Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she would ...
The Barbie x Krispy Kreme Collection is available starting Tuesday, Sept. 3 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand in ...
It's the sweetest way to start the month. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online ...
It's about a year late, but the Barbie Phone is finally here. This is not a smartphone, but a clamshell-style feature phone that's all pink and branded with Mattel's Barbie logo. The handset has a ...
The Arabic entertainment channels Zee Alwan and Zee Aflam are now available on Samsung TV Plus for viewers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The FAST channels will broadcast a ...
The inclusive world of Barbie is expanding yet again — this time, with the first-ever blind Barbie doll and a Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Toy manufacturer Mattel announced the two new additions ...
Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Mattel announced the two new dolls on Tuesday ...
Eric Bridges, CEO of American Foundation for the Blind, tells PEOPLE that the new Barbie "can help get blindness out into society in a way that is accurate and attention-getting" Mattel Barbie is ...
A second new doll, a Black Barbie with Down syndrome, is part of the toymaker’s effort to be more inclusive. By Alex Vadukul In the decades since Barbie debuted in 1959, the doll’s plastic perfections ...
A new documentary tells the story of Black Barbie, and why she has meant so much to so many Gregory Wakeman - Freelance Writer Lagueria Davis has been working on her documentary, Black Barbie, since ...
Ever since her debut in 1959, the Barbie doll has captured the hearts of children around the world. Infused with humor, emotional depth and the color pink, “Barbie” follows one doll's journey from ...
For 65 years, Barbie dolls have looked to inspire children by showcasing all different kinds of jobs—from astronaut to beekeeper to game developer, proving that anything is possible when it comes to ...