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☆ Italian banker hailed a hero after catching toddler falling from fifth floor balcony
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —A 37-year-old banker from Turin is being hailed a hero after miraculously catching an Italian toddler who fell from her family’s fifth floor balcony on Saturday. “I heard a man scream when he saw the little girl leaning out on the ledge. The little girl kept leaning more and more and climbed over the ledge, she held on only with two arms and her legs were in the air,” Aguzzi said. “The story of a little girl who fell from a fith floor balcony in a building in Turin could have turned into tragedy. Much honor and gratitude to this young hero,” she wrote on X on Sunday.

Persons: Rome, Rome CNN —, Mattia Aguzzi, “, ”, ” Aguzzi, Stefano Lo Russo, ” Lo Russo, Camilla Laureti, Meloni Organizations: Rome CNN, CNN, Sky24, Valor, Italy’s Locations: Turin, Italy

☆ National Cinema is back on August 27 with $4 movie tickets
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Sunday is the second annual National Cinema Day. At more than 3,000 participating theaters across the country the price of a movie ticket is just $4. National Cinema Day could give the theater business a boost. Last year’s Cinema Day, when tickets were only $3, drew 8 million participants and raked in $23.8 million at the box office, a 103% jump from the day before. The Cinema Foundation, the non-profit spearheading the initiative, says Cinema Day propelled long-term theater attendance.

Persons: Barbie ”, “ Barbie, ” “ Oppenheimer, ”, Barbie Organizations: New, New York CNN, National Association of Theatre Owners, AMC, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc, Hollywood, Cinema Foundation, Warner Bros . Locations: New York

☆ 'Barbie' is about to pass 'Super Mario Bros.' and become the world's biggest movie of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Barbie" is poised to overtake Super Mario globally after becoming the biggest US movie this year. "Barbie" is Warner Bros.' most successful US release and is about to become its biggest film ever. The Greta Gerwig-directed film about Mattel's plastic doll surpassed "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" domestically with a $575.4 million gross, according to data seen by The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline . Warner Bros./Universal"Barbie" is now Warner Bros'. Nolan's latest three-hour epic has performed very well at the box office, taking almost $725 million, per Box Office Mojo.

Persons: Greta Gerwig, Mario, Barbie, pip Mario, execs, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Gerwig, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's, Harry Potter, Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Noah Baumbach, Matt Winkelmeyer, Robbie, Gosling Organizations: Super Mario, Warner Bros, Mario Bros, Hollywood, Mojo, Variety, Staff, Getty, Australian

☆ Hot girl summer could lead the way into a recession-less fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Local economies across the US are enjoying the boost brought by women's spending this summer. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. He also added that the pay gap between women and men is the narrowest it's ever been, especially among younger generations. Overall, Fortune estimated, the economy could benefit by about $3.1 trillion if women were afforded more opportunities and equity was increased. AdvertisementAdvertisementChevalier-Jordan said many women are in a good position to assume more power in spending as their rate of higher education completion rises.

Persons: Taylor Swift's, Forbes, —, Swift, Curt Long, National Business Capital Brian Chevalier, Jordan, Chevalier, we've, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift Organizations: Service, National Association of, CNBC, National Business Capital, — Fortune, Fortune Locations: Wall, Silicon, Cincinnati , Ohio, Sweden

☆ Feminism Can’t Stop Fighting the 1950s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Lucinda Rosenfeld | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Illustration: AgnÈs RicartFrom Taylor Swift’s epic, 20-city concert Eras tour to Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie, ladies in possession of talent and stature (plastic and otherwise) have lately swept the hearts of mostly female mass audiences. The phenomenon extends to the literary world, where two upmarket, explicitly feminist novels, Bonnie Garmus’s “Lessons in Chemistry” and Gabrielle Zevin’s “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” have become bestsellers and garnered legions of enthused readers.

Persons: Taylor, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie, Bonnie Garmus’s, Gabrielle Zevin’s “

☆ Gap shares jump as investors focus on profit beat over weak forecast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 25 (Reuters) - Shares of Gap (GPS.N) climbed as much as 8% on Friday, after the apparel retailer's quarterly profit beat indicated that the Old Navy parent's cost cuts were paying off even as easing demand weighed on its sales forecast. Gross margin increased 310 basis points to 37.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier. "(It's) no easy task at hand, but the ground work has been laid," said Barclays analyst Adrienne Yih. Still, the company forecast a steeper-than-expected drop in current-quarter sales and missed sales expectations for the second quarter and also warned it was losing market share to rivals including Shein, Amazon and T.J. Maxx. Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj KalluvilaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Barbie, Richard Dickson, Adrienne Yih, Ananya Mariam Rajesh, Sriraj Organizations: Old Navy, Jefferies, Bank of America, Mattel, Republic, Barclays, Maxx, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ 'This is my world': Russia's top Barbie fan sees herself in movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - As the proud owner of 12,000 Barbie dolls, Russian collector Tatiana Tuzova was more excited than most to watch the Hollywood movie based on her idol. "I want everything in the real world to be as bright, beautiful and glamorous (as Barbie Land). But when you're out in the real world, there are so many things missing." She said she liked the fact that the Barbie heroine of the film remained true to herself even when she crossed into the real world. She just adapted, let's say, to the real world - as, in general, I did."

Persons: Barbie, Tatiana Tuzova, Maxim Shemetov, Margot Robbie, Tuzova, didn't, Mark Trevelyan, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Army, Air Force, Thomson Locations: Krasnogorsk, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, MOSCOW

☆ National Cinema Day: Here’s how to get $4 tickets to see ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Following the massive success of last year's first ever National Cinema Day — which lured more than 8 million moviegoers to theaters with $3 tickets — the National Association of Theater Owners is running it back. This year more than 3,000 theaters are participating in National Cinema Day, inviting audiences to watch movies on Sunday, Aug. 27. So I think most people's hometown theater is going to be participating in National Cinema Day," he says. At $4, the National Cinema Day pricing reflects an 85% discount. Here's everything you need to know about National Cinema Day.

Persons: Tom Cruise's, Bryan Braunlich, Braunlich, Oppenheimer Organizations: National Association of Theater, Cinema Foundation, CNBC Locations: United States, New York City

☆ Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are 2023’s biggest concert tours. Here’s how they compare, by the numbers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —It’s like the “Barbie” v. “Oppenheimer” of concert tours. For months now, fans have been packing stadiums for Beyoncé’s “Renaissance World Tour” and Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour, paying up to thousands of dollars for premium seats to see two beloved performers at the top of their game. The tours are cultural behemoths, attracting such celebrities as Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Nicole Kidman and yes, “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig while giving a Midas-like boost to the economy of every city they visit. With Swift launching her international dates in Mexico this week and Beyoncé wrapping her tour in Kansas City in October, here’s a by-the-numbers comparison of 2023’s two most monumental entertainment events. History has graced us in this moment with two singular artists, and we fans are the winners.

Persons: CNN —, ”, “ Oppenheimer, Taylor Swift’s, Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Nicole Kidman, Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Swift, here’s, It’s Bey Organizations: CNN Locations: Mexico, Kansas City

☆ Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and 'Barbenheimer' may boost US GDP by $8.5 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Joseph Wilkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon have given a sizable boost to consumer spending this year. Collectively, they may add an impressive $8.5 billion to the US economy in the third quarter, per Bloomberg. High-profile concert tours by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, along with the twin-movie phenomenon that's come to be known as 'Barbenheimer', are projected to add $8.5 billion to US output in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg Economics. The Bloomberg economists warn, however, that the Hollywood boost for the economy may be short-lived. AdvertisementAdvertisementNeither Beyonce nor Swift have any concerts planned in the US in the last quarter of the year, and the economists described the success of 'Barbenheimer' as a "once-in-a-blue moon" event.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Anna Wong, Eliza Winger, Swift, – Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Bloomberg Economics, Revenue, Federal Reserve, Hollywood Locations: Wall, Silicon, Montenegro, Barbados

☆ Vasari Corridor: Tourists arrested for spraying soccer graffiti on 460-year-old Italian landmark
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

This time it was the turn of the 460-year-old Vasari Corridor, a beautiful riverside passageway connected to the famous Uffizi Galleries in Florence, which was sprayed with Munich soccer-related graffiti in the early hours of August 23. Airbnb raidHow the Vasari Corridor looked before the graffiti incident. The one-kilometer-long Vasari Corridor was built by Italian Renaissance painter and architect Giorgio Vasari in less than nine months in 1565. Tourists behaving badlyThe graffiti reference a Munich soccer club. “I would like to express my thanks to the Carabinieri for promptly identifying the alleged perpetrators of the Vasari Corridor in Florence.

Persons: Rome, Rome CNN —, Airbnb, Tim Clayton, Corbis, Giorgio Vasari, Cosimo I de’Medici, Medici, Dan Brown, Florence Mayor Dario Nardella, It’s, Eike Schmidt, Schmidt, Gennaro Sangiuliano, ” Organizations: Rome CNN, Galleries, Carabinieri, Operations Unit, CNN, Culture Ministry, Authorities, Uffizi, UNESCO, TSV, Vasari Locations: Florence, Munich, “, Uffizi, Italian, Ponte, Santa Felicita, Italy, Rome, Venice, German

☆ Gap reports another period of declining sales across all brands, warns of 'uncertain consumer'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In this article GPS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTPedestrians walk past Old Navy and GAP stores in Times Square, New York City. The company is projecting net sales to decrease in the low double-digit range for the fiscal third quarter compared to last year's net sales of $4.04 billion. Sales declined 6% at Old Navy, on top of a sharp 13.6% decline in the prior-year period. Gap is betting Dickson can breathe new life into Gap's brands: its namesake banner, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta. "We know that regardless of market conditions, strong brands, brands that matter, win," said O'Connell.

Persons: Drew Angerer, Katrina O'Connell, Neil Saunders, StreetAccount, Richard Dickson's, Mattel's Barbie, Dickson, Here's, Chris Blakeslee, Alo Yoga, O'Connell Organizations: Navy, GAP, Refinitiv, Old Navy, Mattel, Banana, Republic Locations: Times Square , New York City, Banana Republic, women's, men's, Gap China, North America

☆ Warner Bros delays 'Dune,' 'Lord of the Rings' films due to strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, promoting the movie "Dune: Part Two", attend a Warner Bros. presentation during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. April 25, 2023. "Dune" was one of the most anticipated films on the late 2023 schedule. "Dune: Part Two" will now debut on March 15, a date that had been reserved for Warner Bros film "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire." As a result, an animated "Lord of the Rings" film that had been set for April was moved to December. Other major films on the 2023 schedule at the moment include Walt Disney's (DIS.N) "The Marvels," a Lionsgate (LGFa.N) prequel to "The Hunger Games," and "Wonka," another Warner Bros film that also stars Chalamet.

Persons: Steve Marcus, Frank Herbert’s, Oppenheimer, Walt Disney's, Wonka, Chalamet, Lisa Richwine, Chris Reese, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Warner Bros, National Association of Theatre Owners, REUTERS, Hollywood, AMC Entertainment, SAG, Sony Pictures, GameStop, Lionsgate, Writers Guild of America, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, New York, Los Angeles

☆ 'Barbie' is now the highest-grossing domestic film release in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Discovery topped $575.4 million at the domestic box office Wednesday, making it the highest-grossing movie of the year in North America. The movie based on the iconic doll surpassed Universal's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," which previously held the title with its $574 million haul. "Barbie" is also inching closer to grabbing the crown for highest-grossing global release this year. It has tallied $1.3 billion worldwide, nearing the $1.35 billion "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" has generated since its April release. NBCUniversal is the distributor of "The Super Mario Bros.

Persons: Greta Gerwig, Mario, Barbie, NBCUniversal Organizations: Mattel, Warner Bros, Mario Bros, Comcast, CNBC Locations: America, North America, NBCUniversal

☆ 'Barbie' passes 'Super Mario Bros.' and becomes America's highest-grossing movie of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —“Barbie” is now the highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office this year, taking the crown away from “Super Mario Bros.”According to studio estimates, “Barbie” has made $575.4 million at the American box office as of Thursday, edging past Mario’s domestic haul of $574.2 million. “Barbie’s” run to the top was faster than “Mario’s,” reaching the record-breaking title in only 34 days since its release. It took Mario, Luigi and the gang 138 days to cross the $574.2 million benchmark in the United States, according to Deadline. It also placed director Greta Gerwig as the highest-grossing female movie director in history. “Barbie” and “Blue Beetle” are distributed by CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros.

Persons: New York CNN — “ Barbie ”, Mario, “ Barbie ”, Luigi, ”, Paul Dergarabedian, Greta Gerwig, “ Barbie Organizations: New, New York CNN, “, Warner Bros, Discovery’s, CNN, DC, Warner Bros . Locations: New York, ”, United States

☆ 'Dune: Part Two' departs the 2023 movie calendar amid Hollywood strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"Dune: Part Two" has departed the 2023 box office slate amid dual Hollywood labor strikes that threaten its ability to market to the public. Box office analysts have long anticipated that the "Dune" sequel would ditch its 2023 release date amid the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes. Postponing "Dune: Part Two" might help bolster its box office gains in 2024, but will bite a chunk out of Warner Bros. After the stunning success of "Barbie," and with doubts growing about December's "Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom," "Dune: Part Two" was an important 2023 release for the studio and expected to perform well with audiences. Its predecessor excelled at the box office during the pandemic despite being a day-and-date release on streaming service HBO Max (now just called Max).

Persons: Denis Villeneuve, Christopher Walken, Stellan Skarsgard, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, Timothee Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Barbie, HBO Max Organizations: Warner Bros ., Legendary Entertainment, Writers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, SAG, Alliance, Television Producers, WGA, Twitter, Warner Bros, HBO, Comcast, CNBC Locations: TikTok, NBCUniversal

☆ ‘Barbie’ is about to become America’s highest-grossing movie of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Americans are shopping less. But the US economic engine is still humming
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

That’s important, because Americans’ spending on goods and services accounts for two-thirds of US gross domestic product. Historically, sluggish retail sales, credit card delinquency and even shoplifting have been signs of a dark cloud on the horizon. The question of credit card debt is another area where the nuance matters. And as a share of total credit card debt, it is relatively low. But Americans’ credit card debt is unquestionably rising.

Persons: CNN Business ’, New York CNN —, Macy’s, they’ve, Taylor Swift, Barbie, ”, Ubers, Covid, Taylor, Sarah Yenesel, Chris Rupkey, Leticia Miranda, That’s, TJ Maxx, Louis Navellier, they’re, Brett Ryan, —, Alicia Wallace, you’ll Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Nike, FwdBonds, Atlanta Federal Reserve, “, “ Retailers, Deutsche Bank, Walmart, Amazon, Federal Reserve, Bank of America Locations: New York

☆ What we can expect from season 3 of 'Euphoria'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In early February 2022, amid a bonkers and wildly memed second season, HBO announced that "Euphoria" was renewed for a third season. AdvertisementBarbie Ferreira won't be returning as Kat HernandezBarbie Ferreira as Kat on season two of "Euphoria." "But I really think that the fans are really passionate and I do appreciate that because 'Euphoria' has really impacted so many people," she continued. Levinson envisions season 3 as 'film noir'Zendaya as Rue on season two, episode one of "Euphoria." 'Euphoria' may not return until 2025Zendaya as Rue on season two of "Euphoria."

Persons: Sam Levinson's, Barbie Ferreira, Kat Hernandez, —, Sam Levinson, Rue Bennet, Zendaya, Kat Hernandez Barbie Ferreira, Kat, Eddy Chen, HBO Ferreira, Hunter Schafer, katherine hernandez, Ferreira, Dax Shepard, Eric Dane, Cal Jacobs, Dane, Cal, Nate, Jacob Elordi, Nate Jacobs, Heidi Bivens, they're, Dorothy's, It'll, who's, Elordi, Jimmy Fallon, Levinson, Bivens, Francesca Orsi, Max, Casey Bloys, Bloys Organizations: HBO, Service, Variety, Cal, Vogue, Hollywood, TheWrap Locations: Kansas, Rue

☆ Will Chinese deflation help cure the West’s inflation problem?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —The Chinese economy has hit a rough patch. What’s happening: Chinese consumer spending, factory production and investments in long-term assets like property or machinery all slumped last month. On Monday, the Chinese government surprised investors by deciding not to cut an important interest rate that influences mortgages. The beauty company is “mindful of the headwinds that have emerged in China’s economy,” said the report. And even still, many regional banks have struggled to prevent deposit outflows.

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☆ Opinion | How Hip-Hop Became America’s Poetry
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( John Mcwhorter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

As a kid in the 1970s, even one attending private schools, I was directed to drive by poetry slowly now and then, but rarely to actually stop and take it in deeply. Today, while vanishingly few people are up for reciting poems such as Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees” or Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” vast numbers can eagerly and effortlessly recite hip-hop lyrics. But true verse of the kind featured in hip-hop — poetry that does not rely on melody or harmony — centers the word alone. In contrast to the synergy of song and word, verse is an especially heightened form of language alone. Rap is verse poetry, in all of its verbal richness and rhythmic variety, a deft stylization of speech into art.

Persons: ’, doughty, W.E.B, Du Bois, Louis Untermeyer’s, Gioia, Pushkin, “ Oppenheimer, Barbie, Joyce Kilmer’s Organizations: ., America, Light Brigade

☆ ‘Blue Beetle’ unseats ‘Barbie’ from the top of the US box office
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

☆ How a TikToker with 861,000 followers who got paid to promote TV and movies is pivoting to earn money as the Hollywood strikes continue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As actors and writers continue to strike, some influencers are standing in solidarity. Creators who were paid to attend TV and movie premieres are trying to make money in other ways. He also said he wouldn't attend any other premieres or post TV or movie-related content until the strike was resolved. "It was at that point I decided it might just be better to completely shift away from that kind of content," Arujo said. Snap stories, TikTok challenges, and music festivals have been his new go-tosThe 19-year-old has shifted his content focus from TV and film to music amid the strikes.

Persons: Joseph Arujo, didn't, Arujo, he's, DMing, Omar Apollo, I've, it's, He's, Hollywood, I'm Organizations: Hollywood, SAG, Writers Guild of America, influencers, Disney, Netflix, Recording Academy, Creative Locations: Los Angeles

[1/2] Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. The Panama Canal Authority has reduced maximum ship weights and daily ship crossings in a bid to conserve water. Container ships are the most common users of the Panama Canal and transport more than 40% of consumer goods traded between Northeast Asia and the U.S. East Coast. Some shipping executives are bracing for more reductions later this year, noting that in 2020 a less severe drought prompted canal operators to reduce crossings to 27 per day. "The Panama Canal is just the latest example."

Persons: Aris Martinez, Max, Drew Lerner, Peter Sand, Steve Ferreira, STRI's Steven Paton, Paton, Brian Bourke, Lisa Baertlein, Marianna Parraga, Elida Moreno, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Deepa Babington Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, ANGELES, Evergreen Marine, Pacific, Panama Canal Authority, Northeast, U.S ., Smithsonian Tropical Research, El Nino, Central American, Canal Authority, SEKO Logistics, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, HOUSTON, China, U.S, Northeast Asia, U.S . East Coast . U.S, United States, Chile, Brazil, Suez, Gatun Lake, El, U.S . East Coast, Los Angeles, Houston, Copenhagen

☆ An artist used AI to put Barbie in the internet's weirdest memes and moments — check out the darkly subversive images
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Pieke Roelofs used AI-image generator Dream by Wombo to create Barbie memes and reaction posts. The Dutch artist started prompting it to weigh in on trending topics she saw on her X feed. Dutch artist Pieke Roelofs used an AI tool to generate dozens of images of Barbie in unusual scenarios. "I was constantly spammed on my feed with Barbie because of the release of the movie and at that point, I decided to prompt an AI tool to create Barbie memes and reaction images." Take a look at some of Roelofs' AI-generated Barbie memes and reaction images.

Persons: Pieke Roelofs, Wombo, Barbie, Roelofs, I've, Elon Musk, she's, I'm Organizations: Elon Locations: Dutch

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