If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. She might be a doll, but let’s not play around. I loved the Barbie movie. You loved the Barbie movie. We here at Rolling Stone loved the Barbie …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Has an Idea for 'Barbie' Director Greta Gerwig
“Peace over pleasure,” Olivia Rodrigo told me one night in Los Angeles while serving herself a steamy, heaping plate of spaghetti and meatballs. “That’s my saying.” Getting to hear casual truth-bombs like this is part of the joy that comes from spending time with the wisest 20-year-old in pop, and …
Read More »'Oppenheimer' Becomes Biggest Biopic of All Time
Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimerhas overtakenBohemian Rhapsodyas the highest ever grossing biopic. The film starring Cillian Murphy as the father of the atomic bomb, Robert J. Oppenheimer, has now grossed $912.7 million across the globe, taking it pastQueen biopicBohemian Rhapsody’s $910.8 million. Oppenheimerhas already broken box office records this summer. It is Universal …
Read More »Ben Shelton at the U.S. Open Proves Barbenheimer Isn't Dead… Yet
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Who is Ben Shelton? At only 20 years old, the Georgia born tennis pro has become the one to watch at the last U.S. Open, 2023 proving so …
Read More »'Barbie' Is Headed to IMAX With New Post-Credits Footage
Hi, new Barbie footage. Greta Gerwig‘s blockbuster hit is heading to IMAX for a limited one-week engagement beginning on Sept. 22 and the release will include bonus scenes after the credits. “We made Barbie for the big screen, so it’s a thrill to be able to bring it to IMAX, …
Read More »Ryan Gosling Fully Leans Into His Kenergy in 'I'm Just Ken' Behind-the-Scenes Footage
“I’m Just Ken” should have been one of the most ridiculous moments in Barbie, but Ryan Gosling‘s commitment to the bit is Oscar-worthy. In an exclusive music video for the song, behind-the-scenes footage shows the actor undergoing the most unserious transformation of his career while director Greta Gerwig watches along …
Read More »Charli XCX Burns Hot Pink Rubber in New 'Speed Drive' Video
Charli XCX is pink’d out, and peeling out, in the new music video for her Barbie soundtrack song, “Speed Drive.” The new video, directed by Ramez Silyan, has a simple but appropriate concept: Charli performing and dancing to the song as a hot pink sports car does donuts in an …
Read More »'Planet of the Bass' Gets a Full Music Video — With the Original Ms. Biljana Electronica
If you’ve been online at all over the past two weeks, you’ve heard “Planet of the Bass,” a viral 1990s Eurodance parody that rapidly evolved from TikTok gag to, arguably, the song of the summer. Performed by comedian Kyle Gordon (who co-wrote the tune with TV writer Brooks Allison) and …
Read More »'Barbie' Banned in Algeria — Three Weeks After It Opened
She’s an icon, she’s a legend, she is the moment — and she’s been banned in yet another country. Barbie is no longer screening in Algeria, with an official telling Reuters that Greta Gerwig’s smash film “promotes homosexuality and other Western deviances” and “does not comply with Algeria’s religious and …
Read More »'Barbie' Banned in Some Middle Eastern Countries for Promoting 'Homosexuality and Sexual Transformation'
Barbie‘s journey will finally reach the Middle East on Thursday — but only in some countries. Kuwait and Lebanon have moved to ban the film, according to The Associated Press. Kuwait’s state-run KUNA news agency announced its resolution late Wednesday night, explaining that the movie supports “ideas and beliefs that …
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