FameCrawler : the little mermaid

Ariel's Beginning and the Smith Girls

Whit Honea — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:00 GMT

"Grey's Anatomy" actress Brooke Smith and her oldest daughter Fanny joined the fun at Disney's DVD launch party for The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning on Catalina Island.

Catalina Island rules. Great location, Disney.

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Ariel's Beginning and Her Voice

Whit Honea — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:05:00 GMT

You might be asking yourself, "Self, who is Jodi Benson?"

Obviously yourself doesn't know or you wouldn't need to ask such things.

Jodi Benson is the voice of Ariel. No, not the one the sea witch stole, but the actual behind the scenes voice. She also made a cameo in Enchanted.

Benson and her husband Ray took their kids Delaney and Mckinley to the DVD launch party for Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning on Catalina Island. They look festive.

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Ariel's Beginning and Kevin James' Future

Whit Honea — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:28:00 GMT

"King of Queens" funnyman Kevin James and his wife Steffiana De La Cruz took their daughter Sienna-Marie on a little 3 1 hour tour to Catalina Island. Disney held the DVD launch party for The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning at the Avalon Casino. Great location.

Look at that face on his daughter. Her expression is priceless. James is in for it.

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Moore Disney Magic with Annie Leibovitz

Whit Honea — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:06:00 GMT

Annie Leibovitz has done it again. The latest touch of Disney magic in the "Disney Dream Portrait Series" features swimmer Michael Phelps and actress Julianne Moore creating a scene from The Little Mermaid.

When Moore was asked to play Ariel, she recalls, "I leapt at the chance. Ariel is my daughter's favorite princess, so I was just really so excited to do it."

Previous photos from the series, which includes an array of big names portraying Disney characters, can be found here and here.

It must be a lot of fun for Moore's kids to see her like this. I bet John Travolta is excited, too.

"Where another world is just a wish away."

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John Travolta: Leavin' On A Gay Plane?

HerBadMother — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:45:00 GMT

Yep. That would be a full-on, lip-to-lip kiss. Which, you know, is not gay at all. It's old news, anyways - or would be if he hadn't been just a tad over the top in his enthusiasm for The Little Mermaid recently. Which, again, not gay at all.

I don't care, really, if John Travolta is gay or not. If he loves men, more power to him. It's the whole holier-than-thou Scientologist family-man, wife-as-beard thing that gets me. Which, if he is gay, he probably learned those bearding strategies from Tom Cruise, but whatever. Be gay, be in the closet, be whatever - just don't hide behind other people.

Or airplanes. Because, you know: telephoto lenses.

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John Travolta and The Little Mermaid

Whit Honea — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:50:00 GMT

John Travolta put on his Sunday best wig (the thing on his head, the Sunday best beard holding his hand is wife Kelly Preston) and took birthday girl Ella to 46th Street for Disney's The Little Mermaid. Sure beats a banded, bulbous snarfblatt. Those get very boring.

Apparently Mr. Travolta loved the show so much that he was singing along to every song. This is where other celebrity sites mock him, but not me. In fact, I so love The Little Mermaid that I almost feel bad for the beard joke. As a matter of fact I have a flyer right here on my bar, er, desk for a sing-a-long showing of the film at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. I want to be part of that world.

After the show the Travoltas and 26 of Ella's dearest friends went backstage for photos with the cast and some flipper envy. Sources say that John was really enjoying himself and touching all of the costumes.

No sources said that he was singing "Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Wouldn't ya think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the girl- girl who has everything? Look at this trove, treasures untold. How many wonders can one cavern hold? Looking around you'd think, sure, she's got everything. I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty. I have whoozits and whatzis galore. You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty, but who cares? No big deal. I want more," but I like to think that he was.

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Spying on the Neighbors: 4-10-08

Whit Honea — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:18:00 GMT

It says '9 in the afternoon.' What the hell does that mean?

Angelina Jolie is feeling kicks (Babyrazzi)

John Travolta under the sea (dlisted)

Lionel Richie and Nicole and some other kid (Jezebel)

MTV loves Kerry Katona, hates us (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Baby Face and his baby boys (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Naomi Watts and little 'Sasha' (Celebrity Moms)