Barbie was officially born on March 9, 1959, when she launched at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Mattel’s co-creator, Ruth Handler, became inspired to create a 3D doll that could inspire ...

"Mattel had spent years obscuring Barbie's backstory," Hitt writes. According to the new book, Barbie is actually a "knockoff" whose origins and later production are marred by accusations of theft and ...

Karan Feder tells PEOPLE that the movie "embraced the love of the doll and the fashion history" Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.; Courtesy of WELDON OWEN Karan Feder is a pro when it comes to Barbie ...

My last year of Hebrew school began like all the others: with an assembly in my Long Island synagogue’s social hall. No one expected Barbie to show up. But this year was different. Ahead of our b’nai ...

This past week, the blockbuster movie Barbie was released in theaters, breaking the opening weekend record for 2023 and the first-weekend record for a film directed by a woman, with $337 million in ...

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“We are delighted to bring a tour of Barbie, a cultural icon it launched before the film, and it's [been]on tour for a few years. And we're the first art museum to be opening it in North America,” ...