as of Wednesday morning.

MovieTickets.com reports that the film ranked eighth on its all-time presale list and was tracking at nearly 90 percent of sales on Wednesday.

(What was that recent study, about women controlling 85% of the spending in this economy? Did that include tween girls, do you think?)

Well, now it just remains to be seen if the movie lives up to the hype. Not that a gaggle of tween girls is likely to complain about their pop idol.

This just leaves me with two questions:

1) What, exactly, is it about a rock concert that calls for this thing to be in 3D?
and
2) Who decided that pretty little Miley Cyrus wasn’t marketable enough as a fresh-faced brunette, and then elected to turn her into a Hilary Duff clone? (And this is even more confusing now that Duff has gone brunette, I have to say.)

Let me ask you a very simple question. I know—we all know—that you love your kids and want to get them the things they love. Of course. And naturally you’d like to save a little money in the process, too. But just let me ask you something:

Is there some reason you’d rather head out on the busiest shopping day of the year at o’dark thirty just so that you can fight the crowds and the traffic, vs. staying in and ordering cool stuff online from the comfort of your own home (and possibly while still in your jammies)?

That’s right.

For the first time, Ty’s Toy Box is making their Black Friday specials known a few days in advance so that you can plan your day accordingly. (I recommend a cup of coffee while you finish your shopping online, followed by something like a cinnamon roll as a reward for having gotten it all done early and under budget.) Read through; bookmark what you need; and then get ready to rock on Friday, November 23rd, 2007.

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