Brave News

Consumer watchdogs took aim at the Walt Disney Company again last week, objecting vociferously to the studio's redesign of Merida, the fiery heroine in the Oscar-winning "Brave." Parents to girls especially decried the character's sexualization, pointing out that her frizzy red hair has been tamed, her neckline dropped, her waist narrowed, her ... (more)

The 2012 computer-animated Disney-Pixar film "Brave" will be shown outdoors and free of charge Saturday, May 18, in the field next to Mount Vernon Recreation Center .

The Disney Princess Merida , star of Pixar's "Brave" is new to the "princess collection," but fans - and her director/creator Brenda Chapman - want her to stay just as she was in the animated film.

Merida, a headstrong red-headed princess with unkempt hair and a normal figure in the 2012 animated film, was given narrowed hips, altered hair and a redesigned dress for an upcoming toy line.

Amidst the upheavel that BRAVE 's 'Merida' had undergone a sexualized makeover for her induction into the Disney Princess ranks, the company has promptly yanked her from its website .

Mom and Dad may relish family time unplugged from workday electronics, and grandparents admire the beauty of a rolling green landscape given over to rugged coastlines and pristine lochs, Highland ponies and paint-splotched sheep.

In this image taken from the Yahoo Shine parenting blog, the different versions of the Merida character are shown.

Disney is being flailed by critics for producing a glammed-up, thinner and sorta sexualized version of Princess Merida, from the Pixar film Brave , for her entry into the Disney Princesses Collection.

The character's creator says Disney's new version of her hero 'send[s] a message that the original, realistic girl is inferior' Disney has been fiercely criticised for creating a "glammed-up" version of Princess Merida from the Pixar fantasy fairytale Brave for a new toy line.

The community will be treated to a free movie in Polliwog Park on Saturday, May 18th starting at 8 p.m. The public may bring blankets, low-back beach chairs, and food to dine on, according to the city website .

Princess Merida had her official coronation at the Magic Kingdom on May 11 to welcome her into the ranks of the Disney Princesses.

You're a pretty girl. You've got some acting chops. You come out to Hollywood and try to give the whole thing a go, and suddenly, you're just average.

Disney is coming under fire for what many parents are calling an unnecessary makeover to the main character in the movie, "Brave". Many parents say Disney wasn't 'brave' enough to leave Princess Merida as is.

Princess Merida will have a special day at the Magic Kingdom this weekend. On May 11, she'll join the other princesses at Cinderella Castle and be officially welcomed into the Royal Court.

Princess Merida is not a Brat. She's a self-possessed horsewoman and an accomplished archer.

F riday afternoon, Lincoln Theater 4 was the place to be. Theater owner David Lanterman arranged a special showing of the Academy Award-winning animated feature "Brave" and a visit by his childhood friend Brenda Chapman, director of the movie.

MUMBAI: Star India's English movie channel Star Movies will launch the 'Animation Domination' block from Monday to Friday at 7 pm next month.

It was announced Monday that Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald , the lead character from Disney/Pixar's "Brave," is being crowned the eleventh official Disney Princess.

Young Merida may be a princess in the misty highlands of Scotland, but she isn't happy with her lot.

DISNEY is to cut jobs after parts of the business saw a drop in income that has been partly blamed on poor DVD sales of the Oscar-winning cartoon Brave, which is set in Scotland.