Ariana Grande‘s awards season journey has begun, first with a Golden Globes nomination and now with eyes set on the Oscars.
Grande received her first-ever Globes nom (as best supporting actress) for her performance in Wicked, and is also a frontrunner for the category at the Academy Awards in March. And though Wicked‘s iconic numbers are not eligible for best original song — where all five nominees are generally performed during the Oscars telecast — would Grande and co-star Cynthia Erivo want to perform at the awards show, as leads of one of the biggest movies (and biggest-ever Broadway musical adaptation) of the year?
“Of course, we love singing with each other,” Grande told The Hollywood Reporter at the Golden Globes First-Time Nominee Celebration on Tuesday. “I’ll sing together absolutely anywhere anytime, especially in celebration of Wicked, and I love her, that’s my sister. Say the word and we’ll be there.” Erivo is also nominated for a Golden Globe and is having her own major Oscar buzz for her performance as Elphaba.
Grande attended the Beverly Hills luncheon alongside mother Joan Grande and shared a moment on the carpet with fellow nominee Zoe Saldaña. The star also reflected on the enthusiastic response to the film — which has a second part, Wicked: For Good, coming out next year — and who it has meant the most to hear reactions from.
“Imogen Heap, my musical idol since I was a young girl; hearing that she saw it with her daughter and loved it, that was very exciting,” Grande said. “We got to meet Steven Spielberg, that was also incredibly overwhelming and such an honor. And he was so kind, and it was just really exciting. You have these idols in music and film, and then to hear a kind thing said about your work is really extraordinarily special.”
The Golden Globe event — held ahead of the Jan. 5 show — was also attended by nominees Adam Brody, Pamela Anderson, Kathryn Hahn, Mikey Madison, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cooper Koch and Kris Bowers. Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge that also owns The Hollywood Reporter.
