{"id":249843,"date":"2024-07-31T21:59:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T21:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/mattel-to-launch-glinda-elphaba-barbie-dolls-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:28","slug":"mattel-to-launch-glinda-elphaba-barbie-dolls-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/mattel-to-launch-glinda-elphaba-barbie-dolls-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattel To Launch Glinda &#038; Elphaba Barbie Dolls \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2163809157_96ec35-e1722448818877.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: (L-R) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande attend the red carpet ahead of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2163809157_96ec35-e1722448818877.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2163809157_96ec35-e1722448818877.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=768&amp;h=432&amp;crop=1 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2163809157_96ec35-e1722448818877.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=1536&amp;h=864&amp;crop=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Mattel is feeling <em>W<\/em><em>icked<\/em> with its all-new launch of their Glinda and Elphaba Barbie dolls!<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/cynthia-erivo\/#:~:text=Bio%3A,Chewing%20Gum%20and%20The%20Tunnel.\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Cynthia Erivo<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/ariana-grande\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong>, stars of the upcoming film set to release on Thanksgiving Day, collaborated on an Instagram post to reveal the news of the new incoming dolls to Barbieland. As the two channeled their characters, they showed off their dolls: Glinda is adorned in a long pink dress with puffy shoulders, while Elphaba displays her uniqueness in a green and black long-sleeved ruffled dress, boots, and her witch hat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">\u201cWhat a dream come true to be realized as Elphaba and Glinda in the form of sweet little dolls. Little Cynthia and little Ari are pleased,\u201d wrote the 37-year-old actress about their miniature singing selves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C-GAHHXPKws\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Though the dolls have not launched yet, Mattel noted in the comments that there is \u201cmore to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Broadway fans geeked out over the upcoming release. A user commented, \u201cI\u2019m crying, I NEED them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Another user chimed in, \u201cEverybody get in, we\u2019re healing our inner child with Wicked dolls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">\u201cThe songs playing from the dolls!! Obsessed!!!,\u201d added a fan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">The \u201cProblems\u201d singer had always dreamed of playing in the film, vocally stating that it was her dream role to play Glinda. In February of this year, she shared during an interview on the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Tyod6g9uLeQ?si=aO98GQUdBk9LQ7dm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zach Sang Show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span>that playing Glinda helped her find her love for music again. \u201cI think I learned so much from Glinda and through Glinda. I kinda healed a lot of parts of myself alongside her, and it actually helped me heal a lot of my own personal weird stuff that I had with my relationship to music and to being an artist and to that persona. I was able to come home, address it, sit with it, change the things that weren\u2019t working, and fall in love with it again,\u201d she voiced.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">For Cynthia, taking on Elphaba is like the \u201crole of a lifetime.\u201d She told <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/tiffany-haddish\/#:~:text=Tiffany%20Haddish%20is%20best%20known,the%20Laugh%20Factory%20Comedy%20Camp.\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Tiffany Haddish<\/a> during an interview on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lORV2w3iIM0?si=-j35F-tUO-8Ik0lw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">The Ellen Show<\/a><\/em> that \u201cit\u2019s really, really exciting, it\u2019s really cool. It feels like it might be the role of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/31\/mattel-launches-glinda-elphaba-barbie-dolls\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images Mattel is feeling Wicked with its all-new launch of their Glinda and Elphaba Barbie dolls! 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