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☆ It’s a Barbie world — and pink is seeping into what we use, wear and eat
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Just this week, a restaurant in Los Angeles debuted a vegan “Barbie roll,” created using pink soy paper. According to Circana, the week the movie hit theaters, Barbie products accounted for six of the top 10 doll items sold. In footwear, unit sales of pink sneakers for adults grew 15% in the second quarter versus a year ago. Elsewhere, Barbie-licensed book sales jumped 53% in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2023, and up 44% compared to second quarter 2022. “The ‘Barbie’ movie has created excitement that is spanning a host of industries as Barbie fans of all ages are showing their love well beyond the movie,” said Cohen.

Persons: ”, Barbie, ” Marshal Cohen, Circana, Arriana McLymore, Cohen Organizations: New, New York CNN, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., ”, Reuters, Mattel Locations: New York, Angeles, Zara's Soho, New York City, Arriana

☆ Opinion: Ryan Gosling’s ‘Kenergy’ is all I need
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Everything changed when Ryan Gosling, the twice-Oscar-nominated star of “Half Nelson,” “La La Land,” “The Notebook,” “Blade Runner 2049” and “Drive” was sent the script for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie. The film depicts Ken as pure superficiality, the acme beta man who exists only under the glow of Margot Robbie’s Barbie gaze. His platinum, almost white-bleached hair has lit up every interview, radiating the “Kenergy” he references like punctuation. Asked by one reporter how we might “find our Kenergy,” Gosling replied without missing a beat: “It’s there the whole time… Look no further. In becoming Ken, Gosling dashed one of Hollywood’s most tedious clichés, proving that it is possible to transform into a marshmallow-for-brains “himbo” without turning into an egomaniacal nightmare.

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