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☆ 'Barbie' review: Margot Robbie stars in Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —“Barbie” comes roaring out of the gate with an inventiveness and energy the movie perhaps inevitably can’t sustain. Still, the closest kin would probably be “The Lego Movie,” which similarly took a familiar toy and built a kind of existential crisis around it. Simu Liu, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in "Barbie." Courtesy Warner Bros. PicturesThe juxtaposition of those more thoughtful elements with the sheer giddiness elsewhere – alternating between the serious and the silly, between art and commerce – doesn’t always quite mesh or feel as fresh as it might. (The film is being released by Warner Bros., like CNN, a unit of Warner Bros.

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☆ How to watch the ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Barbie’ double feature
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s the “Barbenheimer” double feature, and it started its life, as most phenomena do, as a meme. He says he’s seeing “Oppenheimer” first, on its opening Friday, and then “Barbie” “right after” so he gets to experience both with packed houses. Neither “Barbie” nor “Oppenheimer” seem like they’ll be boring, so ahead of both films, use the restroom. Use it again between “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie.” Gerwig’s film is also the more ICEE-friendly film, so re-up on snacks and such in between. 10:50 a.m.: Arrive 10 minutes early for “Oppenheimer,” get an extra-large popcorn and prepare for cinematic annihilation.

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☆ ‘Barbie’ Reviews Are In: Slickly Subversive or Inescapably Corporate?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Julia Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As reviews for “Barbie” rolled out ahead of its weekend opening, a critical divide emerged. Some thought that Greta Gerwig, the acclaimed director of “Lady Bird” and “Little Women,” had met the expectations for a more subversive take on the 11.5-inch Mattel phenomenon. Others felt that the director did not go far enough in dinging her corporate sponsors, keeping the critiques of consumerism and female beauty standards at surface level. Read on for some highlights. ‘Barbie’ May Be the Most Subversive Blockbuster of the 21st Century [Rolling Stone]The movie does more than avoid delivering a two-hour commercial for Mattel, David Fear writes, suggesting that the movie could be “the most subversive blockbuster of the 21st century to date.”

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☆ Ryan Gosling sings his heart out as poor, overlooked Ken in latest ‘Barbie’ trailer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —With the “Barbie” movie release date fast approaching, the latest teaser features Ryan Gosling’s Ken bemoaning life in his female companion’s shadow. “I just don’t know who I am without you,” Ken tells Margot Robbie’s Barbie in the trailer, released Monday. Just Ken ExclusiveWe then see Ken singing about the dynamic between the pair, who are best friends. Warner Bros., like CNN, is a unit of Warner Bros. “The world ran out of pink,” said Sarah Greenwood in a recent interview with Architectural Digest.

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☆ See Margot Robbie’s best outfits from the ‘Barbie’ press tour
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Jacquelyn Palumbo | Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —She may be a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, but the boundaries between Barbieland and real life are blurring as Margot Robbie undertakes her whirlwind international press tour for the Greta Gerwig-directed movie, out later this month. Han Myung-Gu/WireImage/Getty ImagesIn Sydney, Robbie wore a shimmering Versace mini dress. Richard Milnes/ShutterstockRyan Gosling and Robbie at a press event in Los Angeles, where Robbie wore Valentino. Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesRobbie's polkadot Valentino dress was a nod to the 'Pink and Fabulous' Barbie doll from 2015. Mattel; Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images NorthRobbie in Versace at a "Barbie" fan event on July 1.

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☆ Margot Robbie says her 'Pirates of the Caribbean' spinoff was canceled by Disney
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The Oscar nominee said the “Pirates of the Caribbean” spinoff in which she was set to star has been canceled. Robbie said work had stopped on the planned “Pirates” film because Disney didn’t want to move forward with it, according to her Vanity Fair cover story. Robbie and Hodson were first attached to the project in June 2020, one of two planned “Pirates” films, the Hollywood Reporter said at the time. The film series’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed Robbie’s involvement as recently as May of this year. The original “Pirates” film series was loosely inspired by the Disney theme park ride of the same name and starred Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow.

The hottest blonde ever.” This was the infamous script description given for Margot Robbie’s character in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), directed by Martin Scorsese. Widely credited as Robbie’s breakthrough, the role instantly helped establish her as one of the biggest movie stars. Yet Robbie—Australian born and then still relatively new to Hollywood—says that she had little interest in further riffing on the blonde-bombshell theme: “I was going to have to show people that I could do something different. I didn’t want to get pigeonholed.” Accordingly, her next roles gave the middle finger to the hot-blonde paradigm.

Canadian actor Robert Cormier, who appeared in the drama "Heartland" has died at the age of 33. The actor died Friday in Etobicoke, Ontario, according to his obituary. Cormier died in the hospital of injuries he sustained in a fall, his sister told his talent agent’s office. Thank you.”The show "Heartland" shared a tribute to Cormier on social media, calling him "a beloved member of the Heartland cast the last two seasons." “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Cormier,” the statement said.

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