Time — Disney animated classics Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and The Jungle Book are to be given live-action reboots, following the smash success of Maleficent more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — At least on the screen, director Bill Condon has lately moved away from the musical roots that had his “Dreamgirls” a much-talked-about movie eight years ago, and his screenplay for “Chicago” even buzzier a few years before that. more info

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Time — The woman behind Beauty and the Beast and Maleficent sees them as part of the same history more info

Time — NOMINEES American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Philomena 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street In retrospect, it was probably a bad idea for the Motion Picture Academy to expand the number of Best Picture nominees from fi... more info

Starpulse — During New York Comic Con, I interviewed stars Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and executive producers/co-creators Jennifer Levin and Sherri Cooper. more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Most of us spent our childhoods watching our favorite '90s TV shows and aspiring to be the next Britney Spears (or at least her backup dancer). Well, for Asher Monroe his childhood dreams came true when he began his singing career at the young age of... more info

Starpulse — Australian actor Jay Ryan is a father. The Beauty and the Beast star's longtime girlfriend Dianna Fuemana gave birth to a daughter called Eve earlier this year (13). Ryan, who has also starred ... more info

People.com — The March birth of Eve has "really put a lot of things in perspective" for the Beauty and the Beast star more info