Sleeping Beauty
noun
: a princess of a fairy tale who is wakened from an enchanted sleep by the kiss of a prince
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Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella are all romances about women who marry princes.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
Her latest book finds some inspiration in Sleeping Beauty.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The Remake Age started with a couple of movies that weren’t remakes at all: 2010’s Alice in Wonderland was a downbeat sequel and 2014’s Maleficent an upside-down Sleeping Beauty.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Hot One: Catherine Tate will play the Fairy Godmother in the London Palladium panto Sleeping Beauty this year, per Big Bad Baz.
🌶️ Another One: Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson are reprising their roles in Private Eyes in a spin-off comedy-crime series set on the other side of Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
Her latest book finds some inspiration in Sleeping Beauty.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The Remake Age started with a couple of movies that weren’t remakes at all: 2010’s Alice in Wonderland was a downbeat sequel and 2014’s Maleficent an upside-down Sleeping Beauty.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Hot One: Catherine Tate will play the Fairy Godmother in the London Palladium panto Sleeping Beauty this year, per Big Bad Baz.
🌶️ Another One: Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson are reprising their roles in Private Eyes in a spin-off comedy-crime series set on the other side of Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Sleeping Beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sleeping%20Beauty. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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