Mattel’s Filmmaking Strategy

For the first time in sports history, a professional league is going public — and Ice Cube wants everyday fans to be the ones buying in. Motley Fool host Matt sits down with Ice Cube, founder and CEO of the BIG3 basketball league, to talk about what’s behind the decision to list ...  Show more

November is the month of gratitude and the beginning of the season of giving. So for this month’s installment of the 2026 Financial Planning Challenge, Robert Brokamp and Stephanie Marini discuss tax-smart ways to give to charities – and how to gift investments to family members, ...  Show more

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Ynon Kreiz explains how they transformed Barbie, the well-loved and sometimes controversial doll, into a movie.The boss of one of the world's biggest toy companies also talks about the need to bring more diversity into the Barbie brand, and expand products beyond the toy aisles. ...  Show more

Is Barbie a toy commercial doubling as the first installment of an inevitable Mattel Cinematic Universe? Or does it have something important to say? Barbie’s multitudes, explained. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, ...  Show more