Jeff Goldblum Caught Checking Out His Oscars Red Carpet Pics from Inside the Ceremony

Mar. 15, 2025

Jeff Goldblum attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, 2025.Photo:MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

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Even the wonderful Wizard of Oz needs a fit check at theOscars!

Jeff Goldblumstayed true to his delightful self on Sunday, March 2 while attending the 2025 Academy Awards alongside his wife,Emilie Livingston.

TheWickedstar, 72, was celebrating the success of his blockbuster musical hit, which received 11 nominations and two wins during the show.

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Jeff Goldblum looks at a picture of himself on the day of the Oscars ceremony at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025.Carlos Barria/REUTERS/

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Goldblum and Grande embraced on the red carpet beforethe actress opened the Oscarswith a moving performance of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” fromThe Wizard of Oz, before herWickedcostarCynthia Erivotransitioned into “Home” fromThe Wizand they closed out the medley with their “Defying Gravity” duet.

AsWickedfans prepare to return to Oz in November,Goldblum teased the upcoming sequel,Wicked: For Goodwhile on the red carpet at the Oscars.

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“Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, Elphaba and Glinda, oh my gosh, will further thrill you and chill you and devastate you, yes,” Goldblum said on the red carpet.

“I don’t want to be a tattletale or a spoiler,” he told ABC’sOn the Red Carpetwhen asked to tease details about the upcoming installment, which will be released on Nov. 21, 2025. “Well, I do something in it. I may be tuneful.”

The film is set to cover the plot of the second act of the hit Broadway musical afterPart 1ended on Erivo’s Elphaba flying off to fight the Wizard and save the animals, leaving Grande’s Glinda behind.

Wicked: Part 1took home the Best Production Design and Best Costume Design Oscars during Sunday’s show, but lost out to Best Picture winner,Anora, which was thestandout winnerof the night with five major wins.

source: people.com