Always the musical showman, “The Little Mermaid” director Rob Marshall insisted that the most gestural parts of Melissa McCarthy’s live-action performance as Ursula were supported by eight puppeteered ...

To rewatch The Little Mermaid as an adult is to be struck by how jam-packed the film is with queer-coded tropes: from the wifeless King Triton to the muscle-bound bodies of the mermen, the ...

Disney has long understood that its villains need to be incredibly compelling, and that's certainly the case in 1989's The Little Mermaid. Ursula is a scheming, scary force of nature, but one with ...

“I don’t understand why people don’t like Ursula. I agree that she is evil, but still, Ariel signed the contract.” This was the first sentence a TikTok creator’s grandmother said in a now-viral ...

Before Ginger Minj would dominate multiple seasons of "RuPaul’s Drag Race," act in major movies and write a cookbook, she was a young boy in 1980s Florida looking into the eyes of an octopus … and ...

Melissa McCarthy crushed as Ursula, but the new Little Mermaid cut one of my favorite moments from the villain. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...