Barbie News

No, it's not a joke: One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burkha.

Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children.

Entries have been invited for this year's Turnip Prize for bad art. The award, an alternative to the Turner Prize, is presented by the residents of a Somerset village.

It seems the Barbie war is going to the next level as the vivacious beauty; Katrina Kaif is finally getting the honour of being the one.

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif's look-alike Barbie doll has arrived in the country.

COLUMN: As seen on TV - but wait, there's more! As any experienced parent will tell you, the longer you can keep your kids watching PBS, the better.

LEAD STORY : For some consumers, good environmental citizenship is important even when choosing sex accessories.

Japan Herald Thursday 19th November, 2009 Florence, Nov 19 Barbie dolls clad in Indian sari, wearing the Muslim burqa and the Japanese kimono are among a collection due to go under the hammer in the central Italian city of Florence Friday.

My son is "skinny". If he was a female, I'm sure people would mutter under their breath "eat a sandwich" thankfully, he is not subjected to that sort of harassment.

Federal consumer officials are looking into toy warnings from a California health group just ahead of the holiday shopping season.

ROBERT Pattinson may be super busy ahead of the release of second Twilight flick New Moon on Friday, but he still let us sink our teeth into him.

Amy Winehouse reportedly wants a nose job to fix her ''witch-like'' nose and also wants a doll made in her likeness in a bid to become the next Barbie.

The 2009 Holiday Barbie doll is now in stores. This year Holiday Barbie is wearing a shimmering pale pink and golden lame gown.

It has arrived - the item that will singlehandedly revitalize the American economy.

In 1959, Barbie dolls were introduced without any fanfare as a sophisticated and shapely teenage model.

Just in time for the upcoming Runaways biopic - directed by Floria Sigismondi and starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning - the Mattel toy company is unveiling its "Ladies of the - 80s" collection's Joan Jett Barbie.

Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken? Barbie better get her spray-tan ready! There's a new Ken doll in town: Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, as he is called, and this new breed of Ken is set to debut this coming spring, which may be especially appropriate when considering his bright, flowery attire.

Date: Now through December 1 Time: 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday Location: Living Learning Center, ASU campus Cost: Free When Barbara McCaughey heard about her daughter's ASU project, "Barbies We Would Like To See," she immediately thought of a Grandma Barbie.

DESPITE recently appearing on the cover of a men's magazine with dark hair and proclaiming a love for her curves, Ricki-Lee Coulter stepped out yesterday, firstly, as a blonde and, secondly, not so curvy.

Monday, November 9, 2009 - She looks like Rock 'n' Roll Barbie -- cascading blonde locks, cute little upturned nose, a cherry red electric guitar she calls "Pepper." Then she rips into the solo from "Beat It." All images of a plastic doll shatter into a million ear-splitting decibels.