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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

McCarthy fell hard for the outrageously coiffed, half-octopus sea witch of the 1989 Disney animated original while working as a nanny for two VHS-obsessed children. "I've seen 'The Little Mermaid' ...

Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. The face of Ursula—the villainous sea witch of The Little Mermaid infamy—might feel uniquely familiar to a child of the ...

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 ...

Peter King, the makeup artist behind Ursula’s look in The Little Mermaid, is pushing back on the backlash he has gotten. King has been under heavy scrutiny from the LGBTQ+ community over the makeup ...

Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid." Credit: Disney Enterprises, Inc. Disney's The Little Mermaid is a classic fable, warning children of the dangers of making ...

“Although [having been] inspired by drag queens, I didn't want her to look like a drag queen,” said Peter Smith King of transforming Melissa McCarthy into Ursula Valerie Macon/Getty ; Walt Disney ...