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If you've been following the press tour of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's film adaptation of the hit musical Wicked, you will agree that the film stars have looked as stunning as they are talented when hitting the red carpet. And at the London premiere of the film last week, Cynthia Erivo, it seems, was donning Charlotte Tilbury in abundance and looked phenomenal while doing so.

Ariana Grande is dancing through life — and Ethan Slater is here for it.The 32-year-old spoke about his girlfriend, 31, and co-star Cynthia Erivo’s emotional press tour for “Wicked” and their acting chops.“They wear their heart on their sleeves, you know? Their ability to be so connected to their emotions in this way allows for their characters to be so complicated and so nuanced,” Slater said during an interview on SiriusXM Hits 1.Grande stars as Glinda the Good Witch in the two-part movie musical, while Erivo, 37, plays Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. The pair has been showcasing their close bond during interviews by holding hands and shedding tears.

Ariana Grande is not that girl.The Grammy winner, 31, isn’t looking to change the long-beloved song “Popular” from “Wicked” despite being pitched a different and new version of the tune.“In the spirit of being open to new things for the movie, my music team and I thought, let’s refresh the rhythm. Let’s, maybe, I don’t know, hip-hop it up a little bit,” the film’s composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Monday.

Wicked was told by staff to wipe off her green face paint before entering the cinema.In a TikTok shared by @celineserrano84, the Wicked fan shows off her Elphaba cosplay via green face paint before attending a screening at a local AMC theatre.Her excitement on the way was quickly squashed by rejection at the theatre lobby by local staff, who had apparently told her that she could only enter if she washed her face paint off.“This is the dumbest rule I’ve ever heard,” she said in the clip. She later adds that she was permitted into the screening after abiding by the rule.USA Today reported a statement by AMC Theatres, which reads: “[Face] paint, helmets, masks, (except for standard face masks used explicitly for health and safety reasons), or anything that covers the face are prohibited.”“Seeing some people on tiktok getting in with facepaint – why not me??!!”, @celineserrano84 writes in the clip’s caption, tagging AMC’s TikTok account.@AMC Theatres seeing some people on tiktok getting in with facepaint – why not me??!! #wicked #elphaba #amctheaters #wickedmovie #wickedthemusical #facepaint ♬ No One Mourns The Wicked – Kristin Chenoweth & Sean McCourt & Cristy Candler & Jan Neuberger With a combined $270million (£214.6milion) in worldwide ticket sales over the weekend, Wicked was the third-biggest opening weekend of the year, behind Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2.

Ethan Slater, who plays Boq in the Wicked movie, is sharing his thoughts on the emotional interviews that his co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have been giving on the press tour.

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Whoopi Goldberg was hoping for one short day when it came to “Wicked” talk.On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” the 69-year-old pretended to sleep as the group discussed a “Wicked” meme involving its stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.Goldberg placed her chin firmly into her palm after introducing the viral interview moment during the show’s Hot Topics segment.Tracy E. Gilchrist for Out magazine told Erivo and Grande that fans of the project “are holding space” with the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” which sparked an emotional reaction from Erivo, 37, during their press tour.“I didn’t know that was happening.

It was reported online that Grande, 31, was paid $15 million to star as Glinda the Good Witch in the two-part movie musical, while Erivo, 37, only got $1 million to play Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. However, Universal Pictures denied the alleged $14 million pay gap on Tuesday.

A vicious debate is brewing among moviegoers, thanks to Wicked. Hold space for this, y’all — many now think it’s OK to go the theater for a musical and SING ALONG!

Before Moana 2 rains a monsoon of cash, Universal’s witches musical, Wicked, will not go quietly in the night, in fact yesterday the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande movie was grande indeed with an estimated $15.6M.

Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.Multiple outlets have reported that Grande, making her lead role film debut, was paid $15 million for her role in the movie. That’s 15 times as much as Erivo’s rumored paycheck of $1 million.As anyone who saw the wild scenes atWicked’s world premiere in Sydney earlier this month will attest, Grande brings a built-in fanbase from her hugely successful decade-long music career that the film’s producers no doubt thought was worth the extra investment.But perhaps more surprising is that several supporting cast members reportedly also earned bigger paychecks than Erivo for their smaller roles: Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum were rumored to have been paid $2 million each to play Madame Morrible and the Wizard of Oz respectively.Another of the film’s key supporting cast members, British actor Jonathan Bailey, is reported to have been paid $450,000 to play love interest Fiyero.Wicked is already a confirmed box office smash, raking in more than $10.3 million here in Australia during its first five days in cinemas.

popular.The woman responsible for the “Wicked” interview about “holding space” has finally clarified what the hell she was talking about.Tracy Gilchrist for Out magazine told Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande that fans of the movie “are holding space” with the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” which sparked an emotional reaction from Erivo, 37.“I didn’t know that was happening. That’s really powerful,” said Erivo, as Grande, 31, reached over and clutched her co-star’s index finger. Gilchrist, who has been mocked by the internet for creating the completely nonsensical now-viral phrase, told Variety on Monday that the interview was conducted a day and a half after the Nov.

Ariana Grande shot down the idea of reworking the Wicked song ‘Popular’ into a hip-hop number.The idea was floated by composer Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the music for the original Broadway show. However, Grande rejected the idea because it felt too close to what she does in music.Schwartz recalled the exchange in an oral history of the film for the Los Angeles Times. “In the spirit of being open to new things for the movie, my music team and I thought, let’s refresh the rhythm.

Fans will have to wait another year to see Wicked: Part 2, but we thankfully have some photos to share from the set if you’re looking for an early tease.

In the wake of one of the best pre-Thanksgiving frames in over a decade with Wicked and Gladiator II drumming up a $200M-plus frame, crowded lobbies around the world will remain intact this week as Disney’s Moana 2 joins the fray with what’s expected to be a $225M+ largely day-and-date global opening.

UPDATED with latest: Timothée Chalamet has been tapped to receive the Arlington Artist of the Year Award during the 40th edition of the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The honor will be bestowed February 11 during an-person tribute and career retrospective.

Strictly Come Dancing star Karen Hauer has revealed to her followers that she made an appearance in the latest blockbuster movie, Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Karen, who has starred in Strictly since 2012, announced the news to fans last week along with snaps of her wearing green - and looking completely different. Karen wrote: “Had a “Wicked” experience doing a tiny bit of dancing in this magnificent movie.

Journalist Tracy E. Gilchrist skyrocketed to Internet icon status with her interview with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande during the Wicked press junket.

bizarre interview from the “Wicked” press tour.A clip from Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s sit-down with an Out magazine reporter has been shared tens of millions of times online because of the confusion over the reporter’s claim that fans “are holding space” with the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” which prompted an emotional response from Erivo, 37.The interview has been mocked not only by fans, but also by some Broadway stars. “Once Upon a Mattress” co-stars Sutton Foster, Ana Gasteyer and Michael Urie made a TikTok about the meme over the weekend.“I don’t know if you heard this, but people have been taking the lyrics of “Shy” and really holding space with them,” Urie, 44, told his co-stars in a dressing room at their Broadway show.“Shy” is the big musical number from “Once Upon a Mattress,” which is about a princess who tries to win the hand of a prince in a kingdom where the queen has banned marriage.Gasteyer, 57, mocked Grande’s initial reaction to the “holding space” comment by turning to Foster, 49, and asking, “Will you pull my finger?”Foster did just that, and Gasteyer made a farting noise with her mouth, which caused the three actors to burst out laughing.“Holding space for all the shy girls today,” Gasteyer captioned her TikTok.“We don’t deserve you.

Kerry Katona is nursing a broken heart, following her break up from her fiancé Ryan Mahoney.Taking to her weekly column in OK!, the mum of five admitted she has had a bit of a ‘break-up glow up’ to cheer herself up after revealing last week that she was 'struggling'. Kerry, 44, and 36-year-old fitness instructor Ryan got engaged in 2021, but their romance has been anything but smooth-sailing.The pair, who connected on Bumble in 2018, had been due to tie the knot in Las Vegas but pulled the plug on their Sin City nuptials at the last minute. Plus, Kerry has made no secret of the fact the couple had been arguing 'like cat and dog' recently with her OnlyFans work being said to be one of the biggest bones of contention between the pair.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Musicals aren’t the most successful genre at the box office (see: “Cats,” “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Joker: Folie à Deux”). But song-and-dance films may be enjoying — as Glinda sings — a newfound popularity with “Wicked,” Universal’s adaptation of Act One of the beloved Broadway show. The film collected $114 million in North America and an additional $50.2 million internationally, bringing its global tally to $165 million over the weekend.