There was a time when it seemed it was Ken’s destiny to live and die a life of blonde fragility with Barbie by his side. Back in 2004, just days before Valentine’s Day, Mattel shared the sad ...

But Barbie's main squeeze (and occasional groom), Ken, hasn't been exempt from controversy, either. For much of his existence ...

Her proportions were designed accordingly. When Handler introduced Barbie (named after her daughter Barbara) in 1959 at the New York Toy Fair, her male competitors laughed her out of the room ...

With filmmaker Greta Gerwig's Barbie breaking box-office records—and devoting much of its story to Ken's existential crisis—we wondered if there's any more to Barbie's perennial plus-one.

News and pictures of humans who strive to turn themselves into a real live version of Barbie or Ken BARBIE is finally here and we can't stop talking about the epic outfits, inspiring speeches and ...

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An curved arrow pointing right. Following is a transcript of the video. Ken: Hiya, Barbie! Barbie: Hi, Ken! You're looking unrealistically thin today! Ken: Funny, I was going to say the same about ...

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The social media star and her boyfriend recreated Barbie and Ken with near-identical looks for Halloween Alix Earle/Instagram Alix Earle is a Barbie girl! Just when she thought it would be hard to ...

Ryan Gosling is breaking the budget for the 'Barbie' sequel with a $50 million demand to reprise his role as Ken. “Ryan understands just how integral Ken became to the film’s popularity,” di ...

At age eleven, country music star Barbara Mandrell was known as “The Princess of Steel” – not for a cold demeanor, but for prowess on the steel guitar. A true prodigy, she could read music ...

Barbara Covington was born on February 16, 1924 in Sacramento. Her mother's family came to Oroville, California in the 1870s. Her father James William Covington had been president of the NAACP in ...