Popular doll Barbie is to come to life in a US stage musical, makers Mattel have announced.
Barbie Live in Fairytopia, starring 24-year-old actress Erin Coors, will open in Ohio on 1 April and tour 80 US cities by 2008.
Mattel director of entertainment Barry Waldo said the show would "personalise the experience" of Barbie collecting.
The stage show comes amid falling sales for Barbie, which was replaced by Bratz as the UK's top selling fashion doll.
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Actor Jamie Foxx's musical career has been given a boost after he won best musical artist at a US awards ceremony.
Foxx collected the prize at the Image Awards in Los Angeles, which honour black artists in entertainment.
The Oscar-winner, who recently released an album, Unpredictable, told the audience: "It's good to be surrounded by black folks. Black folks are music."
Foxx won his Academy Award last year for portraying late musician Ray Charles in the movie Ray.
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