4 d. 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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7 d. 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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7 d. 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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7 d. 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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8 d. 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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8 d. 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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9 d. ago Beyonce puts on a leggy display in a plunging PVC playsuit as she joins stylish Wicked star Cynthia Erivo at Las Vegas Grand Prix

Beyoncé turned heads as she stepped out at the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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9 d. ago Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo rates F1 drivers singing for Las Vegas Grand Prix

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has been rating Formula One drivers singing skills ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

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9 d. 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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9 d. 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Wicked: For Good review: This Wizard of Oz origins story starring Ariana Grande is devoid of magic

Wicked: For Good doesn’t have the courage of its progressive convictions, writes Alistair Harkness

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1 week 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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1 week ago Wicked star Ariana Grande confirms last major tour in seven years before quitting music

Music star and actress Ariana Grande has shared her plans for her Hollywood career and her London tour next summer - after gaining praise for her role as Glinda in Wicked

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Wicked: For Good review – There’s no magic in this aimless slog of a sequel

Cynthia Erivo scores, but Ariana Grande less so – and director John M Chu still hasn’t figured out how to properly light any of this

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2 w. 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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