Barbie vs. Oppenheimer: Both films exceed expectations and are box office leaders

The Independent sat down with Nolan and Cillan Murphy to discuss it Oppenheimer.

Read the full interview here.

“It is always too easy to fall for the great man—or woman—of history,” writes Guy Walters in a lengthy read for The Independent.

“But the problem with the great man’s theory is that it seldom holds water, and nowhere is it more leaky than with Oppenheimer.

“By considering him the ‘father of the atomic bomb,’ one ignores not only that the Manhattan project was the result of historically unprecedented teamwork, but also the others who equally deserve nuclear father status.”

Appearing on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 program on Thursday (July 20), Robbie, 33, recalled once pretending to be dead as part of an elaborate prank she pulled on her adult babysitter.

“We have a new babysitter,” he said Wolf of Wall Street Star remembered. “I wanted my old babysitter Talia back who was about 16 and I thought she was so cool. And then we brought in this much older lady and I just wasn’t happy about it.”

Robbie said she then hatched a plan to fake her own death and went to extreme lengths to convince her new babysitter it was real.

My colleague Louis Chilton explores this question in his commentary The Independent.

The 52-year-old filmmaker’s work has long sparked speculation about his political views from perceived pro-conservatives Dark Knight to the anti-war messages of principle. Do his nuclear biopic Oppenheimer do you have any answers

Oppenheimer based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2005 biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy by J. Robert Oppenheimer written by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin over a period of 25 years.

“Celebrated as the ‘father of the atomic bomb’ in 1945, nine years later he became the most prominent victim of the McCarthy-era maelstrom,” Bird wrote in a recent op-ed for The New York Times.

The film is the first to properly delve into the scientist and his legacy, which was tarnished by a controversial 1954 hearing that led to his security clearance being revoked.

Read the true story behind J. Robert Oppenheimer here:

Mattel has drawn criticism for “stealth marketing” to children after a new program gave away free Barbie dolls in schools, a move health experts say reinforces harmful gender stereotypes.

The toymaker launched the Barbie School of Friendship program earlier this year, giving an estimated 150,000 students in 700 schools across the UK free Barbie dolls to teach social skills.

However, an investigative article published in the states: British Medical Journal On July 20, many experts questioned the program’s potential negative impact on gender stereotypes, as well as allowing companies to freely market their products in schools.

In a new interview for the Harper’s Bazaar UK summer edition, Barbie Star America Ferrera, 39, spoke about Barbie’s progressive but “inelegant” history since its inception in 1959.

Ferrera said that growing up she “was never a Barbie girl,” but there were “revolutionary” moments in Barbie’s story when Mattel made subversive statements about femininity.

Ferrera pointed out that there was no kitchen in the first Barbie dream house, which freed the doll from expectations of domesticity.

“In the days leading up to the release of the Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie film, the film has endured various attacks from far-right figures whose problem with the film is that they supposedly have a ‘bright’ and ‘feminist’ agenda,” writes Nylah Burton The Independent.

“Nobody has to like that Barbie film and I’m sure there will be intelligent criticism of the message and the quality of the film. However, not only is it ridiculous to attack because it addresses “no conception of the family’s beliefs,” it is also untrue.”

For obvious reasons, some fans are wondering if Oppenheimer will be released in cinemas in Japan.

The Independent is aware that plans for the film’s release are not yet finalized in all markets. Japan also tends to release later than other markets Barbie appears there on August 11th.

Barbie is reportedly on track to make over $150 million in its opening weekend. If he pulls off this feat, Gerwig will break the record for the largest domestic premiere by a female director in Hollywood history.