Barbie

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSharon Stone has revealed why her Barbie film pitch failed in the 1990s, long before the 2023 box-office sensation came out.Stone, who starred in Casino and Basic Instinct, claimed she was “thrown out” of an undisclosed film studio after suggesting a story about a Barbie.Many different stars had tried and failed to make a Barbie film before director Greta Gerwig’s success, including…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMargot Robbie is set to produce The Sims, a movie based on the iconic computer game. Following the success of Barbie, her production company LuckyChap will work on the feature along with Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment. Electronic Arts, which published the game, will also be involved in a creative and producing capacity, according to Variety. The Sims is one of the…

People are thirsty for the Dune: Part Two limited edition sandworm popcorn bucket. So thirsty, in fact, that some eBay resellers are hawking the thing for hundreds of dollars.The Dune popcorn bucket, which was sold for $24.99 at select AMC theaters and included the popcorn itself, is currently the fifth most-expensive listed item on eBay under the “popcorn bucket” search term, with one seller asking $804.04 for the viral item (plus shipping). It follows a Godzilla and Evangelion popcorn bucket combo ($1,034); a Figment…

Oscar night is known to have a pretty positive effect on many of the films nominated, and this years’ winners fared no differently. Not just the actors, directors, writers and producers, but also musicians such as Billie Eilish, who at 22 became the youngest ever two-time winner in the ceremony’s 96th year, and brother Finneas. The duo’s awards season success with the Barbie single “What Was I Made For?” continued even beyond their win and “whoa”-inspiring live performance, with the news that it enjoyed a last-minute…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell made for? Winning awards, apparently. The sibling duo’s “Barbie” blockbuster ballad “What Was I Made For?” won the Academy Award for best original song on Sunday night. In doing so, Eilish, 22, has become the y oungest person by far to have won two career Oscars. (Also read: Oscars 2024 full list of winners: Oppenheimer wins Best Picture, Christopher Nolan named Best Director) Finneas O'Connell, left, and Billie Eilish accept the award for best…

At the 96th Academy Awards, comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel returned for the fourth time to host Hollywood’s biggest awards show. In his almost 12-minute opening monologue filled with plenty of celebrity jabs, Jimmy made the star-studded audience let out a few laughs, while also getting mixed reactions from social media users. Also read | Oscars 2024 highlights: Oppenheimer is Best Picture, Cillian Murphy is Best Actor, Nolan finally wins Best Director Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the…

Eva Mendes has a message for husband-actor Ryan Gosling after he performed I’m Just Ken from Barbie at the 96th Academy Awards. Taking to Instagram on Monday, Eva also shared a picture inspired by Ryan's outfit for the performance. (Also Read | Ryan Gosling brings Kenergy to Oscar rehearsals: ‘He was a total pro’) Eva Mendes has a message for Ryan Gosling. Eva has a message for RyanIn the photo, she wore Ryan's pink blazer from his performance, a black cowboy hat and dark sunglasses. Several outfits were seen…

Billie Eilish, along with her brother Finneas O’Connell, has won the Oscar for best song with What Was I Made For?, which the pair co-wrote for the Barbie movie soundtrack.Eilish and O’Connell had to defeat a lineup that contained another song from Barbie: I’m Just Ken, written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and performed by Ryan Gosling. Other contenders included Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon, and It Never Went Away from the documentary American Symphony.A No 1 hit in the UK and…

“This is the night! We did it!” people said to each other as they arrived at the Oscars last night.  There are two sides of the red carpet: The one everyone sees at home with megawatt stars, and the one behind them where other ticket holders walk up a massive staircase, also draped in scarlet, where staff members politely and sternly moved everyone along as people lingered to take selfies. Oppenheimer would go on to win the night, but the team behind Godzilla Minus One, the 2023 Japanese film directed by…

“Can you feel the Kenergy?”That was the question asked from the Dolby Theatre stage on Sunday night, when Ryan Gosling and a collection of Kens took over the 2024 Oscars with an elaborate performance of the “Barbie” showstopper “I’m Just Ken.”Gosling — reprising his Oscar-nominated performance as Ken, Barbie’s anxiety-ridden, try-hard, beta-status boyfriend — donned a vibrant pink suit, matching gloves and dark sunglasses to lead the live rendition of the anthem, in which Ken melodiously reconsiders the patriarchal…