The long-awaited Barbie movie is finally hitting theaters on July 21, 2023, and the first teaser trailer was shared to the film’s new Instagram page on Friday (Dec. 16).
And while it’s known that Margot Robbie stars as the iconic blonde doll, and Ryan Gosling will take on the role of her handsome boyfriend Ken, eagle-eyed fans noticed that the official Instagram for the film was following 15 people involved with the movie — including Dua Lipa.
Eagle-eyed fans who noticed began to speculate what the “Levitating” singer’s involvement in the film might be, with the most popular theory being that she’s contributing a song to Barbie‘s soundtrack. However, neither Lipa or the film confirmed any collaboration, and the Instagram account quickly unfollowed the pop star amid the buzz.
📲 | The @Barbie Movie Instagram page is now active, and has followed @DUALIPA, fuelling rumours of her involvement in the movie
Director Greta Gerwig co-wrote the script for the Warner Bros. film with Noah Baumbach. Besides Robbie and Gosling, the jam-packed cast also includes Will Ferrell, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa and America Ferrera.
The new, 75-second teaser pays tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1968 outer space drama 2001: A Space Odyssey. “Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been… dolls,” says a narrator over sunrise scenes in the desert, as a group of girls play with their baby dolls in the dusty expanse. Our narrator continues, “But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls… until,” at which point we see the first glimpse of the towering Barbie posing in white sunglasses and a striped one-piece bathing suit, tilting her shades down to give the girls a wink.
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Christmas is nine days away! If you’re among the millions of last-minute shoppers who are planning to buy gifts this weekend, this is the perfect gift guide for you.
Below, find a list of 23 last-minute gifts for everyone on your list. From fashion to electronics, candy, self-care items and more, everything on our list can be delivered before Christmas with free shipping in most cases and curbside pickup options.
Starting off with something sweet!The Sugarfina Holiday Bundle includes a candy bento box, dark chocolate peppermint and peppermint hot cocoa chocolate bars, chocolate covered cookie dough, reindeer oatmeal bites and more. Purchase Sugarfina’s Christmas and Hanukkah goodies online at Sugarfina.com, Amazon and Bloomingdale’s.
Need a tech gift? The Logitech Combo is a backlit keyboard case and trackpad. The device is designed for Apple AirPad 11-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch and iPad Air (4th and 5th generation). Click here to shop iPads.
You’re probably already heard about the Google Pixel 7’s camera, but that’s not the only exceptional feature. Powered by the Google Tensor G2, this top-rated phone is equipped with Google’s Titan M2 security chip, a built-in VPN to help keep your personal data safe and the battery lasts up to 24 hours.
Give a cozy gift this holiday! The Koolaburra by UGG Candice Faux Fur Throw (made with polyester and faux fur) is available in chocolate, navy, wild dove and KB white.
A mini spa at home! The Lovery Christmas Gift Basket includes shower gel, bubble bath, body lotion, bath salt, body scrub and bath oil scented in calming jasmine. A bath towel and loofah back scrubber are included in the set.
If you know someone who could use a towel set, these premium, plush towels can turn any bathroom into a “sanctuary.” Cozy Earth’s ultra-soft, fluffy towels are available in four colors including light grey, white, crème and charcoal. For a cheaper option, try the Brooklinen Super-Plush Towels ($75).
The Coach Ziva slipper showcases the signature jacquard print with a faux fur upper, lining and footbed, with a rubber outsole. Order this item within the next 48 hours to make sure that it will arrive by Christmas (save an additional 20% off at checkout).
This HP laptop is equipped with a 17-inch display screen, ample storage (16 GB memory, 512 GGB SSD Storage), a full keyboard, HD camera, dual speakers and it’s compact and lightweight.
Bulova’s Precisionist is “bold and beautiful” according to one customer review. The high-precision, quartz watch refined in stainless steel with curved crystal, multiple-layer black carbon fiber, a blue, silver and black dial and yellow second hand, with luminous hour and minute hands and markers, a calendar and secure double-press fold-over clasp with safety lock. Click here for women’s watches.
Looking for Nike Dunks? The retro low “Panda“ Dunks are one of the hottest sneakers around and won’t be back in stock at Nike until Jan. 19, 2023. If you need them before then and don’t mind paying resell prices, you can cop a pair of men’s Dunks at StockX via the link above. The women’s black-and-white Dunks start at $186 at StockX. Click here to shop Nike Dunks in different colors.
Hunter’s Original Tall Adjustable Rain Boot are similar to the Original Tall boot, with an expandable gusset in the back, making it perfect for a wider calf. The boot is available in several colors including festive green, navy, black, slate grey and white.
Give the gift of glam! The Soft Glam Deluxe Trio from Anastasia Beverly Hills includes the best-selling Soft Glam Eyeshadow Palette (featuring 14 high-pigmented shades), Lash Brag Volumizing Mascara, and Clear Brow Gel.
This multifunctional, waterproof, bald head shaver is equipped with a six-blade shaving system a five attachments (rotary shaver, hair clipper, nose/ear hair trimmer, facial cleansing brush and face massage).
Another grooming gift idea, the Manscaped nose and ear trimmer. The device features a 23-degree angle to match the contours of the nose and ear and you can save an extra 10% when you apply the instant coupon.
A pan for literally everything. Kilne’s Everything Pan can go from the stove to the oven. Saute, simmer and more with this stylish, non-stick pan made with eco-friendly coating. The Everything Pan is available in sage, peppercorn and meringue, and it’s incredibly easy to clean (the diameter measures 11-inches) but somewhat heavy, so you might need to use hands to cart it around.
The holidays are all about baking! This Kitchen Aid Mixer features two Turbo Beater accessories and five speeds designed to mix up cookie dough, cake batter, mashed potatoes and more. KitchenAid’s 5-Speed Ultra Power Hand Mixer is available in seven different colors, and if you order right now, it’ll arrive before Christmas.
For skilled or novice cook’s, Henckels Dynamic Razor-Sharp 15-Piece Knife Set includes a paring knife, serrated utility knife, santoku knife, chef’s knife, bread knife, steak knives, kitchen shears, a professional honing steel and hardwood knife block.
Give the gift of a brighter smile. Snow Advanced Wireless Teeth Whitener has been voted one of the best whitening kits of 2022. Available in multiple colors including red, white, black and blue, the kit includes a wireless LED accelerating mouthpiece, whitening wands and extra strength whitening serum. Purchase the Snow Advanced Wireless Teeth Whitener kit at TrySnow.com as well as major retailers like Amazon, Neiman Marcus and Best Buy.
Give the gift of a panoramic sound for movies, music, video games and more with this Sonos Beam. The device comes with a remote but it also has voice control or Apple AirPlay2. The Beam is available at major retailers including Walmart, Sonos.com and Amazon.
From sound bars to traditional speakers. The Bose Companion II multimedia speakers deliver high quality audio performance, with clear sound, no matter the volume.
Stream music wirelessly from a laptop, phone, tablet, and other devices with the Phillips Bluetooth Stereo System. Affordable and compact, this adorable sound system is equipped with an MP3 and CD player and dual amplifiers for sound enhancement. Click here for all-in-one stereo systems with turntables.
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Just two weeks after Spotify CEO Daniel Ek ripped Apple for “bullying” app owners in a Nov. 30 tweet thread, the executive doubled down on his comments during an interview that aired Thursday (Dec. 15) on the streamer’s For The Record podcast. During the appearance, Ek said Apple’s controls over payments and data on its app store create an anticompetitive environment that is “harmful for the economy and consumers.”
“They continue to give themselves unfair advantages really at every turn and setting themselves up as both the referee and player in this game,” stifling competition and hurting competitors and consumers, Ek said.
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A vocal critic of the iPhone maker over the years, Ek has ramped up calls against Apple’s policies in recent months. The U.S. Senate has just weeks left in its current term to pass a bill that would rein in the control Apple and Alphabet Inc.’s Google exert over their apps marketplaces.
Introduced last year by Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal along with Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Open App Markets Act would block app store owners from requiring app developers to use its payments platform. The bill would also ban app stores from pushing their own products over competitors’ products and permit app developers to communicate more freely with customers and open the door to apps being downloadable from more platforms.
Speaking on the podcast, Senator Blackburn said the bill is gaining support daily.
“The reason we need this is to open up the marketplace to allow more competition, to allow developers to be able to take their product directly to the consumer,” which would lower some costs for developers at a time of high inflation in the U.S., Blackburn said.
App stores run by Apple and Google have traditionally taken a cut of in-app purchases. Prior to 2016, Spotify charged users 30% more if customers upgraded to a premium subscription inside Apple’s App Store to offset Apple’s 30% fee. To save on fees, Spotify has not allowed in-app purchasing on its Apple app since 2016.
Ek threw the weight of his company behind Blackburn’s bill on the podcast, saying that Spotify believes there needs to be regulation in this space to make clear that developers or companies can interact with consumers.
“There is an enormous concentration of power where one company here [is] dictating the rules for how millions of companies should be able to conduct business,” Ek said on the podcast.
This is not the first time Ek has taken on Apple’s App Store in the regulatory arena. In 2019, Spotify filed a complaint with the European Commission against Apple, alleging that rules governing its App Store “purposely limit choice and stifle innovation at the expense of the user experience — essentially acting as both a player and referee to deliberately disadvantage other app developers.”
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Defense attorneys for one of the four men charged with the 2018 murder and robbery of XXXtentacion have listed a handful of notable rappers and celebrities — including Drake, Quavo, Offset, late Migos rapper Takeoff, Tekashi 6ix9ine and Joe Budden — as witnesses, according to court documents.
The move stems from unsubstantiated Internet rumors that swirled following XXXtentacion’s death, in connection with Drake’s 2017 beef over what the late artist believed to be a rip-off of his flows from breakout track “Look at Me!” on the OVO rapper’s “KMT.” A year after the drama, a story was posted to XXX’s Instagram page that read, “If anyone tries to kill me it was @champagnepapi,” tagging Drake’s Instagram handle. XXXtentacion claimed his account was hacked and four months later, he was killed in Deerfield Beach, Fla.
At a Thursday (Dec. 15) hearingreported on by the Miami Herald, prosecutors called the move a stunt and Broward Circuit Judge Michael Usan demanded answers in writing as to why the superstars were relevant. Prosecutors also noted that the defense did not provide addresses where the notable celebs could be served subpeonas, or any contact information. “It is apparent from the deliberate, late disclosure of the defendant’s witnesses and comments made between the parties that [the] defendant intended to ‘surprise’ the state and create a trial by ambush,” wrote prosecutor Pascale Achille, as reported by the Herald.
The amended witness list was submitted by Miami defense attorney Mauricio Padilla, who is representing 27-year-old Dedrick Williams, the alleged getaway driver. Padilla denied Achille’s claims, blaming delayed depositions.
“They are high-profile people. And it’s not easy for me to subpoena. I don’t have numbers, but it doesn’t mean I won’t be able to,” Padilla told the judge. “Trying to subpoena Drake is not easy — you need a drone.”
The all-star rappers being listed as potential witnesses does not mean they will be obligated to show up to court. Their appearance would be contingent upon Padilla proving relevance, which remains to be seen.
XXXtentacion was shot to death on June 18, 2018, at age 20. Leaving Riva Motorsports Motorcycle & Marine Superstore, the late rapper was attacked by two armed men. After a brief struggle, XXXtentacion was robbed and shot multiple times and later pronounced dead at the Broward Health North Hospital.
Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2023 on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Times Square, with iconic bands from the 1980s and 1990s as well as a member of BTS and a TikTok sensation.
Duran Duran, fresh off an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, will play from a catalogue that includes hits like “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “The Reflex” and “Rio.” R&B and pop group New Edition will celebrate their 40th anniversary by performing a medley of chart-toppers and solo hits like “Rub You The Right Way,” “My Prerogative,” “Poison,” “If It Isn’t Love,” and “Cool It Now.”
J-hope, South Korean songwriter and member of BTS, will play a medley of his “= (Equal Sign),” “Chicken Noodle Soup” and the band’s “Butter.” And Tik-Tok star Jax will sing pop hits “Victoria’s Secret” and “90s Kids.” Singer and rapper Farruko will perform from Puerto Rico.
Actress and producer Liza Koshy will return as co-host alongside Seacrest, actor-singer Roselyn Sanchez will co-host from Puerto Rico and Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans for the Central Time Zone countdown.
There will be pre-taped performances in Disneyland from Aly & AJ, Bailey Zimmerman, Ben Platt, Ciara, Fitz & The Tantrums, Halle Bailey, Lauren Spencer Smith, Maddie & Tae, Shaggy and TXT. And from Los Angeles, there will be performances by Armani White, Betty Who, Dove Cameron, Finneas, Nicky Youre and Wiz Khalifa.
Seacrest, inheritor of ABC’s legendary “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Dick Clark, reached 19.6 million viewers between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., last New Year’s Eve, according to Nielsen. During the 15-minute interval where the ball dropped in New York’s Times Square, his audience jumped to 24.2 million people.
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Carly Rae Jepsen interpreted her The Loneliest Time track, “Surrender My Heart,” for the Broadway stage in her theatrical new music video released on Wednesday (Dec. 14).
In the Brantley Gutierrez-directed clip, the 37-year-old singer enlists the help of 30 Rock actress Jane Krakowski to put on an atmospheric stage production of “Surrender My Heart,” complete with ballerinas, sparkling costumes and colorful backdrops.
When the performance was met by roaring applause, Krakowski says offstage, “I do such — she’s doing such good work.”
“What I really want to capture in this music video … is that there is like a no-good, terrible, horrible bad day going down for a few different women within the production, maybe myself, maybe a ballerina, maybe somebody else involved, and through the support of each other and the behind-the-scenes kind of chaos, that we’re able to pull off the mini miracle of what it is to be in a Broadway situation,” Jepsen told Rolling Stone of the concept behind the video.
“There was something that sparked in that moment for me of kind of crossing the idea of bringing a ballerina, maybe bringing some other kind of true-blue Broadway stars in line with this project and making it a crossing of worlds in the best possible way,” she added.
“Surrender My Heart” is featured on Jepsen’s sixth studio album, The Loneliest Time, which was released back in October. The LP peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Nov. 5, 2022.
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