USA TODAY movie critic Brian Truitt gave the film ★★★ out of four stars, writing that "even with a few missteps, it's easy to get swept up in director Jon M. Chu’s colorful spectacle (rated PG)." "The movie musical is both superfluous and splendiferous,

Grande lost the Best Supporting Actress award to Emilia Pérez ‘s Zoe Saldaña, which wasn’t a huge surprise but still stung. Meanwhile, Erivo didn’t achieve EGOT status because she lost the Best Actress category to Mikey Madison!? Don’t get me wrong, Madison was great in Anora, but Erivo owned her role as Elphaba, making this a huge snub in my eyes.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the measles outbreak in west Texas is a “call to action” as he encouraged parents to consider whether to get their children vaccinated. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, said the decision to vaccinate is “personal” but defended the efficacy of…

Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales have won an Academy Award for Best Production Design for their work on the Wicked movie. This is the first win and sixth nomination for Crowley, and the first win and third nomination for Crowley as a set decorator.

Forget what the movie musical “Wicked” sounded like, what about how it looked? The Academy awarded the film the Oscar for production design after giving it another technical award, for costume design,

Somehow, a Black man had never won an Oscar for Best Costume Design...until tonight. Congratulations to Paul Tazewell on his Academy Award win.

Good news! Paul Tazewell has won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for his work on the Wicked movie. This is the first win and second nomination for Tazewell.