Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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Debbie Allen has been dancing her way into our hearts for over 50 years. In 1980, she found international fame by starring as Lydia Grant, the tough but caring dance teacher in the movie Fame. She followed that up by reprising the role in the TV series and earned a Golden Globe for her performance on the coming of age drama based in a performing arts high school.

Due to that role and many others throughout her career on Broadway, and on the big and small screens, she has been an inspiration to children all over the world by sharing her love of dance with them.

Therefore, Mattel is honoring her with a Barbie doll recreating her signature look on the series which earned her four Emmy nominations.

The posable doll is wearing a fuchsia off-shoulder top which is cinched at the waist with a gold belt connecting the shirt to the purple fringe pants with matching legwarmers to complete a look that was so ’80s thanks to her.

In 2001, the triple threat opened the non-profit Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and has been teaching there ever since. While not every wannabe dancer can take classes there with her, they can learn to love to dance with her through a lookalike Barbie!

The Debbie Allen Barbie is available to own via Walmart, Target, and Amazon for a limited time. She is the perfect gift for all the dancers in your life. And you can tell they are going to love it just as much as her littlest students do when she unboxed her mini-me for them.

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Billie Eilish has two Oscars and nine Grammys, and now she has something that even fewer people have than that. What is it? Mattel let her design her own deck of UNO.

The singer said, “Anyone who knows me, knows I’m completely obsessed with UNO. Making my own UNO Canvas deck with the Blohsh logo was so fun. I can’t wait for people to play it.”

So, when can you play the card game with Billie? The deck is available for sale on September 3rd and will ship early next month.

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Ariana Grande is very good at impressions with her voice. However, she is not as good at imitating their looks. But for some reason, Mattel made her Wicked: For Good Glenda doll look more like Sarah Jessica Parker than the Wicked star.

Seriously, Grande’s doll looks more like she is about to walk the streets of Manhattan than the Yellow Brick Road. Tell me I am not the only one who is seeing that.

The new Glenda and Elphaba Barbies are not only new additions to Mattel’s Wicked toys. Dorothy Gale also got one. The three ladies of Oz also got Small Doll Playsets with their friends, like Toto, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, Nessarose, Fiyero,  Boq, and the Wizard of Oz.

There is something for kids of all sizes to play with, so order them now. This way, when the sequel comes out on November 21st, you can go home after seeing the musical and recreate the movie at home until it comes out on home video.

On July 19th, Clueless is turning like ancient, aka 30! In honor of that, Mattel created some toys for the kids who never age, like Paul Rudd.

Cher and Dionne got their own Barbie dolls dressed in the signature plaid outfits, and Tai joins them as part of the Little People collection, and the Polly Pocket Micro Dolls and Playset.

Now, we can create that sequel we never got nor need with these dolls because as if we should ever grow up? Like, how much fun would that be?

All the Clueless toys are available on Amazon.

Mattel has been creating inclusive Barbies with different needs, such as being hearing-impaired or having Down syndrome, so that every girl can have a Barbie just like her.

The latest Barbie doll has type 1 diabetes and comes with a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin pump.

Mattel teamed up with Breakthrough T1D to make sure they got her just right. “We were thrilled when Barbie approached us to collaborate on the development of the Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes,” said Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D., CEO of Breakthrough T1D. “I have lived with T1D since I was 13, and my brother since he was 3, so this partnership is deeply personal – it means the world to be part of bringing greater visibility to a condition that affects so many families. It’s an honor to work with a brand that shares our commitment to showing children that a life with type 1 diabetes can be full, vibrant, and empowering.”

This Barbie is available for just $10.99 at Amazon and Walmart. I hope that she makes little girls happy and more accepting of her diabetes.

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