11 h. 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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28 h. ago On the way to Wicked: Cynthia Erivo’s stage musicals – in pictures

Long before her big-screen success as Elphaba, the British actor lit up the stage with performances in Sister Act, The Color Purple and other hit shows Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Wicked's Cynthia Erivo 'deeply humiliated' after being asked to stand behind actresses

The actress and singer opened up during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine

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29 h. ago Cynthia Erivo opens up on personal decision to shave head for Wicked role

The actress appeared on ITV's Lorraine on Friday morning to discuss Wicked: For Good and the reason behind her bold look

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29 h. ago Wicked For Good star Cythia Erivo opens up on real reason why she shaved her head

Wicked For Good has finally been released and Elphaba actress Cynthia Erivo has opened up about her personal decision to shave her head for the iconic movie role

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34 h. ago Wicked: For Good is more than just Hollywood franchise brainrot – it’s timeless

With the new musical sequel poised to dominate the box office, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ seems as popular now as it was a century ago. Micha Frazer-Carroll looks at what sets L Frank Baum’s eternal children’s classic aside from the rest

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2 d. ago Cynthia Erivo cries as she surprises students at her old London school

Erivo wiped away tears after she heard students singing For Good

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3 d. ago Wicked director admits iconic Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo partnership almost didn’t happen

Wicked: For Good directorJon M. Chu has admitted the iconic pairing of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo almost didn't happen.

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3 d. ago The best and WORST looks from the Wicked: For Good press tour

The Wicked: For Good press tour has been filled with a slew of epic style wins and dramatic fashion fails - and the Daily Mail has rounded them all up for you.

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3 d. ago BRIAN VINER reviews Wicked: For Good: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are magnificent in this extravagantly sumptuous sequel

Like last year's film, this one is extravagantly sumptuous on the eye.

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3 d. ago Wicked: For Good review – Cynthia Erivo sweeps the field in explosive second chunk of Oz prequel

Bringing her black-belt screen presence to the role of Elphaba, Erivo leads a fine cast in a zingily scored conclusion to the hit origin storyDirector Jon M Chu pulls off quite a trick with this manageably proportioned second half to the epic musical prequel-myth inspired by The Wizard of Oz – and based, of course, on the hit stage show. It keeps the rainbow-coloured dreaminess and the Broadway show tune zinginess from part one, and we still get those periodic, surreal pronouncements given by the city’s notables to the diverse folk of Oz, those non-player characters crowding the streets. But now the focus narrows to the main players and their explosive romantic crises, essentially through two interlocking love triangles: Glinda the Good, Elphaba the Wicked and the Wizard – and Glinda, Elphaba and Prince Fiyero, the handsome young military officer with whom both witches are not so secretly in love, as well as possibly having feelings for each other.Jeff Goldblum is excellent as the W...

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3 d. ago Wicked: For Good review — Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have changed cinema for the better

If this sequel to Wicked doesn’t get more Oscars, I’ll eat my witch’s hat

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4 d. ago Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo's 'trauma bond' over Wicked: As Glinda and Elphaba stars go viral for tearful promo tour how the pair's tragic backstories paved the road to Oz

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are nearing the end of the yellow brick road, having lived and breathed their roles as Glinda and Elphaba for the past five years.

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4 d. ago ‘I was born in a melting pot. Melting isn’t fun’: Jon M Chu on Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande – and living the American dream

As his sequel to Wicked prepares to storm Christmas, the director talks about the dynamism of Grande and Cynthia Erivo – and why his Wizard of Oz riff is quite simply one of the greatest stories of our timeLet’s start with a quick recap on the first Wicked film. Its premise: what would the legend of Oz look like, told from the perspective of someone other than that cute but dozy blow-in, Dorothy? The wicked witch, Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), is entirely green, and has therefore been ostracised since childhood. Glinda (Ariana Grande), the good witch, is everybody’s princess but, after a time, the two become best friends. I’ll skirt over how the Tin Man, the Lion and the Scarecrow come about, suffice to say that, in the film at least, their backstories make perfect and resonant sense (except for the Lion, but never mind). The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) is not a good guy – but is he a bad guy? The morals swirl, in an expertly handled way.The first film left us at the point of discovery that O...

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5 d. ago Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo spark chatter with another unusual red

The clip has since gone viral, becoming the latest entry in the duo’s growing catalogue of affectionate, and occasionally eccentric, press-tour interactions

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5 d. ago What to Stream: 'Wicked: For Good' soundtrack, Ted Danson, 'The Bad Guys 2' and Black cowboys

Ted Danson’s “A Man on the Inside” returning to Netflix for its second season and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belting out the “Wicked: For Good” soundtrack are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

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8 d. ago Cynthia Erivo fans praise 'hero' Wicked star for rescuing Ariana Grande from red carpet ambush as her lightning fast reaction earns a flood of memes and comparison to Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard

The actresses are currently engaged in a world tour on behalf of their new film Wicked: For Good, the second of three planned prequels to The Wizard Of Oz.

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8 d. ago Cynthia Erivo fans praise 'hero' Wicked star for rescuing Ariane Grande from red carpet ambush as her lightning fast reaction earns a flood of memes and comparison to Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard

The actresses are currently engaged in a world tour on behalf of their new film Wicked: For Good, the second of three planned prequels to The Wizard Of Oz.

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8 d. ago Cynthia Erivo praised for ‘bodyguard’ reaction after fan grabbed Ariana Grande at Wicked 2 premiere

Fans are questioning why security guards did not step in faster

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8 d. ago Wicked star on why she hates fans trying to hold her finger after viral moment

‘It was such an innocent moment of confusion and human reaction’

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