You know Barbie, right? No matter how old you are, you’ve likely owned the doll at some point or known someone who has. Since ...

Almost immediately after Barbie hit toy-store shelves ... her children's partners and their children, including Allan, named for her son-in-law. Both Barbara and Ken told The Los Angeles Times ...

Aside from many parents' head-scratching over the ... for children and how she was presented. Played by Tom Stourton, Earring Magic Ken appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in Barbie ...

Chesnot/Getty When Ruth Handler created Barbie and Ken ... Mattel with their business partner Harold “Matt” Matson in 1945. In addition to serving as the co-founder of the toy manufacturing ...

In Barbie Land, there are Barbies, and there are Kens. For every Barbie (in this case Margot Robbie), there must be a Ken ... us as children early and often. Think of the very toy aisles that ...

Talking of their ... still took Ken seven years to reconcile his romance with Barbie and finally on Valentine’s Day, he was able to win her back after meeting her on the set of Toy Story 3.

countless people have continued revisiting their own fond memories of the Barbie brand and dolls. Barbie was essential to many kids' childhoods, as the dolls opened up an entirely new world of ...

Let’s switch to a different Greek analogy for a second — Barbie Land is a bit like the shadows on Plato’s cave, where the toys have existed since ... the power ballad “I’m Just Ken.” They transform ...

On June 1, the company released a new collection of toys, which included Barbie and Ken dolls pegged to characters ... this year as consumers pull back their spending on discretionary goods.

Is the 'Barbie' movie for kids? Here's what parents should ... reality isn’t a Toys R Us aisle. They get arrested (twice), Ken becomes very interested in the fact that men rule this world ...