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Tangled is the latest Disney movie to get the live-action treatment!

It was just announced that The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey will be helming the upcoming live-action adaptation of the beloved 2010 animated film.

Mandy Moore voiced the role of Rapunzel in the animated movie, which grossed $592 million at the global box office and spawned the 2012 short film spin-off Tangled Ever After and the 2017 animated TV series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.

Tangled features original songs by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, including the Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning song “I See the Light,” as well as “When Will My Life Begin?” and “Mother Knows Best.”

Deadline reports that Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who wrote Thor: Love and Thunder for Disney and Do Revenge for Netflix, has written the script for the movie.

Gracey previously directed the smash hit movie The Greatest Showman and his next film Better Man hits theaters on Christmas Day.

Get ready for a night of intense rivalries and unforgettable moments as Lifetime airs “Epic Showdowns: Mother Knows Best,” an episode from Season 9 of “Dance Moms,” on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 8:30 Pm. This episode features original Dance Mom, Christi Lukasiak, as she takes a nostalgic look back at some of the most heated confrontations in the series’ history.

Christi revisits her own fiery encounters with fellow dance moms Leslie and Kristie Ray, providing viewers with insider commentary and a fresh perspective on the drama that unfolded during their time on the show. Additionally, the episode highlights a particularly intense dispute among the junior team moms, showcasing a knockdown drag-out battle that had everyone talking.

This special episode is a treasure trove for “Dance Moms” fans, offering a chance to relive the high stakes and high drama of the dance competition world through some of its most epic mom showdowns. With...

Get ready for another intriguing episode of “Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits” as Season 1 Episode 2, titled “Mother Knows Best,” airs on Lifetime at 10:03 Pm on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Whether she’s on the road or in her Long Island home, Theresa Caputo is always connected to the spiritual realm. This episode offers viewers a unique insight into Theresa’s life, showcasing how her extraordinary abilities never take a break.

As Theresa continues her journey of channeling spirits, “Mother Knows Best” adds an exciting twist by revealing Theresa’s courageous side. Watch as she confronts her fear of heights, proving that even a psychic medium has her own challenges to overcome. Additionally, the episode delves into Theresa’s role as a mother, encouraging her daughter to embrace new beginnings in a brand-new house.

For those captivated by the paranormal and eager to witness Theresa’s multifaceted life, “Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits” promises another spellbinding episode.

Black Spot Books announces a new anthology, Mother Knows Best: Tales Of Homemade Horror [Black Spot Books, May 7, 2024], a collection of original stories and poems inspired by the scariest monster of them all—our mothers—from some of today’s fiercest women in horror, coming Mother’s Day 2024.

Edited by Lindy Ryan [Into The Forest], Mother Knows Best includes seventeen original stories and ten original poems from women in horror. Featured contributors include Gwendolyn Kiste, Rachel Harrison, Kristi DeMeester, and Kelsea Yu, with an introduction from Mother Horror, Sadie Hartmann, and cover art from Najla Qamber.

“In our previous women-in-horror anthology, Into The Forest, Baba Yaga provided a ready muse for tales of wildness and wickedness,” says editor Ryan. “Mothers—good, bad, or otherwise—are likewise powerful creatures. Sometimes Mother is the savior tucking us into our warm beds, other times she is the monster waiting beneath it. Mother Knows Best is an exploration...

Black Spot Books announces a new anthology, Mother Knows Best: Tales Of Homemade Horror [Black Spot Books, May 7, 2024], a collection of original stories and poems inspired by the scariest monster of them all—our mothers—from some of today’s fiercest women in horror, coming Mother’s Day 2024. Edited by Lindy Ryan [Into The Forest], Mother …

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Chris Pine takes on the role of the villainous King Magnifico in Disney's upcoming film Wish, showcasing his singing talent in the brand-new song This Is The Thanks I Get?! Wish will feature a total of seven original songs written by Benjamin Rice and Julia Michaels, including This Is The Thanks I Get?! This Is The Thanks I Get?! gives fans a glimpse of King Magnifico's self-obsessed nature, portraying him as charismatic, handsome, and completely likable, yet threatening when his philosophy is challenged.

Chris Pine is putting the “I in omnipotent.” Yes, the former captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise strays light years off course to portray the villainous King Magnifico in Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures upcoming animated feature film Wish. And fans can get a taste of the latest in a long line of wonderfully wretched baddies brought to life by Disney in the following one-minute teaser...

Chris Pine for WishScreenshot: Disney/YouTube

Somehow it makes perfect sense for Chris Pine to play a charming Disney villain, seeing as how his look and general vibe is a charming Disney prince come to life. His character in the House of Mouse’s new animated movie Wish (premiering November...

Mother Gothel was the despicable villain of Tangled, and she could have gotten away with her evil deeds if not for two fatal mistakes. The woman had kidnapped Rapunzel from her royal parents to keep her magical hair all to herself, and she was successful at this for 18 years. However, the lonely girl couldn't resist following her dream of seeing the 'floating lights,' so she set out on her own and ultimately discovered the truth about her parentage. This led to Gothel's death—but it wouldn't have come to that if the Disney villain had done things differently.

Tangled was one of the first Disney Princess movies to significantly differ from its original fairy tale. Rapunzel's long hair was explained by the inclusion of the Sundrop flower, which the queen had ingested to save herself while she was pregnant with the princess. As it turned out, this flower had...

It was a breakthrough week for Melora Hardin on “Dancing with the Stars.” She got the top judges’ score on both nights of the special two-night event: “Disney Heroes” and “Disney Villains.” For the later, she and her pro partner Artem Chigvintsev danced a jazz routine inspired by the dastardly Mother Gothel from “Tangled,” with Hardin even singing the version of the song “Mother Knows Best” that they danced to.

But it’s not the first time Hardin has played a villain, though that depends on how you look at it. She’s famous for her role as Jan Levinson on “The Office,” who is often considered a villain, though Hardin isn’t so sure. She thinks the character was “hilarious in her incredible seriousness, but I think she is misunderstood.” But the actress still thought it was “time to channel some of that inner Jan Levinson” for her performance as Gothel.

“Dancing with the Stars'” annual synergistic Disney Night is Disney Nights this season with two evenings of competition — spotlighting heroes on Monday and villains on Tuesday — but most notably it’ll mark the return to the ballroom of Cody Rigsby and Cheryl Burke.

Rigsby and Burke are cleared to return to the show after recovering from their breakthrough cases of Covid-19 that forced them to miss the last two tapings and perform the first virtual routine in “Dancing” history. For Heroes Night, they’ll do a jive to “Stand Out” from “A Goofy Movie” (a true choice to assign the couple who just had Covid a jive), and for Villains Night, they’ll perform a Viennese waltz to one of the greatest villain tunes of all time, “Gaston” from “Beauty and the Beast.” (The Miz and Witney Carson are also right up there with the iconic “Be Prepared” from “The Lion King...

Disney's Tangled was released in 2010, and still, audiences love watching the love story unfold between Princess Rapunzel and thief Flynn Rider. Their journey to see the lanterns for Rapunzel's birthday contains quite a few adventures, and naturally, an antagonist. Audiences surely remember the brutal and unforgiving Gothel, who guilt-tripped her adoptive daughter the entire way, memorably with the catchy but manipulative song, "Mother Knows Best."

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Gothel definitely wasn't a good parent in the least and was capable of awful things. She was selfish, cunning, and smart, which made her a great villain. Audiences know that Gothel is bad news, but in certain ways, she's still an underrated Disney villain.

Disney+ is developing a series that will star some of the most famous villains from Disney’s vault, titled “Book of Enchantment,” an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap.

The project, which is not yet ordered to series, is based on Serena Valentino’s “Villains” series of books. It will tell the origin stories of Disney characters like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty” and the Wicked Queen from “Snow White.”

Valentino’s book series also features “Mother Knows Best” about Mother Gothel, the villain from the 2010 film “Tangled.”

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Michael Seitzman will write and produce the series, which is from ABC Signature Studios. Disney declined to comment, while ABC did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Seitzman previously created the CBS medical drama “Code Black...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Timeless, Lucifer, Grey’s Anatomy and Supernatural!

1 | Could Once Upon a Time‘s body double for Wish Rumple have been any more distracting of a physical mismatch? (Is that a hat rack wearing a wig?)

2 | Why didn’t Hawaii Five-0 try harder to give 15-years-younger Flashback Steve a fuller head of hair, or at least closer to the ‘do he arrived on the show with?

3 | Now that Brooklyn Nine-Nine is on NBC, how...

“SNL” celebrated Mother’s Day 2018 with a few sketches about moms, the most unsettling of which was a parody game show called “Mother Knows Best.”

You can watch the video above.

The game show quizzed moms and their teen children about their relationships, with host Amy Schumer asking each pair a question. The moms had written down their answers ahead of time, and if their kid’s answer matched, they’d win points.

The pairs included Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong, Leslie Jones and Chris Redd, and Kate McKinnon and Mikey Day, the latter being an extremely creepy mother and son team, John Christopher and Abyssala.

“My mom is my best friend,” Day said during their introduction.

“My son is my life,” McKinnon added. “He is of me.”

Schumer went right into the questions.

“John Christopher, what’s something that you do that annoys your mom?”

Day’s John Christopher answered that he would sometimes leave their bed early, and that his mother wouldn’t know where he was.

“Did you say ‘our bed?’ ” Schumer asked.

McKinnon held up a card that had her answer: Leaving our bed early and making mommy worry. When the pair won the points, Abyssala started singing, holding Day closely and kissing him on the lips.

Next, Schumer polled the contestants on their mothers’ biggest fears. Day responded that his mom was afraid he would meet another woman and marry her.

“Yes, I put that a woman whose menarche has come will ensnare him, leaving me to perish in my loneliness and filth. Alone. Alone. Alooone!” McKinnon added. “Also Lyme disease.”

After winning the points, McKinnon started singing again.

Schumer interrupted, “My producers are asking that you limit your songs to no songs.”

She then put the question to Redd and Jones’ Mason and Michelle, but the pair didn’t even bother answering.

“Oh, we forfeit,” Jones said, bringing the sketch to a close. “We can’t beat these two. They’re kissing on the lips, look!”

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Amy Schumer returned to host the season’s next-to-last episode of Saturday Night Live, slipping into a range of characters, anchoring a sharp Handmaid’s Tale riff and tagging her opening standup set with a shoutout to her recent movie I Feel Pretty.

“If you’re not traumatized, you’re not watching TV,” the voiceover declares during a dry mashup of Sex and the City and A Handmaid’s Tale. In the show’s trademark robes and bonnets, Schumer, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant banter about their sex lives and appearance. The dark gag at the center of the bit, of course, is that in the dystopian world of A Handmaid’s Tale, they have no free will. It’s one-note, maybe, but the note is a resonant one.

Another winner contrasts brightly lit, Hallmark moments between Schumer and her pretend husband and son with the actual trauma...

It’s time to celebrate the moms in this week’s “Saturday Night Live”; always a charming tradition, albeit one that burns screen time that could have been used for, y’know, full-on comedy. Still, it’s more fun to watch the cast’s mothers demonstrate relative comfort with reading cue cards than get another awkward Alec Baldwin-as-Trump political cold open. But how did the rest of the night go? Below, check out our full breakdown of this week’s episode.

Host: Amy Schumer

Like all the best “SNL” hosts, Schumer makes quality moments of comedy because of how game she is; rather than be trapped in a persona, she gleefully throws herself into characters and commits to outrageous concepts. She was even able to take on the role of straight man game show host (Kenan Thompson’s bread and butter for years now) with relative ease; it was...