If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Princess Ariel is back, but this time in plastic. Inspired by the live action version of The Little Mermaid, Disney fans can now celebrate the icon with a …
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I n Sofia Coppola’s eighth feature, Priscilla, she shoots tail-finned Cadillacs as lovingly as she does her latest extraordinary lead actress (Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley), capturing the beauty and hidden darkness inside Graceland — and in America writ large. Along the way, Coppola tells her most haunting coming-of-age tale …
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Over three months since its theatrical release over Memorial Day Weekend, the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall, has finally landed on Disney+. “It has been such an honor stepping into the iconic role of Ariel,” Bailey said at the Oscars earlier …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing a stage musical version of The Warriors, Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel, which inspired the 1979 cult thriller film by director Walter Hill. According to The New York Post, which first reported the news, not many details on the project are know at this point, but Miranda’s …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid is in theaters now and winning over audiences everywhere. But fans have also been charmed by the Little Mermaid soundtrack, which …
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Disney’s latest live-action adaptation, The Little Mermaid, is here! As per studio standards, it is a significant expansion of the 1989 animated classic, increasing it by a whopping 52 minutes. Everything about this film is bigger than its predecessor. Bigger, mind you, but not better. Part of the increased runtime …
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Melissa McCarthy said she once worked with a person who ran such a “volatile, hostile set,” it made her “physically ill.” In a new interview with The Guardian, McCarthy didn’t name any names, or drop any hints, but vividly recalled the grueling experience of working for this person. “My eyes …
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Old becomes new on the official soundtrack for Disney‘s live-action The Little Mermaid, which stars Halle Bailey and will be released in theaters on May 26. Welcoming a new princess to the classic film more than three decades after its original release offers a chance for a new generation of …
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Halle Bailey performed “Part of Your World” live during American Idol’s Disney Night on Sunday. Dressed in a shimmery blue gown with a watery Magic Kingdom’s castle behind her, Bailey channeled Ariel’s yearning to be human and the underwater magic of The Little Mermaid. Her rendition serves as the lead …
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Being a Disney princess is no small job. Jodi Benson, who portrayed Ariel in the original The Little Mermaid (1989), has only had to handle being the voice of a beloved character. But her successor Halle Bailey has become both the voice and the face of the red-headed mermaid in …
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