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Kristen Stewart says Hollywood has ‘chosen’ to champion 4 women like Margot Robbie: We haven't really done enough

Kristen Stewart is known for not mincing her words. Kristen Stewart says Hollywood has chosen to champion only 4 women like Margot Robbie What Kristen said “ thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy, and how we’re all made of it. You’ve chosen four," said Kristen, referring to Greta Gerwig's $1 billion …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Shakira says her sons felt emasculated by ‘Barbie’ and she agrees

The Hindu

Shakira opened up in an interview with Allure magazine about her sons’ strong dislike for the last year’s blockbuster, Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. The Columbian singer shared that her sons found the film emasculating, a sentiment she partly agrees with. I want them to feel powerful too, while also respecting women.” Shakira emphasized the importance of empowering women in …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Oscars' 'Barbie' snub: Unintentional bias or intense competition?

India Today

The 2024 Oscars nominations sparked a firestorm of debate, with the biggest blaze undoubtedly surrounding Greta Gerwig's "Barbie." Despite the film's critical acclaim and box office success, Gerwig herself was absent from the Best Director category, and Margot Robbie, the film's lead, was missing from Best Actress. While "Barbie" did manage eight nominations, including the coveted Best Picture, the lack …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Could Greta Gerwig's Barbie 2 be in the pipeline? Warner Bros chief is game, Letterboxd also approves the blockbuster

Hindustan Times

Oscars may have snubbed Greta Gerwig-Margot Robbie's duo in the major nominations, but the audience's unfathomable love for the pink-tastic live-action Barbieland has spoken for itself. On March 9, just one day before the 2024 Academy Awards, Letterboxd released its list of ‘Most Obsessively Rewatched Best Picture Nominees of the 21st Century.’ Two out of these Top 10 blockbusters are …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

JANET STREET-PORTER: And the Oscar for the angriest feminist goes to... why Barbie star Ryan Gosling needs to man up and ignore the trolls demanding he give back his best supporting actor nomination

Daily Mail

Man up, Ryan Gosling! Let’s hope that gorgeous Gosling wins Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars: his portrayal of wimpy Ken, confused about how to be ‘strong’ and wanting to please so much, was awesome. To make matters worse, Barbie’s director, Greta Gerwig, is the only female to have three movies receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture, but this time …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Life in plastic, is not fantastic. Why Barbie snub is just another day in the real Oscar world

India Today

All problems of feminism and women's rights have been solved,” the narrator at the beginning of the film ‘Barbie’ says, while introducing us to the dreamy Barbieland. The ironic 'Barbie' snub After directing the top-grosser film of the year 2023 that dominated pop culture across the world, became an enormous lesson in marketing and emerged as the stronger half of …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Barbie’s Oscar nominations “snubs” have made everyone lose their minds.

Slate

The Oscar nominations are out. Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” and Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” are both nominated for Best Original Song, and the film’s costume and production design are also up for awards. Ryan Gosling issued a statement saying he was “disappointed” and that, just as there is “no Ken without Barbie,” there is “no Barbie movie …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Barbie’ Oscars snubs prompt a backlash, even from Ken (and Hillary)

Associated Press

NEW YORK — “Barbie” was the biggest hit of 2023, the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman and a bona fide cultural sensation that turned movie theaters pink and left a still-going trail of think pieces in the wake of Greta Gerwig’s feminist fantasia. But while “Barbie” received eight Academy Awards nominations on Tuesday, including best picture, it was …

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11 months ago

Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director and other Oscar nominations surprises

Associated Press

Cue all the “did ‘Barbie’ direct itself” snark. It’s not a secret that the Oscars have a bad track record with Black female directors — remember last year how Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” was also shut out? And Halle Berry will for another year continue to be the only Black woman to ever win best actress, as “The Color …

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11 months ago

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscar nominations, Gerwig passed over for best director

Associated Press

NEW YORK — After a tumultuous movie year marked by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations. The year’s biggest hit, “Barbie,” came away with a nominations haul slightly less than its partner in Barbenheimer mania.Greta Gerwig’s feminist comedy, with more than $1.4 …

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11 months ago

Shocking Oscar snubs for ‘Barbie’s’ Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie just prove the movie’s point

LA Times

If only Barbie had done a little time as a sex worker. Certainly millions of “Barbie” fans are currently wishing they could push someone — perhaps a member or two of the film academy — out of a very high window. Movies The 2024 Oscar nominations: Full list The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday, with big numbers for “Oppenheimer,” …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

How Saoirse Ronan became the most thrilling actor of her generation

The Independent

Meryl Streep was 29 when she received her first Oscar nomination. The film did badly – “a desperately unfunny mix of tepid showbiz satire and formulaic romantic comedy” was Variety’s verdict – but Ronan still registered strongly as the girl “growing up too fast”. People in the film industry maybe knew me a little bit, but I wasn’t a bankable …

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1 year ago

'I'm just Ken': How toxic masculinity dominated cinema in 2023

BBC

'I'm just Ken': How toxic masculinity dominated cinema in 2023 Warner Bros Barbie, The Royal Hotel, Fair Play, Cat Person, How to Have Sex: post #MeToo, directors explored toxic masculinity in every imaginable genre – with surprising results. Warner Bros In Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Ken was a note-perfect parody of the fragile male ego In Fair Play, written and directed …

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1 year ago

‘Barbie’s’ influence hasn’t slowed down. Pink Crocs and gender equality, anyone?

LA Times

One of the earlier images released of Margot Robbie as Barbie before the film premiered in July and went on to create a lifestyle sensation. The trailer promised that “if you love Barbie,” and “if you hate Barbie,” then “this movie is for you.” For those put off by Stereotypical Barbie’s straight blond hair, white skin and impossible figure, the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

When Timothée Chalamet visited Greta Gerwig on Barbie set: ‘I should have been in this’

Hindustan Times

Timothée Chalamet could have been a Ken! In an interview with Hollywood First Look during the Barbie press tour, director Greta Gerwig revealed that Timothée Chalamet had once visited the set of her film and expressed disappointment on not being able to star in the film. Timothée Chalamet visited the set of Greta Gerwig's Barbie. Timothée wanted to be in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: ‘Barbie’ is a billion-dollar milestone for women in Hollywood

LA Times

Now there’s Billionaire Barbie. We exulted in 2017 when Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman,” an action movie centered on a female star, Gal Gadot, earned $103 million its debut weekend in the U.S., making it the best domestic opening ever by a woman director at the time. Turns out he had seen the movie and was struck by the moment when …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ mints $1 billion globally

The Hindu

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling starrer fantasy comedy-drama film Barbie has now crossed USD 1 billion globally in its third weekend. We’re excited to share that #BarbieTheMovie has hit $1 Billion at the Global Box Office.” According to Variety, a U.S.-based media house, this makes director Greta Gerwig the first-ever solo female filmmaker with a billion-dollar film. The Barbie movie …

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1 year, 4 months ago

‘Barbie’ joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors

Associated Press

Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theaters, “Barbie” is set to sail past $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed “Wonder Woman.” “Barbie,” which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added another $53 million from 4,178 North American locations …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The 'Barbie' Movie Is Ending Relationships Left And Right

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Barbie.” Come on, Barbie, let’s go break up with our boyfriends. Allison Panetta recently was unmatched on Hinge after she told a guy that “‘Barbie’ is an experience and ‘Oppenheimer’ is just a film.” Got unmatched on Hinge after I told a guy that Barbie is an experience and Oppenheimer is just a …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Barbie review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gerwig’s movie begins by playing a brilliant trick on its audience: …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Read the stirring monologue about womanhood America Ferrera delivers in ‘Barbie’

LA Times

America Ferrera talks about her character’s rousing speech about womanhood in the “Barbie” film: “It just hit me as the truth.” Warning: The following contains spoilers for “Barbie.” Anyone who played with Barbie as a kid will tell you that their make-believe scenarios — fights between friends, trips to the doctor, frantic searches for shoes before a fashion show starts …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘Barbie’ filmmaker Greta Gerwig wants to embrace the mess

Associated Press

Barbie, the doll, may be 64 years old, but “Barbie,” the movie, is a pandemic baby. Greta Gerwig, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “Little Women” and “Lady Bird,” started dreaming it up at a time when she wasn’t sure movies would ever come back. “Because I thought we’ll never make any movies again, but if they’re going to, I’d like this.” …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie discuss Barbie's surprising feminism

ABC

When Hollywood actor and producer Margot Robbie began toying with the idea of a Barbie movie, it was the doll's polarising success that attracted her to it. "It just felt like we could ignite something with it it seems like over the last 64 years, it hasn't taken much for Barbie to ignite conversation or sometimes, you know, revolutions or …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Weekend Watch: 'Rebecca', 'Little Women' & Other Adaptations

The Quint

Greta Gerwig's 2019 coming-of-age period drama film is the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. Speaking about Little Women, The New York Times had written, "Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, this Little Women — the latest of many adaptations — embraces its source material with eager enthusiasm rather than timid …

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Kristen Stewart says Hollywood has ‘chosen’ to champion 4 women like Margot Robbie: We haven't really done enough

Shakira says her sons felt emasculated by ‘Barbie’ and she agrees

Oscars' 'Barbie' snub: Unintentional bias or intense competition?

Could Greta Gerwig's Barbie 2 be in the pipeline? Warner Bros chief is game, Letterboxd also approves the blockbuster

JANET STREET-PORTER: And the Oscar for the angriest feminist goes to... why Barbie star Ryan Gosling needs to man up and ignore the trolls demanding he give back his best supporting actor nomination

Life in plastic, is not fantastic. Why Barbie snub is just another day in the real Oscar world

Barbie’s Oscar nominations “snubs” have made everyone lose their minds.

‘Barbie’ Oscars snubs prompt a backlash, even from Ken (and Hillary)

Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director and other Oscar nominations surprises

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscar nominations, Gerwig passed over for best director

Shocking Oscar snubs for ‘Barbie’s’ Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie just prove the movie’s point

How Saoirse Ronan became the most thrilling actor of her generation

'I'm just Ken': How toxic masculinity dominated cinema in 2023

‘Barbie’s’ influence hasn’t slowed down. Pink Crocs and gender equality, anyone?

When Timothée Chalamet visited Greta Gerwig on Barbie set: ‘I should have been in this’

Editorial: ‘Barbie’ is a billion-dollar milestone for women in Hollywood

Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ mints $1 billion globally

‘Barbie’ joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors

The 'Barbie' Movie Is Ending Relationships Left And Right

Barbie review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

Read the stirring monologue about womanhood America Ferrera delivers in ‘Barbie’

‘Barbie’ filmmaker Greta Gerwig wants to embrace the mess

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie discuss Barbie's surprising feminism

Weekend Watch: 'Rebecca', 'Little Women' & Other Adaptations