Kenny Rogers is suing Capitol Records, claiming the company has not properly paid him for digital downloads, ringtones and other uses of his songs. Rogers, in the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Nashville, Tenn.Barbie and her signature hourglass figure are getting the “Mad Men” treatment.
Mattel, Lionsgate and AMC announced a partnership recently to create four dolls in the likeness of characters from the influential, Emmy-winning show set in a fashionable, 1960s ad agency.
The Betty Draper doll will wear a floral dress – with pearls and pumps to match – just like the suburban housewives of the day, and office bombshell Joan Holloway has a purple skirt suit and a pen necklace. Don Draper and Roger Sterling both get trim suits, ties and pocket squares.
The collectible dolls, made of porcelain-like Silkstone, will be available in July at a suggested retail price of $74.95.
Sketches will be distributed inside Season 3 DVD sets on sale this month.
– Associated Press
