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Demi Moore attends the 32nd annual Actor Awards earlier this month.

Is it OK to mention how skinny female celebrities are getting? Again?

Body-shaming is uncool and the policing of women’s bodies is a retrograde step. But we can’t ignore what we see. 

  • Jacqueline Maley

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Singer-songwriter and actress Ariana Grande’s casting as Galinda “Glinda” Upland in Wicked was written in the stars. Whether her performance will be taken seriously by her industry peers this awards season is another matter.

Ariana Grande has worked for this moment her whole life. But will it be enough to win her an Oscar?

Universal Pictures has spent more than two years branding Wicked as a serious contender this awards season. But the pop superstar bringing home a statuette will be determined by more than her critically acclaimed performance.

  • Bronte Gossling
Sarah Thompson is a huge Wicked fan and an ambulatory wheelchair user. She appreciates that in the film Nessarose is played by real-life wheelchair user Marissa Code.

Tattoos, $900 movie tickets and days decorating slippers: It’s a Wicked time to be a fan

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s turn as Elphaba and Glinda comes to a close this week. It’s a second act devotees happily spend a fortune on – because what they get back is priceless.

  • Bronte Gossling
Johnson Wen, 26, has been sentenced to nine days in jail in Singapore for being a public nuisance after he invaded the red carpet and grabbed Ariana Grande at the Wicked: For Good premiere in Universal Studios.

Australian man who ambushed Ariana Grande on red carpet jailed in Singapore

The serial pest jumped the barricades and rushed at the star during the Wicked: For Good premiere last week.

  • Bronte Gossling
A notorious Australian public nuisance evaded security to ambush shocked actress Ariana Grande on the yellow carpet in Singapore.
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Serial prankster grabs Ariana Grande at Wicked: For Good premiere

A notorious Australian public nuisance evaded security to ambush shocked actress Ariana Grande on the yellow carpet in Singapore.

Cynthia Erivo leaps into action as public nuisance Johnson Wen grabs Ariana Grande.

Star leaps into action as Ariana Grande ambushed at Wicked premiere

A notorious Australian serial pest jumped over the barricades and ran past security to grab the visibly shocked actor.

  • Bronte Gossling
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Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in Wicked: For Good.

‘We all gasped’: witches weren’t the only thing haunting Wicked: For Good

He’s made a string of hit movies, but director Jon M. Chu says something was different this time around.

  • Michael Idato
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Ariana Granda as Glinda in the film "Wicked." (Universal Pictures via AP)

The one glaring flaw in Wicked that still haunts me

There was one noticeable weak point in an otherwise perfect film.

  • Tom W. Clarke
The trailer for Wicked: For Good has dropped, and fans are already noticing some key differences.

The Wicked sequel trailer has landed. These are the four biggest takeaways

The trailer for the highly anticipated sequel makes it clear that something wicked this way comes, along with many flying monkeys.

  • Nell Geraets
Crime comedy Anora has cleaned up at the Oscars, taking home five awards including best picture.

Anora: The $9m film that swept the Oscars

We laughed, we cried, we checked our watches … the 97th annual Academy Awards held space for everyone.

  • Michael Idato