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National Post
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
Venus Williams gets new Barbie as part of Inspiring Women collection
Venus Williams has a new Barbie, this one part of the dollmaker's Inspiring Women collection. Article content Williams' doll, to be released Friday, will celebrate the tennis great and pay equity champion with a doll wearing the uniform she wore while winning Wimbledon in 2007. Article content Williams' win for the fifth of her seven grand slam titles was the first time a woman received equal prize money as the men at a top-level tournament. Article content
NHK
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- NHK
Dollmaker - Nakamura Hiromine - FRONTRUNNERS
Fukuoka's summer traditional festival, Hakata Gion Yamakasa, features huge floats decorated with elaborate dolls. We meet Nakamura Hiromine, a fourth-generation dollmaker fusing this tradition with modern ideas. Nakamura Hiromine, who makes this doll for the Hakata Yamakasa festival, a tradition that has continued in Hakata for 780 years Everyone praises each other after the Shinto festival is over. Hiromine's father and master, Nakamura Shinkyo (right) and Hiromine (left) Dollmaker Nakamura Hiromine
