Yamaguchi, who became the first Asian-American to win an individual figure skating gold medal, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, has been immortalised as a doll for Barbie’s “Inspiring Women Series”, Mattel announced on Wednesday. Mattel duplicated everything the then 20-year-old Yamaguchi wore at the Olympics in Albertville, France. Photo: AP The release is timed for …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell made for? Winning awards, apparently. The sibling duo’s “Barbie” blockbuster ballad “What Was I Made For?” won the Academy Award for best original song on Sunday night. In doing so, Eilish, 22, has become the youngest person by far to have won two career …
LOS ANGELES — “Barbie” took the summer by storm, leading at the box office and receiving nine total Oscar nominations, including two that will compete for original song. Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera were nominated in the supporting acting categories for their roles as Ken and Gloria. ‘Barbie’ notches Oscar win for Best Original Song …
The list of performers for the Oscars has been revealed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday who would be performing the nominated songs at the 2024 Academy Awards. Who is performing at the 2024 Oscars? The performers on the list for this year’s award show are: Jon Batiste performing “It Never Went …
“The movie allowed us to be honest in a way that I don’t think we would have been able to achieve had it not been for — had it not been like an assignment,” says Billie Eilish about writing the weepy and moving Barbie ballad “What Was I Made For?” While meant to be the …
The nominations for the 2024 Oscars were announced today with “Oppenheimer” leading the pack with 13 nods followed by “Poor Things” with 11. The 96th annual Academy Awards follow a year that saw the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon of “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan‘s epic World War II biopic pack movie theaters around the world with each raking in …
The nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards were announced last evening. Among the snubs and surprises was the absence of Barbie’s Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie from the nominees list. Meanwhile, Ryan Gosling received a nod in the Best Supporting Actor category. Ryan Gosling who won praise for his role as Ken is now calling …
America Ferrera might be celebrating her Oscar nomination for her role in “Barbie,” but the actress was bummed to find out co-star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig didn’t receive the same honor. “I was incredibly disappointed that they weren’t nominated,” Ferrera, who played Gloria in the hit film, told Variety in an interview published …
The Canadian box office had a big comeback in 2023. As revealed by the Movie Theatre Association of Canada, national movie ticket sales rose to $897.7 million, up 34 percent from the year prior. This is the highest the box office has fared in Canada since the start of the pandemic. While it’s not as …
It’s been a strong year for entertainment. From the remarkable one-two punch of Barbie dolls and theoretical physicists on the big screen to high-pressure restaurant management and road rage antics on the small screen, 2023 has had no shortage of quality movies and TV shows. (Video games also performed particularly strongly — read our dedicated …