"Mattel had spent years obscuring Barbie's backstory," Hitt writes. According to the new book, Barbie is actually a "knockoff" whose origins and later production are marred by accusations of theft and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The highly anticipated Barbie movie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling ...

With only a week to go until the film's release, cue “Barbie” obsession here at The Novel Neighbor bookstore in St. Louis, where we started off our workday by checking to see if there's a bookseller ...

Barbie asks male friends to code for her in "I Can Be a Computer Engineer" book. — -- Barbie has been an astronaut and a doctor, but when it comes to computer programming, she seems to need a man ...

Mattel says a Barbie book that suggests girls can't handle computer code doesn't reflect its brand vision. That won't stop the uproar surrounding the title, which is still available to buy. Amanda ...