What Was Cut From ‘Barbie’? Ken’s Kiss, Timothee Chalamet’s Cameo and More

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Barbie” will play in theaters across the Middle East after all. Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar blockbuster was running into censorship issues in certain territories, including in the region’s top market of Saudi Arabia, so it looked increasingly like the film would be banned. But those matters appear to have been resolved, as the movie is set to release on Thursday.

As a whole, the Barbie movie is just fine. But when it's good, it's really good, and the soundtrack for the Greta Gerwig film is responsible for a couple of those highlights.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “Barbie” is running into censorship headaches in the Middle East. Leading regional exhibitor Vox Cinemas – which is Warner Bros.’ local distribution partner – has pushed back the release of the hit Greta Gerwig film to Aug. 31 after initially setting a July 19 rollout out date for “Barbie” in the Middle East that would have allowed local audiences to see the film two days before its U.S.

world now, we're just living in it. Keke Palmer, who appears to have seen Greta Gerwig's Barbie, shared a photo of herself as a blonde, and it's giving '90s —think Pam Anderson or Anna Nicole Smith, or even Eve.

If you’ve managed to snag a ticket to Greta Gerwig’s fantastic and plastic blockbuster “Barbie”, then you know how important harnessing your Ken-ergy is.

Scottish actress Sharon Rooney first made a name for herself as Christine's daughter Sophie when she starred in the Scots BBC sitcom Two Doors Down, and she's been quickly climbing the ladder in the cut-throat industry ever since.

Oppenheimer may be about an atomic bomb, but Barbie’s the movie causing a pop culture explosion.

Barbie director Greta Gerwig has revealed in a new interview that she had to cut a “fart opera” out of the film following screen tests.Speaking to IndieWire, Gerwig and the film’s editor Nick Houy shared that across the three films (Lady Bird, Little Women, Barbie) they have worked on together, they always try to sneak in a fart joke, but none of the jokes have ever made the final cut of the film.Barbie proved to be no different, Gerwig explained, saying: “We’ve always tried to get in a proper fart joke and we’ve never done it. We had like a fart opera in the middle [of Barbie].

world, following Greta Gerwig's box office-topping adaptation, starring Margot Robbie as the titular doll, Mattel is officially in the moviemaking business — and they're not slowing down anytime soon!Mattel Films has a host of projects in the works, with Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz and Mattel Films executive producer Robbie Brenner opening up to recently about all the toy-based films they have in development.As far as the possibility of sequels, while Gerwig skated around the question during her promotional interviews for the film, Kreiz pointed out that there's plenty of story to explore in the Barbie canon without making a direct follow-up film.«Barbie, as a brand, has many different iterations. The product lines of Barbie is a very broad brand,» he notes.

The Barbenheimer phenomenon just keeps going. To wit: there is so much energy happening at international box office turnstiles that Tuesday’s grosses on Warner Bros’ Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie and Universal’s Christopher Nolan opus Oppenheimer were down just 1% from Monday. The offshore gross through Tuesday on Barbie is now $258.5M with global at $472.6M.

movie is, of course, full of Barbies and Kens, but Greta Gerwig's vibrant and detailed Barbie Land also includes plenty of Easter eggs for only the most devoted fans, including accessories, outfits and some of the all-but-forgotten dolls that Mattel has discontinued over the years. Margot Robbie's Stereotypical Barbie is introduced to some of the less-popular members of the Barbie doll canon when her existential crisis has her returning to Weird Barbie's (Kate McKinnon) house, lamenting the way her fellow beautiful Barbies have been brainwashed into complacency by the Kens.

Amy Schumer is opening up about what she thought of Barbie.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor From an Olympic figure skater to a historical queen, with a villainous vixen and a doomed Hollywood starlet, Margot Robbie is running the gamut of wide-ranging roles in movies. To celebrate the opening of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” where Robbie plays the toy doll alongside co-star Ryan Gosling, Variety ranks her 10 best performances of her career so far.

Barbie featuing an elderly woman on a bench to remain in the final cut of the film.While Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) are in ‘the real world’, they pass by an elderly woman on a bench, and Barbie stops to tell the woman she is beautiful. Gerwig faced pressure to cut the scene because it didn’t add to the plot.Gerwig stood her ground, however, maintaining that the scene was ‘the heart of the movie’. “I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is now playing in theaters nationwide, but one if its most emotional scenes might not have made it to the big screen had the filmmaker not held her ground against studio executives. In several interviews before the comedy’s theatrical release, Gerwig revealed that it was suggested she cut out the scene where Barbie (Margot Robbie) meets an elderly woman on a bench and tells her she’s beautiful. “I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone. “And the older woman on the bench is the costume designer Ann Roth. She’s a legend. It’s a cul-de-sac of a moment, in a way — it doesn’t lead anywhere. And in early cuts, looking at the movie, it was suggested, ‘Well, you could cut it. And actually, the story would move on just the same.’ And I said, ‘If I cut the scene, I don’t know what this movie is about.'”

Eva Mendes can’t wait for “Barbie.” Unlike the rest of us, she has a special connection to the film, being married to one of its lead stars, Ryan Gosling. In an Instagram post, she revealed her plans over the weekend, which include supporting the film in various screenings, even though most showing are sold out.

Barbie movie to BTS’ Jimin, after he “copied” one of his outfits.The actor offered the acoustic guitar to the musician as a way of apologising after he “broke the Barbie Cardinal rule”, and stole one of his outfits in the upcoming Greta Gerwig film.Posted to the official Barbie Twitter page, Gosling – who plays Ken – acknowledges the similarities between his black-and-white cowboy outfit in the film and the same shirt worn by Jimin in the music video for ‘Permission To Dance’.“Hi Jimin, it’s Ryan Gosling here. I notice that your ‘Permission to Dance’ outfit is the same as my Ken outfit in the upcoming movie, Barbie.

The “Barbenheimer” opening weekend is finally upon us!

Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa, who landed a role in the new Barbie film, has shared some 'behind the scenes' snaps from attending the premiere in London on Wednesday as he brushed shoulders with his idol Greta.

Thania Garcia Billie Eilish channels a vintage Barbie doll in her new self-directed music video for the piano ballad “What Was I Made For?,” one of the final tracklist additions to the new “Barbie” movie soundtrack. The emotional song received a thought-provoking visual treatment that sees Eilish dressed as a polished and pensive doll. While seated at a school desk, Eilish digs through a Barbie wardrobe box and tediously preps a variety of Barbie outfits — replicas of her own looks throughout the years — onto a mini clothing hanger. As the video goes on, Eilish’s reflections are disrupted by rain, wind and earthquakes that ultimately leave her with no choice but to frantically stuff the mini wardrobe back in its box and exit.