The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has always been the perfect setting to see the most cherished characters in pop culture displayed on a grand scale. From the very first float—Felix the Cat—in 1927 to Mickey Mouse in 1934 and Popeye in 1957, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has always been a festive event with an eye on what’s hot—even while standing in the cold. One of the coolest things about the parade—beside the larger-than-life floats—is the chance to see some of the year’s most popular stars sing and dance while making their way through Midtown.

Nick Stars Perform at the Parade

The 84^th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will see several Nickelodeon stars offering “mini concerts” at the event. Big Time Rush will perform on the Hess’s Bridge to the Future float and Victoria Justice—from Victorious fame—will perform on the Build-A-Bear Workshop’s International Cele-bear-ation Clock Tower float. Grammy Award-winning India Arie will even belt out her Emmy-nominated song “”Nochebuena” on the Dora the Explorer float.

What’s New?

Although they won’t be singing as far as I know, the Samurai Power Rangers will make their first public appearance at the parade when they walk with the Planet Earth balloon. Additionally, Po the Panda, from Kung Fu Panda, will make his balloon debut.

—Mackenzie Allison

Kim Kardashian has a pretty diverse résumé, if you want to call it that. From a sex tape to a reality TV show and several product endorsements, the girl gets around. Her latest venture includes a prepaid credit card—for kids. According to the New York Post, The Kardashian Prepaid MasterCard launches tonight at Pacha in New York and is backed by Mobile Resource.

Why should kids as young as 13 get plastic? Well, the idea behind the card is so that parents can monitor their kid’s spending amounts and habits—you can’t charge drugs. Plus, having a card at a young age with parental supervision could help kids learn responsible spending habits. Whether this is a good idea is yet to be determined.

…and other videos from the Rubik’s Euro Speedcubing Championship, which was held in Budapest and won by 15-year-old Sergey Ryabko of Russia, whose three-cube solving average was 10.31 seconds. Our three-cube solving average would be 10.31 days.

This is as good a time as any to remind you that Brand Licensing Central & Eastern Europe is March 7th and 8th in Budapest, and we really want to go.

The Licensing Book just got wind of the coolest news we’ve heard all day. In fact, it may be the coolest news we’ve heard ever.

Through a collaboration with Mighty Fine, you can now design your own Uglydoll T-shirts online! You can design shirts for the men, women, kids, or toddlers in your life, or design a whole bunch of them just for yourself (which is what I plan to do).

Once you get to the main website, towards the bottom is a little area on the Uglydoll map that says Tee Shirt Factory. Once you’re in the Tee Shirt Factory, you can choose men, women, kids, or toddlers. From there, things only get more exciting!

You can choose from great graphics including different Uglydoll characters and faces, and make your character say things like “I heart ….” Or “I DON’T heart….” with a bunch of little icons to fill in for what you do and don’t love.

Other things to choose include T-shirt colors and the size and placement of the design you’ve created.

The awesomeness of the invention cannot be adequately expressed here. You must go to the site and try it for yourself.

I have a pretty good idea where most of my paycheck will be going this month….

—Jennifer Sinclair

We love Steve Carell. We loved him in Bruce Almighty, the 40 Year Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Anchorman, The Office, Saturday Night Live, and pretty much anything else he’s ever been in, and every word he’s ever spoken.

And so, the fact that the newest movie starring Steve Carell, Date Night, hit theatres today, is pretty awesome news for us. Plus, in addition to the usual Steve Carell awesomeness, it’s got car chases and gun fights. What more could you ask for?

Check it out!

According to WESH in Orlando, Legoland is coming to Central Florida, replacing Cypress Gardens, which closed last year. Governor Charlie Crist’s cabinet approved using 150 acres of land for the park, which would be the world’s fifth Legoland.

This is great because LEGOS ARE AWESOME.

Legoland to Replace Failed Cypress Gardens [WESH]

We love fast cars. We love faster roller coasters. Wouldn’t it be cool if someone, somewhere, combined these two super-fast, super-awesome things?

As it turns out, someone has.

This week in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari previewed its GT Roller Coaster. The cars on the coaster are replicas of the Ferrari F430 Spider—two coasters on parallel tracks “race” to the finish line.

The coaster will be part of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the world’s first Ferrari theme park, which will also be the world’s largest indoor park.

If that’s not enough world records, the park will also host another roller coaster billed as the world’s fastest coaster, with speeds up to 125 mph.

The Ferrari GT theme is not only carried out in the park via the roller coaster, but also in the roof of the enclosed theme park. The roof is inspired by the “classic double-curve side profile” of the Ferrari GT.

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is the result of a partnership between Ferrari and Aldar Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi’s leading property development, management, and investment company.

Check out the theme park’s website for really cool photos and info about the construction and development. The park is set to open later this year.

What other licensed roller coasters can you think of? I’m pretty sure there have been coasters to honor Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman. There’s also the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney in Orlando, which blasts Aerosmith music during the ride and features a giant guitar at its entrance. Are there others? What’s your favorite coaster?

I (Bryan, the editor of TLB) am a big sports fan, and I’m always on the lookout for cool sports-related licensed products.

Today we got an email from the Lucks Food Decorating Company about licensed college logos that can be directly applied to cheese pizza.

I would like you to read that sentence again.

From the press release: “Lucks has acquired several collegiate licenses, including Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Iowa and nearly a dozen small college and universities. Harris Sachs handles licensing and distribution for the technology developed by Lucks.”

You can see more here.