Ariel

Get a look at the return of Gru in Despicable Me 4's first trailer. The Penguin’s mystery cast continues to grow. The Fall of Reach grows closer as Halo preps for season 2. Plus, Isla Fisher on the hopes for Wolf Like Me’s return. To me, my spoilers!How Invincible's Omni-Man Joined Mortal Kombat 1MercyDeadline reports Chris Pratt is attached to star in Mercy, a “big sci-fi film” at Amazon MGM Studios from director Timur Bekmambetov. Based on a script by Marco van Belle, Mercy is said to be “set in the near future when…

Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: Ahead of the EU's DMA, Spotify shares iOS app mockups with full in-app payments, rolling out in part on March 7; Apple has not yet shared details of DMA changes — For years, Apple's App Store policies have made it impossible for apps to sell digital services and goods on their own terms. Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: Ahead of the EU's DMA, Spotify shares iOS app mockups with full in-app payments, rolling out in part on March 7; Apple has not yet shared details of DMA…

Sculpted after Halle Bailey's Ariel in the latest live action Disney film, this doll is making waves online 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 collectible doll who’s already making a splash for her likeness to Ariel actress Halle…

Yes, that’s Uranus. The giant icy orb looks more like an agatized dinosaur egg than a planet in this new image by the Webb Space Telescope.Webb Telescope Images the Pillars of CreationUranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, still holds plenty of secrets. We know it’s an ice giant, thought to be mostly (80% or more) icy water, ammonia, and methane surrounding a rocky core, and that it has skies rich with hydrogen sulfide. It also has a ring system, one that’s far less familiar to us than the circles around Saturn. Though…

Image: Walt Disney PicturesThe House of Mouse celebrated its centennial in 2023 through monumental film and television releases and Disney Parks experiences, while dealing with real-world repercussions during historic writers and actors’ strikes. And then, of course, there was the whole ongoing skirmish with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney100 was one for the books with incredible peaks and challenging valleys for the Walt Disney Company as Bob Iger returned to lead the studio into the waters of 2023. This year, Star…

This artist’s concept shows the European Space Agency’s ARIEL spacecraft on its way to Lagrange Point 2 (L2) — a gravitationally stable, Sun-centric orbit — where it will be shielded from the Sun and have a clear view of the sky. Credit: ESA/STFC RAL Space/UCL/Europlanet-Science Office Ariel, ESA’s mission to identify the chemical elements in exoplanetary atmospheres, successfully passed the spacecraft preliminary design phase and now moves from the ‘drawing board’ to the construction phase. Today, the preliminary…

The Little Mermaid’s iconic sunset poster art inspires what’ll be a must-have for Disney movie collectors: the SteelBook release of the live-action fairy tale’s home media release. Melissa McCarthy’s Performance on the Iconic Disney Villain | io9 InterviewDue out on digital July 25 and DVD/Blu-ray/4k on September 19, Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid gets a gorgeous limited edition physical release courtesy of Best Buy’s SteelBook collection. We’re so relieved the company is still adding titles to this linedespite stores…

Halle Bailey as Ariel and Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric in Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid.Photo: Giles Keyte/DisneyWhile The Little Mermaid was met with mixed critical reactions, one element in the live-action adaptation has earned almost universal praise: Halle Bailey’s lead performance as Ariel. But apparently even an uplifting, star-making turn isn’t enough to convert would-be audience members who just can’t get over the fact that Disney cast Baileyin the role.How Do You Make New Little Mermaid Songs? |…

Photo via Disney Every time a new film comes out in today’s day and age with a historically underrepresented group, media act like it is the first time this has happened while ignoring those which have come before. They did so with Black Panther while ignoring Blade being one of Marvel’s earlier and successful attempts at a Black superhero, and, now, some are saying Ariel in The Little Mermaid is one of the only examples of a redhead in media, though, thankfully a viral tweet is beginning to circulate to…

Photo via Disney Disney’s latest live-action attempt is perfectly fine. It’s not as good as the original, in my humble opinion, but it’s a solid reimagining of the classic story. Melissa McCarthy and Halle Bailey knock their roles out of the park, and additions like Daveed Diggs and Awkwafina keep things fun, funny, and engaging for a young audience. Which, by the way, is the audience this film is intended for. All those angry hot takes you’ve read online blasting the choice to cast a Black Ariel and deriding…