Barbie

Ken is turning 60, two years after his best friend Barbie did.

There’s a new tiny dancer in town: Elton John’s Barbie. This blue jean baby, available today, rocks bell bottom jeans, electric boots and pink-tinted sunglasses à la Elton.

Mexico’s Dia de Muertos celebrations start on Oct. 31, the time of year when families remember their dead relatives with offerings of traditional foods, parades and nightly visits to cemeteries.

Since Barbie’s Fashionista line launched five years ago, Mattel has added a wide variety of dolls. Some differ in physical ways like skin tone and body type, while others reflect differently abled physical conditions that require the use of wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs.

People from all around Boston gathered at the Boston Barbie for Bushfire Support, a benefit dinner cooked by dozens of local chefs, Tuesday night to raise tens of thousands of dollars for the deadly wildfires now devastating Australia.

As the wildfires in Australia continue, about 400 people attended a Barbie, a potluck-style dinner, to raise money. It was organized by Sam Jackson, owner of K.O. Pies.

A young mother living in Oklahoma City told her parents about her medical school acceptance in a heartwarming way. Limayre Mendoza asked her 6-year-old daughter to hand her parents a Barbie doll dressed as a doctor.

Anxious movie goers have a few more months to wait for the highly anticipated “Toy Story 4,” but Disney-Pixar is whetting your appetite with the release of the first full-length trailer Tuesday.

Barbie, that iconic staple of toy stores and childhoods, turns 60 this weekend....
And although she might qualify as a senior citizen, retail experts say there’s nothing outdated about the legendary doll. She has become a more significant role model than she was in previous generations, not only to the children who play with her, but also to businesses seeking to...

Mattel is partnering with National Geographic to create a line of Barbie dolls highlighting occupations centered around exploration, science, conservation and research in which women are underrepresented, the El Segundo-based toymaker announced Thursday.

Distant relatives of the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo said Friday they have won a temporary injunction that stops sales of a Frida Barbie doll. Kahlo’s great-niece Mara de Anda Romeo argues that Mattel doesn’t have the rights to use Kahlo’s image as part of its Inspiring Women series.

There’s some trouble in toyland, and companies are blaming Toys R Us. Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, reported disappointing third-quarter results late Thursday and said it was hurt by Toys R Us’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last month. Hasbro, the maker of My Little Pony and Monopoly, had also blamed weak results on the Toys...

A 3-year-old Orange County girl had an adorable run-in with the Huntington Beach Police Department on Saturday. “No license? No registration? What are we going to do about this?” the officer asks the girl. The cellphone video then shows the child speed away from the scene in her pink Barbie jeep. Luckily, the officer let her off with a warning...

Can women be brilliant? Little girls are not so sure. A study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests that girls as young as 6 can be led to believe men are inherently smarter and more talented than women, making girls less motivated to pursue novel activities or ambitious careers. That such stereotypes exist is hardly a surprise, but the...

A ticket consisting of Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren appears extremely unlikely, but the world’s biggest toymaker wants girls to get used to the idea of the nation’s top leadership consisting of women, announcing Wednesday the introduction of President Barbie and Vice President Barbie.