Why ‘Barbie’ director Greta Gerwig refused to CGI this ‘beautiful’ body part

At a time when the industry is suffering through historic dual strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, the motion picture industry is poised to see an enormous weekend at the box office with Warner Bros./Mattel’s long awaited toy feature adaptation Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s World War II era three-hour adult drama Oppenheimer reaping a combined $260M+ global start.

Urban Dictionary defines “mid” as someone who “on a scale of 1-10 is like 4, 5, 6, or 7 based on looks” and is “just like every other girl.”“This is her without makeup,” one Twitter user quipped of Robbie, posting a photo. “Definitely mid.”That tweet has been viewed more than 62 million times as of Monday afternoon.“She is a hard 7,” another declared.

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti were in close quarters for newly-split exes on Wednesday evening as they both hit the pink carpet at London's star-studded Barbie movie premiere.The duo, who won the summer series Love Island last year, announced that they had decided to part ways on 29 June after 11 months together. Appearing to brush off their heartache, both stars glammed up and posed for a slew of snaps at the premiere for the highly-anticipated new release - brushing shoulders with the likes of the movie's stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, as well as plenty of fellow Islanders.

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Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie is without a doubt the pinkest movie of the summer, and it’s also shaping up to be one of the biggest.

Greta Gerwig was planning to work with Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan again in the Barbie movie but that ultimately didn’t pan out.

As “Barbie” fans get closer to the anticipated film’s big release, Margot Robbie and director, Greta Gerwig, chat about the making of the film and the different types of dynamics on set.

Greta Gerwig's highly anticipated  film has yet to hit theaters, but eager fans are already clamoring for a sequel. The filmmaker was joined by stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera and more at the movie's pink carpet premiere on Sunday, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Speaking with ET's Will Marfuggi, Gerwig responded to growing speculation surrounding a potential Ken-focused spin-off. «Honestly, I'm just focused on getting this one out and crossing all my fingers and toes,» she said.

Margot Robbie channeled old Hollywood glamour, while hitting the pink carpet at the world premiere of “Barbie” in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jul. 9.

“Barbie” director Greta Gerwig has a good reason why she chose not to use CGI on Margot Robbie’s feet.

Margot Robbie is a native of Australia, but that didn’t prevent her from forgetting that the title of her new movie has a very different meaning Down Under.

Margot Robbie is a native of Australia, but that didn’t prevent her from forgetting that the title of her new movie has a very different meaning Down Under.

Even Barbie can become self-conscious.

During a recent interview with Australia’s Channel 10 talk show The Project, Australia-born Margot Robbie had a brief home-country memory slip while promoting Warner Bros’ upcoming Barbie in which she plays the titular character. 

Communist party?Senator Ted Cruz unleashed boxed-up anger at the upcoming “Barbie” movie for including what his office called Chinese communist propaganda in the anticipated summer blockbuster, out July 21.The Margot Robbie-starring film came under fire for its pro-China, on-screen representation of islands in the South China Sea that are disputed — and have been the subject of two separate military campaigns in 1974 and 1988 — between both Vietnam and China.In 2016, a United Nations court ruled that China’s claim to the regions had no basis in international law.

Tom Cruise still makes time to go to the theatre despite being one of the most famous faces in Hollywood.

From one imaginary world to another, “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig is further building her movie-making resume.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The much-maligned “Cats” movie musical caused the internet to lose its mind after a visual effects editor on the film confirmed that CGI was used to add buttholes to all of the feline characters. The “butthole cut,” as it became known on social media, was ultimately scrapped by the studio. It’s now been revealed that the upcoming “Barbie” movie flirted with its own potential CGI disaster, as writer-director Greta Gerwig shut down early discussions that would’ve had her actors sporting CGI feet since Barbie is known for her arched heels. “There was a big discussion in the beginning,” Gerwig said on Australia’s “The Project.” “Everyone said, ‘Are you going to CGI all the feet?’ And I thought, ‘Oh god, no! That’s terrifying! That’s a nightmare.’ Also Margot has the nicest feet. She has these beautiful dancer feet. She should just hang on to that bar and do it just like this.”

highly-anticipated “Barbie” movie has been banned in Vietnam.The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, was set to hit theaters in the country on July 21, aligning with the cinematic release in most countries around the world. However, state media announced the movie will not be released due to a scene that includes a map using the “nine-dash line” — a set of line segments that represent China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea — which Vietnam claims violates its sovereignty.

Vietnam has banned commercial screenings of Warner Bros’ Barbie due to a scene that depicts a map of the South China Sea with the “nine-dash line” that is contested by the Vietnamese government.