Good morning! Scattered storms and breezy today. Highs in the upper 70s. So if you haven't heard by now, Disney has cast Halle Bailey as Ariel in the forthcoming "Little Mermaid." Some people are going bonkers -- because Bailey is black. The complaints run along the lines of: "The actress should look like the real Little Mermaid!" By which they presumably mean the white-skinned, blue-eyed cartoon character in the 1989 blockbuster film. Disney cable channel Freeform has waded into the controversy. "Ariel ... is a mermaid," it said on Instagram. "But for the sake of argument, let's say that Ariel, too, is Danish. Danish mermaids can be black because Danish *people* can be black." | Forecast |