{"id":130497,"date":"2024-11-27T02:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130497"},"modified":"2024-11-27T02:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:35:20","slug":"ariana-grande-and-cynthia-erivo-earned-equal-pay-for-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130497","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Earned Equal Pay for &#8216;Wicked&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/wicked\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wicked\" data-tag=\"wicked\">Wicked<\/a>\u201d stars <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ariana-grande\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ariana-grande\" data-tag=\"ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/cynthia-erivo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cynthia-erivo\" data-tag=\"cynthia-erivo\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a> were paid the same amount for leading the movie musical, Universal Pictures said in a rare statement on such a matter, to dispel online rumors about salary discrepancies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFalse stories about Grande and Erivo\u2019s compensation for their work on \u201cWicked\u201d circulated over the weekend as outlets like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/26\/entertainment\/massive-gap-in-wicked-stars-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivos-pay-revealed\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/26\/entertainment\/massive-gap-in-wicked-stars-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivos-pay-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Post<\/a> reported on unsubstantiated claims by TikTok and Reddit users that Grande earned $15 million to play Glinda the Good while Erivo was paid $1 million to portray Elphaba, the eventual Wicked Witch of the West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cReports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false and based on internet fodder,\u201d a spokesperson for Universal said in a statement. \u201cThe women received equal pay for their work on \u2018Wicked.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOf course, the studio behind the big budget musical declined to confirm the amount that Grande and Erivo were paid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJon M. Chu directed the PG-rated \u201cWicked,\u201d an adaptation of Act One of the hit Broadway show about everything that happens before Dorothy lands in Oz. The story takes place before, during and after the events in \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d and recounts the unlikely friendship of green-skinned Elphaba (later known as the Wicked Witch of the West) and her perky, pink-loving roommate Galinda (eventually dubbed Glinda the Good).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWicked\u201d opened over the weekend to $112 million in North America and $164 million globally, ranking as the third best domestic debut of the year and biggest ever for a Broadway adaptation. \u201cWicked: Part Two,\u201d chronicling the musical\u2019s second act, flies to theaters in 2025. Universal spent a combined $300 million to produce the two films,\u00a0not including the<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/features\/wicked-marketing-campaign-brand-partnerships-1236222100\/\">\u00a0ambitious, expensive pink-and-green marketing efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-wicked-equal-pay-1236223851\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWicked\u201d stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were paid the same amount for leading the movie musical, Universal Pictures said in a rare statement on such a matter, to dispel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130497\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}