Tara Strong: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
(Well, that was a strange rabbit hole.)
No edit summary
Line 9:
Several acclaimed and well-known voice actors were apart of the cast of VoiceStarz, notably including Billy West, [[Grey Delisle]], [[Frank Welker]], and [[Lauren Faust]], among countless more.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160812062507/http://www.voicestarz.com/TheCast.html ''VoiceStarz - Cast'' (Archived)]</ref> The website was advertised through Strong's main website<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060111174629/http://www.tarastrong.com/ tarastrong.com]</ref> and advertised other business ventures by strong, Taralicious and BabaBaby.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160828160814/http://www.voicestarz.com/headshot.html ''VoiceStarz - For Tara's Autographed Photo...'']</ref> The former was an online shop where fans could buy Strong-branded merchandise (often branded with iconography of {{FIM|Taralicious}}, her OC) with a portion of the proceeds going to charity.<ref name = "about">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121110215328/http://www.taralicious.com/Voice-Recordings_c_10.html Taralicious - About]</ref> These charities were largely dedicated to helping families fund the money required for medical procedures for their children,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121113044850/http://www.taralicious.com/Taras-Favorite-Charities_ep_41.html Taralicious - Tara's Favorite Charities]</ref> including a girl named Kiki, who was the little sister of Strongs son.<ref name = "about"/>
 
Strong's other business, BabaBaby was unlike her previous two, as it was not voice related, but drew from her frustrations as a working mother.<ref name = "bbaboubbabout">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160828013026/http://babababy.com/TaraStrong.html BabaBaby - About]</ref> The company sold baby bottles designed for breastfeeding in mind, and received some publicity, featured in publications such as [http://jenslist.com/blog/2010/12/21/tuesday-december-21-2010/ Jennslist], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160801153331/http://thehealthybelly.com/podcasts/Week_39.mp3 thehealthybelly], and on the cover of the December 2010 ''Hudson's'' magazine cover.<ref name = "bbabout"/>
 
According to an anonymous user of ''VoiceStarz'', the company may have never officially been a business, as they were denied their trademark, yet continued to potentially illegally operate for 15 years, before shutting down in 2015<ref name = "Q"/>