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Barbie hits $1 billion: what are the other films in the billion club?

Greta Gerwig is the first solo female director to have a film make the list

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock’s ‘painful’ Ryan Gosling impression: a new level of cringe — or viral genius?

‘Terribly unsettling’ — a clip of the former health secretary miming to the hit new Barbie anthem is his latest attempt at a rebrand. Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Super Mario Bros. And Barbie Become The Only Two Movies To Make A Billion Dollars This Year, And One Internet User Just Had A Brilliant Idea For Potential Sequels

Barbie joined The Super Mario Bros. Movie as being 2023's only billion-dollar box office hits, and one fan has a great idea for sequels.

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This 'Barbie' movie optical illusion is going viral; you can see KEN with closed eyes!

Optical illusions are able to achieve the unachievable -- challenging our visuals skills and surprising our mind. An artist on Instagram who goes by the handle username Rishi Draws has created an incredible Ken optical illusion.

The Times of India

“Even if you don’t like metal, you’d like a Slipknot concert”: Is Margot Robbie the most metal actor in Hollywood?

As Barbie barrels past a billion dollars at the box office, we celebrate its star’s love for Metallica and Bullet For My Valentine – and the fact she isn’t shy about it

Metal Hammer

A baby went to see Oppenheimer and the internet is reeling

Everyone is stunned by the Oppenheimer baby

Total Film

Brotox – why more and more men are getting tweakments

The amount of money men spend on Botox has risen 400% since 2000. But what is driving the surge?

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Chaos in the aisles: has cinema etiquette reached an all-time low?

A summer box office boom, thanks to Barbenheimer, has led to multiple stories of bad behaviour at the movies, from fights to phone usage

The Guardian - US

What are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business

The bitter conflict between actors, writers and other creative professionals and the major movie and TV studios represents a flashpoint in the radical transformation roiling the entertainment industry. The ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild were sparked in part by artificial intelligence and…

The Conversation

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

‘Barbie’ added another $53 million from 4,178 North American locations over the weekend and $74 million internationally, bringing its global total to $1.03 billion.

Chicago Sun-Times

Greta Gerwig's team refused to agree to Barbie 2 before the movie came out – and now it's hit $1 billion

This Barbie is making astute business decisions

Total Film

Ryan Gosling had the best birthday gift for Barbie director Greta Gerwig

He set the bar high!

Marie Claire

What Barbie's $1B success says about women in business

Barbie, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé tours, and the Women's World Cup show the power of female consumers.

Fortune

First Thing: Pence would be Trump’s ‘best witness’ in election conspiracy trial, attorney says

John Lauro says indictment is full of holes and that Mike Pence could help former boss fight off 2020 election conspiracy charges. Plus, is racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves?

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Inverse

Barbenheimer Was a Triumph for Hollywood — Why Are Studios Squandering It?

This should be a celebratory moment for Hollywood, but the entertainment industry is in serious danger of losing the precious momentum it gained this summer.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock mocked by Barbie fans over Ken video: ‘What is going on in the House of Commons?’

The MP was inspired by Ryan Gosling’s musical moment

Dynamite News

‘Barbie’: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling starrer mints USD 1 billion globally

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling starrer fantasy comedy-drama film ‘Barbie’ has now crossed USD 1 Billon globally in just its third weekend. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

‘Critics wanted us to be a one-hit-wonder’: back in Barbie world with Aqua

The Scandinavian pop group’s sly, satirical take on Barbie pre-empted the hit film’s own subversion by 26 years. And they’ve noted some similarities …

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The Independent UK

Barbie has sailed past $1 billion in global ticket sales

Barbie is now the biggest to be directed by one woman, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins

WEKU

'Barbie' is the only billion-dollar blockbuster solely directed by a woman

Greta Gerwig's film joins a high-grossing list of mostly male-directed movies, most of them with men leading the casts.

Evening Standard

Barbie ticket sales top $1 billion in box office worldwide

Director Greta Gerwig became the first female filmmaker to surpass the billion-dollar benchmark as a solo director

The Guardian - AU

Three things with Helen Thomson: ‘Barbie as a Salem witch has pride of place in my office’

The Australian stage and screen actor on her Crucible-themed doll, and a toolbox as sentimental as it is practical

France 24

Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' breaks record for women directors as ticket sales top $1 billion

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.”

Cinemablend

As Barbie Crosses A Billion At The Box Office, Meg 2 And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Have Solid Opening Weekends

Barbie has become the 51st movie ever to hit $1 billion at the global box office.

Inverse

The “Barbie” Movie Reveals the Messy Contradictions of Motherhood

The movie's thematic heart rests in the film’s examination of the tensions around being a mother.

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