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Rob Thomas could not be more pleased with the use of Matchbox Twenty‘s hit song “Push” in Barbie. In an interview with USA Today, the singer confirmed he loved the scene where Ryan Gosling‘s Ken performs the song on an acoustic guitar, saying he “thought it was hilarious.” “When I …

After Ryan Gosling gifted Jimin with Ken’s guitar as a peace offering for breaking the Barbiecardinal rule, the BTS member took to social media on Monday to let the world know that there are no hard feelings between the two. “Hi Ryan and hi Ken, it’s Jimin,” the Face singer …

Barbenheimer wasn’t a thing yet when Greta Gerwig spoke to Rolling Stone about her Barbie movie back in early June, but she was already trying to will it into existence. “I am such a huge Christopher Nolan fan,” she said. “My hope would be everybody goes to both. I guess …

Are you ready to feel the Kenergy? Greta Gerwig’s plastic, pink-toned Barbie movie made $162 million in its first weekend, marking the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman. While the nostalgic enthusiasm and internet memes certainly fueled the hype, a combination of rave reviews, an endless …

Clawdeena has always had a fascination for dolls. The Los Angeles-based content creator had about 150 Bratz dolls and 50 Barbies in her childhood years. Her favorites: Bratz’s Jade and Barbie’s Raquelle, because they aligned with her half-Chinese identity. Despite having a shared love for both, she says she gravitated …

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is surfing into cinematic history on a wave of right-wing tears — and a boatload of cash. The blockbuster film, which grossed a record-breaking $155 million domestically (and $377 million internationally) in its first weekend has also shattered the psyches of conservative commentators who have reflexively branded …

Toward the end of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, our titular heroine’s (Margot Robbie) journey culminates in the arrival of an unexpected guest: Her creator, the late Ruth Handler (played by Rhea Perlman). Having just spent two hours confronting the reality that Barbies didn’t actually solve all inequality and are, in …

The double feature is something of a bygone pleasure. Sure, repertory theaters will curate stacked showings of classic fare or art house favorites for the cultured cinephile in us, but the first-run double — one you might randomly drop into knowing little about either movie — seems the relic of …

As ‘Barbie‘ fans gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse in New York for the Barbie premiere on Friday, director Greta Gerwig stopped by for a surprise visit. In an Instagram video posted by writer David Mack, Gerwig was seen in a denim jumpsuit and cap addressing the audience. “I can’t tell …

This weekend, legions of movie lovers will descend upon theaters, popcorn in hand and catheter in place, girding themselves for the single most unlikely double feature ever conceived by the internet. When it was announced that Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan‘s big-budget, bigger-canvas biopic about the man dubbed “the father of the …