• Taffy Entertainment’s Kabillion (www.Kabillion.com) is launching the American Idol Ticket Giveaway that will award an all-expenses-paid trip to L.A. to one of its registered kid users to attend the finale and results show of this season’s American Idol on May 21 and 22 at the Nokia Theater. The only contestants eligible for the Grand Prize are kids ages seven to 17. Kabillion will also award four second prizes, consisting of two tickets each to the previous week’s show featuring the final three contestants.
• Hudson, Ohio-based MGA subsidiary Little Tikes will release Picnic on the Patio Playhouse and the six-in-one Town Center Playhouse later this year. New Little Tikes products will debut throughout the year at US toy stores and retailers as well as at www.littletikes.com.