Barbies

Eight months ago, on an otherwise quiet July weekend, two films — Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” — shared a release date and together, as Barbenheimer, became the cinematic event and cultural phenomenon of the summer. They seemingly set the stage for a pink-filled, explosive awards season.But the recognition for the unlikely twins was hardly identical. While “Oppenheimer” pulled in 13 Oscar nominations, “Barbie” earned just eight.While saluting the stunt community at Sunday’s ceremony,…

Karu F. Daniels | New York Daily News As “Barbie” fever rolls into Oscar weekend — with Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster film up for eight awards — Mattel has unveiled its new slate of Role Model Dolls, featuring two Academy Awards winners, a Canadian born country queen and an Australian dance music diva. To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 and the iconic doll’s 65th birthday on March 9, the toy company announced Wednesday that it’s adding new dolls modeled after Viola Davis, Dame Helen Mirren, Shania Twain and…

The Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren got the most beautiful and the most unexpected surprise from the well-known American toy manufacturing company Mattel to celebrate International Women’s Day.To honor the doll’s 65th anniversary on International Women’s Day, Mattel released the 78-year-old’s Helen Mirren Barbie.Helen Mirren is honored with a Barbie for International Women’s DayShare iconImage credits: The Mega Agency / Vida PressHelen Mirren is a British actress and has a career spanning 60 years. She is the…

If you were wondering when brands will finally stop trying to cash in on the Barbie craze, the answer is, somehow, not yet. HMD (or Human Mobile Devices), which has been making Nokia phones for the past few years, announced for MWC that it’s partnered with Mattel to release an official Barbie Flip Phone this summer. It’ll be pink, obviously, with a dash of “sparkle.”Aesthetically, it sounds a lot like the original hot pink Motorola Razr of the aughts. But while that phone eventually got rebooted as a smartphone for the…

There's always a lot of discussion around the Hollywood awards season, especially whenever it comes to snubs, and this year is no different. Some notable omissions from the 2024 Oscar nominations include Barbie's Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig for Best Actress and Best Director, respectively. The two, however, were nominated in other categories. Still, the perceived slights have sparked conversations about the intricacies of award selections and the nature of cinematic achievements. Amidst many differing opinions, Helen…

I think that we’re all in agreement that the song “I’m Just Ken” must be performed at this year’s Academy Awards. As one of the 2024 Oscar nominees for Best Original Song, you’d expect that Ryan Gosling would for sure get up on that stage and sing his power ballad from Barbie. However, it’s still up in the air if he’ll do it. Now, both the Ken actor and Barbie herself, Margot Robbie, have weighed in on the topic, and it’s making me feel optimistic. The last time Gosling was asked about performing “I’m Just Ken” at the…

2023 was a big year for Margot Robbie… you know, because of her appearance in Asteroid City and for producing Saltburn. I’m kidding, while those movies certainly received a decent amount of attention, they paled in comparison to Barbie, which was met with critical acclaim, became 2023’s highest-grossing movie and has now earned eight nominations at the 96th Academy Awards (although many felt Robbie was snubbed from the Best Actress category). Fresh off this latest round of accolades, word’s come in that Robbie will star…

Image: Warner Bros.The Oscars are quickly approaching and the anticipation to see if Ryan Gosling will perform “I’m Just Ken” from the Barbie movie continues to build. Recently Gosling politely declined an invite from Clive Davis to perform it at a Grammys gala, so the film’s music producer Mark Ronson tapped Lainey Wilson to sing the iconic number for the event instead. When it comes to the Academy Awards, however, the hopes are bigger since Gosling is nominated for his role as Ken and the music is also up for a golden…

Barbie has two songs nominated at the 96th Oscars- Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” and Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken.” While Eilish will be performing her TikTok-viral song at the ceremony, we’re still left to ponder if the Barbie actor will be performing his powerful ballad too. Barbie’s soundtrack producer and co-writer to the trending song, Mark Ronson, gives his thoughts on whether the dream of seeing Gosling take to the stage to sing his Oscar-nominated hit will become a reality.It’s happened before when…

It's been a big couple of years for Kingsley Ben-Adir as he’s taken on several memorable roles, but perhaps the most high-profile part was his take on Ryan Gosling's Ken's best friend, Ken, in last year's blockbuster smash and critically acclaimed Barbie. Recently, at the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love he spoke about the buzz surrounding all those 2024 Academy Award nominations for Barbie, and specifically "I'm Just Ken's" nod. Now, the Secret Invasion alum has expressed interest in joining a performance of the popular…