Ariana Grande has acquired jokes … and the “Wicked” star was not afraid to let one fly at herself in the course of the Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Awards.
Whereas accepting the “Rising Star” award for her efficiency in “Wicked” … AG famous that she by no means thought when she began out as a toddler actor, she could be within the biz at 31.
Ariana Grande accepting the Rising Star award on the #PSIFF offered to her by Jennifer Coolidge.
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And with that, she quipped … “I need to begin by thanking my good mates Botox and Juvéderm. I assumed I’d be listening to ‘Slightly Withering Star’ or ‘Drooping Star’ by now, so thanks.”
Jennifer Coolidge offered Ariana the award … and had a number of jokes of her personal concerning the honor … “Hasn’t Ariana Grande already risen? I mean, the girl’s barely 30 and it feels like she’s been famous since the Eisenhower administration.”
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AG made positive to shout out her “sister witch” Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu of the musical blockbuster … and to Coolidge, stated, “Thanks Jennifer for doing this for me, for displaying up, for coming all this fashion. I can’t inform you what it means to me.”
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In a separate headline-making second in the course of the present … Nicole Kidman teared up whereas speaking concerning the lack of her late mother as she accepted the Worldwide Star Award for her newest film, “Babygirl.”