Now playing Next Culture news First Barbie, now Barney: How Mattel plans to dominate your screens Life in plastic, it’s fantastic. Whether you asked for it or not, better get used to toy manufacturer Mattel dominating your cinema screens. After the upcoming 'Barbie', brace yourselves for a beloved purple childhood character to get his very own big screen debut... 06/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Barbie’s marketing team go to new lengths to push awaited movie Since the Barbie movie was announced, starring Margot Robbie as the title character, fans have been waiting impatiently and, as we get closer to its 21 July release, the promotion team are going overboard in their attempts to turn the world pink. 30/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Zut ! 400 'offensive' words face chop from French version of Scrabble US toy maker Mattel wants to sweep clean the French version of Scrabble, one of the world's most popular word games. Hundreds of terms deemed sexist, racist or homophobic could be removed. 23/12/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Scrabble's new words: Know your 'ambigram' from your 'zedonk'? “English speakers like to have fun with words, and no one does it better than Scrabble players, who make excellent use of words both obscure and common.” 18/11/2022
Now playing Next Germany Scrabble shocks German fans by changing its name to "Letter-YOLO" in rebrand The German Scrabble Club and many Scrabble fans in social media are shocked: For the 70th anniversary, Mattel is rebranding Scrabble in Germany. The game is now called "Buchstaben-YOLO", which translates "Letter-YOLO". 27/09/2018
