Cancer Advocates Call for Bald Barbie

Although Barbie is known for her beautiful long, blonde hair, cancer advocates are pushing for a bald Barbie. Cancer Advocates say that creating a bald Barbie would help little girls going through cancer treatment...

Mattel molests Barbie

There are times when a product design should never leave the brainstorm session. Putting a hidden camera inside a Barbie Doll so that little girls can make videos from Barbie’s perspective was the alleged idea....

Barbie and Bratz: Wars over defining girlhood

The subject on which I am writing may seem silly at surface, but it has serious implications. Often the children's movies are seen as trivial, but many times the message that is contained in them not only reaches the children but becomes formative to their personal...

Louisiana Walmart Charges Less for Black Barbie than White Barbie

A Lousiana-based Walmart is coming under fire after a photograh was taken showing the store charging less for a black barbie than a white barbie doll. The photograph shows Mattel's Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina...

The Barbie Movie: Barbie Goes to Hollywood

After months of negotiation, Universal Pictures has acquired the movies rights to children's doll Barbie, and Barbie is officially set to make her debut on the big screen in a Hollywood live-action movie. ...

Twilight's Edward and Bella to be made by Barbie's Mattel

The famous Twilight's Edward Cullen and Bella Swan are going to be made into their very own dolls, by the makers of Barbie, Mattel. The Edward Cullen doll comes with shimmering skin and gold eyes, and although they don't describe the Bella doll, it's sure to just have dark...

Katrina Kaif for face of Barbie®

In the year of the 50th birthday of the most popular doll in the world, Barbie®, it has emerged that Katrina Kaif, the beautiful Bollywood actress has been selected as the face for the Indian version of the doll....

As Barbie turns 50, her real life dream house is built in Malibu

As Barbie gets ready to turn 50, an interior decorator in Malibu named Jonathan Adler has designed her dream house for real, by decking out a 3,500 square foot home overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu. Adler...

Parents Angry at Tattoo Barbie

Mattel released Totally Stylin' Tattoo Barbie, and parents are, perhaps predictably, not amused. The frighteningly tall plastic princess comes with clothes, a sheet of stick-on tattoos, and a little purple tattoo gun...

Angela Merkel Barbie doll makes debut at a Toy Fair in Germany

Angela Merkel, the iron lady of the 21st century and Forbes most powerful woman in the world, has had a replica Barbie doll made in her honour. The doll made its debut at the 60th annual International Toy Fair in...

New York Fashion Week Schedule: Who's In, Who's Out?

The schedule of designers for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York has been released, and while we've seen stories of designers dropping out over the past few weeks we now have a comprehensive look at who will be...

Stila and Mattel Team Up for Barbie Cosmetics Line

For her 50th anniversary, Barbie is not only getting a brand new pair of Christian Louboutin pumps and a fashion show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, but her very own cosmetics line. Stila and Mattel are teaming up...

In Bratz spat, a small ray of hope for Mattel rival MGA Entert...

Riverside, California - The judge that ordered MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Bratz dolls be removed from store shelves by February 11th has extended the deadline through to the end of 2009, due to "the clear importance...

The Barbie© Doll Turns Fifty

Barbie you're beautifulYou make me feelMy Barbie doll is really realBarbie's small and so petite,Her clothes and figure look so neatHer dancing outfits ring some bellsAt parties she will cast a spellPurses, hats,...

Barbie dolls celebrates 50th anniversary and toy world dominance

When Toy company Mattel's launched Barbie Dolls half century ago, they would have never thought that this product will become a legend. Barbie Dolls, continues to be played with and collected by many children and...

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