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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe first reactions to The Little Mermaid are in – and it looks as if Disney has another hit on its hands.After years of anticipation, the live-action remake of the 1989 animated original had its Los Angeles premiere on Monday evening (8 May).Singer and actor Halle Bailey portrays Ariel, the lead character. Other names in the ensemble cast include Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Javier…

Image: LegoTo help celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary, Lego’s latest minifigure collection features 18 of the company’s most iconic animated characters now sporting claw-shaped hands. The Disney 100 assortment includes “Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey, Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, The Queen, Stitch 626, Pocahontas, Cruella de Vil & Dalmatian puppy, Miguel & Dante, Ernesto de la Cruz, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Robin Hood, Prince John, Tiana, Dr. Facilier, Queen of Hearts, Mulan, Aurora and Baymax.” They’ll all be…

Image: LegoDisney’s live-actionification of its classic animated feature films shows no signs of slowing down with the new The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey as Ariel, and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, arriving in theaters on May 26. Ahead of its release, Lego revealed three new The Little Mermaid sets this past weekend, including an impressively large build targeted at adult collectors.Although when the original animated The Little Mermaid first hit theaters back in 1989 Lego wasn’t really doing licensed sets, over…

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The Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of Uranus, with a twist: Here, the seventh planet from the Sun is encircled by prominent concentric rings.What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It?Uranus has 13 dusty rings, 11 of which are visible in the Webb image. The rings are split into two sets (an inner and outer system), which are named for a range of Greek letters and numbers. The ring system is also visible, albeit more faintly, in Hubble shots of Uranus taken in November 2014 and November 2022.Each planet…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDisney fans watching the The Little Mermaid live-action remake might be surprised to discover two songs have new lyrics.The 1989 animated film has been given a 2023 update, starring Halle Bailey as Ariel, which will be released in cinemas next month.Those singing along to the film’s famous songs, though, will find they’re getting the words wrong as co-songwriter Alan Menken has altered…

One or two of Uranus' 27 moons -- Ariel and/or Miranda -- likely have oceans beneath their icy surfaces and are actively spewing material into the space environment, according to a study by NASA.Previously, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune were found as hosts to at least one icy moon that's pumping particles into its planetary system.In the study led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland, US, researchers reanalysed nearly 40-year-old energetic particle and magnetic field data taken by NASA's Voyager…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeHalle Bailey has promised that her take on Ariel will be more “nuanced” than the animated version in 1989’s The Little Mermaid.The Disney-produced live-action remake of the classic musical fantasy is set to arrive in just two months.The story follows Ariel – a teenage mermaid princess who dreams of becoming human and falls in love with a human prince named Eric.In a new interview with…

Screenshot: DisneyFans of Disney’s The Little Mermaid have been waiting a long time for the live-action version to arrive... or even reveal more than the teeny teaser we got in September. A long time: Halle Bailey’s casting as Ariel was announced in July 2019. Finally, though, we’ve got a magical new look at Rob Marshall’s film.The Little Mermaid | Official TrailerDisney’s track record with live-action (or “live-action,” considering the intense levels of VFX involved) adaptations of its beloved animated classics has been…

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