Saturday, March 29, 2025
Gold Derby's top news stories for March 28, 2025. Stranger Things: The First Shadow first photos Netflix's Emmy-winning Stranger Things will soon be eligible to win some Tony Awards. Sonia F…
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If you thought the 2025 Oscars season was over, you'd be dead wrong. Due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the 75th American Cinema Editors gala was delayed from Jan. 18 to March 14, nearly two …
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Originally published Feb. 28 at 5 a.m. PT; updated at 3:55 p.m. PT It's all come down to this. Gold Derby has been predicting the 2025 Oscars since way back in July, when Sing Sing was the i…
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Wicked, which leads all films this year with five Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, is Gold Derby’s pick to win the best ensemble prize at Sunday’s ceremony. The big-screen adaptat…
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Miss Rafferty has a mother, and it’s … Meryl Streep?! The three-time Oscar winner made her first-ever appearance on Saturday Night Live during the 50th anniversary special on Sunday nigh…
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, a special celebrating five decades of Saturday Night Live music, streamed Feb. 14 on Peacock at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from Radio City Music Hall. Dozens of music…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:49AMJimmy Fallon opened the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert on Friday night with a live rendition of “Soul Man,” the song made famous by the Blues Brothers, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, who …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:49AMThe Backstreet Boys just delivered a live rendition of their 1999 hit “I Want It That Way” with a little help from … Jerry Seinfeld?! The one-of-a-kind performance took place during th…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:49AMThe Emmy-winning hit song “D–k in a Box” received a modern-day upgrade at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert by none other than Lady Gaga. Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake originally perf…
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“Defying Gravity” is the defining moment of Wicked, serving as the showstopping climax to the movie musical that has racked up 10 Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture, editing, …
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Welcome to Reality Derby, our weekly deep dive into all things reality TV, hosted by Gold Derby senior editors Marcus James Dixon and Denton Davidson. Joining us this week is Jinkx Monsoon, …
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Plus, he tells Gold Derby which Wicked spin-off movie he’d most “want to see.” “Life is full.” That is how Wicked director Jon M. Chu describes the whirlwind of the past few months…
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The Best Film Ensemble category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards can occasionally be a tough one to predict. Gold Derby’s pundits erroneously thought that 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hol…
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If the Golden Globes took place today, Wicked would be in the winner’s circle, according to the latest odds from Gold Derby. While the box-office smashing adaptation of the beloved Broadwa…
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Movie theaters still have yet to fully recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which upended the industry in 2020 and 2021. Gone is the era of $11 billion domestic yearly totals, …
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Barack Obama has no interest in defying gravity. America’s 44th president released his “favorite movies of 2024” list on Friday, and box-office smash Wicked is noticeably absent. Inste…
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The official title for Wicked part two title has been revealed and is hitting a high note with fans. Wicked: For Good will open in theaters on Nov. 21, 2025, almost a year to the day after …
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On Wednesday, the National Board of Review announced its winners for the 2024 calendar year, and it’s great news for “Wicked.” The blockbuster film adaptation of the popular Broadway m…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:24PMOn Wednesday, the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced that Ariana Grande would receive the Rising Star Award for her heralded performance in Universal Pictures’ “W…
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Update 1: Heading into Friday, “Wicked” had already made $19.2 million in previews: $2.5 million from Monday showings, $5.7 million from Wednesday advances, and $11 million for Thursday …
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“Wicked” is proving popular with film critics. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the long-awaited film adaptation of the beloved Broadway stage musical stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp, aka t…
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Pop sensation Ariana Grande went on the Sentimental Men podcast this week where she talked all things “Wicked.” She even addressed the concerns of some fans about her being cast as Glind…
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“Wicked” may not arrive in theaters for another three weeks and change, but early reactions are already pouring in from film critics who screened it on October 30. And they’re all “w…
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Thursday night at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, the cast and crew of Warner Bros.’ “The Color Purple” dazzled audiences in its first-ever showing. Lead actress Fantasia Ba…
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Monday night at the DGA Theatre in Hollywood, Apple TV+ unveiled its long-gestating MonsterVerse project, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” to a packed crowd of excited guild voters. Follow…
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Ariana DeBose‘s awards collection continues to grow. On Wednesday, March 16 the “West Side Story” star prevailed at the 2022 Gold Derby Film Awards, echoing her victories at the Golden…
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Former “Batman” film actors Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck have welcomed a new addition into their exclusive club: Robert Pattinson. The “Tw…
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When the 2022 Oscars nominations are announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan on Tuesday, February 8, watch for “Dune” and “West Side Story” to dominate. These films are pred…
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According to Gold Derby predictions, “West Side Story” will receive 10 Oscar nominations on the morning of February 8, 2022 (see below). 20th Century Studios’ remake of the 1957 Broad…
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Almost 30 years after the original “Hocus Pocus” hit theaters (and became a cult classic), Disney Plus has finally announced a sequel. “Hocus Pocus 2” is scheduled to stream on the p…
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In the epic Marvel money showdown between Spider-Man and Black Panther, Spidey has prevailed. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” just surpassed “Black Panther” at the U.S. box office to becom…
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