With two months still to go, the Oscars are still far from a done deal, but while pundits nitpick about Best Picture and Director, a thornier decision will be to decide which is the best cast of the 10 films on the Oscar shortlist. Amazingly, this is the first time the category has been put to the…

The ADG said today that the Wicked and Wicked: For Good filmmaker will receive its 2026 Cinematic Imagery Award at its 30th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on February 28 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The honor is presented to those whose body of work in the…

The new year is fast approaching. 2026 has a lot in store for television and film, but first we’ll have to ring in the new year, and below find a list of options to do that — from Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2026 to a New Year’s Eve celebration hosted by The Jonas…

Idris Elba has a new season of Apple TV’s Hijack coming next month and Cynthia Erivo has had a pretty Wicked year in the best way so far. However, now that Christmas is over, 2026 has come early and royally for the superstar Brits with today’s unveiling of the UK Honours List. Among over 1,100…

"Let's say, if I had a drink for every Venezuelan we've killed, I'd really like that number of drinks," said Donald Trump's fog-of-warred Secretary of Defense/War tonight in Saturday Night Live's unusually high-temperature cold open. In a cabinet full of jokes, Pete Hegseth is one of the true…

In the true spirit of Glinda the Good, Ariana Grande gave other actresses the resources to be ‘Popular’ at their Wicked audition. The Oscar nominee’s longtime vocal coach Eric Vetro revealed that she brought other actresses to him in preparation for their auditions to play Glinda in Jon M. Chu‘s…

The Wicked universe is officially expanding in all its technicolor splendor. Author Gregory Maguire, whose 1995 novel inspired the Broadway phenomenon-turned-Universal blockbuster starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is returning to the land of Oz with a prequel novel exploring the…

Although James Cameron has been in his “blue period” since launching the Avatar franchise in 2009, the director is seeing green over what could have been. The 3x Oscar winner revealed he almost took on Wicked movie musical adaptation as he noted that movies have “to be an event” these days for…

Universal couldn’t be happier about Wicked: For Good‘s Monday at the North American box office, which minted $14.7M at 4,115 theaters. Among all Mondays in November, that’s the second-best, just under Wicked‘s $15.77M last year at the same point in time and ahead of Frozen 2‘s $12.77M on Nov. 25…

Universal’s Wicked: For Good essentially beat itself at the box office, err, the franchise’s first half that is last year’s Wicked. Wicked: For Good opened to $147M domestic, and $223M around the world, besting Wicked‘s $112.5M domestic, and $164M global start. Therefore, Wicked: For Good beat W…

After their journey through Oz, it’s safe to say that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have been changed for good. The Wicked: For Good stars bid farewell to Glinda and Elphaba in some bittersweet tributes to the characters as part two of the Jon M. Chu-helmed movie musical premiered on Friday in…

The conclusion to Elphaba and Glinda’s story, Wicked: For Good, is now in theaters. Those anxious to see how the story of Ariana Grande's Glinda and Cynthia Erivo's Wicked Witch of the West, formerly known as Elphaba, can now venture down the Yellow Brick Road with them to see where their story…