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"Black Barbie was different": Six fascinating details from Shonda Rhimes' Netflix documentary
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 day ago"When I designed this doll there was a need for the little Black girl to really have something she...
Netflix’s ‘Black Barbie’ documentary shows how far the doll has come and still has to go
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe doll wasn’t greenlit until Perkins was hired as a Barbie designer in 1976. Black Barbie hit the...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoThe success of “Bob Marley: One Love” and the anticipation for “Michael” has fans discussing some other big names they want to see music biopics of. Films about Tina Turner, Ray Charles and ...
RuPaul's Reality Show 'Drag Race' Wins Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Biography via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRuPaul was the only boy of his parents’ four children and eventually began wearing his sisters’...
‘Jackie’s Back’: The Best Mockumentary You’ve Never Seen Turns 25
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 7 days agoDo you know what you’re doing for Jackie Washington Day next month? You know, July 15, Jackie...
Perspective | We’re living in Barbie’s world. So what does Black Barbie mean?
Washington Post· 1 day agoIf these were different children and I a different mom, the scene would have been sweet. Imbuing...
WWII veteran, Motown promoter honored with tribute transformed from his son's garage
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoMore than 100 photos, plaques, posters and newspaper clippings adorn the walls of 71-year-old Tony...
Doll Designers Say First Black Barbie ‘Opened a Lot of Doors’ for Inclusivity in Toys: Mattel...
People via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 'Black Barbie,' designers Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride-Irby talk the evolution of the...
Shonda Rhimes on first Black Barbie, star of Netflix documentary: 'She was amazing'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoShania Twain: Her iconic 'Man, I Feel Like a Woman' look becomes a Barbie Black Perkins took...
And the winners are... these 15 iconic celebrity award show outfits
Revolt via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoWhat makes a celebrity award show outfit iconic? From legendary and controversial rap artists to...