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2023 a mixed bag for Wall Street, U.S. economy
31Dec By adminNo Comments
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2023 a mixed bag for Wall Street, U.S. economy

2023 a mixed bag for Wall Street, U.S. economy - CBS News Watch CBS News It has been a blockbuster year for investors, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite all up with double-digit gains. However, the Federal Reserve battled the worst inflation in decades with several rate hikes, and 2023 marked the worst banking crisis since 2008, with three major institutions collapsing. Astrid Martinez reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. ...
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Move over, “Barbie” — Mattel announces plans for American Girl doll movie
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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Move over, “Barbie” — Mattel announces plans for American Girl doll movie

Another movie based on a doll could be hitting the big screen: Toy company Mattel is developing a live-action film based on its American Girl doll line. The announcement comes in the wake of the "Barbie" movie, which brought in more than a billion dollars worldwide and was the highest-grossing movie of the year. Lindsey Anderson Beer, who wrote and executive produced "Sierra Burgess is a Loser" and directed "Pet Sematary: Bloodlines," is set to produce and write the screenplay for the American Girl doll movie."Growing up, my sister and I were American Girl girls. I had Kirsten, and she had Molly," Anderson Beer said in the Wednesday announcement. "They didn't feel like dolls to play with, rather real people whose worlds we got to imagine ourselves in. They are historically accurate toys a...
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Mattel walked back pledge to donate millions to UCLA children’s hospital, lawsuit claims
16Nov By adminNo Comments
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Mattel walked back pledge to donate millions to UCLA children’s hospital, lawsuit claims

Mattel, the toy company that owns huge franchises like Hot Wheels and Barbie, is facing a new lawsuit brought by UCLA and its health system, claiming the company failed to make good on a pledge to donate $50 million to the university's children's hospital. The company had pledged and completed large donations to the UCLA children's hospital before. Mattel formed a partnership with the university in 1998 and, in exchange for the hospital bearing Mattel's name per the terms of an agreement, donated $25 million to the hospital over a period of time, according to the complaint filed Nov. 19 in Los Angeles and obtained Wednesday by CBS News.Mattel and UCLA entered into another, similar agreement in 2017, the lawsuit says. The toy company pledged to donate $49 million to the children's hospital...
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4 new toys inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Ken not included.
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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4 new toys inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Ken not included.

Baseball cards, Nerf toys, Cabbage Patch Kids and the Fisher-Price Corn Popper are all entering the National Toy Hall of Fame. One classic toy that didn't make the cut? Barbie's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Ken."Kenough," as he was dubbed in this year's blockbuster "Barbie"  movie, was left out despite seeing renewed global attention after being portrayed in the film by Ryan Gosling.Doll Barbie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998. To some extent, Ken's exclusion meshes with his role in the film, where in one scene he sings, "Doesn't seem to matter what I do. I'm always No. 2." Cabbage Patch Kids were inducted into the 2023 National Toy Hall of Fame. Getty Images ...
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‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling Team Up Again For Heist Film
12Oct By adminNo Comments
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‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling Team Up Again For Heist Film

Get in, Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie — we’re going on a heist. Josey McNamara, the producer of the upcoming “Ocean’s Eleven” film, recently told GamesRadar+ that he’s stoked that the “Barbie” stars are reuniting for the reboot of the beloved heist film. “They’re wonderful together,” McNamara said of Robbie and Gosling’s chemistry on the big screen while promoting his movie “Saltburn” at the BFI London Film Festival. “The more projects even outside of that we can have them do would be amazing.”If you were hoping to dig into the details about Robbie and Gosling’s roles in the film before the trailer drops, you’ll need to curtail your expectations. “I can’t really say much, but I think we’re just trying to do right by the franchise. I’m excited for people to experience it when it’s ready,”...
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Fleetwood Mac icon Stevie Nicks gets her own Barbie doll
3Oct By adminNo Comments
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Fleetwood Mac icon Stevie Nicks gets her own Barbie doll

Mattel is honoring singer Stevie Nicks with her own Barbie doll.Mattel designed the doll to channel Nicks as she appears on the cover of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album "Rumours." The cover shows Nicks dressed in one of her "Rhiannon" outfits, named for the song off the band's 1975 self-titled album that Nicks said was about a Welsh witch."When I look at her, I see my 27 year old self~ All the memories of walking out on a big stage in that black outfit and those gorgeous boots come rushing back~ and then I see myself now in her face," Nicks wrote on social media. "What we have been through since 1975~ the battles we have fought, the lessons we have learned~ together. I am her and she is me. She absolutely has my heart." The doll, set to be ...
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12Aug By adminNo Comments
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Weekend podcast: author Jacqueline Wilson, Marina Hyde on Matt Hancock as ‘just Ken’, and is snacking a problem? | Life and style

Marina Hyde recoils at Matt Hancock’s latest cringeworthy attempt to boost his brand (1m24s); writer Joel Snape asks whether we should worry about snacking (7m55s); and journalist Simon Hattenstone sits down with author Jacqueline Wilson to discuss rivalry, censorship – and love (14m02). How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know
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Pink “Barbie” cheesesteak a huge hit in central N.Y. eatery
8Aug By adminNo Comments
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Pink “Barbie” cheesesteak a huge hit in central N.Y. eatery

New York restaurant selling "Barbie" cheesesteaks New York restaurant selling "Barbie" cheesesteaks 00:30 The "Barbie" craze has helped one restaurant in central New York go viral.A pink cheesesteak is the reason.Gino's Cheese Steak and Onion near Syracuse created what it calls the "Malibu Barbie Dream Drizzle Sauce." House-made ranch is mixed with red dragon fruit to get its vibrant color.The owner says the eatery has sold nearly 20 gallons o...
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“Barbie” global ticket sales reach $1 billion in historic first for women directors
7Aug By adminNo Comments
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“Barbie” global ticket sales reach $1 billion in historic first for women directors

In the three weeks since its debut in theaters, "Barbie" has surpassed $1 billion in global ticket sales, marking a historic moment for the film industry as it becomes the first movie directed solely by a woman to hit this box office milestone. Greta Gerwig, who directed "Barbie," joins a small group of people who have the sole directing credit on a billion-dollar movie in Hollywood's history. She now holds the box office record for women directors, which Patty Jenkins last set with "Wonder Woman" in 2017. That film raked in more than $800 million."Barbie" has earned about $1.03 billion worldwide as of Sunday, according to Box Office Mojo. The feminist film, which Gerwig directed and co-wrote after previously receiving Oscar nominations for her earlier films "Lady Bird" and "Little Women,...
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