8 d. ago Fears for Ariana Grande: Family member finally admits what everyone's thinking... as they stage intervention and explain why Cynthia Erivo touches her so much

Wicked: For Good may be a box office hit, but multiple sources have laid bare to the Daily Mail the emotional toll Ariana Grande has faced during the film's demanding press tour.

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9 d. ago The best red carpet looks of 2025: From Lewis Hamilton to Ariana Grande

From Lily Allen to Ariana Grande: here are the best dressed celebrities of the year.

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1 week ago Adolescence, Emily Blunt and Paul Mescal among UK and Irish Golden Globe nods

Ariana Grande was picked for her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good, with co-star Cynthia Erivo also nominated.

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1 week ago Ariana Grande, Paul Mescal and Jacob Elordi among Golden Globe Awards nominees

Grande was picked for her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good, with co-star Cynthia Erivo also nominated.

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1 week ago Golden Globes 2026: Who is likely to be nominated and when is the ceremony?

Leonardo DiCaprio, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande among the tipped stars

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1 week ago Why is Timothée Chalamet suddenly everywhere? Seven things you need to know – from Oscars to puppies

The 29-year-old star is getting his best reviews ever for the upcoming film Marty Supreme – but he’s also making waves with his idiosyncratic approach to celebrity and maintaining his status as the internet’s boyfriendEverybody’s talking about Timothée! The gen-Z French-American heart-throb and original “internet boyfriend” is receiving the best reviews of his career for Josh Safdie’s frenetic ping-pong flick Marty Supreme, while also making waves for his idiosyncratic approach to celebrity in an age somewhat lacking in star power. He has even got Gwyneth Paltrow’s seal of approval. Here are seven reasons why “Chalamania” is back.1. He seems a cert for an Oscar Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ariana Grande created emotional ‘triggers’ to avoid her own ‘pain’ during Wicked

She portrays Glinda in the two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked, alongside Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey.

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2 w. ago Aussie director Baz Luhrmann's bizarre act with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo at Wicked event

Baz Luhrmann has set tongues wagging after a peculiar act was captured on camera at a Wicked: For Good event.

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2 w. ago Princess Kate's touching tiara tribute as the King hosts the German President for a glittering state banquet and someone was very pleased to be sitting next to a supermodel

Windsor Castle shimmered with festive grandeur last night as the Royal Family rolled out the red carpet for German President and his wife to mark the first state visit in 27 years.

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2 w. ago Celebrity crib sheet: Katy Perry has spent all year in the headlines – here are the six things you need to know

She made a short, and much-ridiculed, trip to space. She tried to buy a house and fell foul of public opinion. And she’s found love, apparently, with Justin Trudeau. Time to get up to speed before this singer next hits the headlinesDo you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? No? Just Katy Perry then. Seven months since her sense-defying jaunt into space, life on planet Earth hasn’t let up for the embattled hitmaker. She’s back in the headlines this week, implied to be raiding the pockets of a “disabled veteran” while facing scrutiny for her somewhat inexplicable new romance with Justin Trudeau. Yes, that Justin Trudeau. Shall we?1. Perry wins in court, but loses onlineBy one metric, such as “relative to the rest of 2025”, this might have been a good week for Katy Perry. Since 2020, she has been embroiled in a legal battle against Carl Westcott, who sold her an eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion in Montecito for $15m. Westcott then attempte...

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2 w. ago Alexander Skarsgård is having the time of his life on the Pillion press tour

Leather daddies on the red carpet and tales of his ‘sexually liberated’ grandmother are just some of the highlights

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2 w. ago Plans ‘underway’ for more Wicked films after success of For Good

Musical sequel has dominated the box office this week

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3 w. ago Ariana Grande says acting has helped her heal her ‘relationship to music’

The 32-year old portrays Glinda in the two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked and its sequel Wicked: For Good

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3 w. ago Wicked: For Good brings back detail from original Wizard of Oz story missing from classic 1939 movie

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo return in sequel, which is on its way to breaking box office records as the biggest debut ever for a Broadway adaptation

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3 w. ago Wicked: For Good brings back detail from original Wizard of Oz story missing from classic1939 movie

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo return in sequel, which is on its way to breaking box office records as the biggest debut ever for a Broadway adaptation

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3 w. ago Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo double down on the romantic subtext in Wicked: For Good

John M. Chu has made the sapphic undertones of the source material the main event in his sequel

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3 w. ago Wicked: For Good beats box office records previously held by Wicked

Jon M Chu’s sequel, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is the second biggest US opening of the year and the biggest international opening for a stage musical adaptationThe extraordinary promotional juggernaut for Wicked: For Good, Jon M Chu’s sequel to the 2024 first instalment of his Broadway adaptation, appears to have paid off, with the film this weekend smashing box office records held by its predecessor.Its global total at the end of the weekend stands at $226m, considerably up on the $164.2m earned by its predecessor. The major change was in the domestic takings: while last year’s film took more than double its initial take in the US – $114m to $50.2m overseas – this concluding instalment has corrected that overindexing, with $76m banked from international territories. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'My job is to create a silent narrative': Paul Tazewell reveals the costume secrets of Wicked: For Good

The Oscar-winning designer divulges how he worked with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande for the grand finale — plus the truth between that grey cardigan

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3 w. ago Wicked: For Good costume designer shares why Dorothy’s iconic Ruby slippers aren’t red in sequel

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo return in sequel, which is on its way to breaking box office records as the biggest debut ever for a Broadway adaptation

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3 w. ago Celebrity crib sheet: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back on the red carpet – here are seven things you need to know

As Wicked: For Good premieres in the UK, find out just how close its costars are, why so many of the cast are vegan and the truth about Grande’s move away from popIt doesn’t matter if you’ve never seen the musical, have no interest in the film or are left cold by red carpets: Wicked season is here again, and you will be made to pay attention. After last year’s chaotic press tour for the first instalment, giving rise to some of 2025’s biggest and most bizarre pop culture moments, all eyes are now on the rollout of the sequel Wicked: For Good and the theatre-kid capers of its stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Here’s what you need to know.1. They are still ‘holding space’ for one another Last year’s Wicked press tour was an infamous love-in for Grande and Erivo. Such was the intensity of their connection and mutual affection, both were frequently moved to tears in interviews. The enduring image was of Erivo stroking Grande’s index finger in response to a journalist’s unintelligib...

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