




Ariana Grande is addressing speculation she and her “Wicked” co-star Cynthia Erivo are romantically involved following a monthslong, literally hands-on media tour.
Grande talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the public perception of their dynamic.
“People think we’re secretly married,” Grande, who starred as Glinda, said of herself and her fellow Oscar nominee, who played witch Elphaba.
“I wish I could unsee some things,” she said of “the Gelphie stuff,” meaning the Glinda-Elphaba fan fiction and art.
“I mean, wow, I had a feeling, but I didn’t know it would be on this scale or this graphic,” Grande said.
Much of the press tour featured Grande and Erivo holding hands, fingers or “space” during emotional interviews in which they gushed about each other.
While working on the film, Grande and boyfriend Ethan Slater, who plays Boq, became romantically involved.
Adams cancels gig amid fears of sewage disaster
Bryan Adams had to cancel his show in Australia on Sunday night for a reason that … well, you just don’t see stories like this every day.
According to multiple reports, the singer was slated to sing at Perth’s RAC Arena, but the show was canceled just hours before it was scheduled to go down because of a “fatberg” and fears that it would cause toilets in the place to overflow, causing a sewage disaster.
The water company issued a statement saying, “Crews are working to clear the large blockage of fat, grease and rags, which has caused several wastewater overflows,” near the arena, per CNN.
Berry, Johansson Among 2025 Oscar Presenters
Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson and John Lithgow were among the celebrities added to the list of presenters for the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony.
Also set to present during the March 2 presentation are Penelope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Poehler, June Squibb and Bowen Yang.
They will join the previously announced presenters — last year’s four Academy Award-winning actors: Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph..
Conan O’Brien will host the event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
— From wire reports