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Halle Bailey’s hair in The Little Mermaid cost $150,000: Here’s why

Halle Bailey’s voice is not the only enchanting aspect of The Little Mermaid remake. The singer and actress wore dazzling locs for the duration of the film as well. And we have it on good authority that The Little Mermaid is not a short film. The natural locs were a characteristic Bailey wanted for Ariel,

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The Little Mermaid post credits: Should you stay after the movie?

After many live-action remakes of Disney classics, The Little Mermaid finally gets the big screen reimagining thanks to Mary Poppins Returns director Rob Marshall. Disney and post-credits scenes have become synonymous with each other, and we can blame Nick Fury for this expectation. Since the character made a surprise entrance at the end of Iron

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How long is The Little Mermaid? A parent’s guide to the runtime

The Little Mermaid has finally swept theaters to dazzle hearts and minds this weekend. The film sees Halle Bailey giving a breathtaking performance as Ariel in an adaptation of the 1989 film. The original animated musical was a condensed watch at a meager 82 minutes. But as parents know, most of the Disney live-action adaptations

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Samuel E. Wright dies at 74, Disney pays tribute to the Lion King actor

Fans were devastated to hear that actor Samuel E. Wright has passed away at age 74. Wright was well-known for voicing the Trinidadian crab Sebastian in Disney’s 1989 animated musical The Little Mermaid. He continued to voice the character in further projects up until 2008, such as; Sebastian’s Caribbean Jamboree, Little Mermaid 2: Under the

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Auli’i Cravalho, Shaggy and Queen Latifah to star in live Little Mermaid production

ABC has announced that the network’s first live stage show production will be an adaptation of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and will star Auli’i Cravalho, Shaggy and even Queen Latifah. Ever since NBC presented The Sound of Music Live with Carrie Underwood in 2013, live productions of well-known stage and screen musicals have had a

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Halle Bailey singing: Listen to the new live action Little Mermaid’s amazing vocals

Disney announced Wednesday that 19-year-old singer Halle Bailey, one half of the sibling Chloe x Halle R&B duo, has been cast as the mermaid Ariel in the upcoming live-action remake of the beloved animated musical fantasy film The Little Mermaid (1989). Director Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns) explained the decision to cast Halle in the