Mattel recently released an autistic Barbie, and transphobes are freaking out about the doll “promoting gender identity” ...
Raising children in the DC area is an amazing adventure—it certainly has been for my family! From free museums and nature ...
Oh, this one’s gonna be good. Netflix just announced that The God of the Woods—the best-selling novel by Liz Moore—is being adapted into a television series. Obviously, we are all very much sat. Moore ...
Netflix has signed on to adapt Liz Moore‘s hit novel “The God of the Woods” — which counts President Obama and Taylor Swift among its fans — into an hour long series. Liz Hannah (“The Girl From ...
James Woods, an outspoken supporter of President Trump’s, mourned the loss of his close friend, Rob Reiner, calling the acclaimed director a “great patriot” and pushing back on criticism of the ...
Actor James Woods warned that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rising national profile masks what he called an "atrocious" record in California, particularly regarding wildfire management, arguing that the ...
Barbie is not who we think she is. For nearly seven decades, Mattel has sold Barbie as a true original: a revolutionary and empowering alternative to the baby dolls before her. In her new book, ...
Since its debut in 1987, the show has not many revivals; it is a fun and playful musical, full of tales so familiar from childhood, but underlying all the joviality is a darkness from the original ...
A new London staging of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical makes the most of its comedic elements and delivers a visual treat. By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London There are no happy ...
What happens after Happily Ever After, after all? In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retelling of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar folktale figures find their way “Into the Woods” and ...
The original doll was not made by Mattel but by a business that perfected its practice making plaster casts of Hitler. Images of Lilli from the February 1956 cover of Spielzeug Export. Almost exactly ...
As told in Tarpley Hitt’s rollicking “Barbieland,” the rise of America’s doll alter ego is much messier and more interesting than any movie. By Amanda Hess Amanda Hess is a critic at large for the ...