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Guys Who Think The Barbie Movie Hates On Men Clearly Didn’t Watch It

"Barbie approaches Ken with a gentle empathy that wounded boys like him often need, though maybe don't deserve."

Pedestrian.tv

The ‘Brilliant’ Weird Barbie Line Kate McKinnon Improvised At The End Of The Barbie Movie

The Barbie cast reveals one of Kate McKinnon's best Weird Barbie lines at the end of film was improvised.

Cinemablend

The best Barbie costumes from the Barbie movie ranked

Life in plastic sure looks fantastic and these Barbie costumes are fashionable proof. Here are the top 10 outfits from the Barbie movie.

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Barbenheimer Part 2? Cillian Murphy Weighs He’d Play Ken Sequel

The only thing stronger than Barbie and Oppenheimer at the box office together would be them in the same movie.

Cinemablend

Everyone here is called Ken! Inside BarbieCon, the other Barbie event of the summer

A yearly convention brings together superfans for shopping, fashion shows and workshops on making doll-sized tropical drinks – if you can score a ticket

The Guardian - US

Real men can laugh at themselves

Don’t be scared of the “Barbie” movie. It won’t hurt you. Unless you’re already hurt.

Chicago Sun-Times

SNL Darling Bowen Yang And A Slew Of Other Names Were All Asked To Bring Ken-Ergy To Barbie (And Allan Almost Wasn’t Played By Michael Cera!)

Barbie's cast is arguably perfect as is, but it turns out SNL's Bowen Yang and more were nearly part of the fun, while Michael Cera nearly wasn't.

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Barbie’s Casting Director Revealed The Actors Who Turned Down The Chance To Be A Ken

Some of these people are CHOICES.

Pedestrian.tv

Ken’s rights? Our research shows Barbie is surprisingly accurate on how ‘men’s rights activists’ are radicalised

In the Barbie movie, we open with a picture of a perfect Barbieland where (almost) everyone is happy, diversity and sisterhood are embraced, and Barbies hold all positions of power.

The Conversation

Life in plastic, it's fantastic? How Barbie reimagines a childhood icon through a feminist lens

This article contains spoilers.

The Conversation

‘So beautiful I cried!’: Barbie obsessives give their verdicts on the movie

From the collector with 12,000 dolls to an actual ‘human Barbie’, via some of the seven-year-olds the toys are actually marketed at, we canvas the opinions of people for whom pink is a way of life

The Guardian - UK

Paunch-free zone: why the Barbie movie’s body diversity message shortchanges Ken

Greta Gerwig’s empowerment movie is unarguably righteous. But when Barbie being lifted up seems to depend on Ken being pushed down, it rings a little hollow

The Guardian - UK

Barbie Easter eggs: 20 references you might have missed

From movie references to discontinued dolls

Total Film

'Barbie' Ending Explained: Why Does Barbie Choose to Become Human?

Barbie is a coming of age story about women not having to be "everything."

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Tom Felton Pointed Out The Resemblance Between Harry Potter's Draco Malfoy And Barbie's Ken, And Now I Can't Unsee It

Harry Potter star Tom Felton brought up how Ryan Gosling's Barbie character looks like Draco Malfoy.

WhatToWatch

Barbie review: boisterous and hilarious Kentertainment

Barbie is the perfect summer comedy...

Chicago Sun-Times

Breezy ‘Barbie’ a blast — a smart, funny social commentary dressed up in candy colors

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling achieve some sublime moments as the dolls discovering life isn’t easy outside the safety of Barbieland.

Cinemablend

What’s Really Going On With The Beef Between Simu Liu And Ryan Gosling’s Kens In The Barbie Trailer? Apparently A Backflip Is Involved

The reason the two Kens don't like each other in Barbie is just as hilarious as you might think.

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My Imperfect Life

The Barbie x Love Island UK crossover is happening—and we can't get enough of this adorable moment

Margot Robbie and 'Love Island UK' go way back—here's every adorable crossover moment from the London premiere...

Daily Mirror

Cinema chain giving all Kens a tasty perk to celebrate Barbie movie

Vue Cinema is offering a tasty perk to anyone who brings along a real-life Ken ahead of the launch of the hotly anticipated Barbie movie, whether they're a Kenneth, Kendrick, Kendall, or Kenji

Evening Standard

Barbie movie: Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash appears in Ryan Gosling’s I’m Just a Ken music video

Co-writer Mark Ronson tells of his delight that his ‘all-time hero’ plays on the song, which has its UK premiere on July 21

The Independent UK

Margot Robbie mandated ‘pink day’ on Barbie set and fined crew if they failed dress code

‘She would go around collecting the fines, and she would donate it to a charity,’ Robbie’s co-star Ryan Gosling said

Daily Mirror

Grandma lives every day as Barbie in pink dream house - but has banned all Kens

Dena Daniels, from Fort Smith, Arkansas, America, has become 'Barbie' and transformed her home into a pink dream house complete with a human-size Barbie display case on her porch

Cinemablend

Ryan Gosling’s Barbie Looks Have Been Making A Splash, But His Co-Star Has A Less Flattering Take On The Kens

Kingsley Ben-Adir says he had a different, less flattering, take on Ryan Gosling and fellow Ken actors' Barbie movie costumes.

Cinemablend

Thanks To Margot Robbie And Barbie, Ken-ergy Is An Adjective Now (And I Can’t Get Enough)

Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie is coming out soon, but Ken-ergy is already an adjective that I enjoy immensely.

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