Paul Frank was a major attraction at the Kari Feinstein's Style Lounge during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Located at The Gateway Center, right in the middle of the action, the three day event attracted a number of cool celebrities to Paul Frank including Wilmer Valderama, Octavia Spencer and Emma Roberts. The Style Lounge was a one stop shop for celebrity attendees, media, and industry tastemakers in town for the festival. Paul Frank's hub within the Style Lounge was fully stocked to share Paul Frank snow jackets, hats, gloves, cell phone covers, skis, and snowboards and much more. Check out pictures from the event below.

Actress Andie MacDowell poses with her new favorite Julius iPhone case.

Modern Family's Nolan Gould had a blast with Paul Frank sock monkey mittens.

Saban Brands is proud to announce that "Rangers Together, Samurai Forever" was voted "Game of the Year" by Nick.com's fans. In addition to the honor of this popular vote, "Rangers Together, Samurai Forever" was also the #1 game of the year on Nick.com with a staggering 38 million game sessions! Play on rangers! Click here to play this POWERful Game!:

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Power Rangers were recently named one of the Top 50 Christmas Toys of the past century, by DailyInforgraphic.com! Check out the link below to see top toys ranging from the teddy bear and slinky, all the way to the Power Rangers and Furby.

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Nestlé Crunch recently unveiled an adorable stocking stuffer created in partnership with Paul Frank. The second annual limited edition Nestlé Crunch Paul Frank chocolate bar was available at Target stores for the 2011 Holiday Season.

Nestlé Crunch has been a favorite since it was introduced in the U.S. in 1938. Since that time, fans have enjoyed the perfect combination of creamy milk chocolate and light, airy crispies that give the bar a distinctive "CRUNCH!" Adding something extra, something unexpected is part of the personality of the brand and this year was no exception!

The limited-edition Nestlé Crunch Paul Frank bar provided an interesting gift idea or stocking stuffer, with a 2.75 oz bar tucked inside a colorful gift envelope that doubled as a holiday card. Unique playful packaging featured holiday artwork and Paul Frank's loveable characters, including everyone's friend Julius.

Throughout the holiday season fans visited the Nestlé Crunch official Facebook page to enter for a chance to win prizes including a month's supply of Nestlé Crunch bars and a variety of Paul Frank goods! What a fun and delicious collaboration between Nestlé Crunch and Paul Frank. Yummy!

This article from Woman's Wear Daily reached more than 100,000 readers online and in print and features the collaboration of these two iconic brands:

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The Rangers hosted a special "sneak peek "of the Season Finale episode of Power Rangers Samurai at a cinema in London, England. More than 60 lucky Nickelodeon competition winners and journalists attended. Media attendees included The Daily Express, TV Magazine and TV Choice. After the exclusive screening, guests were treated to lunch and received Power Rangers figurines, donated by Bandai, from the Rangers themselves!

The Power Ranger's trip across the pond attracted a variety of celebrity guests, including TV personality and model Nell McAndrew and X Factor finalist Stacey Soloman along with their families. Check out the Power Rangers with Nell McAndrew and her son as featured in the UK version of OK! Magazine below. Pretty awesome! Go Samurai!

In February 2012, the Power Rangers will launch a national in-school program in partnership with global educational leader, Scholastic.com. Through Power Rangers emPOWER, the Rangers have been teaching kids and families how to put the Power Rangers values of teamwork, confidence, health and physical activity into action. Developed in partnership with leaders in children's services, this initiative has successfully been activated in more than 5,000 school programs nationwide as well as online and at live events. Just as the Power Rangers use teamwork to solve a different challenge in every episode, Power Rangers emPOWER provides parents and community leaders the tools they need to work together to grow healthy kids.

The Power Rangers are proud to partner with Scholastic.com, which has been recognized as a trusted name in learning by both teachers and parents for more than 90 years. Scholastic.com focuses on encouraging children to learn to read, helping teachers and supporting parents in their role as their child's first teacher.

The partnership will help raise awareness of the Power Rangers emPOWER program, which is designed to inspire and educate young minds to be confident, team players and live a healthy, active lifestyle, just like their favorite Power Rangers! The program will include print and digital curriculum materials that provide educational information on healthy eating and physical activity, to reach 150,000 teachers, 1.3 million students, and 4 million parents and friends. Materials developed will also include lesson plans offering ways to naturally integrate nutrition and exercise concepts into a variety of discussions from the health habits of Americans to how modern science influences our health.

The Power Rangers will also participate in a co-branded microsite on Scholastic.com's Teachers site, with the goal of opening young minds, educating and inspiring kids to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A separate families section of the microsite will aim to inspire audiences and provides family tips on how to stay active and healthy.

To get teachers excited about the Power Rangers emPOWER program, Scholastic.com will host the National emPOWER Teachers Sweepstakes, open to all teachers, grades K-6. Teachers will be asked to fill out an online form with their information, school name, and location and be asked to give a short answer to the following question: How do they plan to reinforce healthy choices in the classroom? Participating teachers will be entered to win the following prizes including

• $10,000 school grant to fund the physical education and healthy living initiatives. Also includes a visit from the Power Rangers during a school assembly!!
• Five (5) additional teachers will win a classroom set of the Power Rangers Scholastic book series for their classroom library.

Stay engaged on empower.powerrangers.com to find out more about this exciting partnership with Scholastic.com!

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Saban Brands was ecstatic to have the "Power Rangers Samurai" game for Wii featured as part of Ellen's Twelve Days of Giveaways! Ellen's audience went home with copies of the Power Rangers Samurai game so they could practice the ancient Symbols of Samurai Power, activate Spin Swords and become their favorite Samurai Ranger! The Ellen DeGeneres Show was seen by a whopping 3,431,484 viewers. GO GO Samurai!

The 123rd Annual Tournament of Roses® Parade on Monday, January 2, 2012 in Pasadena, CA featured spirited marching bands, iconic floral floats, high-stepping equestrian units and... The Samurai Power Rangers!

The Power Rangers Samurai and NAMCO BANDAI Games teamed up to celebrate the release of Saban's Power Rangers Samurai videogame on Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. The float held all six of the beloved Power Rangers characters surrounded by their mighty Zords; the Green Ranger's Bear Zord, the Blue Ranger's Dragon Zord, the Pink Ranger's Turtle Zord, the Yellow Ranger's Ape Zord and the Red Ranger's Lion Zord, all decorated using carefully chosen floral arrangements. The entire float culminated in the giant MegaZord, the colossal robotic samurai formed when all five Power Rangers combine their powers. The Power Rangers were thrilled to be a part of the legendary Rose Parade, meeting hundreds of kids in attendance and reaching millions of children watching from home.

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Check out the Power Rangers as they powered up Colorado Boulevard in the Rose Parade, on Monday, January 2, 2012.

Check out some awesome photos of Julius on his recent visit to Mexico for the Holidays. Julius visited ten Liverpool department store locations all over Mexico to meet and mingle with his new friends. What a great way for Paul Frank to reach its Mexican Fans!

Paul Frank was rocks Celebuzz.com, featured as a favorite brand of celebrity kids. The brand teamed up with Celebuzz.com for a cute girl and boy giveaway that included a Paul Frank bag, tees and more! Celebuzz.com focuses on all things celebrity and fashion and reaches more than 2 million readers monthly. Follow this link to check out the post: view link

Katherine Heigl's daughter Naleigh was once again featured in In Touch Weekly, which reaches more than 1,500,000 readers monthly. Naleigh Heigl and her Paul Frank Satchel were mentioned in the "Seen and Heard" section of the magazine. Actress Katherine Heigle is best known for her various roles in Grey's Anatomy, Knocked Up and The Ugly Truth, among various others.

Check out Paul Frank's feature in the November/December issue of Urban Gentleman Magazine, which aspires to bring fashion, culture, and love advice to the urban gentleman from a woman's perspective. Paul Frank's cool RX glasses were featured twice in this issue, reaching more than 170,000 readers.

Paul Frank was featured in the Jan. 9th issue of Women's Wear Daily. The Paul Frank Insulated Scurvy Snow is part of the exclusive January "Children's Preview." Women's Wear Daily is a leading publication within the fashion industry reaching more than 200,000 industry insiders with each issue.

Check out how Victoria Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley uses My Bright Future Sunglasses by Paul Frank to accessorize her favorite outfits. Read more on Examiner.com here: view link

Paul Frank's "Blank Generation" RX glasses were featured in a trend piece in the February 2012 issue of Latina Magazine. The magazine provides news on celebrity culture, fashion, health and beauty for the Latino community and reaches more than 150,000 readers.

2011 was the year of Paul Frank in the retail world. Julius led kids back to school as the licensed star of Target holding the coveted "end cap" spot and feature in Target TV and print media advertisements. With all the buzz, it's no surprise that Paul Frank became the #1 licensed brand on the Junior's sleepwear floor at Target! Moving into the holiday season FAO Schwartz was transformed into Paul Frank's "Planned Pines" with an impactful statement throughout the main floor. The brand also partnered with St. Jude's to offer an exclusive tee for their holiday catalog with proceeds going to the St. Jude's Foundation.

Keep looking out for new and exciting retail launches and initiatives as Julius and the rest of the Paul Frank crew are showing no sign of slowing down in 2012.

Between The Power Rangers Samurai and Paul Frank, Saban Brands has been busy online in recent months. Both Power Rangers and Paul Frank have developed their Facebook presence with creative content and active engagement. Programs such as the Power Up 2012 Sweepstakes, which gave fans the ability to win a Power Rangers Samurai: Shrinken Red Ranger action figure, and the Paul Frank's Sunglasses Sweepstakes, which had more than 10,500 views on its contest tab, have brought the fun experience of both brands into social media.





Saban Brands also has a strong presence on Twitter with the @PowerRangerNews account sharing all things Power Rangers, the @empowerrangers account giving parents and kids ways to put Power Rangers values into action and of course the very cool @paulfranktweets updated directly from Paul Frank Headquarters.

Following The Power Rangers on Twitter definitely comes with perks. The nearly 1,000 fans who participated in the Power Up Sweepstakes were eligible to win the Power Rangers Samurai Game for Wii or DS.

More than 100 patients, families, hospital supporters and celebrities gathered for the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The Samurai Power Rangers greeted the crowd, posed for photos with children and families in the Haim and Cheryl Saban Story Corner, and surprised patients.

Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson served as Master of Ceremonies for the event, held outdoors in the hospital's Healing Garden. Also joining the festivities were Fred Willard ("Best in Show") and David Burtka (E! News, "Gypsy") , who read holiday stories; as well as Lindsay Pearce (The Glee Project) and Broadway stars Erich Bergen ("Jersey Boys"), Shoshanna Bean ("Wicked") and Veronica Dunne ("Wild Hearts"), who performed holiday songs. The Samurai Power Rangers were proud to participate in the event, hand out gifts to kids and, support the great work that Children's Hospital Los Angeles does for young patients and their families in Los Angeles. GO GO CHLA!!