Wicked may not have swept the major award categories at the 2025 Golden Globes but it still was at the center of jokes and moments during Sunday’s show. The Jon M. Chu-directed box office hit went into the night with four nominations including best picture, musical or comedy. The film’s stars Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, and Ariana Grande, who […]
So, did Wicked have Golden Globes thrust upon it? Since it premiered in November, Jon M. Chu‘s film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical, a The Wizard of Oz prequel starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande has been a force to be reckoned with. Wicked has made a killing at the box office, raking in […]
Although most of Greg Wells‘ professional life has involved producing or writing for big pop artists (including Adele, Katy Perry, OneRepublic & Timbaland, Twenty One Pilots and John Legend), he’s dedicated more of his time in recent years to working on films. Two and a half years, specifically (so far), as the music producer on […]
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are revealing which scenes cut from “Wicked” left them most heartbroken to see deleted from the Jon M. Chu-directed movie. Several of the scenes are featured in recently released bonus content included in streaming versions of the movie. “I love them all. They all have a cozy spot in my […]
Back in 2019, Cynthia Erivo received the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Breakthrough Performance Award. Just six years later, she will be lauded with Variety’s Creative Impact in Acting Award, commemorating the Emmy, Grammy and Tony award-winning performer’s latest achievement: playing Elphaba in “Wicked.” Her performance has received rave reviews, and she has been nominated […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
