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because all i want to do is have some fun i got a feeling i'm not the only one because all i want to do is have some fun i got a feeling i'm not the only one so we can't stop thinking of all the fun we had at this year's north american international toy fair here in new york. >> perhaps no one had more fun than our giz wiz dick debartolo. >> reporter: it's toy fair time again where kids of all ages get to play around with the newest toys and gadgets from building your own computers to the world's smallest vacuum. it's great because i had a bagel for breakfast. perfect. i'm going to show you a couple of my favorites. >> going to get it. >> you know what, i was just playing my banana. i really was. take a look at this.
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have one of the most fun things here at toy fair 2016. and john's going to tell us what we're doing here. so john, why does my banana play? >> what we're doing with makey maky is you're actually closing a circuit. you're flipping a switch. you ground your hand here and you do that. it is not just a banana piano. you can literally do anything that you can imagine that you can do with a keyboard on the internet, you can do with makey makey. >> after makey makey, i decided to walky walky to megatracks, a cool new twist on the old lionel train set. >> what is this? >> megatracks is a whole new rail system with the idea we wanted to let kids create whatever they want and build it wherever they want. we've taken the idea of tracks that are sturdy and are rigid. we've said we want tracks that are flexible and can be manipulated to create things that are in their wildest imagination. >> the amazing thing is on the way here, our cab driver drove
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way. next it's off to another kind of transportation. >> the pocket drone. okay. this is really unique and steven here is going to tell us actually show us what this is and does. >> okay. so the pocket drone was created meant for portability. so thing that you can take with you on the go. it does come with a bag. be able to go in there. something easily be able to fit in your pocket for you to take anywhere. you went biking with your friends or picnic with your girlfriend. whatever the case may be. you don't want to the carry a nice big drone that has a 720 hd camera and your book bag. you want something you take right out of your pocket. hence we made the pocket drone. >> this is one of my favorite things here. just like that, i was off again. of course, i needed a light lunch break and what could be lighter han edible bubbles. not bad. it's turkey i think and stuffing. what was the flavor? >> tutti-frutti. >> okay.
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finally to end my day, i can't help but make a quick stop to hang with some old furry friends. >> every year we go by folkmani puppets. i thought this year why bother because there's never anything new in puppets and that's why -- oh, what are you talking about? >> oh, are you new too? >> yeah. what is on my head? is that -- oh, that is the world's cutest toupee. wow. wow. who are you? >> i'm the brown bear cub. >> brown bear cub. can you speak -- who is this is guy? >> this is a french bulldog. >> french bulldog. >> yeah. and that's my buddy the raccoon over there. >> well, you found trash. here i am. and just like trash, it's time to take it to the curb. >> thank you, dick, for that
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just anyone can't roll up to the toy fair. you've got to be a toy insider or with the media. and even media folks -- >> i learned that you can make a banana an instrument. who knew. >> make it play like a piano. >> i'm not sure about the edible bubbles. i don't think i want my kids trying to eat the bubbles. >> i don't know that i can get on board with that one at all. >> i'm not so sure they're organic either. >> we should note, this was the 113th year. and as is tradition, next year will be the 114th. >> that's a good detail. >> you're welcome.are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide.
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here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: the buzz surrounding this year's oscars isn't just about who's walking the red carpet. it's also about who's not. >> i will not be at the academy awards and i won't be watching. >> we're not coming. not going. >> reporter: for a second year in a row, all 20 of the nominees in the acing categories are white resparking the twitter #oscar sowhite. leading to protests and boycotts. >> what are they calling you? >> "beast of no nation" idris elba was passed over for an oscar nod only to be nominated and win a screen actor's guild award weeks later on tnt. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse tv. >> this is that watershed moment when the academy changes because they're being forced to change. >> reporter: the academy has now put forth new initiatives to double the number of women and minority voters by 2020 and increase diversity on the academy's board of governors.
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needs to be addressed across the industry. >> reporter: in fact, a new university of southern california study on diversity gives failing grades to every hollywood movie studio and most tv makers. >> our study makes it really clear, hollywood is a straight white boy's club. >> reporter: all eyes are now on this year's oscar host chris rock who told "essence" magazine get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody's talking about jennifer lawrence, talk to gabrielle union. >> it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic. >> reporter: in fact, an oscars producer says chris rock threw out his original monologue and completely rewritten it to include the diversity controversy. brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. join us on sunday night at 7:00 eastern for everything oscars. 4:00 pacific, of course, here on abc and tune in and join us here
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fired and then the vehicle sped off. police are looking for that person right now...and trying to figure out exactly what happened there. right now... police are telling us they found a pool of blood in front of the paris hotel and casino last night but the strange thing here-- officers have not found anyone injured in the area. we are working on getting more details about this for you. breaking right now...clean-up is underway near i-15 and the 2-15. n-h-p says they chased a driver who then ended up losing control and driving off the road. the driver then rolled and hit a light pole. n-h-p tells us the driver was going up to 110 miles per hour at one point. two men were taken to the hospital after this crash. there's still a mess there... high pressure and dry air are the dominant features across the southwest today and through the weekend.
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