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Jon Chu won the Critics Choice Award for Best Director. Wicked also won Critics Choice Awards for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design...

‘Wicked,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘The Substance’ Lead Critics Choice Awards, but ‘Anora’ Nabs Best Picture: Full Winners List
By Michaela Zee   Feb 7, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/critics-choice-awards-2025-winners-list-1236300265/ 

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Meanwhile, “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu, who wasn’t nominated in the Academy Awards’ best director category, beat out several Oscar nominees to win the best director honor at the Critics Choice Awards. “I’m going to win that Oscar!” Chu said jokingly on stage.
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BEST DIRECTOR 
Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez” 
Sean Baker – “Anora” 
Edward Berger – “Conclave” 
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” 
Jon M. Chu – “Wicked” (WINNER)
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two” 
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – “The Brutalist” 
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – “Wicked” (WINNER)
Suzie Davies – “Conclave” 
Craig Lathrop – “Nosferatu”  
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – “Gladiator II”  
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – “Dune: Part Two”  
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN 
Lisy Christl – “Conclave”  
Linda Muir – “Nosferatu”  
Massimo Cantini Parrini – “Maria”  
Paul Tazewell – “Wicked” (WINNER)
Jacqueline West – “Dune: Part Two”  
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – “Gladiator II”

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Wicked won the SDSA Award for Best Comedy/Musical Design...

Set Decorators Society of America Awards: Full list of winners includes 2 for ‘A Complete Unknown’
Denton Davidson    February 7, 2025
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2025/set-decorators-society-of-america-awards-winners-list-a-complete-unknown/ 

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Best Comedy/Musical Design
Deadpool & Wolverine — set decoration by Naomi Moore & Imogen Lee with production design by Raymond Chan
Kinds of Kindness — set decoration by Amy Silver with production design by Anthony Gasparro
Nightbitch — set decoration by Ryan Watson with production design by Karen Murphy
Wolfs — set decoration by Melissa Levander with production design by Jade Healy
[winner]Wicked — set decoration by Lee Sandales with production design by Nathan Crowley

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Wicked won the AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter...

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: ‘A Complete Unknown’ Wins Best Picture
BY KIRSTEN CHUBA   FEBRUARY 8, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-a-complete-unknown-1236130928/ 

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Best Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi (Emilia Pérez)
Jay Cocks and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Wicked) (WINNER)
Peter Straughan (Conclave)
Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part Two)

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Wicked won the Artios Award for Big Budget Feature Comedy...

Casting Society’s 2025 Artios Awards Winners Include ‘Wicked,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Hacks’ and ‘Shogun’
By Beatrice Verhoeven   February 12, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/casting-society-2025-artios-awards-winners-1236134787/ 

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BIG BUDGET FEATURE COMEDY

WICKED: PART I: Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield. Associate Casting Director: Ryan Bernard Tymensky. Location Casting Director: Tamsyn Manson

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Wicked won an ADG Award and two MUAHS Awards......

Art Directors Guild Awards: ‘Wicked’, ‘Nosferatu’, ‘Conclave’ Take Top Film Prizes; ‘Fallout’, ‘Shogun’ Among TV Winners – Full List
By Erik Pederson   Feb 15, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/02/art-directors-gulid-awards-2025-winners-list-1236291154/ 

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FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Wicked

Production Designer: Nathan Crowley

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‘Wicked,’ ‘The Substance,’ ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Palm Royale’ Among Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild Winners
By Beatrice Verhoeven   Feb 15, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/make-up-and-hair-stylists-guild-winners-2025-1236137030/ 

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Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Wicked

Frances Hannon, Alice Jones, Nuria Mbomio, Johanna Nielsen, Branka Vorkapic
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Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Wicked

Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Sim Camps, Gabor Kerekes

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Wicked won 2 BAFTA Awards (Costume Design and Production Design)...

BAFTA Film Awards: ‘Conclave’ (Best Film), ‘The Brutalist’ (Best Director and Actor) Win Four Each 
By Georg Szalai   Feb 16, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2025-winners-list-film-1236136679/ 

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Costume Design
BLITZ Jacqueline Durran
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Arianne Phillips
CONCLAVE Lisy Christl
NOSFERATU Linda Muir
WICKED Paul Tazewell
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Production Design
THE BRUTALIST Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
CONCLAVE Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
DUNE: PART TWO Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
NOSFERATU Craig Lathrop
WICKED Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

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Something I've noticed while listening to the song Popular on my phone is how good Ariana is.  There's so much going on in the scene to look at that I missed, or didn't appreciate, some of the vocal choices she made.  I did hear some people say that she was trying too hard to be Kristen Chenowith, and I can kind of hear that in this particular song, but I still give her props for how well she played the role.  

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Wicked won 2 NAACP Image Awards...

NAACP Image Awards: ‘The Six Triple Eight’ Wins Outstanding Motion Picture; Keke Palmer Named Entertainer of the Year
By Angelique Jackson, Michaela Zee   Feb 22, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/naacp-image-awards-2025-winners-list-1236312345/ 

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Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album
“Wicked: The Soundtrack” (Republic Records)
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Outstanding Costume Design (Television or Motion Picture)
“Wicked” – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)

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Wicked won a MPSE Golden Reel Award for Music Editing...

‘Dune 2,’ ‘Wicked’ Among Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Award Winners
By Carolyn Giardina   Feb 23, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/mpse-sound-editors-golden-reel-awards-2025-winners-1236315019/ 

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Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture
Wicked
Universal Pictures

Supervising Music Editors
Jack Dolman
Catherine Wilson
Supervising Vocal Editor
Robin Baynton

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‘Wicked’ and ‘Agatha All Along’ Take Home Top Honors at ICG Publicists Awards
By Jazz Tangcay   Feb 28, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/icg-publicists-awards-2025-winners-list-1236322947/ 

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Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign
“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” – Sony Pictures Entertainment
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – Warner Bros. Pictures
“Deadpool & Wolverine” – Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios
“Emilia Perez” – Netflix
“Gladiator II” – Paramount Pictures
“The Strangers: Chapter 1” – Lionsgate Films
“Wicked” – Universal Pictures (WINNER)

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  On 3/4/2025 at 10:39 PM, iarwain said:

So Wicked brought in Oscars for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design?  I don't watch the Oscars anymore, but doesn't this seem a little light?  Isn't that a bit disappointing where expectations are concerned?  

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No, it won the two awards it was expected to win. It wasn't the frontrunner in any other category.

‘Wicked,’ ‘Emilia Perez,’ ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Among ACE Eddie Winners
By Carolyn Giardina   March 14, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/ace-eddie-awards-2025-winners-list-1236334670/ 

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BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“Challengers” – Marco Costa
“A Real Pain” – Robert Nassau
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, Valentin Féron
WINNER “Wicked” – Myron Kerstein, ACE

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Finally saw it on Peacock this weekend. I enjoyed it for the most part. I forgot about Kristin and Idina's cameo's so was pleasantly surprised by that.

I don't consider myself to be slow to figure things out in general but watching the movie was the first time I realized that it is NessaRose that Dorothy's house lands on. I was kind of outraged when I figured that out, I like Nessa!

I knew what CE was bringing to the table and she did not disappoint. But I was pleasantly surprised by AG, she was really good.

I've only see the play once and have no recollection of Act 2, so will be interested to see what happens when Part 2 is released.

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36th GLAAD Media Awards — Full Winners List
By Glenn Garner   March 27, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/03/36th-glaad-media-awards-winners-list-1236353186/ 

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Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award for her work toward ending homophobia, with Q.Digital receiving the Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media, ....

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I just finished watching on Peacock and it was both over the top and pretty enjoyable. The ending scenes with Elphaba “turning wicked” in defying the Wizard and escaping are pretty spectacular. I may end up buying the Blu-ray in part because many of the musical elements were great. I never saw the stage play and didn’t know all the details though I’ve seen Defying Gravity performed a few times

Ariana was pretty over the top as a ditzy Glinda but she was pretty good over all and Cynthia just killed it

Did the Wizard know Elphaba before given the way he greeted her or was he overly familiar with her initially because he was already aware of her and had already conspired with Madame Morrible to bring Elphaba to him and unlock the special book?

My 9 year old forced me to watch this with her over spring break and I’m glad I did! I thought this was really great and it was giving me Harry Potter vibes in a good way. Ariana looks way better in this than in real life so I was happy to see that (she’s very hard to look at on the red carpet, etc). I read the book a long time ago so had a gist of the backstory here but was still confused in parts and a lot of that is my fault since I was working on a crossword puzzle while watching. 
SO- Galinda was “bad” and Elphaba was “good” but somehow that switches by the time we get to The Wizard of Oz? The Wizard has always been a bad guy? I’m confused and now have to rewatch. 
Loved all the dancing and most of the musical numbers. The high pitch singing just doesn’t work for me even though I think it was done well. Elphaba (Cynthia) was a stand out for me. 

In my mind while watching I kept trying to tie everything in to The Wizard of Oz (I’ve been a fan since I was little-own the collector Barbie Dolls, had the 1980’s lunch box when I was a kid and just recently visited Land of Oz at Beech Mountain- glad I did because Hurricane Helene came through and did a number on it). 

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  On 3/29/2025 at 7:50 PM, Mountainair said:

SO- Galinda was “bad” and Elphaba was “good” but somehow that switches by the time we get to The Wizard of Oz? The Wizard has always been a bad guy? I’m confused and now have to rewatch.

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I take it from this you haven’t seen the stage show, so I’ll just say all will be revealed in act 2.

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  On 3/29/2025 at 9:51 PM, Spartan Girl said:

I take it from this you haven’t seen the stage show, so I’ll just say all will be revealed in act 2.

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Yes- I’ve only read the book over a decade ago. 
I get that there will be a part two but this first part felt like it only left more questions. At least with Harry Potter it felt like a problem was introduced and solved while also introducing a new plot point for the next movie/book. This just felt like a big, “wait, what?” movie to me. 

  On 2/1/2025 at 11:48 PM, MadyGirl1987 said:

It's a dramatic musical, the drama and music is what people are going for, not a flying monkey chase during the climatic scene of act one.

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Yes. This was my biggest problem with the movie. The scene felt like it went on a bit too long. 

  On 3/28/2025 at 1:58 PM, DanaK said:

Did the Wizard know Elphaba before given the way he greeted her or was he overly familiar with her initially because he was already aware of her and had already conspired with Madame Morrible to bring Elphaba to him and unlock the special book?

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@Mountainair I would save yourself the time and either wait until next year when Part 2/Act 2 is released or read a synopsis of the stage musical. 

  On 3/29/2025 at 10:39 PM, Mountainair said:

At least with Harry Potter it felt like a problem was introduced and solved while also introducing a new plot point for the next movie/book.

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This is because until the final book, each Harry Potter book was 1 movie. It told a complete story as the author intended. 

For people who have seen the musical, breaking up Wicked into two movies isn't a problem because we know the story, where everything is going, and how it all fits together. For people unfamiliar with the musical, it's a bit of a problem. It does not tell a complete story. 

When I first heard the run time was over 2 and a half hours, I was very worried about what they had done to pad the story and that they had added things because they could. I was concerned the movie would feel long and like it was taking forever. I was wrong. The movie absolutely zipped along.  

The Oscar contenders with the most to gain during CinemaCon this year
Christopher Rosen   March 28, 2025
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2025/cinemacon-preview-oscar-contenders/

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Wicked: For Good (Universal)
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Why it matters: Wicked: Part One was an unqualified success, earning over $742 million worldwide and scoring 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Cynthia Erivo, and Best Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande, with two wins (Best Costume Design and Best Production Design). So it goes without saying that expectations are high for Wicked: For Good, the musical adaptation’s finale. However, it remains to be seen how audiences and awards voters will respond to the film’s second act, which is often cited as the weaker portion of the musical. Are Erivo and Grande guaranteed second Oscar nominations for playing the same parts? Will Wicked strike a chord with audiences again? Or maybe those questions are moot because director Jon M. Chu thoroughly nailed Wicked: Part One.

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Amazon, Ad Strategies, and Superman: What to Expect From 2025's 'Normal' CinemaCon
Cinema United president Michael O'Leary previews this year's event
By Ethan Alter   March 28, 2025
https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/cinemacon-2025-michael-oleary-amazon-superman/ 

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He’s also eager for Universal to unveil the gravity-defying marketing materials behind Wicked: For Good, the second half of the studio’s blockbuster Broadway adaptation.

“We had a presentation for the first part last year, and it was staggering the amount of thought they put into it,” O’Leary recalls. “It was amazing to watch them preview their global campaign.”

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WICKED: FOR GOOD - First Theatrical Poster For Universal's Sequel Spotted At CinemaCon
By Mark Cassidy   Mar 28, 2025
https://sffgazette.com/fantasy/movies/wicked-for-good---first-theatrical-poster-for-universals-sequel-spotted-at-cinemacon-a8760#gs.kqj3x1 

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Universal and director Jon M. Chu's Wicked sequel, which was recently re-titled Wicked: For Good, is set to take flight this November, and the first poster has been spotted in the wild at CinemaCon.

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