Movie Buzz Attention, “Hunger Games” fanatics: Katinss Everdeen's likeness now comes in the form of a Barbie and it looks a lot like Jennifer Lawrence. A pretty quick turnaround from movie to toy stores, if I say so myself.
Culture Buzz Barbie may preach that “We girls can do anything,” but holding down 87 careers comes at a price. From her little sister Tutti to Tanner, her pooping dog, the doll's made a habit of cruelly cutting off those closest to her. Watch your back, Ken.
Shift Buzz And she's wearing a pair of sensible shoes for the first time ever! ZOMG, etc. (via nydailynews.com)
Celebrity Buzz Just in time for the one-year anniversary of the Royal wedding comes the officially licensed Will and Kate replica Barbies. And just in case you needed any further reassurance that Prince William is losing his looks, I think the fact that Kate's doll has Barbie normal face and Will's has been completely redesigned — to include his prominent teeth, receding hairline, and large nose — says it all, really.
Celebrity Buzz “Video Games” if it were composed for video games…well done. According to the write up, this version was made using two Nintendo Gameboys.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/01/emma-robert...
Would you pay over $200k for these shots? Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Culture Buzz Okay, maybe “Avatar Barbie” isn’t the coolest of the bunch (though James Cameron would surely disagree) but when Barbie channels the likes of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Warhol, and Piscasso — you really can’t go wrong.
http://gothamist.com/2012/01/12/should_mattel_make_a_bald...
Girls can do anything, including beat cancer. Two moms have started a campaign to get the doll giant to create a Barbie for girls suffering from cancer treatments.
http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/12/02/nicki-minaj-barbie-c...
It’s a Christmas miracle! You know how they sometimes say if you just keep repeating something, it becomes true? Well, it worked for Nicki Minaj.
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/30/zombie-attack-barbie/
Just because you're living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland doesn't mean you can't be fabulous. Barbie is rocking that hot pink rocket launcher.
The new tokidoki hipster Barbie, on sale now for $50, has pink hair, a heart and crossbones shirt and leopard print pants. She's also got a chest tattoo. (via star941fm.com)
Style Buzz I will not buy these. I will not buy these. BRB going to Toys R Us! Mattel combines high class with my childhood to make these irresistible additions to their 2011 collection. I hope they do Monet next.
Barbie is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Barbie.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/galia-slayen/the-scary-real...
Some people have skeletons in their closet. I have an enormous Barbie in mine.
Culture Buzz A recent show by artist Soasig Chamaillard, collecting her Virgin Mary statues redone as pop culture pastiche, triggered an anti-cute crusade in France. How you could be offended by something as sacriliciously adorable as the My Little Pony Virgin Centaur, Baby Jesus only knows.
http://coedmagazine.com/2011/03/09/barbies-behaving-badly...
Look forward to a lawsuit from Mattel.
Available at FAO Schwarz for only $24,999.99. Looks like a mass crucifixion in pink.
Culture Buzz The baby in Midge's abdomen led to the usual controversies, and the doll was discontinued in 2002.
A tutorial on making a Barbie-sized meat gown out of cold cuts. Add a wig sculpted from rye and a mustard necklace, then you're half way to a delicious sandwich.
Culture Buzz Artist Mariel Clayton poses Barbie in a wonderful series or photos resembling a Dexter meets Desperate Housewives crossover. She has several other Barbie shoots, including a NSFW(?) examination of Barbie and modern sexuality. You've come a long way, baby.
Culture Buzz Horrorpops bassist Patricia Day needs to get over herself and check her ego at the door. Day has just sued Mattel for what she calls a complete rip off of her likeness. She claims the doll is a spitting image of herself. What's your verdict?
Looks like Barbie's hit the gym? Or something? [Ed. note: Also nice to see that she's given up on wearing those Adult diapers.]
Just a bunch of middle aged dudes who like to compete in Barbie beauty contests. Nothing strange here.
http://crushable.com/other-stuff/contest-can-you-help-com...
What makes a Barbie engineer an engineer?
Culture Buzz Entertainment Weekly dressed Barbie up in Lady Gaga's best threads (and meats) to recreate some of her outlandish moments. I hear throughout the entire photoshoot she was such a doll!
Barbie, you've come a long way! I like the 2002 pop star inspired look. (BTW, Happy Birthday, Britney Spears!)
Culture Buzz “Experts” in Australia are condemning the Barbie Cam as a “pedophile's paradise.” They claim that with a video camera embedded inside a doll, pedophiles could secretly film children. I guess TMZ isn't the only organization that finds the Barbie Cam creepy.