Deborah Roberts’ book was quick to become a New York Times Best Seller after it hit the stores, and continues to be stocked on shelves

Even on a weekday, there's a queue at Tokyo's vegan Izakaya Masaka, including many tourists eager to try meat-free versions of Japanese classics like...

Despite all his best efforts to save the multiverse, Miles Morales ends up creating more damage in his wake than expected for the Spider Society

The new Barbie movie is so pink, it’s caused a worldwide shortage of specific paint colours. If the trailer for Greta Gerwig’s upcoming film is anything to go by, it’s going to be one of the brightest movies of all time – with plenty of Barbie’s iconic pink splashed across the screen. Now it’s been revealed there was so much paint used to create the sets for the project that it sparked an international shortage. Gerwig sent an email to Architectural Digest explaining that she hired production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer to create the Barbie dreamhouse that much of the film takes place in. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The set was put together at Warner Bros. Studio in Leavesden in Hertfordshire Speaking about the art direction, Gerwig said that she wanted the set to give the feel of "maintaining the 'kid-ness'”, and having a sense of "authentic artificiality". Barbie | Main Trailer www.youtube.com They achieved this in part by hand painting the backgrounds for the sets rather than using CGI. "I wanted the pinks to be very bright, and everything to be almost too much," she explained, saying that she wanted to remember "what made me love Barbie when I was a little girl". Gerwig couldn’t have realised the knock-on effect of the decision, though. Greenwood spoke to the publication and revealed that the creation of the set led to a shortage of the fluorescent shade of Rosco paints. "The world ran out of pink," she said. The new film certainly looks eye-catching, with a star-studded cast featuring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell and more. Meanwhile, the lineup for the movie soundtrack was also announced with music from Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Charli XCX, and even Ken himself as Gosling being listed. In addition Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have made a new version of AQUA's “Barbie Girl,” which can be briefly heard in the trailer. Barbie is set to be released in cinemas on Friday 21 July. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Addison Rae's 23rd birthday sparkled with best wishes from Kourtney Kardashian

Viewers worldwide will be able to vote for the first time but the US's role in the contest goes way back.

Adin Ross, a prominent streamer on Kick, revealed a surprise birthday gift from Drake for his 23rd birthday bash

KSI and Joe Fournier set to go head-to-head on Saturday, May 13

Sangsoon reveals his unconventional journey from serving in the South Korean military to becoming a magician

Ayo Edebiri says fashion isn’t taken 'seriously' in stand-up comedy and loves getting to explore as she's moved into hit television and films like 'The Bear' and 'Bottoms'.

Is non-English language music the future of the music business

'Bewitched' aired from 1964 to 1972 but continues to captivate audiences in reruns