The ban was reported by state media in Vietnam on Monday, less than three weeks before the movie is scheduled to be released. Here is why the “Barbie world” is causing controversy with a map that has ...

In the “Barbie” world, facts may be inconsequential, but that isn’t the case in real life. The upcoming film has received criticism from U.S. lawmakers and countries for including a hand-drawn map of ...

Between the hot pink mansion in Malibu up for rent and the plain magenta billboards popping up all over, Greta Gerwig’s movie “Barbie,” based on the famous Mattel toy company doll, is seemingly being ...

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie will not be headed to Vietnam. The country has banned commercial screenings of the film because of a scene that shows a map of the contested “nine-dash line” in the South China ...

The upcoming film is the latest to fall afoul of the country’s censors for depicting a map containing China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim. Any of Vietnam’s moviegoers wishing to catch the ...

Moviegoers in Vietnam won’t get to see Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” film on July 21 as scheduled. Vietnam authorities have banned commercial screenings of the movie over a “nine-dash line” map. A scene in ...