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This high school prom was like the Met Gala for teens: 'Can't compete with these kids'
May 23, 2024 | 12:10pm"These kids KILLLLLLED this theme!!!! MET Gala who?? Anna Wintour needs to call them."
US tourist sexually assaulted and shoved 165-ft. to death near German castle ID’d as recent college grad
June 16, 2023 | 3:28pmEva Liu, 21, of Naperville, Ill., was killed while visiting the Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau Wednesday afternoon, when a 30-year-old man pushed her off the 165-foot gorge, police and school...
World Storytelling Day: What classic fairy tale embodies your zodiac sign?
February 25, 2023 | 8:00amOld school fairy tales were decidedly darker than Disney would have you believe; full of allegory and cannibalism, gruesome death and unheeded warnings. In every tale a lesson, and in...
We found tickets for 13 new shows coming to Broadway in 2023.
December 29, 2022 | 2:04pmTickets to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's new play "New York New York," Nathan Lane in "Pictures From Home" and a revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" on Broadway are available. Here's...
Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cinderella' musical needs work before Broadway
October 25, 2021 | 2:26pmBibbidi-bobbidi-cut 30 minutes! There is a satisfying musical buried somewhere in here — but, like the title character, the new show could use a Fairy Godmother’s wand.
Camila Cabello's 'Cinderella' dreams of being a girl boss — not a princess
August 3, 2021 | 7:00pmCamila Cabello doesn't need Prince Charming to save her. "Cinderella" is getting a girl boss-esque twist in the forthcoming Amazon Studios re-imagining of the beloved orphan-turned-princess fairy tale. As seen...
Glam metal guitarist dead at 58
July 15, 2021 | 8:06am"My father, my hero, my idol, passed away today," his son Sebastian said in an emotional tribute.
Minnesota theater cancels its own Cinderella production because cast was 'too white'
March 25, 2021 | 7:16pmNot exactly a fairy tale ending. A suburban Minneapolis theater company abruptly canceled its production of “Cinderella” because the cast was “too white.” Chanhassen Dinner Theatres was planning to stage...
Billy Porter: New 'Cinderella' will be different, 'empowering' for women
March 3, 2020 | 7:48pmBilly Porter says the upcoming remake of "Cinderella," in which he stars alongside Camila Cabello, is "for a new generation." "It's not about women needing a man for validation," the...
Disney World's Cinderella Castle is getting a major facelift
February 18, 2020 | 11:46amThe Cinderella Castle at Disney World is taking a leaf from its movie namesake and receiving a major makeover. "Our park’s iconic, awe-inspiring centerpiece — Cinderella Castle — is about...
Woman born without arm creates Cinderella costume with 'glass' prosthetic
October 2, 2019 | 3:12pmAs a young girl, Mandy Pursley, who was born without a right arm, never saw Disney princesses that looked like her. "None of them were exactly like me," she told...
Billy Crystal's 'Mr. Saturday Night' musical scores early buzz
August 29, 2019 | 8:26pmWord on the street it's terrific.
Andrew Lloyd Webber says 'Cinderella' musical coming to Broadway
July 17, 2019 | 5:29pmGet ready to see some bibbidy, bobbity boo on Broadway. Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of "Cinderella" is hitting New York City's famed Great White Way in 2020. The king of...
'The Lion King', 'Dumbo' and more: Disney remakes through the years
April 10, 2019 | 3:04pmA look back at Disney's ever-increasing catalog of remakes.
Family looking for nanny who'd dress up like a Disney Princess
March 21, 2019 | 10:11amWhatever happened to Mary Poppins? A family in England is looking to hire a nanny that will dress up as a different Disney Princess each month. The job posting, found...
Ranking the Disney princesses from retro to woke
October 18, 2018 | 9:55pmDisney princesses have undergone a radical awakening over the decades. Here’s a ranking, from kept women to woke warriors:
The ‘Cinderella diet’ challenge is the latest ridiculous dieting trend
February 26, 2018 | 8:45pmOnce upon a time, a Japanese weight-loss trend called the "Cinderella diet" went viral, and created a Twitter storm. The controversial and unhealthy fad tells people how to calculate their...
Australia might ban fairytales from schools
April 6, 2017 | 1:46pmThe fairytales you grew up reading and watching could soon be expelled from schools - the latest to fall under the gender stereotype hammer. Australia's Respectful Relationship program argues that some...
Why Disney needs to stop remaking all its movies
March 31, 2015 | 5:01pmWhen “Mulan” was released in the summer of 1998, it instantly became my favorite Disney movie. In the following months, rarely did any cassette tape other than the film’s soundtrack...
The triumph of joy: Lesson of a modern Cinderella
March 16, 2015 | 8:44pmWarning: Spoilers ahead The beginning of the new Cinderella movie is a fairy-tale ending. We see a couple cooing over their baby daughter, sitting in a sunny meadow, wildflowers abounding....