Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she would ...

Hospitality giant Hyatt will soon acquire Playa Hotels & Resorts for about $2.6 billion, the corporation announced on Monday. Currently, Hyatt owns 9.4% of Playa's shares and when the acquisition is ...

Playa Bowls, a superberry bowl chain that started a decade ago in Belmar and has expanded to 22 states nationwide, has been acquired by a private-equity company for an undisclosed amount. Sycamore ...

It's the sweetest way to start the month. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online ...

It's about a year late, but the Barbie Phone is finally here. This is not a smartphone, but a clamshell-style feature phone that's all pink and branded with Mattel's Barbie logo. The handset has a ...

The inclusive world of Barbie is expanding yet again — this time, with the first-ever blind Barbie doll and a Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Toy manufacturer Mattel announced the two new additions ...

Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Mattel announced the two new dolls on Tuesday ...

Eric Bridges, CEO of American Foundation for the Blind, tells PEOPLE that the new Barbie "can help get blindness out into society in a way that is accurate and attention-getting" Mattel Barbie is ...

Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be — and the lasting impact she left behind Courtesy of Netflix Barbie dolls first hit the shelves in 1959 — but it would ...

Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament is back. While studios during Covid wildly embraced the theatrical day-and-date model when cinemas were closed, they soon realized there’s nothing more ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

“Barbie” has conquered North America, and now, the world. Greta Gerwig‘s fantasy-comedy has generated $1.36 billion at the global box office, overtaking Universal and Illumination’s animated adventure ...