If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Barbie has a long history of releasing celebrity dolls. From the LeBron James Ken earlier this year to the Aaliyah doll that debuted in January, the brand continues …
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After becoming a beloved children’s character in the Nineties, Barney is headed for the big screen, with Ayo Edebiri set to write the screenplay and is in talks to star in the live action film, Variety reports. A24 will co-develop and produce the film with Daniel Kaluuya‘s production company, 59% …
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A South Carolina mom has sued Mattel after her minor daughter was allegedly exposed to hardcore porn scenes following a slip-up made on the toy company’s Wicked dolls packaging. The mother, Holly Ricketson, filed a class action suit in California on Tuesday after purchasing a doll inspired by the film …
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Mattel has pulled its Wicked dolls after packaging for the movie merchandise mistakenly listed a website to an adult porn site rather than to the Wicked movie website. The film, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is adapted from the popular Broadway musical (and does not require being over 18, …
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In Billy Crystal’s musical medley that opened the 1992 Oscars, he sang a tribute to Barbra Streisand’s romantic drama The Prince of Tides to the tune of “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” the song made famous, of course, by Barbra Streisand. He crooned: “Seven nominations on the shelf, did this …
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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. Life in plastic really is fantastic — thanks to Mattel‘s newly-released Barbie collectible dolls which look like they popped straight out of Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated Barbie movie. The …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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