Some ambitious production company has decided in the wake of Fifty Shades of Grey to adapt Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty Trilogy into a television show. HOO BOY. Good luck with that, y'all.
Yesterday we got a chance to look at the poster for the dark Sleeping Beauty-inspired Disney flick Maleficent; today there's a (too) short trailer.
In creepy international news, there's an art installation in the Ukraine that doubles as a matchmaking service. "Oooo," all you current and former art history students might say, "I enjoy art and maybe it'd be cool to meet someone who obviously shares my interests." (At least, that's what you'd say if you've never…
Sleeping Beauty, the 1959 animated Disney movie about a teenager who just doesn't want to get out of bed for school unless one of her handsome classmates shimmies up to her window while her parents aren't paying attention and necks with her, is soon going to have two live-action re-tellings. Not only is the Angelina…
I just saw Brave, and it got me thinking about the grand tradition of Disney princesses. Brave is a Pixar movie, and its heroine, Merida, is a fairy-tale feminist. Disney princesses for the most part, are not. Most need to be rescued by their male love interests; almost all the Disney Princess movies end in marriage…
Now that E.L. James' Fifty Shades of sadomasochistic sweet, sweet smut is making its author over a million dollars a week, Plume, an imprint of publishing giant Penguin, will re-release Anne Rice's graphic "Sleeping Beauty" trilogy from the 1980s, because now that dirty books are a summer reading trend (for the first…
Two and a half years ago, Disney released The Princess and the Frog, its first animated feature starring a black princess. Since then, the studio has put Tiana to work shilling everything from tiny baby versions of the dress she wore in the film to bubble bath to temporary tattoos. And now, she's selling candy.…
Screenwriter Lindsay Devlin has written a "revisionist take" on the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. This script is unrelated to the Disney project Maleficent, which Tim Burton is rumored to be directing (and in which Angelina Jolie would star the evil heroine).
According to new research, people who get a good night's sleep look more attractive the next day — even in the afternoon when they're presumably not groggy anymore.
The United States has no monarchy. We pride ourselves on being a democratic society, and often seem to strive towards meritocracy. But now that there's going to be a royal wedding in the UK, we are all in a tizzy!
After seeing a commercial for Leonardo DiCaprio's latest film, "Inception," Sleeping Beauty wrote in to share her thoughts.
Tim Burton is working on a movie centered around the Sleeping Beauty villain, and Angie says: "I loved her when I was a little girl. She was my favorite." Mirror, mirror on the wall… Angie's the best choice of all.
Ever wonder what it would look like if Mean Girls was an animated film released by Disney? Here's your answer. An epic piece of work. You go, Glen Coco. [BuzzFeed]
Fresh from Ain't It Cool, there is a rumor afoot that Tim Burton's new project will be re-examining a classic Disney tale. The kicker? It's from the point of view of Maleficent, the green-faced "Mistress of All Evil." [AICN]
It is hard to have faith that little girls living in America today will turn out okay when these items, being sold at Target, are so deeply and incredibly wrong.
The reign of terror of Disney Bridal continues! And while this is the second season the line has presented looks for brides and their maids, this is the first time they've offered up looks for flower girls, too. We say if you want your flower girl to look like a Disney princess, just go to your favorite local party…
Remember the Disney Bridal collection from yesterday? Guess what: It's not just for brides! Yup: the soon-to-be betrothed can include their bridesmaids in their princess-themed nuptials. Just like the wedding dresses, the bridesmaids collection is "inspired" by Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and…
Have you heard? Disney, the very same company that has been selling young girls the myth that if we sit around on your asses long enough, a prince will come and whisk you us off our feet, is now selling young women wedding dresses inspired by the various Disney princesses: Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Belle from …
First they branded our produce, now the evil Disney overlords are coming to brand our lifestyles. According to an article in the new issue of Newsweek, adult women are a big part of Disney's $4 billion "Princess" industry of apparel, which already includes tiaras, jewelry, princess-inspired gowns, and forthcoming…
