Wicked fans who love to sing along to the musical film are getting an early Christmas present: A sing-along version of the soundtrack was released Friday. The sing-along version of Wicked: The Soundtrack features the 11 tracks without the lead vocals, though the orchestra and background vocals are the same as the soundtrack. It was […]
When news first broke that pop star Ariana Grande and her Wicked costar Ethan Slater were an item in July 2023, Slater’s estranged wife Lilly Jay described the relationship with a few choice words. Grande “isn’t a girl’s girl,” Jay told Page Six. “My family is just collateral damage.” The former couple has one son […]
Ariana Grande‘s awards season journey has begun, first with a Golden Globes nomination and now with eyes set on the Oscars. Grande received her first-ever Globes nom (as best supporting actress) for her performance in Wickedand is also a frontrunner for the category at the Academy Awards in March. And though Wicked‘s iconic numbers are […]
Marissa Bode had all but given up on the idea she would get the part of Nessarose in Jon M. Chu’s feature adaptation of Wicked. “My last callback that I had, prior to that, I didn’t think that I got it. I hadn’t heard back from casting,” Bode tells The Hollywood Reporter about her bid […]
Pete Davidson has found his peace after taking a step back from the limelight. The 31-year-old comedian left “Saturday Night Live” in 2022 following an eight-season run on the prolific sketch comedy show. Now, Davidson is serving as the creative director of the sock brand Doublesoul. He explained that his decision to take space from […]
Kristin Chenoweth is clapping back at One Million Moms after the organization started a boycott of the Wicked movie. The conservative group’s latest petition asks parents to pledge to not see Jon M. Chu’s movie musical due to it “pushing the LGBTQ agenda on families, particularly children.” “Of course, the musical contains a tremendous amount […]
“Moana 2.” Disney Enterprises, Inc. Moana 2—starring the voices of Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson—is still besting Wicked in its second weekend at the domestic box office. Disney’s animated blockbuster—which opened with a record-setting five-day Thanksgiving weekend of $225 million a week ago—will easily hold to its No. 1 spot in weekend two. Deadline projects […]
When Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande began their Wicked journey together, the pair vowed to support and protect one another. For a while, they existed within a bubble of rehearsals and film production. Now that the film has been released, Erivo and Grande are no longer just Elphaba and Glinda — they’re the celebrity figures […]
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“You were brilliant,” the singer writes of the film’s stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Everyone is feeling Wicked these days. The film starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda has inspired memes, plenty of social media discourse, a surprise piano performance from Jeff Goldblum who plays the Wizard of Oz, and […]
