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"How Does a Moment Last Forever" is a song written by lyricist Tim Rice and composer Alan Menken for the Disney live action film Beauty and the Beast (2017), a remake of the animated musical of the same name. This Broadway-inspired ballad is performed in the movie by American actor Kevin Kline in his role as Maurice. It describes the relationship between his character and that of his wife, Belle's deceased mother. Later in the film, Belle (Emma Watson) performs the song as she discovers the truth about her mother's fate. "How Does a Moment Last Forever" was also recorded by Canadian pop singer Celine Dion, whose version was also included on the film's soundtrack, released on March 10, 2017. Her version plays over the ending credits of the film. In the original animated film, Maurice does not sing at all. The remake, however, explores both Belle's and the Beast's past. Belle's backstory serves to build a foundation for her relationship with the Beast. For director Bill Condon, adding detail to both Belle's and the Beast's past was necessary for the audiences to understand the characters: "They're both outsiders, but how did Belle wind up being so different from everybody else in a town where nobody understands her, and how did the Beast become the person who earned that curse? That's the stuff we started to fill in", he said. "How Does a Moment Last Forever" is a ballad and its lyrics deals with the theme of nostalgia. According to Menken, it’s about hanging on to precious moments. In Beauty and the Beast, it is performed twice, first by Maurice when he reminisces about his deceased wife and later by Belle after she discovers her mother's fate. Dion was contacted to record a pop version of the song. Although she initially had doubts, she ultimately agreed because of the impact that recording "Beauty and the Beast" has had on her career. Although she was unable to promote her version, which prompted Disney to release "Evermore" as a single instead, the song has made an impact in certain countries due to the film's success at the box office. It was met with generally positive reviews from critics. However, some felt that the song is unmemorable and compared it negatively to other songs recorded by Dion for movie soundtracks. Production Director Bill Condon originally intended to include songs from the Broadway musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast in the remake. However, Disney decided to recruit composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice to write entirely new songs for the film instead. Original Beauty and the Beast composer Menken reunited with Rice, with whom he had previously collaborated on the 1994 musical to write three new songs for the remake, including "How Does a Moment Last Forever", whose original title was "Our Song Lives On". Rice once again replaced Howard Ashman, the animated film's lyricist, who had died from HIV-related complications in 1991. The live action film marks the first collaboration between
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Beauty and the Beast is a Disney media franchise comprising a film series and additional merchandise. The success of the original 1991 American animated feature, Beauty and the Beast, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, led to three direct-to-video follow-up films, a live-action spin-off television series, a Disney World stage show, a Disney World restaurant, a trackless dark ride, several video games, merchandise, and the 10th longest-running musical in Broadway history, which was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning for Best Costume Design. In March 2017, Disney released a live-action remake of the film. Belle was also added to Disney Consumer Products' Disney Princess franchise, while Gaston, the Wolves, and Forte is part of the Disney Villains franchise. Titles Animated feature films Beauty and the Beast is the original film of the franchise. It was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released in 1991. Beauty and the Beast belongs to an era known as the Disney Renaissance. The plot of the film is based on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. In 2002, Beauty and the Beast was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is the first direct-to-video installment of the film series and served as a holiday special. It was directed by Andrew Knight, and released on November 11, 1997. The main plot film is set within the events of the first film, taking place after the fight with the wolves and before the ballroom dance, also including scenes at the beginning and the end with the characters after the events of the first film. Belle's Magical World is the second direct-to-video installment of the film series. It was directed by Cullen Blaine, Daniel de la Vega, Barbara Dourmashkin, Dale Kase, Bob Kline, Burt Medall, and Mitch Rochon. It was released on February 17, 1998, and is also set during the original film, taking place after Christmas, but before the fight against Gaston. Live-action feature films Belle's Tales of Friendship is a live-action/animated direct-to-video installment of the film series. It was directed by Jimbo Mitchell, and released on August 17, 1999. It is set during the original film, and was released in part to help promote Disney Channel's television series, Sing Me a Story with Belle. A live-action remake of Disney's 1991 animated feature film of the same name was released in March 2017, directed by Bill Condon. The film stars Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Ewan McGregor as Lumière, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Kevin Kline as Maurice, and Josh Gad as LeFou. Television series Sing Me a Story with Belle Sing Me a Story with Belle was a live-action spin-off series created by Patrick Davidson and Melissa Gould. It featured Belle, who now owns and manages
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Rafaëlle Cohen (born 1985) is a French actress, dancer and singer. She is best known for starring in Le Bal des Vampires, the musical directed by Roman Polanski at the Theatre Mogador in Paris in 2014–2015. Life and career Cohen was born in Paris and raised in London. Thanks to her father's work as a civil engineer, she traveled a lot in her childhood and studied singing and dancing in several countries, on top of school. In 2009 she obtained a double degree from École Centrale Paris and Polytechnic University of Milan as an engineer and an architect. In 2011, she decided to become an actress and musical performer and has never stopped performing since, with appearances in La Belle au bois dormant, que veillent les fées (Sleeping Beauty), Sister Act, Dance of the Vampires. In 2017, she portrayed the role of one of the Bimbettes in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast. In 2019, she portrayed the role of Sara in the American and German film Berlin, I Love You. She appeared as a lead character in the segment "Transitions", directed by Josef Rusnak. In 2021, she starred as Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, in the BBC docu-drama series The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family. Musicals 2018 : Wonderful Town (Leonard Bernstein) dir Olivier Bénézech, MD Larry Blank - French Première at the Opera de Toulon : Eileen 2016 : Mozart, l'opéra rock by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen - South Korea : Aloysia 2014-2015: Dance of the Vampires by Jim Steinman and Michael Kunze, dir Roman Polanski - Théâtre Mogador : Sarah 2014: La Légende d'Hélidote by Jérôme Lifszyc - Béliers Parisiens 2014: Kid Manoir 2 by Guillaume Beaujolais, Fred Colas, David Rozen, dir David Rozen - Palais des Glaces 2012-2013: Sister Act by Glenn Slater and Alan Menken, dir Carline Brouwer - Théâtre Mogador 2012: Kid Manoir by Guillaume Beaujolais, Aurélien Berda, Ida Gordon, Fred Colas, dir David Rozen - Avignon 2012-2013: La Belle au Bois Dormant que veillent les fées... by Marine André , dir by Florian Cléret - Marsoulan Paris 2011: La Vie parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, dir Anthony Michineau - Marsoulan Paris 2011: Exodus 47 by Gérard Layani - Centre Rachi Paris 2011: A la Vie à l'amour 2, dir Christophe Borie - Casino de Paris 2007: The Man Who Laughs from Victor Hugo, Student version - by Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal and Julien Salvia Adyar - Paris Discography EP 2009: Opening 2010: Back to Life Musicals' albums 2012: La Belle au bois dormant, que veillent les fées 2014: Sister Act le Musical 2017: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Live Action Filmography 2019: Berlin I love you by Emmanuel Benbihy 2017: Beauty and the Beast by Bill Condon 2014: Salaud, on t'aime by Claude Lelouch References External links Official site Living people French women singers French female dancers French film actresses French musical theatre actresses 1985 births
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Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World is a 1998 direct-to-video animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It was released on February 17, 1998, and it is the sequel to Disney's 1991 animated feature film Beauty and the Beast and the third and final installment in the Beauty and the Beast trilogy, featuring the voices of David Ogden Stiers as Cogsworth, Robby Benson as The Beast, Gregory Grudt, who replaced Bradley Pierce as Chip Potts, Paige O'Hara as Belle, Anne Rogers, who replaced Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts, and Jerry Orbach as Lumiere. The film features two songs performed by Belle, "Listen With Our Hearts" and "A Little Thought." This storyline is set within the timeline of the original Beauty and the Beast (after Christmas but before the fight against Gaston). When first released in 1998, the film consisted of three connected segments, which are "The Perfect Word", "Fifi's Folly" and "The Broken Wing". For the special edition released in 2003, another segment was included, "Mrs. Potts' Party" (from Belle's Tales of Friendship) making the film 22 minutes longer. Production The film consists of three episodes of an unreleased television series, loosely woven together in a feature-length story and also based on the original Disney animated feature. It was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and animated by Toon City Animation, Inc. in Manila, Philippines and Thai Wang Film Productions in Bangkok, Thailand. Finished and copyrighted in the fall of 1997, at the time when Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was released, the film was originally set for release on January 13, 1998, but was pushed to February 17th for unknown reasons. Plot The Perfect Word Beast (Robby Benson) and Belle (Paige O'Hara) plan to eat together, and Beast asks for advice from Lumiere (Jerry Orbach). While Cogsworth (David Ogden Stiers) escorts Belle to the dining room, they come across the castle's well-meaning but rather verbose scribe, Webster (Jim Cummings), turned into a dictionary, whom Belle invites to join them in the dining room (to Cogsworth's dismay). During the meal, while Belle explains a story she has been reading to Beast, Beast gets sweaty. He demands for the windows to be opened, despite there being a draft of air in the room and the servants getting cold. Beast and Belle get into an argument, and Beast strikes Webster off the table when the dictionary begins giving unwanted synonyms to Belle's insults. Subsequently, they both stop speaking to each other, despite Lumiere and Cogsworth's attempts to patch things up. Eventually, Webster, feeling guilty for his part, forges a letter of apology from Beast to Belle with his friends, a pile of papers named Crane (Jeff Bennett) and a quill named LePlume (Rob Paulsen). Belle sees the letter, and makes amends with Beast. That night, however, the truth comes out, and after a furious chase around the castle, Beast catches and banishes Webster with brokenhearted dinner, Crane and LePlume for the forgery, throwing them into the forest.
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The Disney Channel media franchise Descendants features a large number of characters, the majority of whom are related to or based upon existing Disney characters. Introduced in Descendants film series Introduced in Descendants Descendants Mal (played by Dove Cameron) is the daughter of Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) and Hades (Hercules), the latter left when she was a baby. Mal reunites with Hades in Descendants 3. During Descendants, she becomes Ben's girlfriend, and after she's engaged to him in Descendants 3, Mal becomes the queen of both Auradon and the Isle of the Lost. She is best friends with Evie. Evie (played by Sofia Carson) is the daughter of the Evil Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). She is very good at cooking, sewing, making clothes, and fashion design. She is best friends with Mal and owns her own fashion company Evie's Four Hearts. Evie's father is unknown. Jay (played by Booboo Stewart) is the son of Jafar (Aladdin). He used to steal for his father's pawn shop. Now in Auradon, he is the Captain of the Tourney team. Jay's mother is unknown. Carlos De Vil (played by Cameron Boyce) is the son of Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians). Carlos is jumpy and anxious, but with the skills of a true tech prodigy and in love with Jane. Carlos's father is unknown. Ben (played by Mitchell Hope) is the son of King Beast and Queen Belle (Beauty and the Beast), and the current king of Auradon. In Descendants 2, Ben ventures to the Isle of the Lost in hopes of finding Mal and bringing her back to Auradon, disguising himself as a VK so he can infiltrate the isle without being detected. In Descendants 3, Ben proposes to Mal. Jane (played by Brenna D'Amico) is the daughter of Fairy Godmother (Cinderella). Since Descendants 2, she is Carlos' girlfriend. She is very sweet, creative, and jumpy. Jane's father is unknown. Doug (played by Zachary Gibson) is the son of the dwarf Dopey (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), and a member of the school musical band. He becomes Evie's boyfriend. Doug's mother is unknown. Audrey (played by Sarah Jeffery) is the daughter of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip (Sleeping Beauty) who is shown to be opposed to the idea of the villain kids being welcomed to Auradon. Though she didn't make an appearance on Descendants 2, she is mentioned various times, especially by Chad Charming. In Descendants, she was mean to all the villain-kids, but especially Mal. In Descendants 3, she steals the crown and the scepter and turns evil but is later defeated. Later on, Audrey apologizes to Mal and Ben for what she had done and she decided to make peace with the villain kids. Lonnie (portrayed by Dianne Doan) is the daughter of Mulan and Li Shang (Mulan). Lonnie has an older brother named Li'l Shang who was introduced in the books. Chad (portrayed by Jedidiah Goodacre) is the son of Cinderella and Prince Charming (Cinderella). Like Audrey, in
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast is a 1978 novel written by author Robin McKinley. It was her debut book, retelling the classic French fairy tale La Belle et La Bete. Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter. Beauty was the 1998 Phoenix Award honor book. It was the 1966 -1988 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults. An unabridged audio-book recording was released by Recorded Books in 2013, narrated by Charlotte Parry, and is currently available via Audible.com. Plot Roderick Huston, a wealthy merchant and widower, has three daughters: Grace, Hope, and Honour. When Honour was a child, she said she preferred the name Beauty. As she grows older, Honour feels the nickname is increasingly ill-fitting, as she remains plain while her sisters become lovelier and more socially adept. When the family's fortunes take a turn for the worse, they are forced to move to the small town of Blue Hill. A year later, they receive news of one of Huston's ships arriving back into port. Huston leaves the next day, but not before asking his daughters if they want any gifts. Grace and Hope jokingly ask for jewelry and dresses, while Beauty asks for a rose cutting or seeds, as none grow in the countryside. Huston returns home with a beautiful rose and saddlebags filled with treasure. He explains that on his way home through the forest, he became lost in a storm, and happened across a mysterious castle. Inside, he was given shelter and waited on by invisible servants. As he was leaving the next day, he found a beautiful rose garden and plucked a single rose for Beauty. The owner of the castle, a terrifying beast, appeared, furious that Huston would steal from him after his hospitality. The Beast agreed to let him go on the condition that one of his daughters must return and live in the castle. Despite her family's pleas, Beauty insists that she go. Beauty comes to enjoy living in the castle. She grows close to the Beast, enjoying walks and talks together and spending time in the castle's enormous library, but cannot bring herself to love him and refuses his marriage proposal every night. She also dreams every night of her family in vivid detail and tries to decipher clues about the Beast's past when she slowly starts to hear the voices of the two invisible maids that wait on her. When Beauty becomes homesick, the Beast shows her a magic mirror that allows her to see her family. Beauty begs to visit her home, promising to return in a week and stay with the Beast forever afterwards. The Beast reluctantly allows her to go. When Beauty arrives home, her family is overjoyed, but quickly become disheartened when they learn she's leaving again. During the days without the Beast, Beauty begins to recognize how she truly feels about him. At her family's pleading she agrees to
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Megan McGinnis (born December 5, 1979) is an American Broadway actress, who performed in the role of Éponine, in the revival of Les Misérables. She created the role of Jerusha Abbott in the Off-Broadway production of Daddy Long Legs. She played Belle in Beauty and the Beast Broadway career McGinnis made her Broadway debut in The Diary of Anne Frank as Margot Frank, in 1998. She had her next big role in The Sound of Music on the national tour as Liesl. She returned to Broadway in 2002 to play the role of Lucille in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and was also a member of the ensemble. McGinnis break-out role was Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which she played from April 15, 2003 to February 10, 2004. She was replaced by Christy Carlson Romano McGinnis' next big project was the musical Little Women, in which she played the role of Beth from workshops to Broadway. Following Little Women, McGinnis began understudying the role of Éponine in the revival of Les Misérables (musical) under Celia Keenan-Bolger and Mandy Bruno. Even though Bruno was the lead in this role, McGinnis often played Éponine, as Bruno was involved in a television soap-opera. After Bruno left, McGinnis took over the role of Éponine regularly from June 23, 2007 – January 6, 2008. From 2009 to 2016, McGinnis created the role of Jerusha Abbott in the musical adaptation of Daddy Long Legs, based on the 1912 novel of the same name in various Regional tryouts before running Off Broadway from 2015–2016. During her time with the show Off Broadway, she performed alongside her husband Adam Halpin as Jervis Pendleton when the show made history as the first Broadway show ever to be livestreamed while the show was running. Theatre Credits Trojan Women The Sound of Music, Liesl, US Tour Annie 1940's Radio Hour Babes in Toyland The Diary of Anne Frank, Miep Gies (u/s)/Margot Frank (u/s), Broadway, 1998 Parade, Ensemble/Assistant (u/s)/Essie (u/s)/Iola Stover (u/s)/Lizzie Phagan (u/s)/Monteen (u/s)/Monteeni (u/s)/Nurse (u/s)/Ensemble (u/s), Broadway, 1998 The Dead, Lily, US Tour The Robber Bridegroom, workshop Beauty and the Beast, Belle (replacement), Broadway Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lucille/Miss Dorothy Brown (u/s) (replacement), Broadway, 2003–04 Little Mary Sunshine, Ensemble, reading, 2003 Good Vibrations, Performer, workshop, 2004 Dangerous Beauty, Performer, workshop, 2005 Little Women, Beth March/Rodrigo Two, Broadway, 2005 Triangle, Performer, reading, 2006 Les Misérables, Female worker/whore/Éponine (u/s), Broadway, 2006–07 Les Misérables, Éponine, Broadway, 2007–08 Daddy Long Legs, Jerusha Abbott, West End, 2012 Side Show, Daisy Hilton (s/b)/Violet Hilton (s/b), Broadway, 2014–15 Daddy Long Legs, Jerusha Abbott, off-Broadway, 2015 Come from Away, Bonnie and others, National tour, 2018 Beetlejuice, Barbara Maitland (replacement), National tour, 2023 Awards and nominations Ovation Awards 2010: Won the award for Lead Actress in a Musical for the role of Jerusha in the Rubicon Theatre Company production of "Daddy Long Legs" References External links Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American stage actresses 1979 births
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Beauty and the Beast () is a 2014 romantic fantasy film based on the traditional fairy tale of the same name by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Written by Christophe Gans and Sandra Vo-Anh and directed by Gans, the film stars Léa Seydoux as Belle and Vincent Cassel as the Beast. The film was screened out of competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and was released in France on 12 February 2014 to generally mixed-to-negative reviews, yet was a box office success. It was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 27th European Film Awards. It also received three nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Production Design for Thierry Flamand. Plot A widowed merchant is forced to move to the countryside after going bankrupt, with his six children. His youngest daughter, Belle is the only one happy with the change. When one of the merchant's ships is found, the merchant prepares to return to reclaim his assets. While his two older spoiled daughters give him a long list of expensive things to bring back for them, Belle asks only for a rose. The merchant arrives and learns that the ship and its cargo have been taken to settle his debts. On the way home, he gets lost and stumbles upon the castle of the Beast, where all of his needs are magically met, including food, the items his daughters had asked him for and his injured horse, cured. He departs and picks a rose in the garden for Belle. He is confronted by the Beast, who is angry that he stole despite the Beast's help. As punishment, the Beast demands that the merchant return after saying goodbye to his children. After learning of her father's fate, Belle, feeling responsible, takes his place. At the castle, Belle is given permission to roam the grounds, but must have dinner with the Beast every evening. She has a dream, revealing the prince's past; he enjoys hunting, but often ignores the Princess who loves him but is lonely. The prince is after an elusive golden deer and when the princess asks him to stop hunting it, he promises to do so if she will give him a son. At dinner, the Beast attempts to charm her, only to be rejected, which angers him. He later apologizes for his behavior. Belle says she will dance with him if she is allowed to see her family one last time. The Beast asks for Belle's love but she demands to see her family first. When he refuses, she rejects him once again. That night, she witnesses the Beast prey upon a hog. Shocked, she attempts to escape only for the Beast to catch up on the frozen lake. As Belle is pinned, the Beast attempts to kiss her when the ice beneath her breaks. He saves her and brings her back to the castle. He agrees to let her return home, giving her a small vial of healing water.
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Various characters have been featured in Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise. This list includes those from the 1991 animated film, its direct-to-video follow-up, a short story collection, the stage musical adaptation, and the 2017 live-action and computer animation remake. Introduced in Beauty and the Beast Belle Beast Gaston Maurice Maurice is the village inventor and Belle's father. However, most of the villagers think he is insane for crafting devices believed ridiculous and impossible to construct in reality. During the beginning of the movie, he is working on a machine that automatically chops up firewood. Once it is successfully working, he leaves for the County Fair to display his invention. However, he is unable to make it to the fair due to getting lost in the woods. After going down a path that results in the loss of his horse and cart, and being attacked and nearly killed by a pack of rabid wolves, he winds up at the gate of a dark castle. When he enters the castle to stay for the night, he ends up being locked up by the Beast, the castle's master. Belle learns of what happened and goes to the castle, attempting to release her father. She then tries to convince the Beast to release him from the castle. She succeeds in convincing the Beast to release him, under the condition that she is to take her father's place, to Maurice's protests. Maurice is forcibly taken back to the village. Upon returning to the village, Maurice tries to seek the villagers' help in trying to rescue Belle, but they don't believe him, and they consequently throw him out of the tavern. Determined to not give up on Belle, he decides to return to the castle alone. However, it doesn't take long before he succumbs to an unknown illness due to the cold weather. Luckily, Belle discovers that her father is in trouble via the Beast's Magic Mirror and is released by the Beast so she can save him. Shortly after arriving back home, Le Fou has alerted the villagers of their return. Shortly thereafter, Monsieur D'Arque, the keeper of the Maison de Lunes Insane Asylum, and the other villagers come to take Maurice to the insane asylum in an intricate plan to blackmail Belle into marrying Gaston. Belle reveals that Maurice's rants are true and that the Beast does exist. Both she and Maurice are locked up by Gaston in the cellar, to stop them from interfering with Gaston's goal to kill the Beast. Chip has managed to stow away in Belle's satchel and uses the automated firewood cutter to destroy the door to the cellar. Maurice and Belle leave for the castle to stop Gaston from killing the Beast. He is last seen in the ballroom standing by Mrs. Potts as he happily watches Belle and the Beast (who is now transformed back into a handsome prince) dance while he laughs at Chip's question to his mother whether he still has to 'stay in
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Gaston is a fictional character in Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). Voiced by American actor and singer Richard White, Gaston is an arrogant and ruthless hunter whose unrequited feelings for the intellectual Belle drive him to murder his adversary, the Beast, once he realizes she cares for him instead. Gaston serves as a foil personality to the Beast, who was once as vain as Gaston prior to his transformation. Gaston is a character original to Disney, as he is not present in the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont upon which the 1991 film is based. Imagined by screenwriter Linda Woolverton, who based the character on the ex-boyfriends she dated in her past, Gaston was developed specifically for Disney's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast because the studio felt that the film could benefit from a strong villain, who is lacking in the original fairy tale. As the character evolves from a non-threatening aristocrat into an arrogant man relentlessly seeking Belle's hand in marriage, Gaston ultimately replaced a female relative of Belle's who the filmmakers had originally created to serve as the film's villain. In direct contrast to his adversary the Beast, Gaston is depicted as physically handsome with an unattractive personality, both physically and emotionally embodying hypermasculinity. Both Disney and supervising animator Andreas Deja initially struggled with the concept of animating a handsome villain, which had never been attempted by the studio before. Deja ultimately based Gaston's appearance on those of handsome soap opera actors in order to create a grotesque version of the Prince Charming stock character, while some of White's own operatic mannerisms were incorporated into the character. Gaston has been generally positively received by film critics, as his lack of "magic power or political influence" means that his villainy tends to resonate with audiences who often identify someone similar to him in real life, although critics regard him as a less memorable villain than some of the studio's previous efforts. Considered to be one of Disney's most famous villains, Gaston is frequently ranked within the top-tens of Disney villain rankings released by several media publications. Development Conception and writing Gaston is one of several elements unique to Disney's animated adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Under Richard and Jill Purdum's direction, Gaston originally resembled a "foppish aristocrat" as opposed to the strong, arrogant hunter he would ultimately be revised into; The Huffington Post described early drafts of Gaston as "a weaselly, sort of wimpy character." In fact, Gaston was originally intended to resemble more of an annoying than antagonistic character, while the main villainous role belonged to Belle's aunt Marguerite instead, who plotted to force Belle into marrying Gaston. This version of Gaston was abandoned along with much of the original film treatment's elements, including Marguerite, at the behest of Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg. After Katzenberg insisted that development on the film be completely overhauled, the studio
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La Belle et la Bête may refer to: La Belle et la Bête (fairy tale) or Beauty and the Beast La Belle et la Bête (opera), a chamber opera by Philip Glass "La Belle et la Bête" (song), a song by Babyshambles from Down in Albion La Belle et la Bête (1946 film) or Beauty and the Beast, a French romantic fantasy film by Jean Cocteau La Belle et la Bête (2014 film) or Beauty and the Beast, a film by Christophe Gans Beauty and the Beast (1987 film) or La Belle et la Bête, an American/Israeli musical film See also Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation) "La Bête et la Belle", a 2011 song by Amanda Lear from I Don't Like Disco
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Josette Day (Paris, July 31, 1914 – Paris, June 27, 1978) was a French film actress. Born Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory, she began her career as a child actress in 1919 at the age of five. When she was 18, Day was the mistress of Paul Morand and later was in a relationship with famous French writer and director Marcel Pagnol, whom she met in January 1939 and lasted part of World War II. She did not marry him. In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside Jean Marais, as Belle in Jean Cocteau's 1946 film Beauty and the Beast. Her films include Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932), The Merry Monarch (based on Les Aventures du roi Pausole) (1933), Lucrèce Borgia (1935), L'homme du jour (1937), Accord final (1938), La Belle et la Bête (1946) and Les Parents terribles (1948). Despite numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when only 36 years old. She retired to marry wealthy chemical businessman Maurice Solvay (descendant of Ernest Solvay, founder of the notable Solvay company). In February 1959, while on cruise in the Pacific, she and Solvay met a Tahitian girl at a Papeete market named Hinano Tiatia, whom the couple took under legal guardianship and who was the center of Solvay's inheritance dispute having not been adopted at the time of his sudden death in 1960. Selected filmography Here's Berlin (1932) The Regiment's Champion (1932) Miss Helyett (1933) Colomba (1933) The Barber of Seville (1933) The Concierge's Daughters (1934) Mam'zelle Spahi (1934) Coralie and Company (1934) Antonia (1935) His Excellency Antonin (1935) Lucrezia Borgia (1935) Women's Club (1936) The Flame (1936) Ménilmontant (1936) Sisters in Arms (1937) The Man of the Hour (1937) Monsieur Bégonia (1937) Final Accord (1938) Education of a Prince (1938) The Patriot (1938) The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939) Monsieur Brotonneau (1939) The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940) The Crossroads (1942) Arlette and Love (1943) Beauty and the Beast (1946) Les Parents terribles (1948) Swiss Tour (1950) Love, Madame (1952) References External links Photographs and literature 1914 births 1978 deaths Actresses from Paris French child actresses French silent film actresses French film actresses 20th-century French actresses
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Sarah Uriarte Berry (born May 31, 1969 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress and singer. Career Berry is a native of California and graduated from UCLA in 1992. She made her Broadway debut as Eponine in Les Misérables in 1993. She then went on to star as Belle in Beauty and the Beast in 1995. Berry then returned to the role of Eponine in Les Misérables in 1997. She appeared in the short-lived Taboo from October 2003 to February 2004 and The Light in the Piazza (2005) as "Franca", for which she was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. She also starred as the title role in Cinderella alongside Eartha Kitt for the New York City Opera in 2004. On September 19, 2006, she returned to the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast and left the show on December 24, 2006. Berry's national tours include Sunset Boulevard as Betty Schaefer and starring Petula Clark (1998–1999) and Carousel, in which she portrayed Julie Jordan. Her regional theatre credits include A Little Night Music as Anne at the Kennedy Center in 2002,The Sound of Music at the Helen Hayes Theatre Company, Nyack, New York in 2002,Oklahoma! at the Sacramento Music Circus (July 27 – August 1, 2004),West Side Story at The Muny in St. Louis in June 2000, and Thoroughly Modern Millie, at the LaJolla Playhouse, California (2000). Berry reprised her role as Franca in a production of The Light in the Piazza which ran from July 10–26, 2008 at the Weston Playhouse Theatre in Weston, Vermont, where she starred alongside her husband Michael, who played Roy. She also starred as Sharon in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Master Class which ran from March 4 – April 5, 2009. Berry was a temporary standby for Alice Ripley in the role of Diana in Next to Normal on Broadway. She went on with her husband as Dan on February 19, 2010. Berry starred as Magnolia with her daughter, Madeleine, as Young Kim in the Goodspeed Opera House production of Show Boat, which ran from July to September 2011. In October 2022, Berry took part in the Disney Princess – The Concert tour after Susan Egan could not continue performing after being diagnosed Bell's Palsy. In April and May of 2023, she played the role of Countess Charlotte Malcolm in a revival of A Little Night Music at the Pasadena Playhouse. Personal Berry is married to Broadway actor and director Michael Berry. They have one daughter and twin sons. References External links American stage actresses Actresses from Fresno, California UCLA Film School alumni Living people Musicians from Fresno, California 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American musical theatre actresses Singers from California 1969 births 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers
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Beauty and the Beast is a 2009 Australian fantasy film directed by David Lister and starring Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, and Victor Parascos, and loosely based upon the fairy tale of the same name. The film was released in 2009 on video under that title and aired in 2010 on Syfy television as Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale. Plot The movie begins with King Maxililian (Tony Thurbon) in his death bed with his relatives fighting amongst each other to be the heir. Count Rudolph (Rhett Giles) murders his cousin who was the leading contender for the throne. The scene cuts to Belle (Estella Warren) who is the daughter of the village washerwoman. She displays her intellect right from the start as we can see her working on her scented washing mixtures. Belle heads out to the forest in search of more herbs. A wolf attacks Belle but gets shot by an arrow before it could harm her. The arrow was shot by the beast (Victor Parascos) who is believed to be a legend, a false tale. When Belle approaches it the beast scares her off by shooting his crossbow towards her, she proceeds to run away. Around this time the count and his men are going through the woods. The soldiers men find Belle and bring her to the count, she explains about her encounter with the Beast in the forest, at first the count suggests it might've been her imagination but after her persistence the count believes her words. One of his men suggests killing the beast to win the people's favour. The count along with his men go with Belle to find the beast. One of his men is attacked and killed viciously. They believe it was the beast. They follow and corner the beast to a village. Here Belle learns that the beast isn't evil or dangerous from one of the villagers. The count sends his men to follow the beast into the forest. Belle now searches for the beast and finds his hideout. There they find out the true culprit behind the murders a troll created by Lady Helan. The two talk and bond, Belle discovers the Beast is more than just a monster. He's a kind-hearted man cursed with a monstrous appearance and wrongly accused of the killings. The count Rudolph and Lady Helan form a partnership to frame the beast then slay him to get the throne. During the night Belle is captured by one of the counts men and brought back to the Rudolf. Helan uses her magic to look into Belle's memory, the count sends Belle to be imprisoned in the basement but she manages to escape. Helens suggests Rudolph that the Beast might've been King Maxililian's son who was thought to be dead at birth, she believes the beast could be a hurdle for them to get the throne. Helan tricks the beast into thinking Belle is in danger and sends him to her house, where she had sent
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Beauty and the Beast: Live on Stage is a Broadway-style musical at the Theater of the Stars, on Sunset Boulevard, at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World. It is based on Disney's 1991 animated feature film Beauty and the Beast and opened on November 22, 1991, the same day the film was released. Two versions of the show have been presented since opening day. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, on August 2, 2020 a new show, Disney Society Orchestra and Friends, performed on the Theater of the Stars stage. On August 15, 2021, the Beauty and the Beast show reopened, with some modifications to the staging and choreography to account for the health and safety of the performers. Since then, the show has reverted to its pre-COVID, fully-staged format. Summary The original version opened on November 22, 1991, the same day the film was released. When the Theater of the Stars was moved in September 1993 (to make room for the construction of Sunset Boulevard), the show was temporarily moved to the Premiere Theater on New York Street. The show reopened in July 15, 1994, in the now-covered and newly rebuilt Theater of the Stars on Sunset Boulevard. The stage show changed considerably from the original version to the currently running version, causing it to more closely resemble the 1991 film of the same name. However, because the show is condensed to approximately 25 minutes, many cuts and edits are made. Also, while most of the soundtrack is pre-recorded, the actors playing Belle and Gaston are the only two that have live dialogue and singing parts. The show opens like the Broadway musical. An old beggar woman asks a spoiled and selfish prince if he will allow her to stay in his castle for the night from the bitter cold, in exchange for a single rose; to which the prince turns her away. Because his heart is cold, the old beggar woman punishes the prince by transforming him in to an ugly, scary, and hideous Beast. Everyone in the castle gets a punishing transformation as well. The prince can only break the spell by learning to love another, and earning their love in return, and failure to do so will doom him to "remain a beast for all time". Years later, Belle is walking in the quiet little French village where she lives. The other villagers agree that Belle is beautiful, but she is also no ordinary character. Gaston, the handsome young hunter of the town, boasts how he loves Belle and asks her to marry him ("Belle"/"Gaston") and she politely refuses. Soon though, "under a series of mysterious circumstances", Belle finds herself inside the Beast's enchanted castle. She is confronted by the magical castle inhabitants, Cogsworth the clock, Lumiere the candelabra, Mrs. Potts the teapot, and her son, Chip the teacup. Cogsworth thinks that they made a mistake by allowing Belle inside, but the others believe she could be the one to break the curse. So they throw her
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Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (Original Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2022 ABC television special of the same name. It featured all the songs performed in the television special, which included songs from the 1991 animated film as well as one from the 2017 live-action remake. New scores for the special were also composed for the special as well. The album was released on December 16, 2022 by Walt Disney Records. Background On July 5, 2022, a live-action/animation television special based on the 1991 film was announced with Hamish Hamilton directing. The film featured singer-songwriter H.E.R. as Belle, and Josh Groban as the Beast, with other characters, Joshua Henry, Rita Moreno, Martin Short, Shania Twain, and David Alan Grier were also featured in the film. All the characters perform renditions of the songs, including five from the original film: "Belle", "Gaston", "Be Our Guest", "Something There", "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Mob Song", while one from the 2017 film: "Evermore" was featured. "Rose Petal Suite", a score suite composed by Alan Menken for the special featuring the orchestra members and soloists were split into three pars. Part of the song "Evermore" was included in the second part of the featuring score suite. The album's pre-sales were announced on November 18, 2022, and was intended to be released on December 15, the same day as its special premiere on ABC, but was released a day later. It does not have a CD release and available only in digital formats. Track listing Reception Rolling Stone critic Paul Larisha added that the performance of the title track "began with the charm of any princess adaptation, H.E.R. descending down a flight of candle-lit stairs into the ballroom arm in arm with Groban while her golden yellow dress cascaded around her. But halfway through the song, as the guests twirled around in monochromatic outfits, the singer slipped away, only to emerge seconds later with her hair let down and the fluff of her dress removed to make room for her stained-glass electric guitar. The original Belle could only dream of being this cool." About the other songs, that "unsettling animations of Groban inside of an elaborate Beast costume with a chest area carved out for his head to poke through, were bolstered by the pair’s charismatic vocal performances". Laura Harley of CinemaBlend praised the creative changes of the musical numbers to honor with the legacy of the original film. Jeremy Brown praised the "amazing live performances of the songs" but had reservations on Shania Twain's rendition of the title track with Alan Menken playing the piano, feeling that Celine Dion would sing the song, but Twain stepped on to vocalise the track owing to Dion's health issues, but nevertheless praised her rendition and felt that "it was a nice tribute to the legendary Angela Lansbury who passed away earlier this year." Rob Price of Comic Watch said "The songs were beautifully sung by the new cast members with some of the
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Be Our Guest Restaurant is a table service restaurant in Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort. The restaurant has the theme and appearance of the Beast's Castle from Disney's 1991 animated feature film Beauty and the Beast. The name of the restaurant is a reference to "Be Our Guest", one of the signature songs from that film. History The restaurant was added as part of a large expansion and renovation in 2012 to Fantasyland's phased opening. In September 2009, it was announced at the D23 Expo that Fantasyland would be expanded to incorporate Disney Princess characters, along with a larger 3 ring circus-themed Dumbo area (now Storybook Circus). Recent conceptual artwork for the expansion shows several new additions and changes. Included is a new area themed to Disney's Beauty and the Beast featuring the Beast's Castle with a new dining experience, Gaston's tavern, and Belle's cottage. The restaurant was the only publicly accessible Magic Kingdom venue to serve wine and beer (exclusively at dinner) prior to December 23, 2016, when additional restaurants at Magic Kingdom added it to their menus. On March 20, 2015, Be Our Guest Restaurant began to serve breakfast meals featuring foods such as eggs florentine and an open-faced egg and poached-bacon sandwich. Breakfast has since been discontinued in the post COVID-19 era with lunch and dinner being served in a table service setting and a limited Prix Fix menu available. Restaurant The castle features a full table service restaurant for lunch and dinner, requiring reservations. Cuisine is French-inspired. There are three dining rooms are located within the castle, the Grand Ballroom where Belle and the Beast had their first dance, the (un)forbidden West Wing where the enchanted rose is kept on display, and the Rose Gallery with paintings and a 7' foot tall wooden music box depicting Belle and Beast dancing. The Grand Ballroom features baroque windows reaching the ceiling showing an exact recreation of the same view that Belle and the Beast had of the enchanted forest. The Rose Gallery has murals hand painted by Belle depicting the Enchanted Rose and many characters from the film, including the Beast, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Lumière, and Cogsworth. The West Wing is the darkest room in the castle with the Enchanted Rose on display and an enchanted portrait of the Prince (before he became the beast) which may occasionally flash and show his now current Beast Form. Area attractions Enchanted Tales with Belle Enchanted Tales with Belle is a live interactive show located in within the Beast's Castle. It serves as the replacement for the Storytime with Belle attraction which was originally located in the Fairytale Gardens. Guests could visit Belle's father's cottage, located at the former site of Ariel's Grotto. They can explore the home and encounter a magic mirror (a gift from the Beast) in Maurice's workshop which transports them to the Beast's Castle. Inside, they meet an audio-animatronic Madame Wardrobe who casts some guests as objects. Guests then head to the
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Little Miss Perfect is an American drama film written and directed by Marlee Roberts, starring Karlee Roberts, Izzy Palmieri, Jeremy Fernandez and Lilla Crawford. Plot summary Belle, an over-achieving high school freshman, stumbles upon an online pro-eating disorder subculture as cracks begin to appear in her seemingly perfect life. Cast Karlee Roberts as Belle Jeremy Fernandez as Gus Lilla Crawford as Olivia Izzy Palmieri as Lyla Tom Degnan as Mr. Davy Charlie Swan as Madison Eden Wright as Sophia Brandon Bernath as Joey Cameron Fachman as Dave Peter Rini as Maurice Production Script and development Little Miss Perfect was written by Marlee Roberts and originally began as an adaptation of the traditional French fairytale La Belle et la Bete, popularly known in English as Beauty and the Beast. The adaptation borrowed Belle's studious perfectionistic nature and combined it with the Beast's shame and temper. Belle was given a father who set off on a work venture, a mother who is out of the picture, and a confident bordering-on-arrogant suitor. In the classic fairytale, in order to break the Beast's curse, the Beast must learn to love someone and be loved in return. In Little Miss Perfect, where Belle and the 'beast' are one and the same, Belle must learn to love herself in order to rid herself of this 'beast'. Little Miss Perfect began development under the mentorship of NYU Professor Karl Bardosh, and former VP of 20th Century Fox, Nancy Malone. Roberts revised the screenplay, continuing research at the NYU Child Study Center with doctors in adolescent psychology, to incorporate the behavioral psychology of eating disorders, primarily anorexia. Filming Filming took place over four weeks in Stamford, Connecticut and New Rochelle, New York. Principal photography for the prestigious all-girls high school was shot on location at The College of New Rochelle campus and at the Leland Castle. Release Little Miss Perfect premiered at the Irvine International Film Festival on January 21, 2016, where it was nominated for Best Feature Film, and lead actress Karlee Roberts took home the Emerging Artist Award. References External links 2016 films Films based on Beauty and the Beast American coming-of-age drama films 2010s coming-of-age drama films 2016 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films Films scored by Giona Ostinelli
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The Beast is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991), as well as in the film's two direct-to-video followups Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Belle's Magical World. Based on the hero of the French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, the Beast was created by screenwriter Linda Woolverton and animated by Glen Keane. A pampered prince transformed into a hideous beast as punishment for his cold-hearted and selfish ways, the Beast must, in order to return to his former self, earn the love of a beautiful young woman named Belle whom he imprisons in his castle. All this must be done before the last petal falls from the enchanted rose on his twenty-first birthday. In all animated film appearances, the Beast is voiced by American actor Robby Benson. The 1991 animated film was adapted into a Broadway musical in 1994, with the role being originated by American actor Terrence Mann. Dan Stevens portrays a live-action version of the character in the 2017 adaptation of the 1991 film. Development Determining a suitable appearance for the Beast proved challenging. Although entirely fictional, supervising animator Glen Keane felt it essential for the Beast to resemble a creature that could possibly be found on Earth as opposed to an alien. The initial designs had the Beast as humanoid but with an animal head attached as per the original fairy tale, but soon shifted towards more unconventional forms. The earlier sketches of the Beast's character design are seen as gargoyles and sculptures in the Beast's castle. Inspired by a buffalo head that he purchased from a taxidermist, Keane decided to base the Beast's appearance on a variety of wild animals, drawing inspiration from the mane of a lion, head of a buffalo, brow of a gorilla, tusks of a wild boar, legs and tail of a wolf, and body of a bear. However, he felt it important that the Beast's eyes remain human. In fear that Glen Keane would design the Beast to resemble voice actor Robby Benson, Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg did not allow Keane to see Benson during production of the film. Characteristics The Beast is not of any one species of animal, but a chimera (a mixture of several animals), who would probably be classified as a carnivore overall. He has the head structure and horns of a buffalo, the arms and body of a bear, the eyebrows of a gorilla, the jaws, teeth, and mane of a lion, the tusks of a wild boar, and the legs and tail of a wolf. He also bears resemblance to mythical monsters like the Minotaur or a werewolf. He also has blue eyes, the one physical feature that does not change whether he is a beast or a human. As opposed to his original counterpart, Disney gave him a more primal nature to his personality and mannerisms, which truly exploited his character as an untamed animal (i.e. alternating
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"Days in the Sun" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice for the musical fantasy film Beauty and the Beast (2017), a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name. Rice and Menken developed the concept in 2007 during the first discussions about a remake. Performed by Adam Mitchell, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Audra McDonald, and Clive Rowe, "Days in the Sun" is one of four songs added to the 2017 film. It was released on March 10, 2017, as part of the film's soundtrack. "Days in the Sun" is prominently featured in a flashback sequence about the death of the Beast's mother. In the lyrics, the Beast's servants and Belle reminisce about earlier parts of their lives. Serving as a replacement of the song "Human Again" from the stage adaptation of the original Disney film, it was regarded as a more sombre expression of the subject matter by music critics. An alternative version of "Days in the Sun", in which the Beast's mother sings a verse, was made available on the Blu-ray release; it was changed after a test audience confused Harriet Jones with Hattie Morahan, who played the mother and Agathe, respectively. Critical response to "Days in the Sun" was mixed; some critics praised its content while others questioned whether it was a necessary addition. Background and release In 2007, composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice developed the concept for "Days in the Sun" during early discussions about a possible live-action adaptation of Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast. They wrote it during a meeting in London where Menken attended the West End opening for his musical Sister Act. Menken described the song as a lullaby that explores Belle, Beast, and his servants' memories of earlier parts of their lives; Rice approved of the idea as a way of expanding the characters' backgrounds and emphasizing their emotional connection with the audience. When describing his creative process, Menken said he prefers to conduct collaborations in-person; he said: "I prefer to write face to face in the room, I want the feedback, where’s the title, the exposition, the architecture of the song." Menken produced the song while collaborating with Rice on the songwriting. "Days in the Sun" is one of four songs introduced in the 2017 live-action adaptation Beauty and the Beast; the others are "Evermore", "Aria", and "How Does a Moment Last Forever". Menken said he only wanted to create more material for the remake if "it fe[lt] organic to the medium". David Hoberman, who produced the 2017 film, thought "Days in the Sun" would earn Menken his ninth Academy Award for Best Original Song. A preview of "Days in the Sun" was released on February 17, 2017, along with a portion of Emma Thompson's performance of the 1991 song "Beauty and the Beast". "Days in the Sun" was considered for release as a single but director Bill Condon did
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"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for the Disney animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). The film's theme song, the Broadway-inspired ballad was first recorded by British-American actress Angela Lansbury in her role as the voice of the character Mrs. Potts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters Belle and the Beast, specifically how the couple has learned to accept their differences and in turn change each other for the better. Additionally, the song's lyrics imply that the feeling of love is as timeless and ageless as a "tale as old as time". Lansbury's rendition is heard during the famous ballroom sequence between Belle and the Beast, while a shortened chorale version plays in the closing scenes of the film, and the song's motif features frequently in other pieces of Menken's film score. Lansbury was initially hesitant to record "Beauty and the Beast" because she felt that it was not suitable for her aging singing voice, but ultimately completed the song in one take. "Beauty and the Beast" was subsequently recorded as a pop duet by Canadian singer Celine Dion and American singer Peabo Bryson, and released as the only single from the film's soundtrack on November 25, 1991. Disney first recruited solely Dion to record a radio-friendly version of it in order to promote the film. However, the studio was concerned that the then-newcomer would not attract a large enough audience in the United States on her own, so they hired the more prominent Bryson to be her duet partner. At first Dion was also hesitant to record "Beauty and the Beast" because she had just recently been fired from recording the theme song of the animated film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991). First heard during the film's end credits, the single was produced by Walter Afanasieff who also arranged it with Robbie Buchanan, and included on Dion's self-titled album (1992) and Bryson's album, Through the Fire (1994). The single was accompanied by a music video. Directed by Dominic Orlando, it combined footage of the singers recording the song at The Power Station with excerpts from the film. Both versions of "Beauty and the Beast" were very successful, garnering both a Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as Grammy Awards for Best Song Written for Visual Media and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The single was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Lansbury's performance has been universally lauded by both film and music critics. While the Dion-Bryson version received mixed reviews from critics who felt that it was not as good as Lansbury's original, the single became a commercial success, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the better-known of the two renditions. In addition to returning Disney songs to the pop charts after
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Zemire en Azor (Zémire and Azor) is a 1784 semi-opera, a musical play "with spectacles and a ballet" by Bartholomeus Ruloffs. It is one of the most successful attempts to create a Dutch-language opera in the 18th century. Zemire en Azor was, for its time, a box-office success, with thirteen performances. Ruloffs composed new music to a Dutch libretto, which had been translated from French, based on Marmontel's La Belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast). References External links Libretto (1783), in Dutch Dutch-language operas 1784 operas Operas based on fairy tales Works based on Beauty and the Beast Operas
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Chantal Janzen (; born 15 February 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in The Preacher, Full Moon Party and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and presented Idols. She also played Belle in the Dutch musical production of Beauty and the Beast (noted for being the first Belle with blonde hair) and Jane in Tarzan. From late 2011 to mid 2012, she starred as Glinda in the musical Wicked. She also sang a song against cancer, called "Vecht Mee" (English: Fight With Us) with Dutch rapper Yes-R. Internationally, she's best known for co-hosting Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light and the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Life and career Janzen was born in Tegelen. She studied at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. She was taught in classical, modern, jazz and tapdance, acting, singing and musical repertoire. She played in several musicals, including Crazy For You, Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?, Saturday Night Fever, 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan and the production of . She played several guest roles in TV shows like Baantjer, Intensive Care, De Band, Meiden van De Wit and Kinderen Geen Bezwaar. She also hosted Staatsloterij Live and the Dutch version of Idols. Janzen played several parts in movies: De Dominee, Feestje, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Volle Maan, Alles is Liefde, Kicks and the made-for-TV film Loverboy. In December 2002 her single "Achter De Sterren", the title song from the movie Science Fiction was released. Janzen won the in 2002 for Upcoming Talent for her lead in Saturday Night Fever. She also won a musical award in 2005 for Best actress in a supporting role for the musical Crazy For You. She got nominated for Best female lead in 2006 as Belle in Beauty and the Beast and in 2007 she got nominated for the same prize for her role as Jane in the musical Tarzan. Because of her pregnancy she had to temporarily leave her part in the musical Tarzan from September 2008 through April 2009. She was replaced by Bente van den Brand. After Tarzan she played a part in the Disney Musical Sing-Along. In 2010 Janzen can be seen in the musical Petticoat. It's an original Dutch musical, written especially for her. After her role in Petticoat she played the role of Glinda in the Dutch rendition of the Broadway musical Wicked. In 2011 Janzen ended her contract with the Dutch TV channel AVRO and signed a contract with RTL. According to her, hosting the Award shows she had been hosting at the AVRO for the fourth year in a row, would make her performance look cheap. She was enthused by the idea of experiencing other things. In 2012 Janzen had roles in the series Divorce and Goede tijden, slechte tijden. Later on in 2019 Janzen returned in another small role in Goede tijden, slechte tijden. Since she made the switch to RTL Nederland, she has presented various television programs including De Jongens tegen de
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Henry Hodges is an American actor. Hodges is best known for his musical theatre roles on Broadway; starring as "Chip" in Beauty and the Beast, as "Jeremy Potts" in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and as "Michael Banks" in Mary Poppins. Early life Hodges has an older sister named Charly. Hodges appeared as Tiny Tim in the Ford's Theatre production of A Christmas Carol in Washington, D.C. He subsequently performed in numerous operas over two seasons at The Kennedy Center. After appearing in his second season at Ford's Theater, he was invited to audition for Disney and was selected to play the part of Chip in the tour of Beauty and the Beast. Career Broadway Hodges portrayed the role of the loveable teacup "Chip", the son of "Mrs. Potts", for seven months in the National Tour of Beauty and the Beast in 2003. He was invited to play the same part on Broadway in New York City, where he shared the stage with Christy Carlson Romano, who portrayed "Belle". In 2005, he originated the role of "Jeremy Potts" in the Broadway production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, playing the role from First Preview to the Closing Night performance, never missing a show. Hodges' performance garnered the attention of theatrical producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher and in 2006 he was cast as an original "Michael Banks" in the successful Broadway production of Mary Poppins, playing the part for over a year and a half. One of the many highlights of being part of the show was when Hodges performed with the cast on the 2007 Tony Awards National Broadcast, where Mary Poppins was nominated for 8 Tony Awards. Next for Hodges was portraying the roles of MacDuff son and Fleance in the 2008 Broadway production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Patrick Stewart. He then was part of the Original Broadway Musical 13, by acclaimed Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown, understudying the roles of Archie, Evan, Richie, and Simon. Each year, casts from Broadway shows perform holiday songs for the annual CD fundraiser Carols for a Cure and Hodges can be heard as a soloist on Volumes 6, 7 and 8. He was also an active member of Broadway Kids Care, which brings together young actors from current and past Broadway shows to do community service work. Regional Theater Hodges began his acting career as a young boy in productions of Salome, Idomeneo, and M. Butterfly at the Washington Opera and Macbeth with the Kirov Opera, under the direction of opera singer Plácido Domingo. He also performed as Tiny Tim for two seasons in Ford's Theatre production of A Christmas Carol. As a teenager, Hodges performed at the Tony winning Hartford Stage in two productions. The first was in the role of Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird, with Matthew Modine, which broke all box-office records for Hartford Stage. The second was portraying Horace Robedaux at age 14 in the acclaimed Horton Foote play, The Orphans' Home Cycle. Hodges reprised his role when
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"The Mob Song" is a song from the 1991 Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast. Plot "The Mob Song" sees Gaston instill fear into the villagers about the Beast, claiming he will supposedly kill them. Gaston then proceeds to lead the angry mob up to the Beast's castle so that he can kill the Beast while the rest of the villagers rob the castle of its treasures. CommonSenseMedia explains that "misguided townspeople say scary and violent things about the Beast, proposing they kill him and mount his head on a wall." At one point, Gaston says, "Screw your courage to the sticking place", which is a line from Macbeth. Composition and analysis Lyricist Howard Ashman, who had AIDS by the time he wrote the song and viewed the Beast's curse as an allegory for AIDS, was inspired by public sentiment at the time against AIDS and the gay community when writing the song's lyrics. Beauty and the Beast producer Don Hahn further said that the song was written as "almost a metaphor for" the stigmatization against people with AIDS. Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out claims the song "taps into this demonization of persons with AIDS". The book Sigmund Romberg says the song is "a cinematic recreation of Nelson Eddy's nocturnal march 'Stouthearted Men' in the 1940 musical film New Moon. The Cambridge Companion of Singing describes the song as a "parody" of the earlier number. Critical reception Unlocked described it as a "less time-consuming number". CommonSenseMedia said the song is one of the few things in the film that parents should be concerned about. WCPO said it was "dramatic" with "dark energy". 2017 version For the 2017 live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken adjusted the lyrics to reflect LeFou starting to turn against Gaston. Menken said that he changed the lyrics because director Bill Condon "wanted this sense of Gaston as a demagogue at that point, and the turnaround of Lefou". References 1991 songs Disney Renaissance songs Songs from Beauty and the Beast (franchise) Songs with music by Alan Menken Songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman Song recordings produced by Alan Menken Song recordings produced by Howard Ashman
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"Beauty and the Beast" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. It is the final track on her second album The Wild Heart, released in 1983. It was later released in a live version from Nicks 1986 Rock a Little tour as a B-side to the UK single "Whole Lotta Trouble" in October 1989. It also appears on two compilations: Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks, released in 1991, and the boxset, Enchanted, released in 1998. A new studio version appears on her album, The Soundstage Sessions, released in 2009. Inspiration and interpretations The song receives its titles and initial inspiration from French filmmaker Jean Cocteau's 1946 film Beauty and the Beast, one of Stevie Nicks' favorite classic films. Nicks explains the importance of the song to her, both during live performances and in various interviews, as one that encompasses her whole life and represents how everyone is either a beauty or a beast, usually both On its re-release in Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks (1991), she dedicates the song to Vincent and Catherine, of the late 80's television show, "Beauty and the Beast." Studio session "Beauty and the Beast" was recorded during a single three-hour session in Gordon Perry's recording studio. It is recorded with a full string orchestra and grand piano. During the recording session, Stevie Nicks and her back-up vocalists wore long black gowns and served champagne to the visiting musicians. Personnel (1983 studio version) Main performers Stevie Nicks – vocals Roy Bittan – piano Sharon Celani – backup vocals Lori Perry – backup vocals String section Paul Buckmaster – arranger & conductor Gene Bianco – harp Jesse Levine – viola Julien Barber – viola Theodore Israel – viola Harry Zaratzian – viola Jesse Levy – cello Frederick Zlotkin – cello Seymour Barab – cello Jon Abramowitz – cello Marvin Morgenstern – violin Herbert Sorkin – violin John Pintavalle – violin Max Ellen – violin Regis Eandiorio – violin Harry Glickman – violin Peter Dimitriades – violin Paul Winter – violin Matthew Raimondi – violin Harry Cykman – violin Raymond Kunicki – violin Lewis Eley – violin Ruth Waterman – violin Paul Gershman – violin Personnel (2009 studio version) Main performers Stevie Nicks – vocals, producer Sharon Celani – backup vocals Lori Nicks – backup vocals Jana Anderson – backup vocals String section Eric Roth – conductor Janice MacDonald – flute Deb Stevenson – oboe Greg Flint – horn Christine Worthing – horn Guillaume Combet – violin Jennifer Cappelli – violin Carmen Llop-Kassinger – violin Christine Keiko Abe – violin Carol Cook – viola Jocelyn Davis-Beck – cello Eddie Bayers – drums Michael Rhodes – bass Joe Thomas – keyboards Live performance During her 2006 and 2007 tours, Stevie Nicks performed "Beauty and the Beast" as her encore. For this number, she changed into a black dress and styled her hair into an up-do to resemble Belle from the 1946 film. Footage from the film played in the background as well while
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"Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). Recorded by American actor Jerry Orbach and English actress Angela Lansbury as Lumière and Mrs. Potts, respectively, "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale Broadway-inspired musical number that takes place during the first half of Beauty and the Beast, performed by the castle's staff of enchanted objects in an elaborate attempt to welcome Belle. Menken initially intended for the melody of "Be Our Guest" to be temporary but was ultimately unable to compose a satisfying one with which to replace it. The song had originally been intended for Belle's father Maurice. However, "Be Our Guest" had to be entirely re-written as the story evolved in order to return its focus to Belle. "Be Our Guest" has garnered universal acclaim from both film and music critics who, in addition to dubbing the song a show-stopper, praised its catchiness and Orbach's vocal performance while applauding the scene's unprecedented use of computer-generated imagery. "Be Our Guest" has since been extolled as one of Disney's most celebrated and popular songs, establishing itself as one of the studio's greatest and most iconic. "Be Our Guest" received nominations for both the Golden Globe and Academy Awards for Best Original Song, being performed by Orbach live at the 64th Academy Awards, ultimately losing both to the film's title song. "Be Our Guest" has been ranked highly on several "best Disney song" countdown lists, garnering recognition from IGN, M and the American Film Institute. Disney has further used the song in the Broadway musical adaptation and the 2017 live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. The song's title was used for the Be Our Guest Restaurant at the Magic Kingdom, and as a tagline for promoting the 2017 film. The song has been parodied in an episode of The Simpsons and the film South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut. Background Originally, Beauty and the Beast, under the direction of Richard Purdum, was not intended to be a musical. Then-studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg decided to turn the film into a Broadway-style musical similar to The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney's previous animated film, after he, displeased with the film's initial story reel, ordered the film scrapped and restarted from scratch. As a result, Purdum resigned, and first-time feature film directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale replaced him. Following the Academy Award-winning success of The Little Mermaid, Katzenberg asked The Little Mermaid songwriting duo of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken to write the songs for and score Beauty and the Beast. At first Ashman, who was at the time writing songs with Menken for a recently pitched idea for another Disney film called Aladdin (1992), was reluctant to join the struggling film project, but eventually agreed. Musically, "Be Our Guest" is based on a simple melody that was composed by Menken, who initially had little intention of using it as anything more than just a "dummy."
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name, it was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Hudson Soft in North America on July 1, 1994 and Europe on February 23, 1995, respectively. The game was published by Virgin Interactive in Japan on July 8, 1994. Gameplay The entire game is played through the perspective of the Beast. As the Beast, the player must get Belle to fall in love so that the curse cast upon him and his castle will be broken, she will marry him and become a princess. The final boss of the game is Gaston, a hunter who will try to steal Belle from the Beast. Reception On release, Famitsu reported that the game had received a 6 out of 10 in their Reader Cross Review. References 1994 video games Beauty and the Beast (franchise) video games Hudson Soft games Single-player video games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Super Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Video games based on adaptations Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in castles Video games set in France
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Belle and Sebastian () is a 2013 French adventure drama film directed by Nicolas Vanier. It was based on the 1966 French novel Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry, which in turn was based on the 1965 French TV series. The film was the first of a trilogy, as the second film adventure Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues, was released on 9 December 2015, with the final film being Belle and Sebastien: Friends for Life, released in 2018. Plot In the French Alps, during the year 1943, Sébastien is a seven year old orphan boy living with César, an adoptive "grandfather" and his niece, Angélina. The unusual little family lives in the small village of Saint-Martin, whose inhabitants, despite the German occupation, secretly organize the passage of Jewish exiles into Switzerland. The village is also plagued by a mysterious "Beast" who preys on the flocks of the shepherds and the inhabitants, including César's animals. Sébastien is a very lonely child who is suffering from the absence of his mother. He believes that she migrated "to America, just over the mountains", and spends all his days in the mountains. One day, on the way home, he meets a huge dog, wild and completely discredited: it is the so-called "Beast". Sébastien quickly makes friends with the animal, a female livestock guardian dog, and names her "Belle" because he is struck by her beauty after she is cleaned up from the mud that she was coated with. Sébastien decides to keep his friendship with Belle a secret to protect her. Meanwhile, a German patrol, commanded by the ambiguous Lieutenant Peter Braun, arrives in Saint-Martin to put an end to the secret escape route of the Jews. Sébastien, during one of his trips along with Belle, collides with two of the soldiers; Belle responds by attacking and injuring one of the soldiers. Lieutenant Braun orders the mayor of Saint-Martin to arrange a hunt to track down and kill the "Beast". Meanwhile, César discovers Sébastien's secret and is horrified. Knowing that Sébastien will try to prevent Belle from being shot, César gives the boy the wrong directions to the hunting area, but he is still able to interfere, at least for a while. Then César takes him out of the area, while the hunt goes on. César and the village men manage to find and hurt Belle. Sébastien escapes confinement, and finds the wounded dog and tries to help her. He is now furious with César, but asks for help from Dr. Guillaume, the village doctor and Angélina's boyfriend. After an initial hesitation (and being prodded with a con from Sébastien) he agrees to treat Belle and saves her life. Unbeknownst to Sébastien, Dr. Guillaume is also the one who is responsible for escorting the Jews to the Swiss border. One evening, the doctor hides a family in a cave prior to a trip to the border, when the sound of wolves is heard in the valley. The doctor goes out as the wolves
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In the ballroom scene from Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, during which the fictional character Belle dances with the Beast to the film's titular song, Belle wears an opulent golden off-the-shoulder ball gown with a voluminous skirt. Producer Don Hahn claims the dress was conceived by several intoxicated male filmmakers during production of the film. Although Beauty and the Beast is set in 18th-century France, the dress's streamlined, anachronistic design borrows inspiration from several different fashion eras, with some of its elements centuries removed from its historical setting. Although art director Brian McEntee had always envisioned the dress as yellow and gold, representing Belle's emotional growth into a happier, warmer character, Disney's marketing department wanted a pink dress to appeal to young girls; McEntee convinced the studio that gold would differentiate Belle from previous Disney princesses. The dress has been reimagined for several adaptations of the film, notably by Ann Hould-Ward for the Broadway musical in 1994, by Jacqueline Durran for the 2017 live-action remake in which the costume is worn by actress Emma Watson, and by Marina Toybina for the 2022 television special worn by singer H.E.R. Despite some significant deviations from their animated predecessor, all designs retained the original's signature color. The dress is considered to be one of the most famous in film history, as well as one of Disney's most renowned outfits. Belle's dress has inspired several iterations in various tie-in media, including toys, video games, and television, with an alternate version of the character wearing a similar costume in the television series Once Upon a Time. Replicas of the dress have been worn by actresses Penélope Cruz and Hailee Steinfeld. History and design In Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, Belle attends dinner with the Beast wearing a golden ball gown. She slowly enters down the grand staircase before eating and dancing with the Beast, to the tune of the title song performed by Mrs. Potts. The dress is worn during one of Disney's most famous scenes, which in turn contributed to the outfit's popularity among audiences. According to Tracy Brown of the Chicago Tribune, the scene "helped cement the iconic status of Belle's yellow dress". The dress is a voluminous off-the-shoulder tiered ball gown, accessorized with a matching headpiece, opera gloves, earrings and shoes. Belle wears her hair in a half-up style. Out of her four costume changes, the yellow gown is the most opulent dress Belle wears in the film. Its color also matches that of the ballroom. Screenwriter Linda Woolverton theorized that Belle obtained the dress from the Wardrobe character, who was no longer able to fit into the gown upon being turned into a wardrobe. A writer for The Times of India believes the dress demonstrates Belle's preference for monochromatic, sometimes ostentatious pieces. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Paddy Calistro observed that "the cut of Belle's clothes becomes more and more bare" as she falls in love with the Beast, "revealing voluptuous breasts and alluring
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"Human Again" is a song originally written for and later restored to the 1991 Disney animated musical Beauty and the Beast. With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, "Human Again" was replaced during production of the original 1991 version of the film by "Something There", but retained and revised by Menken and new lyricist Tim Rice for the 1994 stage musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. A newly produced sequence featuring "Human Again" was added to the Beauty and the Beast animated film for its 2002 IMAX Special Edition and subsequent DVD, VHS, and Blu-ray home releases. The song is an upbeat waltz, with lyrics sung by several of the enchanted objects/house servants in the castle of the Beast, who are hopeful that now that he and Belle are getting closer to one another, they could fall in love and break the spell on their castle, which would restore all of them to human form. The song also expands the role of The Wardrobe, giving her a solo verse in the number. In the film, where it falls between "Something There" and "Beauty and the Beast", "Human Again" is primarily performed by Lumière (Jerry Orbach), Cogsworth (David Ogden Stiers), Mrs. Potts (Angela Lansbury), and The Wardrobe (Jo Anne Worley). Neither Belle nor the Beast sing in the song, but they are seen in a brief scene where Belle teaches the Beast to read starting with Romeo & Juliet (King Arthur in the stage version and demo). Production The song was originally written for the 1991 film, but was cut due to pacing issues and its length. It was included in the 1994 Broadway musical, and was brought back for the 2002 DVD release of the film. Don Hahn explained: "Kirk and Gary and I were sitting around talking about the Star Wars Special Edition that had just come out and Kirk jokingly suggested, 'wouldn't it be fun to do a special edition of Beauty with Human Again or new material in it?' When the head of Feature Animation said he thought it was a great idea, we stopped joking and began thinking about how we could actually do it. We had storyboarded the sequence for the original production, but completely reworked it for this special edition of the film." Kirk Wise (who directed the original film) also directed the reanimated sequence, with co-director of Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale. Wise explained, "we had many of the same animators, same background painters, same artists that worked on the sequence". Composition Show Biz Training describes the song as a "beautiful waltz". It is composed in the key of G Major in 3/4 time. Removal "Human Again" is considered by the Disney executives as somewhat of a controversial song within Beauty and the Beast. DigitalMediaFX said "there's a reason that the "Human Again" song was not included in the original Beauty and the Beast until 2002—it didn't quite fit", and cites Disney's own statement, "the song posed story
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Alina Eremia (; born 15 December 1993 in Buftea) is a Romanian singer, TV personality, and former member of the LaLa band, who represented Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song Țurai. She plays Ioana in the teenage sitcom series Pariu cu viața. From 2014, she participated at the Romanian version of Dancing with the stars on Antena 1 and she was in the jury of Next Star. She also worked for Disney Romania as a voice actress, dubbing the singing voice of Pocahontas in Pocahontas (Romanian dubbing from 2008) and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Romanian dubbing from 2009), and both speaking and singing voices of Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Belle's Magical World (Romanian dubbing from 2010). Alina was a member of Miracol for over six years. During that time, she also studied piano at the School of Music and Fine Arts, Bucharest. She is one of the most recognised singers of Romania and her song "It was a madness" was listed as one of the most popular songs of the year in 2015. In 2016 Alina parodied her own song "A fost o nebunie" together with Andrei Ciobanu and Sergiu Floroaia. Discography Studio albums 360 (2017) Déjà Vu (2021) EP Show Must Go On (Live) (2021) Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links AlinaEremia.ro Official website [ Alina Eremia] discography at Allmusic 1993 births English-language singers from Romania Living people People from Buftea Global Records artists Romanian child singers Romanian pianists Romanian women pianists Romanian women pop singers 21st-century Romanian singers 21st-century Romanian women singers 21st-century pianists Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants 21st-century women pianists
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Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (28 November 1685 – 29 December 1755) was a French novelist influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and various précieuse writers. Villeneuve is particularly noted for her original story of La Belle et la Bête, which was published in 1740 and is the oldest known variant of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Biography Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve was born and died in Paris. She belonged to a powerful Protestant family from La Rochelle and was a descendant of Amos Barbot, a Peer of France and a deputy in the Estates General in 1614. His brother, Jean Amos, became mayor of La Rochelle in 1610. Another relative, Jean Barbot (1655-1712), was an early explorer of West Africa and the Caribbean, and worked as an agent on slave ships. He published his travel journals in French and English after he migrated to England to escape the persecution of Protestants after Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In 1706, Gabrielle-Suzanne married Jean-Baptiste Gaalon de Villeneuve, a member of a noble family from Poitou. Within six months of their marriage, she requested a separation of property from her husband, who had already squandered much of their substantial joint inheritance. A daughter was born, but no records indicate if she survived. In 1711, Gabrielle-Suzanne became a widow at the age of 26. She lost her fortune and was forced to seek employment to support herself. Eventually, she made her way back to Paris, where she met Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, or Crébillon père, the most famous writer of tragedies of the period. It is likely that she began co-habitating with Crébillon père in the early 1730s, although the earliest documented date is 1748. She remained with him until her death in 1755 and assisted him with his duties as the royal literary censor. She thus became knowledgeable about the literary tastes of the Parisian reading public. Major works Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve published both fairy tales and novels. Her publications include a novella, Le Phénix conjugal (1734, The Conjugal Phoenix); two collections of fairy tales, La Jeune Américaine ou les Contes marins (1740) and Les Belles Solitaires (1745); and four novels, Le Beau-frère supposé (1752), La Jardinière de Vincennes (1753, The Gardener of Vincennes), Le juge prévenu (1754, The Biased Judge), and Mémoires de Mesdemoiselles de Marsange (1757, Memoirs of Mlles de Marsange). La Jardinière de Vincennes was considered her masterpiece and gave her her greatest commercial success. The Bibliographie du genre romanesque français 1751-1800 lists 15 editions of this novel. Beauty and the Beast Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve is particularly noted for her original story of La Belle et la Bête, which was published in her La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740, and is the oldest known modern variant of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. This book, which is as long as a conventional novel, was influenced by the style of 17th-century novels and contains many subplots or intercalated stories, one of which
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Alicia Diana Santos Colmenero (born June 9, 1950), better known as Diana Santos, is a Mexican voice actress who has dubbed Minnie Mouse's voice in Latin Spanish, the part of Takeshi in the Spanish dubbed version of the 1967–1968 Japanese television program Comet-San. She has also been credited as Ad Santos (with "Ad" being "A.D.", which stands for her initials "Alicia Diana"). Filmography Bo Peep in Lamp Life (short film) (2020) Nai-Nai in Abominable (2019) Joan Thompson in Ordinary Love (2019) Bo Peep in Toy Story 4 (2019) Belle in Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Mother in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (episode 27) (2017-2020) Julia Child (TV Chef) in The Boss Baby (2017) Miss Chicarelli in Kick Buttowski (2010-2013) Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (singing voice) in Phineas and Ferb (2007) (Season 1 only) Mini in Cars (2006) Audrey in Home on the Range (2004) Minnie Mouse in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) Belle and Minnie Mouse in House of Mouse (2001-2003) Belle / Minnie Mouse in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) Minnie Mouse in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) Minnie Mouse (1970s-present) Lucille Vinson in Crazy in Alabama (1999) Bo Peep in Toy Story 2 (1999) Belle (speaking voice) in Belle's Tales of Friendship (1999) Lila Alweather (speaking voice) in Paulie (1998) Boy in hospital in Babe: Pig in the City (1998) Belle (speaking voice) in Belle's Magical World (1998) Belle (speaking voice) in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) Felinet in The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) Nerdluck Nawt in Space Jam (1996) Baloo (cub) and Mowgli in Jungle Cubs (1996-1998) Bo Peep in Toy Story (1995) The Hoggetts' Daughter / The Singing Mice / Valda in Babe (1995) Spanky McFarland in The Little Rascals (1994) (Original Mexican dub) Sarah Sanderson in Hocus Pocus (1993) (Mexican re-dub) Jerry and Robyn Starling (singing voice) in Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) Young Ebenezer Scrooge as well as Clara and Beaker in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Belle (speaking voice) in Beauty and the Beast (1991) Binkie, Honker, and Tank Muddlefoot in Darkwing Duck (1991) Edmond in Rock-A-Doodle (1991) Miss Bianca in The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Rebecca Cunningham in TaleSpin (1990) Webby in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) Miss Piggy in Muppet Babies (1984–1991) and Muppets from Space (1999) Chip in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (1989) Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) (Original Mexican dub) Piglet in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988-1991) Young Babar / Young Celeste in Babar: The Movie (1989) (Mexican re-dub) (1994) Hansel (singing voice) in Hansel and Gretel (1987) Princess Rosebud in Sleeping Beauty (1987) Young Snow White in Snow White (1987) Margaret Krusemark in Angel Heart (1987) Twinkle in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) Jeanette Miller in The Chipmunk Adventure (1987) (Original Mexican dub) Olivia Flaversham / Lady Mouse in The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Alicia in He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985) Sunni
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Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy-drama television series that first aired on CBS from September 25, 1987 to August 4, 1990. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent (Ron Perlman), a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine (Linda Hamilton), a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York City, and a secret utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary. Through an empathic bond, Vincent senses Catherine's emotions, and becomes her guardian. Premise The series follows the developing relationship between the characters and the division between New York and the hidden world beneath it. In a twist from the original tale, however, this "beast" does not transform into society's idea of beauty after gaining the love of Catherine. Rather, Vincent's inner beauty is allowed to remain the focus of who he is, and it is Catherine's life that transforms from her relationship to Vincent. In the third season, after the death of the character Catherine, Jo Anderson became the new female lead playing Diana Bennett, a criminal profiler investigating Catherine's murder. Production As the title indicates, the premise of the series is inspired by the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast"; in particular, there is some connection to the Jean Cocteau's 1946 French film, La Belle et la Bête. George R. R. Martin, who would later write the A Song of Ice and Fire book series which were later adapted into the acclaimed television series Game of Thrones, was a writer and producer on the show. In 2004 and 2007, Beauty and the Beast was ranked #14 and #17, respectively, on TV Guides Top Cult Shows Ever. Series synopsis Season 1 Catherine Chandler (played by Linda Hamilton) is abducted, beaten, slashed and left to die in Central Park because she was inadvertently mistaken for somebody else. She is rescued and cared for by Vincent (played by Ron Perlman) who has taken her to Father (played by Roy Dotrice), head of a hidden community of people dwelling in tunnels below the city of New York. Ten days later, Catherine returns to the surface with the promise of keeping Vincent's secret and the challenge to go on after her terrible attack. After completing her recovery, her life begins a serious transition: she takes self-defense lessons, leaves her comfortable job at her father's law firm and joins the Manhattan District Attorney's office as an assistant district attorney. Her first action involves her asking Carol Stabler about those men who attacked her, where she states that they were part of an illegal escort service run by Martin Belmont. When Catherine is attacked by Martin Belmont's men, she is saved by Vincent, who mauls the men. During the course of the first season, the production team fashioned a blend of romance and crime drama, which used both Catherine's position as an ADA and her will to help Vincent and his world to place her in moments of physical danger that would bring the
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Michelle Patricia Gayle (born 2 February 1971) is a British singer, songwriter, actress and writer. Gayle had success as a soul and R&B singer in the 1990s, having achieved seven top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart. These include "Sweetness" and "Do You Know". She released two top 40 albums through RCA Records but they parted company in 1997, and although Gayle has recorded other albums, they have not been released. As an actress, Gayle is known for her work on television, in particular playing Hattie Tavernier in BBC's EastEnders from 1990 to 1993. She has also had various roles in film and theatre and played Belle in the West End musical Beauty and the Beast in 1999. She has taken part in several celebrity-based reality television shows, and, in June 2007, she became a panellist for ITV's topical chatshow Loose Women. Gayle branched into writing and the rights to her first novel were acquired by Walker Books in 2010. The book, Pride and Premiership, was published on 5 May 2011. Acting, presenting and personal appearances Acting 1987–88 Gayle was born in 1971 in the northwest part of London, in the Harlesden area. She attended the Barbara Speake Stage School in Acton, west London, at a time when Naomi Campbell, Amma Asante and Kwame Kwei-Armah were also attending. She first became publicly known when she appeared in the children's BBC television programme Grange Hill in 1988 and 1989 as Fiona Wilson, who was most notably part of a rap duo named Fresh 'n' Fly. 1990–1993 Gayle later appeared as an extra in TV Drama London's Burning and in the Children's ITV television programme Press Gang in 1990 as a background member of the news team, and that same year she won the role of Hattie Tavernier in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. The introduction of the Tavernier family heralded the first time that an entire family had joined the programme all at once. Their introduction was also a well-intentioned attempt to portray a wider range of black characters than had previously been achieved on the show. Gayle's character remained in the show for three years as Ian Beale's PA and was featured in an array of storylines including being abandoned by her fiancé Steve Elliot (Mark Monero) and suffering a miscarriage as a result. However, music was always Gayle's first passion, and in 1993 she left EastEnders to pursue a singing career. 1999 onwards In 1999, Gayle played Belle, the lead female, in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and she returned to television acting in 2003, guest-starring in the BBC television dramas Doctors and Holby City. She went on to play the role of Lara in the Five soap opera, Family Affairs (2005), and played the lead female character, Yvonne, in the film Joy Division, which was released in November 2006. The film tells the story of a German boy who is orphaned in World War II and then groomed as a KGB sleeper. Gayle starred in Jason
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The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards is a 2015 American anthology film based on the book by Robert Boswell. It consists of seven vignettes. It premiered at the 2015 Atlanta Film Festival. Vignettes A Walk In Winter The first is A Walk In Winter directed by Ryan Moody, written by Jessica Nikkel: Conrad comes back to his small town to learn they have located the bones of his missing mother. He is asked to watch the police station and he discovers that the body is that of his father and not his mother. Cast: James Franco as Conrad Abigail Spencer as Abigail Jack Kehler as Sheriff Guests The second is Guests directed by Mark Columbus, written by Neville Kiser: Charlie attends his first day of class at his new school only to be bullied by Bobby. Dad is at home dying of cancer so Charlie tells Mom and Dad that all went well at school. As time passes Dad eventually dies. The next day Charlie goes to school and beats up Bobby. Cast: Rico Rodriguez as Charlie Foster - New student Matthew Modine as Theodore Foster - Father Priscilla Garita as Maricelle Foster - Mother Tanner Buchaman as Bobby Bell - Bully Almost Not Beautiful The third is Almost Not Beautiful directed by Sarah Kruchowski, written by Jacqueline Vleck: Lisa comes home to find her dysfunctional family unchanged. Mom still tolerates step-dad, Sydney who like to play pocket pool with his hand in his pocket. Sister Amanda is drunk and has attempted suicide twice. Lisa tells Amanda that "you're prettier than I am" and that is to make everything ok. Cast: Kate Mara as Lisa - Sister Amber Tamblyn as Amanda - Sister Miss Famous The fourth is Miss Famous directed by Shadae Lamar Smith, written by Roxanne Beck: Monica is a maid who has a young daughter Sally. As Monica meets people and cleans their houses, she is going to use their life experiences to write a book and become famous. Cast: Kristen Wiig as Monica - Maid Tony Cox as Mr. Chub - Customer Jimmy Kimmel as Lunchtime creeper in park Maya Zapata as Babysitter Lacunae The fifth is Lacunae directed by Vanita Shastry, written by Mona Nahm: Son Paul comes home to visit his parents because Dad recently had a stroke. At dinner both Mom and Dad encourage Paul to visit his former wife who has had a son since the divorce. Despite Paul's assurances that he is not the father, they tell him that Cliff, the "grandchild", sure looks like him. Taking Dad for a ride, he drives by Laura's house. Later he goes back, meets Cliff and talks to Laura. He gives the boy a carved wooden horse. Laura tells Paul she had dated a guy that sure looked like him. Paul goes home and asks his parents whether they think Paul should start seeing Laura again? Cast: Natalie Portman as Laura Jim Parrack as Paul Smoke Sixth is Smoke directed by Simon Savelyev, written
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"A Change in Me" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice for the musical Beauty and the Beast, a stage adaptation of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name. The song was written specifically for American singer Toni Braxton when she joined the production to play the role of Belle in 1998, four years into the musical's run. Menken and Rice wrote "A Change in Me" to appease Braxton after Rice promised the singer, who was hesitant to sign her contract, that he would write an entirely new song for her to perform in the musical on the condition that she finally agree to play Belle. Appearing during the show's second act, Belle sings "A Change in Me" to her father Maurice after reuniting with him to explain how much she has matured and changed for the better while she was imprisoned at the Beast's castle. Immediately popular among critics and audiences, the pop ballad has been positively received since Braxton debuted it, remaining part of the show's set list ever since. Actress Susan Egan, who originated the role of Belle in 1994, recorded the first studio version of "A Change in Me" in 2002 for her debut studio album So Far; her cover was the song's first English-language recording. Background Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice had already written six original songs for the stage adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, most of which focus on character development, including a solo for Belle entitled "Home". In July 1998, American R&B singer Toni Braxton entered final negotiations to make her Broadway debut as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, replacing actress Kim Huber in the role. Despite having initial reservations due to the singer's reputation as a sex symbol, director Robert Jess Roth eventually concluded that Braxton would offer an "interesting" interpretation of Belle after first meeting with her to discuss the role and observing similarities between Braxton's own personality and the character's. Once Roth forwarded his approval of the singer's casting to Disney, the studio began collaborating with Braxton's management on developing a contract stipulating that the singer would appear in the show for a three-month period. However, various circumstances resulted in Braxton continuously delaying to sign the contract until she met for dinner with Menken, Rice and choreographer Matt West; Roth was out of town at the time and unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts. A few days after their dinner, Braxton telephoned Ross to confirm that she had finally signed the contract; this was the first time Ross learned that Rice had apparently promised Braxton that he would write an entirely new song for her to sing in the musical if she agreed to sign the paperwork. Panicked, Ross immediately contacted Rice, who confirmed that he had in fact agreed to write a song for Braxton, blaming himself for having consumed too much alcohol during their dinner. Rice asked Ross to allow him 24 hours to review the musical
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Sarah Litzsinger is an American actress and singer, best known for her career in musical theatre. Life and career Litzsinger appeared in Marilyn: An American Fable and in the Broadway revival of Oliver!, alongside Patti LuPone. She also was in the ensemble of Les Misérables, understudying the roles of Cosette and Eponine. She went on to star as The Narrator in the Canadian production and U.S. national touring companies of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, with Donny Osmond. On December 2, 2000 she took over the role of Belle from Andrea McArdle in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast after playing it on the national tour and understudying the role on Broadway for a year. After playing Belle full-time for nearly two years she left the show August 2002 and was succeeded by Jamie-Lynn Sigler. In August 2002, Sarah went right into rehearsal for Michel LeGrand's Amour on Broadway. She originated the role of Madeleine in the French musical fable. After Amour closed, Litzsinger returned to the role of Belle on February 11, 2003. In 2006, she played Eva Peron in the 25th U.S. national tour of Evita. From May 30 – September 17, 2006, she once again appeared in Disney's Beauty and the Beast replacing Ashley Brown as Belle. Litzsinger holds the distinction of being Broadway's longest-running Belle. In 2004, Litzsinger released a self-titled solo album. She is also a member of the band TASTiSKANK, along with another Broadway actress, Kate Reinders. In 2007, they won the Breakout Award at the HBO Aspen Festival. They were also voted as two of the 25 Sexiest New Yorkers by the New York Post. Tastiskank performed their act at the 2008 TBS Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. Reinders and Litzsinger co-starred opposite Constantine Maroulis in an independent TV pilot called Teachers which aired at the fourth annual New York Television Festival. In 2010, Litzsinger received a Wilde Award "Best Actress in a Musical" for her portrayal of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, and most recently played 'Peter Pan' in Peter Pan at Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Stage credits Beauty and the Beast – Broadway (Belle) Evita – U.S. tour (Eva Peron) The Last Five Years – George Street Playhouse (Cathy) tick, tick...BOOM! – George Street Playhouse (Susan) "A Year with Frog and Toad" -Minneapolis Children's Theatre (Bird/Mouse) Falsettos – George Street Playhouse (Cordelia) Amour – Broadway (Madeleine) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – U.S. tour, Canada (Narrator) Les Misérables – Broadway (Cosette/Eponine u/s) Marilyn: An American Fable – Broadway (Young Norma Jean u/s) Oliver! – Broadway (Bet) Little Shop of Horrors – The Encore Musical Theatre Company, in Dexter, Michigan (Audrey) Oklahoma! – The Encore Musical Theatre Company (Ado Annie) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – The Encore Musical Theatre Company (Mrs. Lovett) Peter Pan (1954 musical) – Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Peter Pan) "Next to Normal" Milwaukee Rep (Diana) “Beetlejuice (musical)” North American Tour (Delia) Television credits Law & Order: Criminal Intent (episode: "Grow") – 2005
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Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration is a musical television special created for ABC, based on Disney's 1991 animated feature film Beauty and the Beast. It was produced by Jon M. Chu and directed by Hamish Hamilton. It serves as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the animated film’s historic Oscar nomination for Best Picture. It aired on ABC on December 15, 2022, before streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration received generally positive reviews from critics. Cast H.E.R. as Belle, a kindhearted bibliophilic young woman who is imprisoned by and eventually bonds with the Beast. Elle Naomi as Young Belle Josh Groban as the Beast, a young prince who was turned into a monster by an enchantress as a result of his arrogance. Joshua Henry as Gaston, a self-absorbed hunter who is obsessed with Belle’s beauty and determined to have her as a trophy wife. Martin Short as Lumière, the Beast’s debonair first footman who was turned into a candelabra as a result of the spell. Shania Twain as Mrs. Potts, the motherly castle cook who was turned into a teapot as a result of the spell. David Alan Grier as Cogsworth, the Beast’s stuffy butler and head of household who was turned into a mantel clock as a result of the spell. Rizwan Manji as LeFou, Gaston’s sidekick and biggest supporter. Jon Jon Briones as Maurice, Belle’s loving inventor father. Leo Abelo Perry as Chip, Mrs Potts’ sweet-natured son who was turned into a teacup as a result of the spell. Charissa Kroeger as a Bimbette, one of the girls who fawn over Gaston. Rita Moreno is the special’s Narrator. In addition, it was announced that Paige O'Hara (the original voice of Belle), Richard White (the original voice of Gaston) and composer Alan Menken would cameo as, respectively, the Bookseller, the Baker, and the piano player during "Belle". Production Development On July 5, 2022, ABC reported that a live-action/animation special based on the 1991 musical film Beauty and the Beast was in development, following the success of the televised musical adaptation of the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, entitled The Little Mermaid Live! in 2019. The special was intended to air on December 15, 2022, with Hamish Hamilton being set as director, Jon M. Chu as executive producer and Done and Dusted would produce the television special, all of them worked on The Little Mermaid Live!. ABC said that it would include live never-before-seen musical performances, with each will offer an homage to the story and add its own surprises for viewers, and also include new sets and costumes inspired by the classic story. Chu called the film as "a game-changing experience" adding that, "when the animated movie came out, I watched it multiple times in the first weekend. It showed me the outer limits of what animated artists and storytellers could achieve, so the fact that I get to executive produce a tribute to all the
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JoAnn Gibb is a Scottish theatre actress best known for her role of Rumpleteazer in the 1998 film of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, and as the replacement Pearl the Observation Car in the original production of Starlight Express. She also played Belle in the 2006 UK Productions tour of Beauty and the Beast and appeared as Columbia in the 2000 UK national tour of The Rocky Horror Show. Career Gibb first began her training at the Dance School of Scotland in Glasgow, then continuing in Epsom at Laine Theatre Arts. Her first appearance in a London West End show was at the New London Theatre playing Rumpleteazer in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, 1996–1997. She also understudied and played the roles of Demeter and Jemima in that same production. She subsequently played the role of Rumpleteazer in the 1998 Cats film. In 2003 Gibb played the young Jesse Matthews in the West End production of Over My Shoulder – The Story of Jesse Matthews at the Wyndham's Theatre. Her performance in the role was reviewed as "pert and sweet if somewhat underpowered" by The Times. The Times praised Gibb's performance as Ruby in the 2005 musical Time's Up stating that she gave "a performance of enormous appeal". Some of her other theatre work includes Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, at the Dominion Theatre, London, and on tour; Columbia in the national tour of The Rocky Horror Show; and Pearl, in the final cast of the original London production of Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Her work in The Rocky Horror Show was described as "impressive" in a review in the Coventry Evening Telegraph. The Evening Standard called her "musical queen Jo Gibb" in an article on Beauty and the Beast. Gibb then appeared as Hell Let Loose and Rosalind in Beautiful and Damned in 2004 at the Lyric Theatre, also understudying and playing the lead role of Zelda Fitzgerald, and as Truly Scrumptious in the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2005. In 2014 Gibb played the part of Vera in the West End production of Songs for Victory at the Dominion Theatre. She regularly performs around the world as one third of the singing group "The Patriot Girls". Personal life Gibb is married to former Beauty and the Beast co-star Alex Bourne. References External links Jo Gibb CV at Songs for Victory (2014) 1976 births Living people People from Bo'ness Scottish musical theatre actresses Scottish stage actresses
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Beauty and the Beast ( – also the UK title) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story Beauty and the Beast, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology. The plot of Cocteau's film revolves around Belle's father, who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from the Beast's garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. The Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis, which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to the Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family, and telling her that if she does not return to him within a week, he will die of grief. Beauty and the Beast is now recognized as a classic of French cinema. Plot While scrubbing the floor at home, Belle is interrupted by her brother's friend Avenant who tells her she deserves better and suggests they get married. Belle rejects Avenant, as she wishes to stay home and take care of her father, who has suffered much since his ships were lost at sea and the family fortune along with them. Belle's father arrives home announcing he has come into a great fortune that he will pick up the next day, along with gifts for his daughters, Belle and her shrewish sisters Adelaide and Felicie. Belle's roguish brother Ludovic, believing they will soon be wealthy, signs a contract from a moneylender allowing him the ability to sue Ludovic's father if he can not pay. Belle's sisters ask for a monkey and a parrot as gifts, but Belle asks only for a rose. However, the next day, Belle's father finds on his arrival that his fortune has been seized to clear his debts and he is as penniless as before. He has no money for lodging and is forced to return home through a forest at night. He gets lost in the forest and finds himself at a large castle whose gates and doors magically open themselves. On entering the castle, he is guided by an enchanted candelabra that leads him to a laden dinner table where he falls asleep. Awakened by a loud roar, he wanders the castle's grounds. Remembering that Belle asked for a rose, he plucks a rose from a tree which makes the Beast appear. The Beast threatens to kill him for theft but suggests that one of his daughters can take his place. The Beast offers his horse Magnificent to guide him through the forest and to his home. Belle's father explains the situation to his family and Avenant. Belle agrees to take her father's place and rides Magnificent to the castle. Upon meeting the Beast, Belle faints at his monstrous appearance and is carried to her room in the castle. Belle awakens
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The Beast () is a 1975 French erotic horror film written, edited, and directed by Walerian Borowczyk. Although sometimes compared with Beauty and the Beast, there are no parallels in the plot except that it features the relationship between a beast (monster) and a woman. The film was noted for its explicit sexual content including zoophilia upon its initial release. It has become a cult film. A loose adaptation of the novella Lokis by Prosper Mérimée was originally conceived in 1972 as a film on its own. However, Borowczyk later rendered Lokis as a story (La véritable histoire de la bête du Gévaudan) in Immoral Tales (1974), which was envisaged to be a film of six stories. After Immoral Tales was remastered as a film of four stories, the footage became the dream sequence of The Beast. Plot Businessman Philip Broadhurst dies and leaves his estate to his daughter, Lucy, on the condition that she marries Mathurin, Marquis Pierre de l'Esperance's son, within six months. She is to be married by Cardinal Joseph do Balo, the brother of Pierre's uncle, the crippled Duc Rammaendelo de Balo, who shares their crumbling farmhouse with Pierre's daughter Clarisse, and their servant Ifany. Mathurin, who manages the family horse-breeding business, is dim-witted and deformed and has never been baptized. Pierre summons the local priest to the house for the baptism, but Pierre, by promising the priest repairs to his church and a new bell, performs the ritual himself so that the priest will not find out the truth about Mathurin. Lucy and her aunt, Virginia, are driven by their chauffeur toward the farm, but a fallen tree blocks their way. They find a back route to the house at a back door to the house, where Lucy asks Rammaendelo about rumors. Rammaendelo, who is not in favor of the marriage because he is dependent on Mathurin to look after him, shows her a book that describes the beautiful Romilda's fight with a beast in the local forest 200 years ago. Lucy comes across several drawings depicting bestiality and becomes sexually excited at the thought of her impending marriage, even though she has never met Mathurin. Pierre blackmails Rammaendelo into persuading his brother to perform the marriage by telling him that he has proof that Rammaendelo poisoned his wife. Rammaendelo cannot get through to the Cardinal on the telephone, so Pierre sends a telegram, assuring him that Mathurin has been baptized and urging him to attend this evening. Everyone assembles for dinner, and Mathurin's uncouth manners become apparent. Lucy and her aunt try to leave but are persuaded to stay. With everyone having drunk too much wine, most of the assembly falls asleep while waiting for the Cardinal. Lucy retires to her room, undresses, puts on her thin wedding dress, and dreams that she is Romilda, playing the harpsichord. Seeing a lamb straying into the forest, she chases after it to find that it has been torn apart by a black hairy beast. Pierre overhears
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Beauty and the Beast is the cast album performed by the original Broadway cast members from the 1994 Disney stage musical Beauty and the Beast, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and a book by Linda Woolverton. It is adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' 1991 animated musical film of the same name, which in turn had been based on the classic French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. The cast album was released on CD and cassette formats, and further re-issued on digital formats in 1999. Background Eight of the film's original songs that were retained for the Broadway adaptation. Menken, who had both scored and written the film's songs alongside lyricist Ashman, returned to the project to write six new songs for the musical; those were co-written by Tim Rice, replacing Ashman who had died in 1991, before the film was released. The album featured much of the musical numbers, and alternate versions of the songs. The new musical tracks, include "Human Again", which had originally been written for the film, but ultimately abandoned due to time and story constraints; this number was featured in the 2002 special edition of the film. The track "A Change in Me" was written for specifically for R&B singer Toni Braxton, when she joined the Broadway production to play Belle in 1998. This track was however, not included in the Broadway or of the subsequent cast recordings. However, Susan Egan who played Belle had included it in her 2002 album So Far.... Reception Peter Fawthrop of AllMusic summarized, "There may not have been reason to own the Broadway Cast Recording, aside from being a fan of Susan Egan's (voice of Belle), if not for these extra songs. Each one could have fit in perfectly with the film — they aren't simply shoveled in as bonuses, but make the whole picture bigger and fuller. Every major character has their own new song, the standout being "Home," which is sung by Belle upon arriving at the Beast's castle. "Me," sung by the handsome and evil Gaston, is a boisterous love song to himself, stuffed with witty lines like "women can have their uses too/mainly to extend the family tree." Even the Beast has his solo moment with the dark, mournful ballad "If I Can't Love Her." The household objects who gave Disney World a new theme of "Be Our Guest," reveal their longings to return to human form in "Human Again," the only new song which was written by Howard Ashman. There is something for all fans here, even those who prefer the clear-cut original versions and voices from the animated film." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from CD liner notes. Cast Narrator – David Ogden Stiers Belle – Susan Egan Beast – Terrence Mann Gaston – Burke Moses LeFou – Kenny Raskin Lumière – Gary Beach Mrs. Potts – Beth Fowler Cogsworth – Heath Lamberts Maurice – Tom Bosley Babette – Stacey Logan Chip – Brian Press
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom is a 2000 video game collection and part of Disney's Beauty and the Beast media franchise. Summary The software contains a collection of children's minigames based on the Disney animated movie Beauty and the Beast, involving Belle and her friends throwing a party for Beast. Development This and Disney’s The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea were designed to "combine girls’ creative interests with their natural play patterns". Reception SuperKids said the package "offers the same enchanting theme and endearing characters we loved" in the film, commending its "creativity and problem solving activities" as "well-planned and enjoyable", while criticising its difficulty and lack of a developed storyline. Strange Little Games said it was suitable for children and fans of the franchise. References 2000 video games Beauty and the Beast (franchise) video games Video games based on adaptations Video games developed in the United States Video games set in France Windows games Windows-only games
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Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast (Japanese: 美女と野獣 “魔法のものがたり”) is a trackless dark ride at Tokyo Disneyland based on Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991). It opened on September 28, 2020. The attraction opened as part of the Tokyo Disneyland Expansion in 2020, the largest expansion in the history of Tokyo Disneyland. The new section adds around 4.7 hectares to the theme park. Summary Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast is one of the largest and most technically complex attractions ever created by Walt Disney Imagineering. It is a unique musical attraction that uses trackless ride vehicles which take park guests though the memorable musical numbers from the animated film, Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), allowing them to dance around and through the show scenes. History On October 14, 2016, The Oriental Land Company (OLC) announced they would close Grand Circuit Raceway and open "Beauty and the Beast" theme area with a budget of 32 billion yen. The construction started on April 5, 2017. It was scheduled to open Spring 2020, however it got delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and opened on September 28, 2020. Exterior Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast is one of the most technologically advanced attractions at Tokyo Disney Resort. The Imagineers created a 108-foot-tall castle, with over 100 pieces of architectural ornamentation. Technology This attraction is an E-ticket and features 35 electric Audio-Animatronics figures and a trackless ride system that includes both a transport base and an on-board motion base that simulates a wide variety of dance moves. The climax of the attraction uses a Pepper's Ghost illusion that includes projection mapping on an animated figure that moves on the end of an invisible robotic arm through three-dimensional space while spinning 360 degrees. Layout Pre-Show The pre-show takes place inside a large hall. A stained glass window shows the story of how the Prince became the Beast. After this, Audio-Animatronics figures of Belle and the Beast briefly interact before the Beast roars in loneliness. The doors open and guests enter the loading area. Ride Once guests are seated, the tea cups whisk guests into the dining room where “Be Our Guest” begins to play. As the song progresses, more dinnerware begins to appear on the table, along with dancing plates in the cabinets. Once the sequence finishes, the cabinets close up and guests proceed to the next scene. The tea cups are now in the Courtyard, where “Something There” is now playing as Belle pets Philippe and the Beast watches. When the guests first enter the room the Beast is holding one bird perched on his right hand. While guests' vehicles dance around the room, it is revealed that he has a bunch of birds in his left hand. The Beast figures laughs and smiles realistically. Leaving the scene, guests enter a hallway where Belle and the Beast are on a balcony. A curtain behind them closes and a loud knock is heard. From the windows on the opposite
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"Belle" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Disney's animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). Recorded by American actors Paige O'Hara and Richard White, "Belle" is a mid-tempo classical music-inspired song that borrows elements from Broadway and musical theatre. It was the first song Ashman and Menken wrote for Beauty and the Beast, which they feared Disney would reject due to its length and complexity, but the Beauty and the Beast filmmakers ultimately enjoyed the song. The film's first song and opening number, "Belle" appears during Beauty and the Beast as a busy operetta-style musical number that introduces audiences to the film's heroine Belle (O'Hara) and her arrogant suitor, Gaston (White). In addition to describing Belle's goals and aspirations, the song reveals how the townsfolk feel about her and Gaston, positioning the former as an outcast due to her beauty and love of reading, and the latter as their hero despite his arrogance. Belle reprises the song later in the film after rejecting a marriage proposal from Gaston, declaring her deep longing for adventure. "Belle" has received positive reviews from film and music critics, who praised its effectiveness as an opening number and compared it to songs from the musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). "Belle" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992, but lost to the film's title song. "Belle" was similarly featured in the stage adaptation of the film, originally performed by actress Susan Egan on Broadway. Actors Emma Watson and Luke Evans performed the song in the 2017 live-action remake of the film. Background and writing In an effort to replicate the unprecedented success of The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney decided to adapt the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" into a feature-length animated film. Although originally developed as an animated film without songs under the direction of Richard Purdum, Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg was unsatisfied with the dark, somber direction of the film at the time, and ultimately ordered that it be re-written into a "Broadway-style musical with a strong heroine", similar to The Little Mermaid. Disney then hired The Little Mermaid's songwriters, lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken, to write original songs for the revised film. The songwriting duo wrote "Belle". According to Menken, songs such as "Belle" developed naturally due to the fact that Beauty and the Beast had been written in the style of a traditional Broadway musical. Actress and singer Paige O'Hara, who voices Belle, said the songwriters wanted to eschew the pop songs of The Little Mermaid in favor of a more Jerome Kern and Rodgers and Hammerstein-inspired score for Beauty and the Beast. The film's songs were heavily inspired by French, classical, and traditional Broadway music. Additionally, Menken described "Belle" and the other Beauty and the Beast songs as "tangents from 18th-century France", with Ashman suggesting that the film's opening, which originally lacked songs, be transformed
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The 48th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 12, 1994. The hosts were Sir Anthony Hopkins and Amy Irving. Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1993–1994 season before May 12, 1994 are eligible. Original plays Angels in America: Perestroika Any Given Day Broken Glass The Kentucky Cycle Laughter on the 23rd Floor Mixed Emotions The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Sally Marr… and Her Escorts Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 The Twilight of the Golds Wonderful Tennessee Original musicals Beauty and the Beast The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public Cyrano: The Musical A Grand Night for Singing Passion The Red Shoes Play revivals Abe Lincoln in Illinois An Inspector Calls The Flowering Peach The Government Inspector In the Summer House Medea No Man's Land Picnic Timon of Athens White Liars & Black Comedy Musical revivals Camelot Carousel Damn Yankees Grease Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat My Fair Lady She Loves Me Presenters George Abbott, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Carol Burnett, Nell Carter, Glenn Close, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Peter Falk, Melanie Griffith, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Keitel, Jack Klugman, Swoosie Kurtz, Linda Lavin, Michael Learned, Steve Martin, Bebe Neuwirth, Rosie O'Donnell, Bernadette Peters, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Martin Short, Paul Sorvino, Jean Stapleton, Marlo Thomas, Gwen Verdon, Vanessa L. Williams Musical Sequence Victor Garber introduced scenes from the 1994 nominees for Best Revival of a Musical: Grease ("We Go Together" – Company); She Loves Me ("I Don't Know His Name"/"She Loves Me" – Diane Fratantoni, Sally Mayes and Boyd Gaines); Damn Yankees ("Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo." – Vicki Lewis and Company); Carousel ("You'll Never Walk Alone"- Shirley Verrett and Company). Vanessa L. Williams on live remote from Toronto introduced Show Boat ("Ol' Man River" – Michel Bell and Company). Musicals represented A Grand Night for Singing ("People Will Say We're in Love"/"Some Enchanted Evening"/"It's a Grand Night for Singing" – Company); Beauty and the Beast ("Me"/"Be Our Guest"/"If I Can't Love Her"/"Beauty and the Beast" – Company); Cyrano: The Musical (Company); Passion ("Happiness"/"Drums and Music"/"Finale" – Company). This was the first year for several awards: the award for Best Revival was given separately for plays and musicals, and the "Lifetime Achievement Award". The first Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to husband-and-wife Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn by another husband-and-wife, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Award winners and nominees Winners are in bold Special Tony Awards Regional Theatre Award — McCarter Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award — Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn Multiple nominations and awards These productions had multiple nominations: 10 nominations: Passion 9 nominations: Beauty and the Beast and She Loves Me 6 nominations: Angels in America: Perestroika 5 nominations: Carousel and An Inspector Calls 4 nominations: Cyrano: The Musical and Damn Yankees 3 nominations: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Grease, The Kentucky Cycle, Medea, Picnic and Timon of Athens 2 nominations: A Grand Night for Singing and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 The following productions received multiple awards. 5
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"Something There" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for Walt Disney Pictures animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). Sung by the majority of the film's main cast, the song was recorded by American actors Paige O'Hara as Belle and Robby Benson as the Beast via voice over, featuring actors Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury and David Ogden Stiers as Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth, respectively. The only song performed by the Beast, "Something There" is heard midway through Beauty and the Beast during a scene in which Belle and the Beast finally begin to acknowledge their feelings for each other. A last-minute addition to the film, the simple love song was quickly written by Ashman and Menken to replace the more elaborate and ambitious "Human Again" after the latter was cut from Beauty and the Beast. O'Hara based her own vocal performance on that of American singer and actress Barbra Streisand, whom Ashman advised the actress to impersonate, while O'Hara herself convinced the songwriters to have Benson record the song. Critical reception towards "Something There" has been positive, with film and music critics alike praising Ashman's abilities as both a songwriter and a storyteller. Background "Something There" was written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken. According to Menken, "Something There" was written as "a very quick replacement for ... 'Human Again'," the latter of which was ultimately cut from Beauty and the Beast because it was considered "too ambitious" for the film. Eleven minutes in length, producer Don Hahn explained that the song was cut because "We just couldn't figure out how to make it work and not take away from the central story of Belle." Upon learning that "Human Again" was removed from Beauty and the Beast, Ashman and Menken were forced to return "to the drawing board to write something more contained and simple," the ultimate result of which was the love song "Something There," which has been described as "shorter and more direct" than "Human Again". The creative team had originally believed that the Beast saving Belle from the wolves was enough to justify the dance sequence near the end of the film, though later realised they had in fact not yet earned this moment; this quiet song where Beast gives Belle his library was pitched and written by Howard Ashman and "as soon as that was written, we knew the movie was going to work". In his biography I'm Not Dead... Yet!, actor Robby Benson, voice of the Beast, revealed that it was co-star Paige O'Hara's idea to have Benson's character duet with O'Hara's Belle in "Something There". According to Benson, the actress "explained to Ashman and Menken that [Benson] had made records and sang in Broadway musicals." O'Hara briefly struggled to record one of the song's lines – "a bit alarming" – to which an ailing Ashman, who was forced to communicate with O'Hara and the studio via telephone from his hospital bed in New York due
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"Evermore" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice for the musical fantasy film Beauty and the Beast (2017), a live-action remake of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name. Originally recorded for the film by English actor Dan Stevens, who performs the song in his starring role as the eponymous Beast, "Evermore" was first released as a single by American singer Josh Groban on March 3, 2017. Stevens' version became available on March 10, 2017 when the film's soundtrack was released online, while Groban's cover is played during the film's closing credits. In the animated film, the Beast barely sings because Menken and original Beauty and the Beast lyricist Howard Ashman had not been able to determine a moment in the film during which it would have been appropriate for the character to perform his own song. Initially, Menken had especially wanted the Beast to perform "If I Can't Love Her", a song he and Rice had written for the character to sing in the stage adaptation of the animated film, in the remake, but ultimately decided that an entirely new song that establishes that the Beast has finally learned how to love instead would be more suitable due to the film's three-act structure. "Evermore" is a somber Broadway-influenced power ballad; its lyrics explore themes such as true love, heartbreak, loneliness and sacrifice. In Beauty and the Beast, "Evermore" is performed by the Beast shortly after he releases Belle from the castle so that she may return to the village and aid her father. Despite knowing that freeing her will further jeopardize his chances of becoming human again, the Beast realizes he loves Belle and ultimately sacrifices his own happiness in return for hers. Critical reception towards "Evermore" has been mostly positive, with both film and music critics dubbing it the best of the remake's original songs amidst comparisons to "If I Can't Love Her". Critics frequently recognized Stevens among the cast's best vocalists and agreed that "Evermore" was a strong contender for a Best Original Song nomination at the 90th Academy Awards, however it was not nominated for the category. Writing and recording Director Bill Condon had originally envisioned including most songs from the Broadway musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast in the remake. However, Disney ultimately decided to recruit composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice to write entirely new songs for the film instead. Original Beauty and the Beast composer Menken reunited with Rice, with whom he had previously collaborated on Disney's animated film Aladdin (1992), to write three new songs for the remake. Rice once again replaced original Beauty and the Beast lyricist Howard Ashman, who had died shortly before the animated film's release, similar to the manner in which he replaced the lyricist to aid Menken in writing new material for the 1994 stage adaptation. Menken believes the songs he and Rice had written for the stage musical would not have translated well to the screen due to
Evermore (song)