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

“I don’t understand why people don’t like Ursula. I agree that she is evil, but still, Ariel signed the contract.” This was the first sentence a TikTok creator’s grandmother said in a now-viral ...

When Walt Disney was looking for inspiration to create some of his earliest animated features, the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale "The Little Mermaid" caught his attention. The project was ...

The makeup artist for Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” has responded to criticism surrounding the movie’s depiction of Ursula. The nefarious sea witch — played by Melissa McCarthy ...

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 ...

Melissa McCarthy crushed as Ursula, but the new Little Mermaid cut one of my favorite moments from the villain. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Before Ginger Minj would dominate multiple seasons of "RuPaul’s Drag Race," act in major movies and write a cookbook, she was a young boy in 1980s Florida looking into the eyes of an octopus … and ...

Octopuses do like to cause chaos—much like the classic tentacled villain. But Ursula also shares traits with these fascinating sea creatures. The animated sea witch in Disney's The Little Mermaid ...

From "Poor Unfortunate Souls" to "Big Ursula" attacking the kingdom, the live-action "The Little Mermaid" delivered an iconic villain. “For Rob, performance is the most important thing,” MPC VFX ...