In one of the most touching scenes in “Barbie,” the title character, played by Margot Robbie, has a conversation on the bench with an old lady on a bench in the real world. We won’t spoil what they ...

During the "Barbie" movie, the title character, played by Margot Robbie, sits on a park bench and has a little talk with an elderly worman. Which has prompted a lot of fans of the hit movie to ask, ...

Best known as Barbie, Barbara Millicent Roberts turns 62 years old on March 9. Since her 1959 debut in a now-iconic black-and-white swimsuit, she’s become a worldwide sensation. Read: 5 Collector’s ...

With the “Barbie” movie kicking up sparkle dust, I’d like to go on record thanking Barbie for my brief foray into sewing. As a young girl, it was nearly impossible to get the designer clothes Mattel ...

I was 5 ½ when Barbie was born. I didn’t take much notice at the time — or ever — and hadn’t intended to catch the new movie starring the plastic princess. But I got curious the other day when, in the ...

(By John Shomby) The fourth biggest movie opening weekend in history happened earlier this summer and reinforced a brand that has been around since the late 50s. Mattel’s 64-year-old doll, Barbie, led ...

The old-school Barbie world was filled with unrealistic representations: physically impossible body proportions, extremely high heel arches and an amazingly ostentatious house (probably hard to afford ...