News about Ruth Handler

Netflix fans are praising a 'beautiful' new documentary that landed on the streaming service on Wednesday. Black Barbie looks at diversity within the world of Mattel's iconic dolls and those who fought hard to improve it. The Shonda-Rhimes produced series tells the untold story of the first-ever Black Barbie and the pivotal role three trailblazing women had in creating a doll who looked like them - Beulah Mae Mitchell, Kitty Black Perkins, and Stacey McBride-Irby.

Growing up, many may remember a time when a blonde-haired and blue-eyed Barbie dominated the toy shelves. In 1959, the pouty doll made its debut, wearing a bold zebra monochrome swimsuit and the rest was history.  Californian company Mattel, now worth around a whopping £4.6bn, also released a brunette version of its first doll. But millions of African-Americans struggled to see themselves represented until three trailblazing women helped to change the toy scene forever during America's Civil Rights Movement. Netflix has released Black Barbie: A Documentary, which explores the history of the first Black Barbie, along with those who paved the way for inclusivity in the toy industry. (Pictured left: Beulah Mae Mitchell. Pictured right: Kitty Black Perkins. Pictured left inset: Stacey McBride Irby).

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The Barbie doll's creator is upset that actress Margot Robbie and film's producer Greta Gerwig did not get nominated for Academy Awards for their work on the summer blockbuster. Barbara Handler, 82, the granddaughter of Mattel co-founder and Barbie designer Ruth Handler, is the doll's name when it first appeared on shelves in 1959.

Another Barbie-esque project is reportedly on the way this year, thanks to Greta Gerwig's live-action doll film — and this time, it will involve Bratz. According to Deadline, CBS has acquired the rights to "You Don't Own Me: How Mattel Exposed Barbie's Dark Side," by USD law professor Orly Lobel, a book that details Barbie creator Ruth Handler's parallel lives with Bratz creator Carter Bryant. According to the outlet, the step may have resulted in the production of a future TV series. Reps for CBS, Mattel, and MGA did not respond to POPSUGAR's calls for comment right away. Barbie's Mattel is up against Bratz's MGA, two major companies that have been toy rivals for years, according to Lobel's book. Bryant, a former Mattel employee, took time off from his career in 2000 to create the plan for his eventual billion-dollar line of Bratz dolls, according to "You Don't Own Me." As per The New Yorker, Bryant sold the idea to MGA two weeks before he resigned Mattel, triggering a long court contest in which Mattel sued Bryant and MGA, who claimed to own the Bratz brand. MGA sued back, alleging that Bratz was born during Bryant's absence from his former employer during Bryant's hiatus.

It's the summer of Barbiecore fashion, "Barbenheimer" double features, and there is a worldwide shortage of a specific shade of fluorescent pink. Saying that the "Barbie" movie has been highly awaited is inaccurate; it does not do justice to the fully immersive experience of being a Barbie enthusiast this summer. This Barbie, on the other hand, has been mocked for being a symbol of unrealistic, dangerous beauty standards, and there is actually a substantial body of scholarship that has supported the assertion that the doll hasn't really been beneficial for girls' body image. For example, a 2006 report in Developmental Psychology found that girls between the ages 5 and 8 who were exposed to Barbies had lower levels of satisfaction with their bodies than those who were not. A decade later, a similar report in the journal Body Image came to a close conclusion, and the results were similar in yet another 2021 study by the same journal. It's impossible to deny that the original Barbie's body isn't realistic; after all, a 2014 Medical Daily report found that the Barbie had a BMI of 16.24, indicating that she was real and had the doll's proportions.

Greta Gerwig debunk a myth surrounding one actor's identity in her much-anticipated Barbie film, which opened on July 21. Barbara Handler, who inspired the Barbie doll, was widely believed to have appeared in a scene with Margot Robbie's iconic character while relaxing on a park bench in Santa Monica, California, shortly after the film's release. The woman speaking to the Australian actress, 33, was actually costume designer Ann Roth, not the daughter of Mattel co-founder and Barbie innovator Ruth Handler. Gerwig's interview with Rolling Stone said: I love this scene so much.' Ann Roth, the costume designer, is the older lady on the bench.'

The brand has sold more than a billion dolls since being first introduced in a Los Angeles garage, but the designer's were marred. Ruth Handler, a businesswoman from Los Angeles, created the doll in 1964 and named after her daughter Barbara (who went by Barbie). She hired Jack Ryan, a local toymaker who later became one of Zsa Gabor's husbands, but she was enlisted to help with her husband's. Ken was born soon after, and Ruth's son Kenneth was named after Ruth's son Kenneth. However, many of those close to the project seemed to be cursed. Barbie's squeaky clean, girl-next-door portrait is based on a series of lurid Mattel information, which was revealed in the book, Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World Of Mattel, by New York Times best-selling author Jerry Oppenheimer, which was published in 2009.

In the forthcoming film opposite Margot Robbie, the woman who inspired the Barbie doll appears. Barbara Handler, the niece of Mattel co-founder and Barbie designer Ruth Handler, is the doll's name when it first appeared on shelves in 1959. Handler is seen in a scene in which she has a discussion with Robbie's titular character while relaxing on a park bench in Santa Monica, California.

Barbie is finally shine in a series of movies based on comic books, board games, and action figures. The "Barbie" film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is expected to take over the summer with a witty twist on the franchise's decades-long history. Just how much do you really know about this incredibly fashionable toy icon? Take a look at her past in order to find out. Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman, reportedly got the idea for Barbie when she spotted "Bild Lilli," a German adult novelty strip toy based on a common, rather saucy comic strip character of the time, as shown in TIME. So Barbie is not based on a real person, but her name was inspired by someone real (more on that later).

Take a look at the trailblazing woman behind Barbie's world-famous doll's most popular doll, Ruth Handler, as fans get a sneak peek at the Hollywood film version of Barbie and call it a "feminist epic." When Barbie doll debuted in 1959, it changed the face of teenage girls. The modern Barbie doll's clean-cut photo also refers to the tumultuous events of her creator's life. Ruth became suspicious of the financial authorities in the 1970s and was found guilty of dishonesty, despite her claims of innocence. For a time, she had been barred from her own business.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Ann Ryan, 67, says her late father Jack Ryan is the true source of the fabled doll Barbie and bashes toy company Mattel for erasing his legacy. She has sent the letters and emails she has sent to the toy giant that have consistently been ignored. Ann is looking for internal information and archives that she believes will reveal her father's identity as the creator of the world's most popular doll. According to her, one of the reasons for her father's blacklisting was his way of life. Ryan, a kinky swinger who hosted orgies at his ogrevacy castle home in Los Angeles, died in 1991 at the age of 65. Ann says Mattel likes to tell its story that Barbie was invented by company cofounder Ruth Handler, who had her own checkedered history.

Hailey Bieber is the most recent celebrity to embrace Barbiecore. The model posed in a Versace pink corseted minidress on Instagram. For a sculptural effect, the mini style has a swirly neckline and a boned bodice. Bieber paired it with tall white platform boots and accessorized with multiple string necklaces. Bieber follows in the footsteps of actresses like Khloé Kardashian, who debuted her own version of Barbiecore just days earlier. In a vibrant-bubblegum-pink latex minidress that perfectly captured the look, the Good American founder's 38th birthday was recently celebrated. Her blonde hair, which had been styled in a sleek blowout, added to the theme. In fact, Kris Jenner called her "Little Miss Barbie" in a video posted on Kim Kardashian's Instagram Story.