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Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has been in the news for various reasons, but it recently made headlines after getting banned from Vietnam a few days ago. Now the scenic country has banned the popular K-Pop girl band Blackpink from performing there.  As per the reports, Barbie and Blackpink and the Chinese drama Flight To You have been ordered to be banned from Vietnam because the Nine Dash Line shows some islands in the South China Sea as non-Vietnamese territory. The Barbie film, which was set to be…

Upcoming movie `Barbie` and South Korean girl group BLACKPINK have sparked outrage in Vietnam after using maps displaying China`s disputed nine-dash line in their promotional materials. The nine-dash line is a cartographic representation used by China to assert its territorial claims over a significant portion of the South China Sea, a stance that is strongly contested by Vietnam and other countries in the region. The Barbie film, scheduled for release in Vietnam on July 21, faced a ban after it was revealed that a…

Warner Bros' has responded after its highly-anticipated movie Barbie sparked controversy and was banned in Vietnam over a specific scene showing a disputed map. As per a new report, after facing backlash, a spokesperson for the Warner Bros Film Group said that the scene didn't 'intend to make any type of statement'. Directed by Greta Gerwig, the film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the lead roles. (Also Read | Barbie Movie faces potential ban in another country amidst controversial scene) Margot Robbie…

Warners Bros has described a map that appears in its coming Barbie movie as a “child-like crayon drawing” with no intended meaning, after Vietnam said it would ban the film after claiming the map depicted the disputed South China Sea.The Barbie movie provoked controversy in both Vietnam and the Philippines over its inclusion of the map that apparently features China’s “nine-dash line”. The line marks China’s claim to much of the South China Sea – a demarcation opposed by Vietnam and other south-east Asian countries and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWarner Bros has defended a doodle of a map in the new Barbie movie, after the film was banned in Vietnam.The film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, reportedly contains a scene depicting a map showing what appears to be the “nine dash line”.The line is a representation of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam says violates its sovereignty.China and…

Days after Vietnam banned Warner Bros` much-anticipated `Barbie` movie over a scene that depicts a map of the South China Sea with the contested “nine-dash line”, the Philippines is now weighing whether to follow suit. The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board of the Philippines recently posted a notice to its website that read: "We confirm that the Board has reviewed the film Barbie today, 04 July 2023. At this time, the assigned Committee on First Review is deliberating on the request of…

Margot Robbie's upcoming Barbie movie has stirred international controversy, raising questions among audiences due to a specific scene that recognizes an Asian political conflict. The tagline for the new Barbie film is, “She’s everything. He’s just Ken.”(HT_PRINT) This controversy has sparked discussions about whether some countries should permit the commercial release of the film in their regions. Vietnam became the first nation to take action, banning Barbie movie screenings in the country. The decision by…

Hollywood  movie ‘Barbie’ seems to be in a row of controversies after showing politically sensitive map of Southeast Asia. And now , after Vietnam banning the film, Philippines have also joined the bandwagon and warned to ban it. The controversy is all about nine-dash line, a U-shaped line indicating China’s controversial territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei all say violate their sovereignty. Speaking to CNN Philippines on Tuesday, local Senator Francis…

Warner Bros.` highly anticipated movie `Barbie` has been banned in Vietnam, New York Post reported. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, was set to hit theatres in Vietnam on July 21, aligning with its big-screen release in most countries around the world. Vietnam state media, however, announced that the movie will not be released due to a scene that includes a map using the "nine-dash line", a set of line segments that represent China`s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam claims violates its…

Vietnam has banned the highly-anticipated Barbie movie due to a scene featuring a map that depicts the nine-dash line. The map represents China’s territorial claims over the South China Sea. The Chinese claims overlap with the exclusive economic zone claims of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. As a result, Vietnam believes that its sovereignty is being violated. Warner Bros' Barbie All commercial screenings of Warner Bros’ Barbie have been banned in Vietnam. The movie was…