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Michelle Yeoh Breaks Silence on 'Wicked For Good' Oscars Snub
Michelle Yeoh criticized the Academy for excluding Wicked: For Good and its stars from nominations, highlighting the film’s creative merits despite mixed promotional reactions.
- On Thursday, Michelle Yeoh, actress, 63, told Variety she defended Wicked: For Good after it received no Oscar nominations, saying she was `in shock` and `disappointed`.
- The predecessor's ten nominations set expectations after the first Wicked film earned 10 Oscar nominations and won two Academy Awards at the 2025 ceremony, while the 2026 nominations were unveiled Jan. 22.
- Yeoh named costume designer Paul Tazewell, director Jon M. Chu, and Alice Brooks, citing their work as deserving recognition in the sequel's more elaborate production.
- An anonymous Oscar voter said they were `completely turned off` by Grande and Erivo's promotional moments, and fans criticized the Academy's choices on social media, last month.
- Yeoh, a 2023 Best Actress Oscar winner, continues to receive honors, having received the Golden Bear Award at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival and a Hollywood Walk of Fame star next week.
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Michelle Yeoh Breaks Silence on 'Wicked For Good' Oscars Snub
Michelle Yeoh is breaking her silence after Wicked: For Good did not receive a nomination at the 2026 Oscars. “I’m not surprised. I am in shock!” the actress, 63, said in an interview with Variety published on Thursday, February 12. “I really am.” Yeoh, who starred in both Wicked films as Madame Morrible, acknowledged that while the first film was praised by the critics, the sequel deserved its flowers as well. “I think sometimes the problem is …
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