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The Undoing's Noma Dumezweni Will Be Part of the Live-Action World of The Little Mermaid—as Brand New Character
The live-action world of The Little Mermaid just got a little bit bigger. Noma Dumezweni (The Undoing) has been cast in the upcoming Disney flick, per Deadline. The Little Mermaid will star Halle Bailey as Ariel and yes, we’re anxiously awaiting first-look images of what we expect to be a head filled with luscious red…
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Why Pixar's Surprisingly Polarizing Soul Is So, Well, Surprisingly Polarizing
This morning, I began the celebration of my 42nd year on Earth with Esomeprazole (for acid reflux), Lisinopril (for blood pressure), a vitamin C pill, a vitamin D pill, and a zinc supplement. At some point today, I will drink a cup of bone broth. And maybe this evening I will eat a gluten-free slice…
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The Mandalorian Season 2 Didn’t Need to Leave Me Crying in the Club Like That
It’s been about a full 24 hours since I finished the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I expected the finale to be a lot of things. Mainly cool as all hell. I didn’t expect it to be emotionally devastating and I damn sure didn’t…
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Chadwick Boseman Can't Be Replaced and Won't Be in Black Panther 2—Plus, Other Highlights From Disney's Huge Investor Event
The wonderful world of Disney was full of wealthy investors on Thursday night, but it was also an exciting time for potential consumers and fans of Disney franchises. Hosted by Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company and Bob Iger, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, The Walt Disney Company Investor Day…
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Long Live Our King: Disney+ Honors Chadwick Boseman With Special Tribute in Black Panther Opening Credits
Over Thanksgiving weekend, Disney Chairman Bob Iger announced in a tweet that the company’s streaming platform, Disney+, would pay tribute to its beloved Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman. “To all fans of #BlackPanther: watch the film on #DisneyPlus late tonight, for a special tribute to someone that was and will always be near and dear…
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Disney+ Disclaimer Gets Update Above Bare Necessity
Given the increased sensitivity in today’s social and racial climate, Disney has now provided an update to its original disclaimer on a handful of its animated films. If you remember, back when the studio initially announced its new streaming platform, Disney+, the company made it very clear that there were going to be some major…
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Little Fires Everywhere Star Lexi Underwood Cast as Princess of New Disney Hip-Hop Cinderella Film Sneakerella
Lexi Underwood, the impressive newcomer who delivered her own acting performance to remember next to Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon’s masterful ones in Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, is the latest young Black star to be tapped by Disney to play a modern-day princess. Underwood will star in an upcoming pop/hip-hop movie adaptation of Cinderella from…
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A List of All the Times I Definitely Did Not Cry at All While Watching Inside Out
So Inside Out is a Pixar movie about a kid named Riley and mostly about the intersecting and competing emotions inside of her that exist like a control center in her brain and how all emotions—even the ones like sadness that we’d rather not have—have a symbiotic relationship. It was released in 2015 but I…
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You Get to Enjoy Pixar's Soul With Your Soul Food at Home This Christmas
This year has had some soul-crushing moments in all aspects of life and the movie theater industry has definitely taken a super-hard hit. Earlier this year, we found out that the anticipated history-making Pixar film Soul wasn’t going to be premiering on Juneteenth as originally planned and was being pushed to November. Because Soul is…
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Black Girl Movie Magic: Yara Shahidi to Star as Tinker Bell in Disney's Live-Action Peter Pan and Wendy
Yara Shahidi, star of ABC’s Grown-ish and a leader in the growing group of impressive and talented young Black women making waves in Hollywood, will be taking on the iconic role of Tinker Bell in Disney’s upcoming live-action film adaptation of Peter Pan. According to Deadline, Shahidi will be the first person of color to…