“I Created That Pipeline and Disney Perfected It”: The Original Kids Incorporated Creator Wants to Resurrect His Child-Star Hitmaker

Warner Bros.’ live-action Barbie movie doesn’t hit theaters until next summer, but fans have been losing their minds ever since the studio dropped the first images of Ken. There’s Ryan Gosling, the Oscar-nominated star of Half Nelson and La La Land, in a Canadian tuxedo—light-wash denim paired with a frayed denim vest, opened to reveal a waxed, spray-tanned torso–leaning casually against a hot pink Colonial column. His hair was Clorox blond and windswept, his facial expression (slight squint, half smile, pure camp) told us everything we needed to know: Gosling’s Ken is very much in on the joke. On The… Read Full Article