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Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is the top grossing movie of 2023, generating more than $1.3 billion at the international box office so far.

'Barbie' music producer Mark Ronson opens up about the film's 'bespoke' sound

4:18pm September 07, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Ronson spent a year creating Barbie's music, with the help of artists like Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith and Billie Eilish. "Everyone ran with it and did something different," he says.

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Mattel reported financial earnings on Wednesday. In the company's earnings call, Barbie stole the show.

Economy

Mattel tried to report financials. All anyone wanted to talk about was 'Barbie'

10:21am July 27, 2023

by Erin Kenney

Mattel reported financial earnings Wednesday. Impacts from the Barbie movie remain to be seen, but she still stole the show.

Arts

Is Barbie a feminist icon? It's complicated

7:54am July 27, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?

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The Grove theater marquee announcing the opening of Barbie is pictured in Los Angeles last week.

'Barbie' beats 'Oppenheimer' at the box office with a record $155 million debut

12:51pm July 24, 2023

by Emily Olson

Combined, the two films brought in the biggest revenue since the start of the pandemic, besting out the usual superhero franchises Hollywood has come to depend on.

It's not every day that an exuberant comedy about a Mattel doll goes head-to-head with a brooding drama about the father of the atomic bomb, but both Barbie and Oppenheimer deliver. Above, Margot Robbie as Barbie and Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Arts

Go see 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' in theaters — doubleheader or not is your call

2:38pm July 21, 2023

by Justin Chang

It's not every day that an exuberant comedy about a Mattel doll goes head-to-head with a brooding drama about the father of the atomic bomb, but critic Justin Chang says both films deliver.

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Posters advertise Oppenheimer and Barbie in New York and California, respectively. They both hit theaters nationwide on Friday.

Arts

What to know about the 'Barbenheimer' double feature frenzy

5:03am July 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

After months of inescapable marketing, viral memes and crossover merch, two of the year's most anticipated movies hit theaters on Friday. Here's why so many people want to see both — and how to prep.

Barbie and Oppenheimer will duke it out on the big screen when both films premiere this Friday, July 21.

Music & Culture

In search of tunes for your 'Barbenheimer' pregame? Look no further

11:21am July 20, 2023

Whether you're heading to the cinema to watch Barbie, Oppenheimer or both back-to-back, these themed playlists will set the mood.

Based on one of America's most emblematic pieces of intellectual property, Greta Gerwig's Barbie starring Margot Robbie, above, was never going to be just a movie, because Barbie was never just a doll.

Arts

Is 'Barbie' corporate propaganda or Malibu Metacommentary™? Why not both!

1:31pm July 19, 2023

by Aisha Harris

Based on one of America's most emblematic pieces of intellectual property, Greta Gerwig's Barbie was never going to be just a movie, because Barbie was never just a doll.

Protesters wave flags and hold placards in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati, Metro Manila on July 12, 2023, during a demonstration held to mark the seventh anniversary of an international arbitral ruling that voided China's historical claims to the South China Sea, including the nine-dash line.

World News

After a review, 'Barbie' movie will show in the Philippines, after all

3:15pm July 12, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

The country's film regulator has decided that a map shown in the movie does not depict China's controversial nine-dash line.

Margot Robbie poses for the media prior to a news conference of the movie Barbie in Seoul, South Korea, Monday. The film is to be released in the country on July 19.

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After Vietnam, the Philippines could be next to ban 'Barbie.' Here's why

5:17pm July 06, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

Film regulators in the Philippines are reviewing Barbie after a senator said a scene depicts a map that China uses to lay claim to nearly all of the South China Sea.