Omar Apollo has shared a new heartfelt ballad titled ‘Ice Slippin’ that was inspired by him coming out to his family. Listen to the track below.Co-produced with Teo Halm, ‘Ice Slippin’ deals with both heartbreak and rejection.
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If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting a real life Barbie beach house, your dreams are coming true.
Mattel just announced that a real life Barbie beach house will be one of the attractions in its upcoming theme park, Mattel Adventure Park, in Arizona.
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The company announced their plans earlier this week, sharing that not only Barbie, but Hot Wheels, Thomas & Friends, Magic 8 Ball, Pictionary and more of the brands’ properties would be represented in the park.
The beach house in particular, will be a “full-scale” home where “Barbie fans can get a closer look inside Barbie’s iconic closet in the Barbie Dream Closet Experience™, which uses hologram technology to bring Barbie to life before guests’ eyes.”
“The attraction also includes a rooftop bar and restaurant that hosts expansive views of the property,” Mattel boasts.
“Mattel Adventure Park is an amazing opportunity to bring our beloved brands to life,” Julie Freeland, Senior Director of Global Location Based Entertainment at Mattel, shared. “Construction is underway and substantial progress has been made on what will give fans of all ages a day of thrills and nostalgia. We’re especially excited for families to experience the Hot Wheels Bone Shaker rollercoaster – a dream come true for any Hot Wheels fan.”
Mattel Adventure Park will open in 2024.
If you missed it, Barbie was sadly just banned in another country.
Omar Apollo has shared a new heartfelt ballad titled ‘Ice Slippin’ that was inspired by him coming out to his family. Listen to the track below.Co-produced with Teo Halm, ‘Ice Slippin’ deals with both heartbreak and rejection.
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Editor’s note: Dade Hayes and Jonathan Bing are co-authors of Open Wide: How Hollywood Box-Office Became a National Obsession. Hayes is Deadline’s Business Editor and Bing is Chief Communications Officer at Vice Media Group.
Canada’s Ken took some much-deserved time off after the promotional roll-out of “Barbie” to get some R&R with his wife, Eva Mendes, and their two daughters, Esmeralda Amada, 8 and Amada Lee, 7.
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Refresh for latest…: It’s still a Barbie world this weekend as the Greta Gerwig-directed charmer reached a global cume of $1.184B. Last session, Margot Robbie’s living doll crossed the $1B threshold, and in this 4th frame added $45.1M in 75 offshore markets (a 47% dip) to bring the international box office cume to $657.6M.
Several members of the “Parks and Recreation” cast reunited this week — not for a reboot or TV special, but on the picket line as they join the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
The cast of Parks and Recreation reunited on the picket line as the stars and crew members came together to fight for a better contract with the studios.
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As she heads into the third weekend of release, Warner Bros’ Barbie has hit two new milestones, crossing both $500M at the international box office and the nine-century mark worldwide. The Greta Gerwig-directed phenomenon added $16.8M from 69 offshore markets on Thursday, bringing the overseas total to $509.7M through yesterday. Globally, the doll is standing tall with $916.1M as she looks to rollerblade past $1B this weekend.
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Eastenders' Matthew Rose - who was played by Joe Absolom - was wrongfully sentenced to prison time for the murder of Saskia Duncan over 20 years ago.
It’s been almost two weeks since Greta Gerwig’s hotly-anticipated Barbie movie finally hit the cinemas, and thanks to a combination of incredible marketing and a killer costume department, the whole world has gone Barbie mad. Throughout the film, Barbie’s wardrobe was giving us some major fashion envy, and has spawned thousands of copycat looks that help you get Margot Robbie’s character’s style.