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Rachel Zegler might be young but she has already had a series of coveted roles. She played the lead character in the 2021 remake of West Side Story, joined beloved post-apocalyptical franchise The Hunger Games as the lead star in 2023's The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and she gets her fairytale role: Snow White in Disney's new live-action movie.

In several new interviews, Zegler noted that she has received a lot of support from the industry. The 23-year-old told Allure that Ariana Grande, who played Glinda in the adaptation of Wicked, reached out to offer support. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the actress also revealed Steven Spielberg gave her a recommendation for the role.

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Speaking about on how she found out she would become the titular Disney Princess, Zegler told host Jimmy Kimmel...

No doubt about: The big guns of Broadway’s spring season are arriving fast and furious, and boosting box office figures from receipts to ticket prices. Another newcomer – Good Night, And Good Luck, starring George Clooney, last week became the latest member of the $2 Million Club with just five previews and just weeks after Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, began regularly hitting the rarefied $2 million in weekly receipts.

Also last week Glengarry Glen Ross, headed by Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr, came very close to the $2M mark with $1,907,467, a house record at the Palace Theatre – and that’s just for seven preview performances; the full eight-performance schedule should push it over the edge. (Opening night is March 31.)

Meanwhile, The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Succession‘s Sarah Snook in all the roles, pulled in $848,904 for its first six, sold-out previews at the Music Box Theatre.

"Wicked," released with enough green and pink merchandising to choke a horse, has been one of the rare musical extravaganzas to cross over from an audience of theater enthusiasts into the mainstream. Based on the popular Broadway musical starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth (which in turn was based on a Gregory Maguire novel of the same name), "Wicked" tells the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz." Elphaba ends up becoming roommates with Glinda (Ariana Grande as the future good witch) while they're both studying magic at university. An unlikely friendship blossoms between the two total opposites -- until it's suddenly tested by the lure of the Wizard and his Emerald City. 

"Wicked" was a smash hit, earning over $700 million at the box office and 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Erivo), and Best Supporting Actress (Grande). It ultimately won...

Following the success of Wicked's acclaimed film, the original story is receiving a new comic adaptation to re-imagine Elphaba's journey in a captivating way. A graphic novel has been released that takes the tale the movie is based on and portrays its events in a stunning new format that any fan of Wicked should check out.

Wicked: The Graphic Novel Part I: An Enchanting Graphic Novelization of the Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture takes Gregory Maguire's unforgettable narrative and gives it a visual spin in graphic novel format, as adapted and illustrated by Scott Hampton. The story remains consistent with the 1995 novel, redefining beloved characters such as Elphaba and Glinda with eye-catching art, as seen on the gorgeous cover.

Wicked is currently more popular than it's ever been before, and fans who want to see more of Elphaba won't want to miss this breathtaking adaptation ahead...

Snow White isn’t even out yet, but for some time, it has been one of Disney’s most controversial outings. A lot of things seemingly went wrong with the film, and while the early reviews are very positive, the movie still doesn’t look like a hit for Disney, although that might change.

Be that as it may, the lead actress, Rachel Zegler, was in the midst of most of the controversies surrounding the movie and whichever side you’re taking, you have to admit that it was not hard for the young actress to endure so much pressure. Yet, as it seems, she got some star-level support from a colleague!

Related: Disney Reduces ‘Snow White’ Hollywood Premiere Festivities Amid Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot Controversies

In a recent interview, Zegler revealed how her fellow actresses and colleagues actually helped her throughout these harsh times and how she had a lot of support,...

Break out the acoustic guitars and tambourines: “A Complete Unknown” will be streaming on Hulu starting next week. The Timothée Chalamet-fronted Bob Dylan biopic has finally set a streaming release date of March 27, when it will be available for all Hulu and Hulu/Disney+ subscribers.

Nominated for eight Oscars including Best Actor and Best Picture, the film charts the early years of Bob Dylan’s rise in the New York City folk scene of the 1960s. The movie chronicles Dylan’s popularity and stardom, and eventual pivot to electric that left many in the folk community feeling burned. His relationship with mentor Pete Seeger (Edward Norton) is a particular focus of the film.

Chalamet prepared to play this role for years and does all his own singing and guitar playing in the film, which earned him many positive notices and a SAG award for Best Actor. Monica Barbaro also...

After completing 13 full weekends in theaters, Mufasa: The Lion King has officially overtaken one of the biggest movies of 2024 at the box office. At the time of writing, The Lion King prequel/sequel has grossed $252 million domestically and $463 million from international markets to give it a worldwide cumulative haul of $716 million. This is enough to push it past Dune: Part Two at the global box office, which finished its theatrical run at $714 million. Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi sequel found more success at the domestic box office, accruing $252 million in total earnings, but it fell short of Mufasa internationally, with only $432 million in foreign markets. Mufasa: The Lion King now stands as the sixth-highest-grossing movie of 2024, roughly $80 million behind Wicked, which finished its theatrical run at $795 million.

As much as I love the format, there are few genres that are more divisive or inconsistent than that of the movie musical. For every crowning achievement, like Wicked, there’s a disaster like Cats. It’s certainly a format that garners a lot of opinions, but there are few stage-to-screen adaptations more loved than Little Shop of Horrors. Based on the 1960 film, The Little Shop of Horrors, and the beloved stage musical, Little Shop is a cult classic that continues to gain popularity year after year, with a star-studded Off-Broadway revival currently drawing names like Sarah Hyland and Jinkx Monsoon into its cast. However, we almost got another tinseled reimagining of the musical in the way of a big-budget remake. Originally set to reunite two MCU greats and include some of the most dynamic talent in Hollywood, the movie was going to be a massive event, until it was gobbled up in development.

The Ace Eddie Awards, a celebration of the craft of film editing, was held this past weekend on March 14, 2025. Myron Kerstein, Ace, Juliette Welfling, and Mary Blee are among some of the winners for their work in this year's top acclaimed movies: Wicked, Emilia Pérez, and The Wild Robot, respectively. Friday was also a night of remembrance for the tragedy of the Altadena and Palisades fires, with nods to the heroes who helped fight them.

On today’s episode of Radio Andy’s “Andy Cohen Live,” Lizzo stops by the studio to chat with Andy in celebration of her newest single, “Still Bad.”

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They discuss getting “fully body chills” from Ariana Grande’s performance in “Wicked,” how Yitty started the colorful shapewear trend, Lizzo’s love of taking her own nude photos, the evolution of the body positivity movement, and much more.

Lizzo and Andy even filmed the official unofficial “Still Bad” music video in the SiriusXM studios, as seen on Lizzo’s TikTok.

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Bridgerton is one of Netflix's hit series, based on Julia Quinn's bestselling book series of the same name. The series, set in Regency-era London, follows the titular family and its children on their journey to find love.

The series, which premiered on Netflix in 2020, follows an anthology-like format, switching the main characters every season to allow every Bridgerton sibling to get their chance at glory. The show kicked off with Phoebe Dynevor's Daphne Bridgerton, the second-oldest child and the eldest daughter, and Regé-Jean Page's Simon Bassett. The latter recently addressed whether he would be willing to reprise his role as the Duke of Hastings in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight.

While promoting his latest film, the spy thriller Black Bag, the actor was asked about returning to Bridgerton. Although the romance series follows a different main couple every season, most of the other characters return to reprise their roles,...

Audiences won’t have to wait too long to see Lily Gladstone (“Killers of The Flower Moon”) on the big screen as she’s part of a new romantic comedy “The Wedding Banquet” which is heading to theaters next month and we can share a trailer for the pic helmed and co-written by Andrew Ahn.

Gladstone co-stars alongside Bowen Yang (“Wicked”), Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan (“Our Song”), Joan Chen (“Dìdi”), and Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung as we see a group of friends that attempt to solve growing adulthood problems such as staying in the country to avoid deportation and getting pregnant using IVF as complications arise.

Continue reading ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Trailer: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran & More Star In New Rom-Com On April 18 at The Playlist.

If hearing him on “Las Culturistas” and seeing him in “Wicked” and on “Saturday Night Live” wasn’t enough, Bowen Yang is headed back to the big screen alongside Academy Award-nominee Lily Gladstone, and Kelly Marie Tran in “The Wedding Banquet.” Yang is also joined by “Fire Island” collaborator Andrew Ahn, who serves as director and co-writer on this remake of the classic 1993 LGBTQ rom-com from Ang Lee. Watch the trailer for the film below.

Co-written by the original film’s scribe James Schamus and also starring Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, and Oscar-winner Yuh-Jung Youn, the official synopsis for the film reads, “‘The Wedding Banquet’ follows a chosen family of four friends each struggling to navigate their adulthood responsibilities and relationships. Angela (Tran) and her partner Lee (Gladstone) have had repeated unsuccessful IVF treatments, and the financial strain is worsening. Min (Han) and his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris (Yang), can’t...

Keep cool, my babies, because Conan O’Brien will be back to host the 98th Academy Awards after a wildly successful first stint this year. This Oscars news isn’t all that surprising considering how well Conan was received by both viewers and those inside of the Dolby Theatre, but it’s still exciting and came much earlier than we were expecting.

In a statement, Conan O’Brien said, “The only reason I’m hosting The Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech,” referring to Brody’s record-setting, 5-minute and 36-second acceptance speech for Best Actor.

While Wicked would no doubt be the film that helped pull in the most viewers, having Conan as host was the perfect move in that department as well. The 97th Academy Awards hit upwards of 19.69 million viewers, an increase over last year’s show, which saw Oppenheimer taking home seven Oscars,...

Hollywood, prepare for some more mocking: Conan O’Brien will be back as Oscars host in 2026.

The announcement comes just weeks after O’Brien hosted this year’s ceremony for the first time. (Go here to see video of his opening monologue, which poked fun at the 2025 Best Picture nominees and took jabs at Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón’s recent social media scandal.)

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Amanda Seyfried is “100 per cent optimistic” a third ‘Mamma Mia!’ movie will get made.The 39-year-old actress starred in the Abba jukebox musical film in 2008 and its sequel ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ a decade later, and has now revealed she is “holding out hope” for a third flick.Speaking with Collider, Seyfried said: “I think the second one proves that there’s always a need or a desire. “I’m holding out hope. I’m not holding my breath for it to happen at any specific point, but I do believe, in my heart of hearts, that we’re all going to band together to make it happen. I do.“Because there’s just a desire from us, from the creators too, and when there’s enough of a desire, it usually takes place, especially if it’s so positive. I can’t wait.”The ‘Mean Girls’ star...

Mufasa: The Lion King Worldwide Box Office: Set To Beat Dune 2(Photo Credit – Instagram)

Mufasa: The Lion King is set to surpass the global haul of Timothee Chalamet starrer Dune 2. It will move close to the top 5 highest-grossers list. It is surpassing the blockbuster sci-fi film this weekend and achieve a new title worldwide. The Disney feature is in its last leg and will exit the theatres soon. Keep scrolling for the deets.

The Dune sequel follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future. The film was released in March last year, and its spectacular box office run brought hope to the exhibitors.

Dune 2 by Denis Villeneuve collected $282.14 million at the...

As the format continues to gain traction, here’s our regularly-updated list of upcoming 4K Ultra HD disc releases in the UK.

Sitting alongside our list of upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases (that you can find here), we’re also keeping a calendar for those who support the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc format. As we learn of new UK releases, we’ll add them to this list.

We have started adding shopping links too. We’d be obliged if you clicked on them, as it really helps us in our quest to make the Film Stories project of magazines, website and podcast profitable. We’re a 100% independent publisher, and we quite like drinking coffee. It’d be lovely to afford some more.

Without further ado, here are the titles we know about…

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A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates well into 2025: here’s what’s coming to disc and when.

Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note that all dates are for the UK.

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Obviously in the current climate everything is subject to change, of course…

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The following contains spoilers for Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Season 1, Episode 3, "Rapido," which debuts Sunday, Mar. 16 on MGM+ .

With two down and seven to go, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue hits the halfway point with “Rapido.” Not only keeping the resurrection of this murder mystery on track but also taking audiences on location. There are still some bad feelings around the camp, but at least a change of scenery brings a fresh perspective. Unfortunately, further complications are inevitable if those men at the Mexican morgue ever hope to find out what happened. Death is in the cards, and everyone has booked an early grave with one exception. Whether at the hands of a silent assailant or an elusive Mexican luchador, their fates are sealed.

After an audacious second episode that finally gave audiences some character-driven drama, this MGM+ original goes off the beaten track. In a third...

It seems the farther away from award season we get, the more 2024 films are finally making their way to streaming. Indeed, Max is not the only service that is adding a few of last year’s best movies to its platform this month. Peacock is also set to host the long-awaited streaming premiere of one of 2024’s biggest, most financially successful and beloved blockbusters. On top of that, the platform has also brought more than a few iconic, timeless film classics into its fold in March, including one of Quentin Tarantino’s best movies and an underrated, often wrongly forgotten romance.

Here are TheWrap’s picks for this month’s best new-to-Peacock movies.

“The Big Lebowski” (Gramercy Pictures) “The Big Lebowski” (1998)

It is one of the most quoted and referenced American movies of the past 30 years, and yet “The Big Lebowski” still feels as original and inimitable now as it...

Wicked Japan Box Office: Set To Hit Its First Milestone( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Good content always wins hearts irrespective of the language and where a movie is made. For example, Wicked by Jon M Chu, which enjoys all the love and praises in Japan, oscillates between the first and second spots in the box office chart there. It has beaten the local haul of Dune with Saturday gross and is close to reaching its first significant milestone in Japan. Keep scrolling for the deets.

The film is challenging the 44th Doraemon movie and the new release, A Girl and Her Guard Dog. People are eagerly waiting for the film’s second part, which is slated to be released this year. The musical fantasy has been a huge Broadway hit since 2003. The highly talented star-studded cast also added to the film’s spectacular success. In addition, songs like Defying Gravity and Popular are already well-loved,...

Ariana Grande is Glinda and Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in ‘Wicked’ (Photo © Universal Studios)

Wicked and Emilia Perez were named the best edited feature films of 2024 at the 75th Annual Ace Eddie Awards. Winners were announced on March 14, 2025 during a ceremony that was originally scheduled for January 18th. The devastating Los Angeles wildfires forced the delay, and the American Cinema Editors opted for a less formal ceremony that helped raise money for wildfire relief.

On the television side, awards season favorite Shogun, What We Do in the Shadows, and Frasier took home awards. Both What We Do in the Shadows and Frasier earned Ace Eddie Awards for their final seasons, while Shogun is set to return for a second season.

Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu was recognized with the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award during the ceremony. Maysie Hoy and Paul Hirsch were honored with the Career...

To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.

This week, you’ll find eight new shows (including Dennis Quaid in Happy Face, Ellen Pompeo in Good American Family and Uzo Aduba in The Residence), seven finales (including Severance, Shifting Gears and Happy’s Place), five streaming debuts (including Anora, Wicked and the final episodes of Yellowstone) and more.

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Though it’s been less than two weeks since Conan O’Brien made his Oscars hosting debut, the famously self-deprecatory comedian is already discussing how things could’ve gone differently. During a recent recording of his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” with Oscars head writer Mike Sweeney, the former late-night host went into detail about attempted jokes that were cut down by members of the Academy. For a promo that involved O’Brien “fighting about things couples fight about,” but with the gold Oscars statue, he was told directly that he couldn’t lie the statue on its side.

“One of the people from the Academy came forward and said, ‘Oscar can never be horizontal.’ And that blew my mind,” said O’Brien. “Like, wow, this is like the thigh bone of St. Peter. This is a religious icon.”

For the actual show, O’Brien wanted to take more inspiration...

Making big-budget blockbusters can be an isolating process, especially if you're a performer used to working with other actors and physical sets who is, all of a sudden, confined to a recording booth or something similar. This is what Peter Dinklage experienced when he worked on "Wicked," Jon M. Chu's massively successful (and Oscar-winning) adaptation of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's long-running Broadway musical. In the film, Emmy-winner Dinklage plays Doctor Dillamond, a talking goat who teaches at Shiz University and earns the affection of the young green-skinned witch Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo), but according to an interview Dinklage had with Cinema Express in November 2024, he didn't totally love the experience, because he was not physically on set.

"It was a bit of a lonely process, recording in a sound booth apart from the rest of the cast, but it's such an honour to be part of something...

Game Changer North America Box Office (Closing Collection) ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Game Changer, starring Ram Charan in the lead role, emerged as a huge disaster at the worldwide box office. It was released amid high expectations, but the content turned out to be underwhelming. This resulted in a sharp decline after a good start. Both in India and overseas, the film earned poor numbers. In several territories, it was a losing affair, and North America is one of those. Keep reading for a detailed closing report!

Over the years, Ram Charan has witnessed a huge growth in terms of popularity and box office pull. While the actor always had his strong fan base, his following peaked after Rrr. Other than the Rrr effect, Ram’s collaboration with Shankar was one factor that helped the magnum opus build hype around itself. Unfortunately, the content didn’t back up the hype.

Closing...

Wicked Japan Box Office: 2nd Friday Update(Photo Credit – Instagram)

The people in Japan are enjoying the musical adaptation Wicked, which has bested Doraemon: Nobita’s Art World Tales and a new release, A Girl and Her Guard Dog. The film has kicked off its second weekend by staying at the top spot at the Japanese box office. This weekend, it will cross the lifetime gross of Dune: Part One. Keep scrolling for the deets.

It is the first part of the two-part movie. It has successfully surpassed the $730 million mark worldwide—the musical fantasy directed by Jon M. Chu, adapting the first act of the renowned Broadway musical. The story explores the origins of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her complex relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch. Made on a budget of $150 million, it is one of the biggest blockbusters of the past year, and a...

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (Ssu) went out with a whimper because its final film entry simply couldn’t hunt up enough business at the box office. However, there is a reason Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s take on the titular Spidey comic book character in Kraven the Hunter went belly up in theaters, and that’s because critics and theatergoers alike appropriately responded to the movie’s poor storytelling. Today, though, Kraven is at long last enjoying some success as the film has cracked Netflix’s Top 10 Movies in the United States chart at No. 1 as of Friday, Mar. 14.

Poor reviews from the critics led to the inferior Kraven the Hunter registering the second-worst Tomatometer rating (15%) of the Ssu on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a dubious score it still shares with the Jared Leto-led Morbius. However, Kraven and Morbius' 15% still isn’t as bad as Madame Web’s lowly 11%. Despite the low numbers,...

The 75th Ace Eddie Awards recognized achievements in film and television editing on Friday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The ceremony, originally scheduled for January 18, was postponed due to wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The event shifted from a traditional red-carpet affair to a more casual gathering, with a portion of ticket sales contributing to wildfire relief efforts.

Juliette Welfling won Best Edited Feature Film (Drama) for Emilia Pérez, a musical crime thriller by Jacques Audiard. The film’s approach to blending musical elements with its narrative stood out among competitors like Conclave and Dune: Part Two. Wicked, edited by Myron Kerstein, won in the comedy category, prevailing over Sean Baker’s Anora, which had won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing earlier this month.

In the animated category, The Wild Robot, edited by Mary Blee, took home the award. Will & Harper, a documentary following a cross-country...

American Cinema Editors handed out their prizes at the 75th annual Ace Eddie Awards in Los Angeles on Friday, marking the end of the awards season cycle.

The ceremony at UCLA was postponed from its original January 18 date due to the LA wildfires. The Oscars recently took place on March 2.

In the Ace feature categories, the group awarded Juliette Welfling best edited drama for Emilia Pérez, and Myron Kerstein best comedy for Wicked.

The animation award went to Mary Blee for The Wild Robot, and the documentary prize was awarded to Monique Zavistovski for Will & Harper. Road House edited by...

“Emilia Pérez,” “Wicked” and “The Wild Robot” were the top film winners at the 75th Ace Eddie Awards, which took place on Friday evening at UCLA’s Royce Hall, nearly two weeks after the Oscars and nearly two months after the Eddies’ original date of Jan. 18. The ceremony held by the American Cinema Editors was postponed in January due to the wildfires that raged through the L.A. metro area earlier this year.

Wins by Juliette Welfling for “Emilia Pérez” and Myron Kerstein for “Wicked” stood in contrast to the outcome at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, when Sean Baker won film editing for “Anora.” Last year, “Oppenheimer” and “The Holdovers” won at the Eddies, and “Oppenheimer” went on to win the Oscar. In the six-plus decades that the American Cinema Editors have been giving out awards, one of its feature-film winners has then won the Oscar for Best...

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) has announced its winners for the 2025 Ace Eddie Awards, which recognizes “outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television and documentaries.”

Emilia Pérez and Wicked won in the feature film categories, while The Wild Robot and Will & Harper won best animated feature and documentary feature, respectively. What We Do in the Shadows, Shogun and Baby Reindeer won in the TV categories, among others.

The 75th annual ceremony celebrating the best editing of the year was originally set to take place on Jan. 18 before it was postponed due to the L.A. wildfires.

At the event, Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu received the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award; and film editors Maysie Hoy and Paul Hirsch received career achievement awards. Conclave, Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez were among the drama feature film nominees while Anora, Challengers and The Substance were included in the comedy film nominees.

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” the embattled musical crime thriller about gender confirmation, was the surprise Feature Dramatic Editing winner, Friday night at the 75th annual Ace Eddie Awards (held at UCLA’s Royce Hall).

Besting such contenders as “Conclave” and “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Pérez” editor Juliette Welfling cut against the start and stop rhythms of traditional musicals with sequences that flowed naturally from dialogue to musical moments in this operatic fever dream, starring Best Supporting Oscar winner Zoe Saldaña and controversial Best Actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón.

In addition, Jon M. Chu’s maximalist “Wicked” musical beat out Sean Baker’s Oscar-winning “Anora” in the comedy category. Editor Myron Kerstein excelled at handling the tonal shifts and blending different genres to explore the volatile friendship between Elphaba/the Wicked Witch (Oscar-nominated Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda/Glinda the Good Witch (Oscar-nominated Ariana Grande).

Originally set for January 18, the ceremony...

Wicked, Emilia Pérez, The Wild Robot, Will & Harper and Road House took the film prizes at the delayed 2025 Ace Eddie Awards, which were handed out Friday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Shōgun, Baby Reindeer, What We Do in the Shadows and Frasier were among the TV winners at American Cinema Editors’ 75th anniversary ceremony. See the full list below.

The Eddies were postponed from the original January 18 date as Los Angeles suffered through the wildfires that devastated much of the region. The ceremony went from its usual black-tie, red carpet event to a “Come as You Are” community-building fundraiser, with a portion of ticket sales being donated to fire relief.

Universal’s Wicked won the Eddie for Best Edited Comedy Theatrical Film, Netflix’s Emilia Pérez took the Drama Theatrical Prize, and Universal/DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot uploaded Animated Feature. Wicked and Emilia Pérez also were nominated for Best...

Jon M. Chu, at the halfway point of directing back-to-back Wicked movies, will deliver the keynote address at USC’s 142nd commencement ceremony in May.

Chu, whose credits also include Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2003. He will receive an honorary degree as part of the ceremony May 15 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the university said Friday.

“Jon continues to spark the imaginations of millions through the dazzling worlds he creates. He’s a terrific champion of the amazing talent — performers, technicians and craftspeople — who contribute so much to the creative arts and bring important stories to life,” USC president Carol Folt said. “He’s also a wonderful role model to students and storytellers, and we can’t wait to hear his inspirational words.”

Wicked: Part 1 scored 10 Oscar nominations this year including Best Picture and won two, for Best...

As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker.

Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic novel, March 14.

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man and Josh Boone’s Regretting You, which will likely follow in the footsteps of the Blake Lively-starring It Ends With Us and further pave a path for future Collen Hoover film adaptations like Verity and Reminders of Him.

Several other big screen adaptations of books are arriving on streamers and in theaters this year. Check out the full list of book to movie adaptations below:

Mickey7 by Edward Ashton – Theaters – March 7, 2025

Robert Pattinson in ‘Mickey 17’

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Despite opening the show with three songs, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande both went home without Oscars for their work in Wicked. Erivo had tough competition going up against Demi Moore's triumphant return in The Substance and the eventual winner, the incredible and transformative, Mikey Madison in Anora. Grande surprised audiences with how perfect she was as Galinda, but there was seemingly no stopping Zoe Saldaña winning every Best Supporting Actress Award for her work in Emelia Pérez. With the upcoming release of Wicked: For Good, there's some hope one or both women could not only be nominated again, but potentially even win. Lord of the Rings sweeping the Oscars for its third entry suggests the Academy likes to delay rewarding a movie until the franchise's final installment, but Oscar history has not been as kind to actors reprising their roles...

If you’re looking for something to watch in March, you’ve come to the right place. This month is stacked with streaming debuts of Oscar-winning movies, blockbusters from last year and hidden gems from years past that are being newly added to streamers like Netflix, Max, Prime Video and Peacock this month — including, yes, the streaming debut of “Wicked” so you can sing along at home as many times as you want and the streaming debut of Best Picture Oscar-winner “Anora.”

Check out our curated picks for the best new movies streaming in March 2025 below.

“Heretic” “Heretic” (A24)

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A24 released “Heretic,” easily the best, spookiest movie they put out last year, after Halloween. A baffling choice, for sure, but one that still paid off – the movie made almost $60 million worldwide on a budget of only $10 million. If you missed the movie in its initial release or want...

The Hollywood of 2025 is obsessed with the 60s in more ways than one. Can it get out of it?

“The end of history” was such a lovely idea, it’s no surprise it’s turned out to be bollocks. Equally inaccurate, it turns out, is the idea the 2020s would turn back the clock to what Agent Smith called “the peak of [our] civilisation”. Though the 30-year nostalgia pendulum duly gave us Stranger Things and legacy sequels to every film from the 1980s over the last decade, the idea that the coming years would reinvigorate our penchant for raves, wraparound shades and world peace has, so far, been for the birds. We’ve not entered our 90s era – we’ve leapfrogged it.

Welcome, then, to the new 60s. Everyone is wearing wide-hemmed trousers; Musk and Bezos are competing to launch themselves into space; and the Doomsday Clock says we’ve never been closer to Armageddon.

The Current Debate connects the dots around a topic of the critical conversation.Anora.Remember Cord Jefferson’s plea at last year’s Oscars? Picking up his Best Adapted Screenplay award for American Fiction (2023), the director chided the industry for being “risk-averse,” and suggested that, “instead of making one $200 million movie,” producers should spread those resources to make room for more diverse and bolder voices. “Try making twenty $10 million movies,” he said, “or fifty $4 million movies.” Jefferson was of course alluding to Oppenheimer (2023), Christopher Nolan’s thunderous portrait of “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer, a $100-million Best Picture winner that racked up seven statuettes and nearly a billion dollars at the box office. A year later, a cursory glance at the list of 2025 Oscar winners might make you think the industry did, in fact, heed the call. It’s not that there were no big-budget films among...

After an amazing theatrical run and numerous awards, including a couple of Oscars, Wicked is now a certified hit and undoubtedly one of the most impressive movies of the year, regardless of what your personal preferences are. The cast and crew have done an amazing job and fans around the world cannot wait for the sequel to hit theaters!

And while the sequel is still some months away, Wicked is still in the midst of its successful theatrical run, as the movie recently made its final large debut – in Japan! The start was, as you might have guessed, very impressive!

We don’t have the details about why the movie was released in Japan just now, but with so much hype, it is not surprising that Japanese audiences have rushed to the theaters to see the movie, which brought a significant amount of cash to the film.

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After seemingly having concluded its theatrical run with critical acclaim, box office success, and a couple of Oscars under its belt, the musical adaptation Wicked announced that it intends to defy gravity for a little while longer. The movie debuted in its final major territory, Japan, this past week. It has earned over $5 million in Japan so far, elevating both its box office haul, and its ranking on the all-time list of the highest-grossing films in history. Wicked is based on the popular Broadway musical of the same name, which itself is based on Gregory Maguire's novel, which was inspired by L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" books.

Emma Roberts and Kelsey Asbille are to star in the psychological thriller ‘The Technique’.The 34-year-old actress and the ‘Yellowstone’ star, 33, are to lead the upcoming movie for production studios Raised By Wolves and Hypothesis.‘The Technique’ will also feature Nicholas Alexander Chaves, Ben Platt, Laura Harrier and Noomi Rapace, though the potential roles the actors may be playing are currently unknown.The flick will be filmmaker Brian McGreevy’s directorial debut and he is also slated to write the script.While the cast and director have been revealed, plot details and the release date for ‘The Technique’ are being kept under wraps.Raised By Wolves’ Andrea Bucko and Miles Skinner of Hypothesis are to produce alongside Jordan Drake, David Duque-Estrada, Chadd Harbold, and Russ Posternak.Meanwhile, Hypothesis’ Zak Williams, Jordan Claire Robbins, and Nini Le Huynh under the Raised By Wolves banner are to executive produce ‘The Technique’ with John Kalafatis,...

With movie awards season over, and rumors that Adrian Brody’s Oscar acceptance speech is finally coming to an end, the year 2025 sees a surprising amount of faces coming straight back into the conversation. For one, Zoe Saldaña will be putting her Supporting Actress Oscar to good use on the publicity trail for one of the biggest tentpoles of the year: James Cameron’s Fire and Ash, the third in the Avatar series, in which she reprises her role as Na’vi princess Neytiri.

It doesn’t seem especially likely that lightning will strike twice for Saldaña, but the win will bring extra gravitas to the franchise, which secured four nominations (including Best Picture) last time. Fire and Ash hits cinemas in the middle of December, usually a risky strategy, awards-wise — think Wonka, Nosferatu and even A Complete Unknown — but Cameron has good form on this front, and, presumably for...

Before the Oscars’ dust has completely settled, first-time host Conan O’Brien dished behind-the-scenes secrets from the March 2 telecast on a new episode of his SiriusXM podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.

“People seemed very happy with how it went,” O’Brien stated at the top of the Oscars recap podcast, which replaced a typical fan interaction episode in the weekly slot. “I had a blast doing it, and one of the reasons I think I was able to enjoy myself so much is I knew we worked very hard to get material that we liked.”

Joined by his head writer and creative collaborator of 30 years, Mike Sweeney, O’Brien recapped that hard work by detailing the sketches that got cut, the Academy’s notes that blew his mind and what he’ll miss most. Below are highlights from the episode.

“It Was Not on Our Radar”

O’Brien revealed that...

American comedian and broadcaster Conan O’Brien, who recently hosted the 97th Academy Awards, has revealed the skit he originally conceived to open the show and shared dos and don’ts surrounding the iconic gold-plated statuette itself.

The former late night talk show host and SNL and The Simpsons writer earned strong reviews for his maiden Oscars, and used his podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend alongside longtime head writer and telecast collaborator Mike Sweeney this week to dive into some of the secrets behind the biggest night in Hollywood.

O’Brien revealed how he wanted to do a promotional...

Conan O'Brien made his debut as the host of the Academy Awards this year. He has since shared some secrets from the experience, detailing what he couldn't do along with how the original opening of the show was changed.

O'Brien and Oscars head writer addressed the show during the latest edition of the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast. He explained how he learned about the limitations of what he was allowed to do in terms of using the Oscar statuette. In one instance, while shooting a promo for the ceremony, O'Brien wanted to show a giant Oscar laying down, only to learn that there's a strict policy about having it ever depicted "horizontally." Sweeney also shared how another banned idea was to have the Oscar wearing an apron, as putting clothing on it is also forbidden.

"I don't fault them, it's just this is what they do. The Oscar,...

Looks like Conan O'Brien didn't sign an NDA.

The freshly minted Oscars host has revealed several secrets about the Academy's quirky rules for its 97-year-old, 13-inch, eight-pound golden mascot. "No clothing on Oscar. Oscar is always naked," O'Brien dished on his Conan Needs a Friend podcast during a conversation with the ceremony's head writer, Mike Sweeney.

Per the Oscar overlords, the statuette can only ever be shown standing upright. "One of the people from the Academy came forward and said, 'Oscar can never be horizontal,'" O'Brien recalled. "And that blew my mind. Wow, this is like the thigh bone of St. Peter. This is a religious icon."

O'Brien also revealed his original vision for his Oscar promotional spot. He sought to put an apron on the trophy, housewife-style, and have it serve O'Brien leftovers. That'd didn't fly. Instead, a 9-foot version of the statuette appeared in its normal, pristine...

Conan O’Brien is getting props for his Drake joke at the Oscars — in which he joked about the ongoing feud between the rapper and Kendrick Lamar — but admitted on Thursday that he didn’t write the joke himself.

The joke in question? “We’re halfway through the Oscars, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.” It got a rousing response from the Oscars crowd and served as a callback to Lamar dissing longtime rival Drake during his Super Bowl halftime performance of “Not Like Us.”

“That is the handiwork of Skyler Higley. I have to give it up — I’m not that well-versed in rap battles — but I got major props from this gentleman,” O’Brien shared on Thursday’s episode of his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.”

“This has happened to me a couple of times, but I walked...