Amazingness Ari and Jonny make pizza Of all the places where I would have expected to see the cast of Wicked promote Wicked: For Good, it would never have been NYT Cooking, but here we are, an almost 20-minute video of Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey making pizzas in the NYT kitchen. The entire cast is By Lainey • Nov 26, 2025 02:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wicked: For Good The (unnecessary) part two of Wicked is here, officially titled Wicked: For Good, implying an end to my long personal nightmare of watching this interminable musical. As in part one, For Good is directed by Jon M. Chu, written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, and is adapted from the By Sarah • Nov 20, 2025 01:57 pm
Style The Wicked Witches of Couture There have been so many looks, not just for the last few weeks but… like over a year! And it’s banger after banger after banger! The cast of Oz was serving, yet again, on Monday night at the Wicked: For Good premiere in New York which was, technically, the By Lainey • Nov 18, 2025 04:07 pm
Gwyneth Paltrow The supporting actresses turned up So far, 2025 has been an okay year in film. There has been a lot of okay-to-good stuff, a few very good things, and maybe a couple great things (Hamnet, and One Battle After Another). But in the midst of it happening, 2025 doesn’t feel like a great year By Sarah • Nov 17, 2025 11:38 am
Style Intro for November 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, The Oscar Governors Awards happened last night and as mentioned several times last week in anticipation of the event, the gala celebrates the honorary Oscar recipients of the year (Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen, Wynn Thomas, and Tom Cruise are the class of 2025) but is also a major By Lainey • Nov 17, 2025 09:31 am
BFFs Witches Protecting Witches Wicked: For Good premiered in Singapore today and I wish the top story was the fashion because OMG the looks… But unfortunately some loser tried to make it about himself so that’s what the headlines are. He does it for attention so it’s best not to give him By Lainey • Nov 13, 2025 02:23 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for November 13, 2025 Dear Gossips, Dolly Parton covers the new issue of PEOPLE Magazine, just revealed yesterday. It’s great to see her, always, but especially now since she’s had some health issues recently, and then her sister went rogue and scared everyone into thinking it was worse than it was. Not By Lainey • Nov 13, 2025 09:00 am
Style Cynthia and Ariana: High fashion and all the feels It feels like the return of a friend. One of the biggest pop culture stories of 2024 was the Wicked press tour last fall and through the winter, when Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande took over the timeline in green and pink and, together, created some of the most insane By Lainey • Nov 10, 2025 10:48 am
Style Wicked Paris The Paris premiere of Wicked: For Good happened today—tonight, whatever—and, predictably, Ariana Grande turned up in black and pink. Also on hand in Paris were reigning Sexiest Man Alive, Jonathan Bailey, and Jeff Goldblum. So far, I have not had to explain to anyone why Jonathan Bailey is By Sarah • Nov 07, 2025 04:25 pm
Style Ariana Grande: Pink is back There’s been an ongoing conversation over at our Substack, The Squawk, about how quiet Wicked: For Good has been, seemingly. At least in comparison to the overload of Wickeding last year. I wrote about this in our latest mailbag newsletter – that it’s been smart of the studio to By Lainey • Oct 28, 2025 11:14 am
BFFs Mariah + Ariana: A VMA Story After 35 years in the music industry, Mariah Carey has finally won a VMA. Actually, she won two in what one could only assume is MTV’s way of apologizing for playing in her face for decades. The elusive butterfly took home VMAs for Best R&B Video for By MC • Sep 08, 2025 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wicked Round Two I was so enjoying our temporary Wicked-free peace, but alas, it is over already. The trailer for Wicked: For Good, the second part of the musical’s feature film adaptation, dropped yesterday. Based on the unrelenting Wicked publicity push last year, this marks the official beginning of the For Good By Sarah • Jun 05, 2025 03:20 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Brighter Days Now that we’re a couple of weeks into spring and the days are getting longer, the high-profile music releases are also getting bigger and it’s happening fast. Traditionally, early summer is a popular time for album releases. This means you can expect a significant amount of lead singles By MC • Apr 01, 2025 01:08 pm
Ariana Grande Dear Old Wicked goes to the Big Show Because at this point, the Wicked cast are almost as familiar as your cousins, right? After the most epic and committed press cycle in recent history, we’ve committed every expression and interaction Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have ever had – not to memory, because they’re too numerous and By Duana • Mar 03, 2025 07:43 am
Style Wicked in Japan Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jon M Chu were in Japan yesterday to promote Wicked. The movie opens there on March 7 and this was the last possible week that they could have travelled there because of course it’s been non-stop and now they pretty much have to stay By Lainey • Feb 21, 2025 10:53 am
Award Season Campaigning Last night at AFI Last night, the American Film Institute honored their top ten films and TV series for 2024. You can see the full list of honorees here, but it’s pretty much an Oscar/Emmy hit list, with such titles as Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked in the mix By Sarah • Feb 07, 2025 09:36 am
