With a new year here, the first quarter of 2025’s television schedule is packed with awards shows that will honor the past year’s achievements and conclude with the 97th Academy Award in March. As Hollywood celebrates the best of the best, the Wicked The cast of the film is already receiving a lot of love. On Friday, Ariana Grande won an award for playing Glinda, but was hilariously mocked for being named “Rising Star” after having a long career.
The Grammy winner was honored at the Palm Springs International Film Competition’s film awards alongside other hotshots this season, including Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Kieran Culkin, Timothée Chalamet, Colman Domingo and Mikey Madison. When accepting the “Rising Star Award,” he said the following:
I’ve been acting since I was a kid, so I never thought that at the age of 31 I’d hear the words “rising star” again. So, I want to start by thanking my good friends Botox and Juvederm. I thought I’d be hearing “slightly withered star” or “fallen star” by now, so thanks. (Laughs) I’m kidding.
Wicked It’s certainly Ariana Grande’s first time starring in a major movie, but it’s fun to see the words “rising star” next to her name. He began his career on the Nickelodeon show. Victorious at the age of sixteen before exploding as a pop star in 2013 with her debut album, Sincerely. So it was fitting that, in accepting the honor, Grande shared a joke about the two popular brands used for cosmetic treatments.
It’s the perfect way for Grande to respond to the award. This is partly because Grande’s use of cosmetic treatments has often been the topic of conversation online. Additionally, her comments are a clever way to criticize how women are often treated in Hollywood with an ageist mentality. Last year, “One Final Time” went viral when it featured vanity fair She has had “fillers in various places and Botox,” but “she stopped doing that about four years ago.”
Joking aside, Ariana Grande may have more than a decade of fame to her name, but she said Jon M. Chu’s film certainly feels like the “beginning of a new chapter” for her. Maybe he’s suggesting he’ll look for more acting gigs moving forward. That remains to be seen, but fans can expect to see her in the highly anticipated. Evil: forever at the end of this year. In any case, this latest award represents an important embrace by the industry as a whole. So maybe “rising star” fits in that sense. You can watch Grande’s full speech below:
Ariana Grande Palm’s speech for WICKED – YouTube
Ariana Grande’s award was presented by Jennifer Coolidge, who worked with Grande on her “Thank u, subsequent” music video in 2018. Interestingly, Grande recently did an apt impression of the actress in a Saturday night live sketch called “Maybelline”. At this moment, after the positive response from critics and followers to WickedWe may very well see Grande on stage again to accept more acting awards this season, and she may have more jokes to share if she wins.
He Don’t look up The alum is nominated for Best Performance by a Supporting Actress amid the slew of 2025 Golden Globe nominations, and that show airs this Sunday. It has also been nominated in the same category for Critics Alternative and is expected to be among the Oscar nominees as well. Congratulations to “Ari” on his award and be sure to stay tuned for his future projects.
