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Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot founded the Mattel toy company and created the iconic Barbie doll which was part of her evolution. Know Ruth Handlers beginnings, her cancer, and her tax evasion case.

The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters is entering its second week with no sign that a swift ending will be achieved.

The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters is entering its second week with no sign of a swift ending

The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters is entering its second week with no sign that a swift ending will be achieved. For a week, actors including household names like Tina Fey, Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, Rosario Dawson, David Duchovny and other stars have joined working class performers and writers on picket lines outside studios and corporate offices of streaming giants Amazon, MAX and Netflix.

There's no respite in sight as Hollywood and work grinds to a halt following the strike

Roughly 65,000 actors – the vast majority of whom don’t make enough from acting to qualify for health benefits through their guild – along with 11,500 screenwriters, are on strike

Actors and writers seeking better pay and AI, residual payment protection

"Barbie" makes numerous references to the doll's creator, Ruth Handler, and her tax evasion issues.

The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters is entering its second week with no sign that a swift ending will be achieved.

Actors and writers seeking better pay and AI, residual payment protection