Wicked’s Ethan Slater attended the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, and exclusively told E! News about Ariana Grande’s “beautiful” emotions following her first Oscar nomination.

One of the biggest pop stars on the planet reflects on how she broke into showbiz as a kid, how music has helped her through tough times, why she always dreamed of playing Glinda, plus more.

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Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty Images The Oscars have already announced that the nominees for best original song won’t be performed on the telecast this year, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any performances at all.

Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Ariana Grande gets granular about the intense work that went into her performance as Galinda in 'Wicked'.

On a brand new episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, Ariana Grande, now also an Oscar-nominated actress, sat down with host Scott Feinberg to reflect on how she broke into showbiz as a kid,