The multiplex is about to get Barbiefied, but the soon-to-be hit isn’t the first film to feature Mattel’s favorite plaything. A previous Barbie movie was made in 1987, an experimental musical biopic that barely saw the light of day. The dolls sing, and they argue, and the most famous one …
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“I feel like I need to correct the record a little bit,” Margot Robbie tells Rolling Stone. Earlier this year, the actress revealed to the world that she had a bit of a “goth phase” and loved heavy metal when she was younger. But it was just one of many …
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It’s tough to sell a decades-old doll and actively make you question why you’d still buy a toy that comes with so much baggage. (Metaphorically speaking, of course — literal baggage sold separately.) The makers of Barbie know this. They know that you know that it’s an attempt by Mattel …
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Barbie arrives next week on July 21, and the titular character (Margot Robbie) appears to be longing for something more than her picture-perfect Barbieland and dreamhouse can offer, as the new teaser showcases. It also gives the first taste of Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” “We made this …
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W HEN GRETA GERWIG was in preproduction on her Barbie movie (out July 21), executives from the brand’s owner, Mattel, paid her an inevitable visit. She gave them a preview of the movie’s look (very, very pink) and feel (Elf-y magical-realism ramped up a thousandfold). Then she hit them with …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Wrapped in pink walls, panoramic views, and probably a little plastic, Barbie’s Malibu DreamHouse on Airbnb is, truly, pretty fantastic. Ahead of the theatrical release of Greta Gerwig‘s …
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Barbie opens with the world’s favorite doll having the perfect day: She has her perfect world full of other perfect Barbies who may look and dress differently but act exactly the same. And there’s the doting love of Ken, whose existence is mostly an accessory to Barbie’s. The next day, …
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We almost got a very different version of Barbie than Greta Gerwig‘s sugar-sweet spectacle of Margot Robbie’s Barbie and Ryan Gosling’s Ken that will hit theaters on July 21. For one, Amy Schumer was almost the actress who would have brought the doll to life on-screen, and Hilary Winston was …
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The movie of the summer is almost here — and now has an all-star soundtrack lineup to go with it. Rolling Stone exclusively reveals that Barbie: The Album will feature Ava Max, Charli XCX, Dominic Fike, Dua Lipa, Fifty Fifty, Gayle, Haim, Ice Spice, Kali, Karol G, Khalid, Lizzo, Nicki …
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When Margot Robbie, who produced and stars in the Barbie movie out this summer, and director Greta Gerwig were casting the movie, they wanted actresses who could exude what they describe as “Barbie energy.” But as Robbie told Vogue in an in-depth, new feature on the making of the film, …
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