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| | Ariana Grande wore vintage to the Paris 'Wicked ' For Good' premiere | | Added 21 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The promotion for Wicked For Good has begun in earnest. Thankfully, the publicity team seems to understand that they probably went way overboard last year, because it genuinely feels like Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have not been everywhere 24-7 for months now. The sequel comes out on November 21st. I?m assuming, then, we?re just getting a more traditional three-week promotional blitz. Fine with me. Ariana skipped the Brazilian premiere last week, but on Friday, she showed up for the Paris premiere. Ari is being styled by Law Roach these days, and Law found a vintage Lili?s Diamond dress from 1950 for Ariana.
Meanwhile, the NY Times recently profiled Ariana ahead of the Wicked sequel?s release, and she comes across really well here. I?m still amazed by all of this, btw. Ariana and Cynthia Erivo both seemed like such tricky customers, but there was something about these movies which allowed both of them to get a mulligan and completely remake their images. Even better, it genuinely seems like Cynthia and Ari care about each other and have a real friendship. Anyway, this Times piece says that Ari?s Glinda is more central to the sequel, and it?s more of her story than Elphaba?s. Some quotes from Ari:
Ari can?t wait for people to see this one: ?I have been quietly very eager this whole time for people to see the rest of her journey because she has a big arc in the first movie, and it?s just that much bigger in the second one,? Grande said.
She really had to become an actress: ?I don?t know that the projects I have acted in before required the range or the skill set that this one did. I was on children?s television and then swept away by pop music for a long time, then I landed this extraordinary role and I wanted to earn it.?
She studied the Stella Adler acting technique: ?This is my first time talking about it. I just wanted to design this person inside and out, even if none of it was necessary for a scene, so that I could reference it for myself and leave my own stuff at home. So every time something had to trigger Glinda, it was a Glinda trigger that I used, not an Ariana one.?
Wanting to step into her own power & charisma: ?I?m sort of working through that as well, the permission to step into your own magic. It?s so funny because in my work, I?ve always given myself that permission to kindly and lovingly ask for what I need. But when it comes to my real life, that is where I don?t know how. It?s been a work in progress for years.?
Going back to pop music and touring: ?There was something broken about my relationship to pop music that was healed recently through the time away,? she said. When I asked what exactly it was about her pop career that needed mending, Grande laughed softly: ?How much more time do we have?? Then she paused for a long time, her composure slipping. ?I think it got away from me in a way I didn?t expect,? Grande said, tearing up. ?There?s a thing that comes along with your dreams coming true that feels dangerous at times. Nothing prepares you for what comes with it. Until quite recently, it was really hard for me to navigate and I think it stripped a lot of joy out of this for me.?
Firing Scooter Braun: ?And by the way, I have a different team now,? she said, alluding to her split from longtime manager Scooter Braun. ?Said with love, but that was a piece.?
[From The NY Times]
She left Scooter Braun when all of his other clients left too, like Justin Bieber. For Ariana, it felt like she had outgrown him, or she needed someone to manage every part of her image, life and career, which Scooter wasn?t really doing (or he was doing it badly). Ariana?s affair with Spongebob (Ethan Slater) highlighted that dysfunction at a moment when she needed serious crisis management, Scooter was in the wind. As for the rest of it? everyone says that Ariana wants another Oscar nomination, or maybe the Oscar itself. I don?t know. She impressed me in the first movie, but I wonder if she will get much awards buzz for the sequel.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Backgrid.
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| | Kim Kardashian didn't pass the California Bar exam, she plans to retake it | | Added 21 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Months ago, we learned that Kim Kardashian had completed her ?law studies? course. Not to be confused with actual law school Kim does not have a JD (Juris Doctor) degree, she has what amounts to a certificate of completion for her makeshift law studies. Still, that certificate was enough to get her a place to take the California Bar Exam, which she did about two months ago. She just got the results back in recent days. She did not pass. Which isn?t a huge surprise, considering Kim was literally just talking about how she used ChatGPT for ?legal advice? on her law exams.
Kim Kardashian says shes not a lawyer yet. Months after taking the California bar exam on July 29 and July 30, the SKIMS founder and reality star, 45, revealed her results on Saturday, Nov. 8.
In a candid Instagram Stories post, Kim shared that she failed to pass the exam ? but is still determined to achieve her goal.
WellIm not a lawyer yet, I just play a very well-dressed one on TV, she wrote. Six years into this law journey, and Im still all in until I pass the bar. No shortcuts, no giving up just more studying and even more determination.
Thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me along the way so far. Failing short isnt failure its fuel. I was so close to passing the exam and that only motivated me even more. Lets go! she added.
Given just twice per year, the California bar exam consists of five one-hour essay questions, one 90-minute performance test and 200 multiple-choice questions.
According to the California State Bars website, approximately 16,000 people take the exam each year. The two-day test is rigorous, with a pass rate of 63.6% for those who took the exam in February.
[From People]
For some reason, I always had the belief that the California Bar was ?easier? compared to some other states? bar exams. Isn?t New York?s Bar notoriously difficult? Let me look it up? while New York?s Bar exam is supposed to be really tough, California actually has the hardest exam, at least according to Google. So? Kim flunked a hard test after cheating and using AI on some of her law-studies tests. It is what it is. The only nice thing I?ll say is that it?s good that she?s not dissuaded she?ll probably keep retaking the Bar until she passes. Study harder next time, Kim!
Photos courtesy of Kim?s IG.
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