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Shonda Rhimes on first Black Barbie, star of Netflix documentary: 'She was amazing'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoShania Twain: Her iconic 'Man, I Feel Like a Woman' look becomes a Barbie Black Perkins took...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 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 ...
Inside the Making of ‘Black Barbie’ — and the Doll that Changed History
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Netflix documentary's writer-director, producer, and stars talk about how the first Black Barbie...
"Black Barbie was different": Six fascinating details from Shonda Rhimes' Netflix documentary
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"When I designed this doll there was a need for the little Black girl to really have something she...
Revisiting the 1994 FIFA World Cup: How USA's soccer popularity explosion traces back to a single...
Sporting News· 4 days agoU.S. midfielder Aidan Morris could accurately be labeled a child of 1994, although his birth did not...
Doll Designers Say First Black Barbie ‘Opened a Lot of Doors’ for Inclusivity in Toys: Mattel...
People via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn 'Black Barbie,' designers Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride-Irby talk the evolution of the...
RuPaul's Reality Show 'Drag Race' Wins Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Biography via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRuPaul was the only boy of his parents’ four children and eventually began wearing his sisters’...
Your Essential Guide to Buying Broadway Tickets Online
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 7 days agoGet tickets for the next showing here. If you’re interested in catching a preview before heading to...
Netflix’s ‘Black Barbie’ documentary shows how far the doll has come and still has to go
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe doll wasn’t greenlit until Perkins was hired as a Barbie designer in 1976. Black Barbie hit the...
'Black Barbie': Netflix doc collects insights about the importance of relatable dolls
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoIn the 1960s and 1970s, Mattel brought a number of Black dolls into the Barbie Universe, e.g., 1968’s Christie, a friend of Barbie who dressed in a mod swimsuit, and 1969’s Julia, who was based ...