LeBron James is plastic, it’s fantastic: Mattel unveils Ken doll modeled after Lakers star

Basketball icon LeBron James is bringing big Ken-ergy to the toy world. Barbie maker Mattel on Wednesday announced that the influential Lakers star would be the first professional male athlete to have a Ken doll modeled in his likeness. The newly introduced doll will be the first product in Mattel’s new line of “Kenbassador” toys. … Read more

LeBron James becomes first athlete to have a Ken doll

Barbie has announced that LeBron James is the first athlete to have a Ken doll. Mattel, the parent company that owns Barbie, released photos of its new doll in the likeness of NBA legend, activist, author and philanthropist LeBron James. LeBron James has become the first athlete to have a Ken doll. Barbie announced the … Read more

‘Magazine Dreams’ is too shallow and glossy to be Jonathan Majors’ comeback

In “Magazine Dreams,” Jonathan Majors plays a volatile bodybuilder named Killian Maddox, presumably because the writer and director Elijah Bynum thought calling the character Murderguy Sulkface was too on the nose. This downbeat drama is as overwrought as Killian’s muscles — it’s a steroidal portrait of a man in distress. Why is Killian so upset? … Read more