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How Dua Lipa's Love For 'Dance-Crying' And An Instagram DM Led To Barbie's 'Dance The Night'

Dua Lipa explains how her love for “dance-crying” and an Instagram DM led to the Barbie hit “Dance The Night.”

Cinemablend

Barbie movie added close to $100 million to the struggling British economy

Despite looking like it was set in a pink fantasy toy town, much of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie blockbuster was actually filmed in the U.K.

Fortune

Barbie movie contributed more than £80m to UK economy

The movie is the biggest film of 2023 so far and has also out-earned 2022’s biggest hit, Top Gun: Maverick

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After Barbie Frenzy Dies Down, We Finally Have An Update On Greta Gerwig's Narnia Movies

Netflix executive gives an update regarding Barbie director Greta Gerwig's upcoming Narnia movie.

Cinemablend

Can Greta Gerwig bring a new kind of magic to Netflix’s Narnia Chronicles?

The Barbie film-maker is set to direct adaptations of at least two of CS Lewis’s fantasy novels for the streaming giant – will she do better than the last ones?

The Guardian - UK

Netflix boss hints that Greta Gerwig's Narnia film will start filming next year

Netflix gives a promising update on Greta Gerwig's The Chronicles of Narnia movie

Total Film

The Story Behind How Barbie's Greta Gerwig And Ryan Gosling Came Up With His Hilarious 'Sublime!' Line

Writer/director Greta Gerwig breaks down how one of Barbie's most quotable Ken lines came together on set.

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Barbie's Greta Gerwig And Noah Baumbach Explain Why They Needed To 'Protect' Their Movie, And I'm Overjoyed They Did

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach explain why they needed to "protect" Barbie.

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Greta Gerwig shares Barbie star who should be next James Bond – and it’s not Ryan Gosling

British actor played Basketball Ken in Gerwig’s hit film

The Independent UK

Barbie's original draft had a Ridley Scott cameo and a Blade Runner reference instead of a Snyder Cut one

Director Greta Gerwig says the Barbie movie originally had many more references and cameos than the final cut

Total Film

Mattel CEO says the brand will no longer be confined to toys: ‘We are here to build film franchises’

Ynon Kreiz said the company would shift its focus after the blockbuster success of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie this summer.

Fortune

Saoirse Ronan’s 10 best performances – ranked!

At the age of 29, the actor already has four Oscar nominations – but which performance deserved a trophy the most? Ahead of the release of her new sci-fi thriller Foe, we rate her greatest roles

The Guardian - UK

Barbie's 'humanity' is what made the movie a hit, Mattel execs say.

Mattel Films president Robbie Brenner and Mattel chief brand officer Lisa McKnight talked about the film's success at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit.

Fortune

Greta Gerwig at the London Film Festival on the thrill of making Barbie: ‘It was just infectious’

This year, the celebrated filmmaker became the first solo female director to make a $1bn movie

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First Thing: IDF decries surprise Hamas attack as ‘worst day in Israeli history’

IDF says conflict ‘could be a 9/11 and a Pearl Harbor wrapped into one’ as Supernova festival-goers describe attack

The Guardian - UK

‘Just joy’: Greta Gerwig discusses reaction to Barbie at London film festival

Director recalls enjoyment of making highest-grossing film of the year and says she was ‘so moved’ by response

The Guardian - UK

Susan Sarandon’s 20 best performances – ranked!

She may, by her own admission, have played ‘a lot of mothers’, but as the actor turns 77, we celebrate more memorable roles, from maverick lawyers and grown-up groupies to campaigning nuns and supernatural cellists

The Independent UK

A Barbie exhibition is coming to the Design Museum next year

Exhibition will celebrate 65 years of life in plastic

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Mattel CEO rebuts ‘surrealist’ description of Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney movie

Toy company’s vice president previously said forthcoming film is an ‘A24-type’ film ‘for adults’

Evening Standard

Best Barbie costumes for Halloween 2023 that take inspiration from the movie

“She’s everything. He’s just Ken.”

Evening Standard

BFI Screen Talks: Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig among the star directors jetting in for on-stage interviews

Tickets are available now for a star-studded line up that includes some of the world’s most celebrated directors

The Guardian - US

From Poor Things to American Fiction: where does this year’s Oscar race stand?

With the major fall film festivals out of the way, this year’s unusual strike-affected awards season is starting to shape up

The Guardian - US

How Oppenheimer became the unlikeliest blockbuster of the year

Christopher Nolan’s three-hour historical drama just sped past the $900m mark, becoming the biggest biopic ever, but how did he do it?

The Independent UK

Oppenheimer passes historic milestone set by Freddie Mercury biopic

Christopher Nolan’s box office smash continues to break records

Evening Standard

Sex Education is coming out: from Ncuti Gatwa to Emma Mackey, who’s starring in season four?

Our ultimate guide to who’s in the show and who they play

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