{"id":119060,"date":"2025-01-08T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/08\/ariana-grande-wins-special-award-from-national-board-of-review-gets-sag-nod-for-wicked\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:02:05","slug":"ariana-grande-wins-special-award-from-national-board-of-review-gets-sag-nod-for-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/08\/ariana-grande-wins-special-award-from-national-board-of-review-gets-sag-nod-for-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande wins special award from National Board of Review, gets SAG nod for ‘Wicked’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ariana Grande<\/strong> didn’t win the Golden Globe for her performance in Wicked,<\/em> but she and her co-star Cynthia Erivo<\/strong> shared a special honor on Jan. 7 at the National Board of Review’s annual gala in New York City.<\/p>\n

At the event, Wicked<\/em> was named<\/a>\u00a0best film and its director, Jon M. Chu<\/strong>, was named best director. While neither Ari nor Cynthia won best actress or best supporting actress \u2014 those honors went to Nicole Kidman<\/strong> and Elle Fanning<\/strong>, respectively \u2014 they did receive the NBR’s Spotlight Award. Specifically, the honor went to the “Creative Collaboration of Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande,\u00a0Wicked.”<\/em><\/p>\n

In her acceptance speech, Ari said collaborating with Cynthia on Wicked<\/em> was “the honor of my life.” She wrote on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, “thank you so much\u00a0@nbrfilm\u00a0for this honor and for celebrating our\u00a0@wickedmovie\u00a0family and our brilliant and most deserving director\u00a0@jonmchu.”<\/p>\n

And in other Wicked<\/em> accolade news, both Ari and Cynthia have received Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for their work in the film: Ari for supporting actress and Cynthia for lead actress. Plus, the movie itself is nominated in the category of outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. The SAG Awards will be handed out live on Netflix on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m. ET.<\/span><\/p>\n

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