But as Barbie and Ken move from their world to ours, the story grows more complicated, yet its depiction of gender remains rooted in the overly simplistic vision of Barbies and Kens.

Though Ken was a finalist for National Toy Hall of Fame induction, he lost out to baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper and Nerf toys.

But the real-life Barbie and Ken were never a couple. The plastic dolls were actually named for a sister and brother – the children of Mattel cofounder and Barbie creator Ruth Handler.

In the "Barbie" movie, after the Barbies take back Barbieland, Barbie apologizes to Ken. Here's why she's the one who says she's sorry after the drama.

Who is Barbie’s boyfriend? Delve into Ken’s long life on the toy shelf, from his origins as beach-loving Kenneth Carson to his break-up with Barbie in 2004, as well as his present-day ...

If you can't get Kenough of Ryan Gosling's performance in "Barbie," you're in for a real holiday treat. Gosling and soundtrack producer Mark Ronson dropped "Ken The EP" Wednesday, which features ...

The "Barbie" movie offers up multiple variations of the iconic doll and her platonic pal Ken. Doctors and surfers and lawyers and a president, too. The Houston Rockets Barbie was released in 1998 ...

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” sees Ken emerge from his girlfriend’s shadow. And he announces his transformation in a way familiar to many of us: through his wardrobe.

The Barbie movie has been in theaters for more than a month and to say the film has been a massive cultural moment would be something of an understatement. Not only is the film a huge box office ...

Barbie fans might be shocked to learn that the Ken doll has both a middle and last name — and that he’s named after a real person.

In “Barbie,” of course Ken hijacks the journey of empowerment in a misguided tour of the patriarchy Greta Gerwig's eye-popping film is a good time, except for how much Ryan Gosling steals ...