This month, the Akron native will be among the few to be immortalized into a Barbie – or should we say Ken – doll. James has been chosen to a be part of the Barbie Signature Kenbassadors ...

Ruth named the doll Barbie, after her daughter. The first model went on display in March 1959 at the annual Toy Fair in New York City. In Barbie’s first television ad, broadcast that same year ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - He’s not “just Ken”... but LeBron James’ new Barbie doll “is a 10!” Barbie introduced the LeBron James Doll as the brand’s first of the Kenbassadors on April 9.

One Barbie doll is sold every three seconds somewhere in the world. No one that popular is universally adored. Barbie has long drawn criticism for her unrealistic—nay, fatal, if applied to any ...

April 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today that Barbie® is introducing a doll in the likeness of basketball legend, author, activist and philanthropist LeBron James.

Commonly known as the "Barbie Doll Challenge," the online craze involves people using ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate images of what they would look like if they were a plastic doll ...

That’s why partnering with Barbie to release the LeBron James Kenbassadors doll is such an honor. It’s an opportunity to recognize the powerful impact of role models who instill confidence ...

The AI Barbie trend features social media users sharing a packaged Barbie doll that they asked ChatGPT to make based on a photo of themselves uploaded to the platform. They also prompt the bot to ...