QUEEN LATIFAH NOW `QUEEN OF THE MERMAIDS'

QUEEN LATIFAH NOW `QUEEN OF THE MERMAIDS'

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) -- Queen Latifah has a new noble title: "Queen of the Mermaids." Latifah will be strutting her stuff alongside bare-breasted mermaids, 12-foot-tall lobsters and a Voodoo Marching band this Saturday at the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The actress and singer will be the Grand Marshal of the event and will wear an elaborate flowing robe with a Nefertiti- like headpiece. Organizers say there will also be alien hula-hooping mermaids, toxic mermaids covered in green sludge and several semi-nude denizens of the deep. The parade ends at the beach where a Voodoo high priestess will conduct a pagan ritual to officially open up the summer season at Coney Island.

CONTACT: Sarah Ruszczyk (parade organizer); Brooklyn, NY; (718) 372-5159