When last we saw Barbie come to the DS, she was starring in a side-scrolling platformer based on her latest direct-to-DVD movie. This time around, the theme's the same – as Barbie as The Island ...

Mattel Inc.’s push to make Ken cool, particularly among adults, is part of a broader campaign to crank up sales of the doll as it hits the big 5-0, as the company did successfully when Barbie ...

James collaborated with designers at Barbie to coordinate his Ken dolls look, which includes a blue and white “LJ” varsity jacket (patches on the jacket represent his original No. 23 and his ...

Indeed, viewers can spot several discontinued dolls living in Weird Barbie's house, a veritable Island of Misfit Toys. Advertisement From a pregnant doll to a dog named Sugar, here are some of ...

As Barbie (Margot Robbie) takes viewers on a tour through Barbie Land, one doll's appearance sticks out. Midge, played by Emerald Fennell, sports a huge baby bump as she eagerly waves to Robbie's ...

Indeed, viewers can spot several discontinued dolls living in Weird Barbie's house, a veritable Island of Misfit Toys. From a pregnant doll to a dog named Sugar, here are some of Mattel's most ...

Barbie's faithful sidekick, Ken, hit shelves in 1961. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Images via Mattel Inc. In this episode of the new Smithsonian magazine podcast, “There’s More to That ...

Ken, the iconic male doll in the Barbie universe, turns 60 Thursday. The milestone birthday highlights how much the doll has changed in the years since its 1961 debut as Barbie's beau, but the ...

But the kicker on Ken's potential intentional love of Metallica comes in the doll's packaging. Within the film itself, Ken tires of living in Barbie's shadow, suffering a bit of an identity crisis ...

“Every little girl needed a doll through which to project herself into her dream of her future,” Ruth Handler, the inventor of Barbie, told The New York Times in 1977.

Ken Carson, always something of a stiff, is loosening up. On the eve of its 50th birthday, the doll that defined boyish American urbanity is working on a comeback, proclaiming on billboards in Los ...