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Barbie-themed merchandise is displayed in a special section at Bloomingdale's, in New York, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Ahead of Friday's U.S. release of the "Barbie" movie, parent company Mattel has created a product marketing blitz with more than 100 brands plastering pink everywhere. Experts say all this marketing is only good for the brand. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Awash in pink, everyone wants a piece of the 'Barbie' movie marketing mania
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP Retail Writer
Wed,07/19/23-11:19PM , 175 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Pink sauce on that Burger King burger? What about “Barbie-fying" your pet with sweaters and beds with Barbie motifs? If that's too low-brow, perhaps you'd be interested in hot pink Barbie monogrammed knit leggings by luxury designer Balmain instead, selling at Neiman Marcus for a cool $2,150.
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WGA and SAG-AFTRA member Dee Thompson walks past trees as he carries a sign on a picket line outside Universal studios on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. The actors strike comes more than two months after screenwriters began striking in their bid to get better pay and working conditions. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Trimmed trees outside LA studio become flashpoint for striking Hollywood writers and actors
By JEFF TURNER - Associated Press
Wed,07/19/23-9:26PM , 81 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A row of tightly trimmed ficus trees along a stretch of sidewalk outside Universal Studios has become a hot spot in the face-off between Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters and actors.
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Jason Aldean performs during CMA Fest 2022 in Nashville, Tenn., on June 9, 2022. Country Music Television removed Aldean's music video for the newly released single “Try That in a Small Town." (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

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Jason Aldean's new music video was filmed at a lynching site. A big country music network pulled it
By MARIA SHERMAN - AP Music Writer
Wed,07/19/23-5:02PM , 134 Reads
Country music star Jason Aldean 's latest music video for “Try That In A Small Town," lasted just one weekend on Country Music Television before the network pulled it in response to an outcry over its setting and lyrics.
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Drag performer Velvet LeNore joins dancers on stage during the gala at the Florida Democratic Party's Annual Leadership Blue Weekend at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Fla., Saturday, July 8, 2023. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

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Injunction blocking Florida law targeting drag shows applies to all venues, judge says
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Wed,07/19/23-2:58PM , 96 Reads
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