“The Little Mermaid” made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day
weekend.Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition,
bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.
A Disney-owned cable network has taken aim at critics who disagreed with the decision to cast Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming adaption of “The Little Mermaid.”
Freeform posted an open letter on Sunday in support of Bailey after some on social media used the hashtag (hash) NotMyAriel to object to a black woman portraying the red-headed mermaid princess of the animated film. But the network says “Danish mermaids can be black because Danish (asterisk)people(asterisk) can be black.”
Sept. 18 On Sept. 18, from 7:30-11:00pm, Common Culture: Across the Water celebrates intersections of island culture in Los Angeles with music, drum and dance at the Ford Theatres aka John Anson Ford Amphitheatre located at 2580 Cahuenga Blvd, East Hollywood, CA. Organized by M.A.M.A. Earth, the show features performances from Chloe x Halle, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Jungle Fire, Brit Manor + special guests. The dancers, Kimberly Miguel Mullen, Kati Hernandez and Nonosina will weave in traditional movement and drums, all in tribute to legendary Cuban performer, Maestro Lazaro Galarraga (Inglewood). The show will give back to several initiatives including