When Disney released a featurette of Ursula’s live-action transformation, drag queens from Art Simone to Sierra La Puerta roasted the uneven makeup application.

The Little Mermaid Ursula and drag Queen Divine Disney/Getty Divine was a well known drag queen at the time. The Baltimore-born Queen had starred in the 1988 Hairspray as Edna.

Long before Melissa McCarthy was Ursula in The Little Mermaid or the funniest part of any movie she’s in (Spy, underrated!), she was an aspiring actor working as a drag queen in '90s New York ...

The face of Ursula—the villainous sea witch of The Little Mermaid infamy—might feel uniquely familiar to a child of the ‘70s—or the ‘80s, for that matter. The original character in the 1989 movie was ...

For her part, McCarthy has spoken about drawing from drag for her performance of Ursula, telling Deadline at the film's recent Los Angeles premiere, "I hope to do every incredible drag queen proud." ...

Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula makeup artist has hit back at criticism from drag queens over his employment on The Little Mermaid. Peter King revealed he felt it was ‘very offensive’ that drag ...

The Baltimore-born drag queen, who had starred in 1988's "Hairspray" as Edna Turnblad, became a big source of inspiration for the sea witch. Divine in December 1985. Adam Scull/MediaPunch/IPx ...

The makeup artist behind Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula in the new live-action The Little Mermaid is pushing back against the criticism he’s gotten of his work on the film. British makeup artist Peter ...

Several former ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ contestants criticised Peter King’s work, arguing a queer artist should have been hired ...

The face of Ursula—the villainous sea witch of The Little Mermaid infamy—might feel uniquely familiar to a child of the ‘70s—or the ‘80s, for that matter. The original character in the 1989 movie was ...

Ursula, from the 1989 animated movie, was designed after drag legend Divine, composer Alan Menken confirmed to Entertainment Weekly in an earlier interview. Menken wrote and composed the original ...