The ban was reported by state media in Vietnam on Monday, less than three weeks before the movie is scheduled to be released. Here is why the “Barbie world” is causing controversy with a map that has ...

Between the hot pink mansion in Malibu up for rent and the plain magenta billboards popping up all over, Greta Gerwig's movie "Barbie," based on the famous Mattel toy company doll, is seemingly being ...

In the “Barbie” world, facts may be inconsequential, but that isn’t the case in real life. The upcoming film has received criticism from U.S. lawmakers and countries for including a hand-drawn map of ...

The upcoming film is the latest to fall afoul of the country’s censors for depicting a map containing China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim. Any of Vietnam’s moviegoers wishing to catch the ...

The upcoming movie “Barbie” has been banned in Vietnam. Now, the Philippines is considering its own ban on the Warner Bros. film. Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated summer flick has crossed a line by ...

Vietnam’s decision to ban the highly anticipated film “Barbie” due to concerns over an alleged “offending image of the nine-dash line” has sent shockwaves through Hollywood and sparked widespread ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand ‘Barbie’ film upsets the delicate dance around who controls South China Sea The new “Barbie” movie shows a world map where Asia is an amorphous blob featuring nine ...

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