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 ...

Disney has long understood that its villains need to be incredibly compelling, and that's certainly the case in 1989's The ...

Villainy in media has always been connected with groups, cultures and behaviors that are considered outside “the norm” of society, and since the early days of cinema, this has often taken the form of ...

Peter Smith King was criticized for shaping the look of Ursula, who was inspired in part by drag icons, despite his lack of experience in the art Valerie Macon/Getty ; Walt Disney Studios/YouTube Back ...

You could describe “The Little Mermaid’s” Ursula as an ambitious, villainous, octopus-like sea witch, but Pat Carroll would disagree with you on at least one point. Carroll, who died Saturday at 95, ...

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