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Pavement react to surprise reference during Ken’s ‘mansplaining’ scene in Barbie

Fans of the band were delighted at the seemingly random reference from one of the Kens

The Independent UK

America Ferrera didn't want to 'eff up' her epic Barbie monologue

Barbie star America Ferrera has revealed the pressure she felt to deliver her epic speech at the heart of the movie and how she prepared for her big moment.

WhatToWatch

The story behind Greta Gerwig’s doomed How I Met Your Mother spin-off

Gerwig takes full responsibility for the project’s failure

The Independent UK

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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

Mission: Impossible struggles at box office against record-breaking might of Barbenheimer

Greta Gerwig has broken the record for the biggest ever opening weekend for a female director with ‘Barbie’

The Independent UK

‘The Barbenheimer effect’: Barbie and Oppenheimer smash Australian box office records

Both blockbusters broke a variety of opening weekend records, in a double feature that’s enticing film lovers back to cinemas

The Guardian - AU

Greta Gerwig makes history as Barbie has biggest opening weekend for film directed by a woman

Barbie made $356m while Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home $180m, making ‘Barbenheimer’ biggest box office weekend of 2023 so far

The Guardian - AU

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Barbie And Oppenheimer Arrive As A Brilliant Bombshell At The Weekend Box Office, Setting New Records For 2023

The Barbenheimer phenomenon is very, very real, as both Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer had spectacular opening weekends at the box office.

Cinemablend

Barbie Fans Are Going Viral On TikTok For Wearing Elaborate Outfits To The Theater, And I'm So Here For It

It's Barbie opening weekend, and there's a whole bunch of sightings of pink outfits in theaters.

Cinemablend

How feminists are catching up to Barbie

Beauty standards aside, the doll has been a wildly progressive lifestyle mentor ever since she won us over in 1959

Salon

You Need to Watch the Trippiest Psychodrama on Amazon Prime ASAP

In 1988, 'The Truman Show' predicted so much about 2023 society — and blockbusters.

Inverse

Barbie review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

While it’s impossible for any studio film to be truly subversive, this Mattel-approved comedy gets away with far more than you’d think was possible

The Independent UK

‘I survived the Barbenheimer experience - escaping with just minor whiplash’

Greta Gerwig’s ultra-pop Barbie and Christoper Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer were released on the same day - presenting an enticing and foolhardy challenge

Evening Standard

Barbie review – a riotous, candy-coloured feminist fable

Barbie takes a ride from her dream house to reality as Little Women writer-director Greta Gerwig takes another cultural icon and lovingly subverts it

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An Oppenheimer Showing Featured A Half-Pink Screen After Something Went Wrong, But It’s Giving Me Serious Barbenheimer Vibes

Barbie and Oppenheimer just opened on the same weekend, so of course one technical difficulty made Nolan's epic hot pink.

Cinemablend

I'm Obsessed With Barbie's Ending, And The Way Greta Gerwig Came Up With The Final Scene Makes It Even Better

Barbie has a fantastic ending, and I'm obsessed with it. The way Greta Gerwig came up with the final scene makes it even better.

The Guardian - UK

Barbie v Oppenheimer: dolls trump nukes as blockbusters hit screens

Glasgow crowds root for Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum satire over Christopher Nolan’s atom bomb saga

Inverse

'Barbie' Continues 2023's Most Concerning Hollywood Trend

2023 has already seen a shocking number of brand-based movies hit theaters and digital platforms. Here's why films like 'Barbie,' 'Air,' and 'Flamin' Hot' could mark the beginning of a concerning new era for Hollywood.

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The Independent UK

America Ferrera reveals her guilty pleasure is ‘not showering for a few days’

‘I’m going to regret saying this,’ Ferrera said

The Independent UK

‘My collection must be into the thousands’: Meet the adults hooked on buying Barbies

Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster may have rekindled widespread love for Barbie, but it’s nothing new for her long-time collectors. Katie Rosseinsky speaks to some of the doll’s biggest British fans about sexism, late-night eBay bidding and the dreaded ‘green rot’

Fortune

How Mattel's CEO dove into a culturally-challenged company losing hundreds of millions a year and emerged with a Barbie box office phenomenon

“I took our portfolio of iconic franchises in children and family entertainment to be an incredible opportunity to extend the company outside of the toy aisle."

The Independent UK

Barbie doubles Oppenheimer’s earnings in box office previews

‘Barbie’ has collected the best preview earnings of any film this year

The Independent UK

Barbie’s impressive Rotten Tomatoes score revealed

Film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling hailed as ‘a very charming success’

The Independent UK

Oppenheimer blows past Barbie with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

‘Barbie’ debuted with impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 89 per cent

The Guardian - US

I survived the Barbie-Oppenheimer double bill and I don’t recommend it

The internet has become transfixed with the idea of watching Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum comedy next to Christopher Nolan’s dark drama but it proved to be a nightmarish combo

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