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A fresh spin on a classic fairytale will have you home well before midnight when it is screened at Airdrie town hall.

Brandy will be reprising the role of Cinderella again, more than two decades after making history as the first Black actress to portray the beloved princess in 1997.The singer, 42, will be slipping back into her character's famous glass slippers as a new cast member in the latest installment of Disney's hit Descendants franchise.Rita Ora will also be participating in the upcoming film as the Queen of Hearts who, according to the streamer, 'rules over the kingdom of Wonderland with an iron fist.'  Exciting: Brandy will be reprising the role of Cinderella again, more than two decades after making history as the first Black actress to portray the beloved princess in 1997; seen in 2021The film was originally released on November 2, 1997 on ABC network, produced by Walt Disney Television. The made for TV movie was directed by Robert Iscove, written by Robert L.

Elon Musk has sent his millions of followers into a frenzy by suggesting that the classic children's story of Little Red Riding Hood would make more sense if the tale’s heroine had been consuming hallucinogenic drugs.The French fairy tale, first written down by Charles Perrault in the 1600s, but also retold by the Brothers Grimm in the 19th century, involves a young girl whose sick grandmother has been eaten by a wolf, who then dresses up in her clothes and waits in her bed in order to fool the arriving child into thinking he is her nan.Whichever version of the story you read, the lass either gets gobbled up by the wide-eyed wolf, or a woodcutter saves the day by bursting in at just the right moment and slashing open the carnivorous beast.No matter the ending, what business magnate Musk is curious about is how the girl could possibly mistake a member of the lupine family for her friendly old granny, with his shaggy hair, sharp teeth, pointed ears and many other animal facets.And thus, the 50-year-old SpaceX boss suggests the only possible explanation is that the youngster must have taken some mind-altering substances in order to believe a wild animal was her babushka.Musk tweeted: “Seems odd that anyone would mistake a talking wolf for their grandmother.

Courtney Howard In the frequently picked-over corpse of author Charles Perrault’s classic story “Cinderella,” centered on a servant girl who rises from obscurity after falling in love with a prince, lie such themes as perseverance, hope and the value of being a dreamer. These are the cornerstone principles of the Disney corporation, founded by a fellow dreamer who, similar to the plucky protagonist in the fairy tale, made a wish and saw it come true.

Courtney Howard From the outset of Amazon Studios’ new “Cinderella” movie, writer-director Kay Cannon welcomes audiences into a fantasy unlike any before it, putting a glimmering girl-boss gloss on the oft-adapted fairy tale. In this heightened unreality, characters can break into song with a Janet Jackson chart-topper as easily as they belt out a new Broadway-style power ballad.

An upcoming big screen adaptation of Cinderella starring Camila Capello promises to drag the fairytale into the 21st century with a powerful feminist message.