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February 2025 At A Special Q & A Screening of Wicked Hosted By Renee Zellwegger And Cynthia Erivo For The Movie. Says A Little Girl Says“That’s Elphaba” Sounding Slightly Annoyed That The Adult Didn’t Seem To Know That Already. She Cleary Doesn’t Appreciate Patronisation. Even As A Kid!
Gorgeous In Green At The First Wicked Movie London Premiere November 18 2024 Karis Musongole She Plays The Young Elphaba. @karis_musongole(A Parent Monitored Instagram Page)
That Wasn’t Even Me Asking A Question.
That Was Just Me Tee-ing Up A Question ‘What Does It Mean To Her In The Wake of The Election As A Queer Black Woman, That These Lyrics Have Taken On Extra Meaning?’
“Queer Media” Journalist Tracye Gilchrist On How Her Viral ‘Holding Space’ Comment Came About During The Wicked Movie Press Tour Last November. She Was Talking Online To Toni Morrison of Plus Life Media.
March 2025
Cynthia Erivo Peformed A ‘Wicked’ Wicked Medley At The Oscars With Co-Star Ariana Grande. Sunday March 2nd 2025 Audience Members Were Moved To Tears @cynthiaerivoPhoto @theacademy
“I Have To Go.”
We Love The Power of Well Articulated English Language And Oration Her At TheOrator.Press. It Is Indeed Our Namesake.
This Phrase “I Have To Go” Provides The Perfect Emergency Exit. The Best Way To Make It Most Effective Is For One To Just Say It And Then Take One’s Leave Immediately. No Ifs’ Buts’ or Excuses.
It Can Be Brutal Though So It’s Best Saved For Emergencies.
Actress Francesca Annis Also Uses It Brilliantly In The 1997 TV Drama Reckless (When She Says It To Her Co Star Robson Green).
He Too Had Just Delivered A Compliment Which Seemed Too Much For The Recipient In That Moment..
What Was It? Well It Too Is A Brilliant Production (Written By Paul Abbot of ‘Shameless’ Fame) And A Brilliant Watch, So If You Really Want To Know The Answer You Can Check It Out on Amazon Prime Video.
It’s About An Older Woman Married To A Dr, And Her Affair With A Younger Lover. Suffice To Say There’s Some Alfresco Action, There’s A Tree And A Lady Chatterley’s Lover Moment Or Two Or Few i.e It Gets A Bit Raunchy. (Literally The Stuff of Drs. And Nurses.)
So Don’t Bother Streaming If You Think You Might Find Yourself Also Saying:
“I Have To Go.”
“How She Sounds Is Such An Integral Part of Glinda.”
“I Just Wanted To Honour The Sorce Material Whilst Addressing My Own Tone And My Own Little Choices When It Self-Authentic.”
Ari needs contact when there’s emotion.She needs to be close. so I just be there for a second
During A Press Junket On The Wicked Press Tour With “Holding Space” Journalist Tracey Gilchrist,Cynthia Erivo Gives A Major Insight Into Why Ari’ And Her Are So Physically Close & Tactile
This Does Help Help Explain The Whole Finger Touching Thing During Gilchrist’s ‘Holding Space’ Revealation
November 2024
(0.51)Nov 2024. Australia Was The First Country On The Wicked Press Tour And A Journalist From The Austrailian Magazine ‘The Project’ Shared With Cynthia & Ariana Her Own Experience of The Fact That Their Message Is Having A Good Impact.
Cynthia Was Visibly Touched And Got Emotional About The Fact That Even Kids Are Understanding The Positive Message of The Film.
Ariana Supportively Says “That’s The Point”!
(0.22) Cynthia Explains To Australia’s Project Magazine Why Wicked Resonates So Powerfully.
She SaysSometimes Friendships “Shape Us” And “Shift Us”.
We Absolutely Love The Staging of This Photo (Below) With Ariana And Jon The Wicked Director For Variety Magazine.
They Have Been A Press Partner With Wicked Throughout Its Journey.
Their Articles And Photos Have Been Wonderfully Socially Reflective.
They Even Managed To Get Three People On Their Front Cover. Not Just One!
Variety MagazineJanuary 2025
The Golden Globes January 2025
Cynthia Eviro Sings Pinocchio And A Young Girl Is In Raptures, Happy & Delighted In Young Innocent BlissJust Watching Her
In A BBC Breakfast Interview Karis Revealed That She Had To Submit A Self-Tape And Read Lines From The Script. Director Johmchu Chose Her For The Role of Young Elphaba But It Was Her Agent Who Telephoned Her To Let Her Know.
At Midnight!
She Was of Course In The Land of Nod So Her Mum Broke The Good News The Next Morning.
She Remembers One of The First Things Jon Showed Her Was A Pop-Up Book of The Film And Fake Pebbles That Would Be Used By The School Bullies To Taunt Her. And Which She Magically Disarms.
Karis Musongole Plays The Young Elphaba In Wicked The Movie And Explains Why She Was To Be Like Cynthia Erivo When She Grows Up. @karis_musongole(A Parent Monitored Instagram Page)
Cynthia Erivo Is A Vision At The 2025 Oscars Where She Sang A Melody of Hits From Wicked The Movie For Which She Was Nominated For Best Actress
Ariana & Cynthia Presented The Oscar 2024 For Best Song To Billy Elish And Her Brother Finneas (For “What Was I Made For” From Barbie).
At This Year’s Oscars They Were Each Nominated For Best Supporting Actress And Best Actress Respectively For Their Performances In Wicked (Which Also Includes Poignant Singing Albeit It In An Entirely Different Context).
In 2019 Erivo Starred In The Movie Harriet About Harriet Tubman The Anti-Slavery Hero And Warrier. She Was Nominated For Best Original Song At The Oscars 2020 For The Film’s Theme Song ‘Stand Up’. She Co Wrote It With Joshuah Brian Campbell
The Oscar Was Awarded To Sir Elton John And Bernie Taupin For Their Song “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” From The Film Rocketman. That Film Would Probably Be Banned By The Re-Trumplican Administration Under Their Anti-DEI Purges (Which Include The Pro-Active Exclusion of Gay People And LGBT Initiatives).
(0.40) Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande Open The Oscars 2025 With Powerhouse Performances That Has The Stellar Film Industry Audience In Tears. Betwwen Them They Sang:
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Ariana)
Home (Cynthia)
Defying Gravity (Together)
In An Excellent Interview With @kevinmarthytv Ariana And Cynthia Discuss The Technological Intricacies of Their Vocal Training For The Film Compared To Their Usual Personal Singing Styles.
It Is A Masterclass In Powerful Singing, Physical Dedication And Voice Development. So Much So That The Interviewer And The Actors Are All In Awe of Each Other.
For Those of You Interested In Singing Oratory This Is An Interview Not To Be Missed. And Evidence of Why These Two Ladies Have Become Singing Goddesses. They’ve Both Worked Really Very Hard For It To Any Extremely High Professional Level.
The Oscar Nominees Lunch 2025.In Wicked The Movie (Released November 2024) Elphaba Is Played By Cynthia Erivo Who Has Been Nominated For A Best Actress Oscar @cynthiaerivo
It Was An Interview Commissioned By Editor Daniel Reynolds @dnlreynolds And Assigned To “Queer Media” Reporter Tracey Gilchrist @TraceyGilchrist That Led To The Now Famous “Holding Space” Viral Moment.
‘The LGBT Los Angeles Center’ Announced In April Last Year That It Would Be Honouring Cynthia Erivo As This Year’s Hero At It’s Annual Gala On In May.
Standing Firm And Not Running Scared In The Face of Continued Attacks On The LGBT Community It Said In A Bold Brave And Bullish Statement:
“We are facing unprecedented attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, which means the Center’s work is more urgent than ever.
Now is the time to strengthen our support for the movement, and celebrate further with fierce, radical joy”
Certain Sections of The British Press Chose Not To ‘Hold Space’ For British Born London Girl Cynthia Erivo When She Returned To Her Home Town At The Final Stop of Her London Tour In November 2024.
Fans Were Unimpressed With This Section of The Press And Duly Called Them Out For It. Including Us. And Even By Kids!
Erivo Told Them She Was Focused On The Film’s Message And Would Solider On Nonetheless.Sales of Old Guard Print Press Have Plummeted Over Recent Years. This Jurrassic Behaviour From Them Helps Highlight Why!
(TO.P)(1.29) Cynthia Erivo Work Ethic, Dedication, Delivery, Discipline And Achievements. Wicked! Magical! Exceptional! The Voice Is Trained To Unprecedented Athletic Levels of Physical Agility And Ability.
November 19th 2024
November 19th 2024
November 19th 2024
Even Kids Were Outraged By The Erasure of Cynthia Erivo From The Front Pages By Certain Sections The British Press. Clearly A Child Could Have Done Better In This Regard.
On The Last Leg of The Wicked Press Tour London Born Cynthia Erivo Returned To Her Home Town Only For Certain Papers To Try And Put Her Down By Cutting Her Out. This Young Reporter From Cocoa Magazine Was All Over That.
Erivo’s Answer Was A Life Lesson In Class, Grace And Perseverance.
It’s A Life Lesson This Child Will No Doubt Hold In Her Heart To Help And Guide Her Forever Having Witnessed From A Very Young Age The Behaviour of Some Particular Newspapers And Their Barefaced Blantant Agendas.
Mini Me – Karis_Musongole Confirms To Cynthia Erivo That She’s Very Happy At The London Wicked Premiere (Nov 2024). It Was The Last Leg of The Film’s Publicity Tour And Erivo Was Just Checking In On Her Younger Self In The Movie. @karis_musongole (A Parent Monitored Instagram Page)@cynthiaerivo
It’s Healing. I Think. Any Kind of Art And These Beautiful Artists. And The Story of Friendship.
But Also This Story That Is Very Timely, of This Fraud Who Found A Common Enemy Etc
“Queer Media” Journalist Tracye Gilchrist On How Her Viral ‘Holding Space’ Comment Came About During The Wicked Movie Press Tour Last November. She Was Talking Online To Toni Morrison of Plus Life Media.
March 2025
Right Now In America Erasure of Black People, Their Achievements And History Is The Official Policy of The MAGA Administration Under Anti-DEI Executive Orders As Issued By The MAGA Re-Trumplican President.
They Are Trying To Impose These Racist Policies On Countries Globally By Threatening Them With Economic Blackmail (Rather Like A Domestic Abuser Tries To Bully His Victim By Controlling Them Financially).
This As They Also Try To Operate Like Colonialists And Undermine, Disrespect or Dictate To Other Countries Including Ukraine, Canada, China, Gaza, And Greenland.
Trump Says He Has Not Ruled Out Military Action In Relation To Greenland, A Country Which Has Minimal Military Mite. This Is Another Example of MAGA Re-Trumplican America Acting Like A Bully And Picking On The Little Guy.
Co-Incidentally Trump Has Dismissed The Previous Board of The Kennedy (Performing Arts) Centre And Made Himself Chairman of The Board.
Art Cannot Escape Politics Right Now. Trump Said He Would Be A Dictator From Day One. The Denigration of America Land of The Free Has Clearly Begun.
Best Actress Nominees Cynthia Erivo And Demi Moore (of The Famous Potterymaking Scene In The Movie ‘Ghost And’GI Jane’ Hug It Out At The Oscars Nominee Lunch 2025.
A Joke About The Latter Movie Saw Will Smith Give Chris Rock A Slap After A Shocking Sense of Humour Failure Slap At The ‘April’ 2022 Oscars. Moore Shaved Her Head For The 1997 Role.
Rock Had Joked That With Her Shaved Head Jada Smith Could Play GI Jane Too. As We Said (In Our Article At The Time) Smith’s Over Reaction Was Very Odd Because As A Power Couple They Should Have Been Prepared For Such Jokes Given Rock’s Sense of Humour, How Long They’ve Known Him, And The Announcement That She Was Reportedly Suffering From Alopecia. We Questioned How They Never Spoke About React Strategy Beforehand.
Now We Know. It Was Discovered L8r That They Were Seperated. That Answers Our Question Raised At The Time. But It Makes His Overreaction All The More Odd.
Opinion: Nonetheless Possibly Now Even Moore’ Shocking Is That Under The Current MAGA Re-Trumplican Administration G.I Jane Would Be Banned Under MAGa Anti-DEI (Which Includes Any Policy of Gender Diversity Equality And Inclusion). Talk About The Fragile Male Ego. Frankly It’s Pathetic.
Zoe Saldana Is Hugging It Out In There Too. Being A Woman, Spanish Speaking, With Parents Who Are Mixed Columbian And Puerto Rican Her Film Would Probably Be Banned Too. That’s Long-Standing Trumpian Racism, White Supremacy And Sexism.
“We Were Both Trying To Find A Place Between Honouring What’s Written And Adding LIttle ‘Isms’ Here And There of Ourselves To Make It Our Own.”
A Special Screening of Wicked Took Place Late October 2024 In LA Watched By Members of The Original & Current Cast Including The Original Elphaba And The Original Glinda Who Were In The Original Stage Musical.
We’re Loving Cynthia’s Green Jacket With White Top And Jeans. That’s ‘Smart Casual On Another Level.
(0.52) @tracyegilchrist Introduced The World To A Niche Phrase ‘Holding Space’ & Went Viral As A Consequence. This Was Partly Bcse of Cynthia Erivo’s Response, Ariana’s Response To Cynthia’s Response & Their Continuos Touching Which Now Morphed Into Finger To Finger Connections As An Absolute Minimum.
Elle Magazine February 2025
Elle Magazine February 2025
I’m A Person.
I Feel.
I Have Feelings.
Talking To Pink News During The Wicked Press Tour Cynthia Said That Playing Elphaba Has Allowed Her To Show Her Vulnerable Side Compared To People Assuming She’s “Strong. Strong”
“It Allows Me To Take This And Know That I Had To Work Really Hard For It“
Cynthia Erivo Talking To Afua Hirsch And Elle Magazine February 2025 Issue Defending Herself Against Negative DEI Accusations.
The Wrap Front Page January 2025
The New York Times Nov 2024: Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande Star In Wicked The Movie Pt1 And Have Been Very Close Since Day One.
Wonderment And Awe From The Witches of Oz In Wicked The Movie Pt 1 of This Preque Movie(Nov 2024).
Part 2 To Be Called ‘Wicked For Good’ Out This Year (Out Nov 2025)
The Original Wizard of Oz With Judy Garland Was Released In 1939/1940 At The Onset of WWII
In Her Previous Film Judy Garland Appeared In Black Face As A Child. She’s Now A Gay Icon. As In Wicked The Movie Things Can Turned Around. @wickedmovie
Glinda Is Popular. But Is She Crowning Herself In Glory?
Elphaba Is Green And Said To Be Wicked? But Is She Simply Wickedly Defamed?
Will Both Eventually Defy Gravity And Soar To New Heights For Better or Worse @wickedmovie
With Chilling Echos of 1930s Germany And Now The Current MAGA Re-Trumplican Administration of 2025 America ‘Wicked The Movie’ Highlights Wickedness As It Touches So Many Different People On So Many Levels. @wickedmovie@peterdinklage
This Stunning Dress Worn By Cynthia Erivo Brought To Mind Carrie’s Dress In The Last Ever Episode of Sex And The City When She Went To Paris And Wore A Fabulous Dress That Was Top Secret At The Time. In Paris She Dumped Her Russian Lover (After He Hit Her) And (Eventually, Finally, Thankfully) Got Back With Mr Big (Which Is What The Fans Really Wanted). Ce La Vive!
Jon M. Chu’s Decison To Make A Wizard of Oz Prequel Was Annonced Back In 2021 (As Highlighted On His Instagram). Given The History And Iconic Status of The Wizard of Oz He Knew He Had To Go Large Right From The Start. This Tech Promo By A Certain Apple Executive (Who You May Have Heard of) Highlights How He Used Modern Apple Technology For Filmmaking To Help Him Get It Done. Click For The Magic
As Featured In British Vogue
As Featured In British Vogue
Cynthia Says She Knew Her And Ariana Were Going To Be Close From The First Time Ariana Visited Her Home. For Over Five Hours They Sat On The Floor Chilling, Chatting And Eating Olives, Popcorn, And Strawberries.
Cynthia & Ariana
Elphaba & GlindaWere Initially Worlds Apart? Are They Eventually United? Together Forever? Or Soon Seperated? @wickedmovie
The Newbie & The Original (From The Stage Musical) On The Set of Wicked The Movie.
Cynthia Told Idina That She’ll Never Forget Her Putting Her Hat On When She Visited The Set And That In Effect It Felt Like She Was Giving Her Approval And Passing The Baton.
Ahh! We’re Filling Up! Gosh It’s Infectious!
@idinamenzel @cynthiaevrivo.
Adventure Ensues In Wicked As Things Twist & Turn & Are Not What They Seem.
Or Are They…?
The Tall Pointy Black Hat Is It A Glinda Gift or An Act of Wickedness? @wickedmovie
Elphaba Is Ostracised At School For Being Green. She Also Suffers At Home Because She Is Her Father’s Least Favourite Child. Her Sister Is His Favourite. She’s Called Nessarose And Despite Their Father She’s Close To Her Sister. Nessarose Is Played By Marrissa Bode @marrissabode
The Goat Guy Is Suddenly Gone From The ‘Shiz’ University (The Wicked Educational Establishment Specialist In The Power of Magic And Lotions And Potions And Spells). Professor Dr. Dillamore Voiced By Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) Is Suddenly Disappeared.
“The Animals Are Being Blamed For Everything” He’d Previously Protested And Warned.
The Two Main Wicked Actresses Are Incredibly Close And Protective of Each Other. They Have An Acting And Singing Partnership Unlike Any Other. Theirs Is A Bold New Groundbreaking Ilke of Filmmaking, Collaboration And Transparency.
Wicked Has Surpassed Mama Mia As The Most Successful Box Office Hit Musical Theatre To Film Adaptation Ever.
It Is Now A Multi-Award Winning Film And Already There Is Great Anticipation For The Second Film Due For Release Later This Year.
Nominated For 10 Oscars. It Won Just Two. Best Costume Design For Paul Tazewell (The First Black Man To Win The Accolade) And Best Production. But Also Won Many Others .
As Featured In British Vogue
As Featured In British Vogue
The New York Times Nov 2024: In This Moment We Cannot Recall Two Actresses Who Have Ever Been So Close And Tactile When Working On A Film Together.
They have Given Us A Bold New Groundbreaking Ilke of Filmmaking, Collaboration And Transparency.
From Fren-emies To Besties In The Prequel To The Wizard of Oz:
Wicked Pt 1. (In Theatres From November22nd 2024)
WickedPt 2. (Scheduled For November 2025)
The Original Wizard of Oz With Judy Garland Was Released In 1939/1940 At The Onset of WWII. In Her Previous Film Judy Garland Appeared In Black Face As A Child Star.
She Is Now A Gay Icon And A Black Actress Is Playing The Lead In The Prequel Film.
We’ve Come A Long Way. But The Re-Trumplican Administration Wants To Drag Us All Back Again.
Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey Is Prince Fiyero. The Animals R Undr Attck But He Has A Beautiful Black Horse.
It’s Quite Symbolic Because Alwys Whn A Grp Is Under Attack There R Always Some People Within That Targeted Group Who Are Exceptions. They Are Often Exploited As Tokens To Help Perpetuate A False Perception That Things Aren’t As Bad As They Are.
Consider ‘Blacks For Trump’ For Instance Who Are Always Pushed Up Front In Front of The Cameras At Trump Rallies. The Black MAGA Sentators & Re-Trumplicans Such As Tim Scott And Byron Donalds. Where Are These Black Turkey Re-Trumplicans Now?And Where Are The Gay Right-Wingers And Re-Trumplicans In The New America Administration?
Being Whitewashed Out of American History (The MAGA Re-Trumplican Version of American History). That’s Where Are Now.
The Anti-DEI Purges Include Them! They Voted For Christmas And That’s Their Present.
They Are Now In No Man’s Land As They Were Just Used By MAGA Re-Trumplicans Who Never Really Wanted Anything To Do With Them Apart From Their Vote. And They Are Not Welcome Back By The Communities They Are Perceived To Have Betrayed.
Many Now Sheepishly Suffer From Buyers Remorse But Sympathy For Them Is Low of Course.
Enola Gay The War Plane Has Even Been Purged From American Federal Websites Simply Because It Included The Word “Gay.”
Classic 80s Track Enola Gay By Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) 1980 Is An Anti-War Song & A Great Sing-A-Long And Dance Tune. Hence It Was Re-Mastered In 2019 And Is Happily Still Available On YouTube. Enola Gay By Orchestral Manoeuvres 1980
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