There’s a whole world of action happening in between commercial breaks, and at the lobby bar in the Dolby Theatre.

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The 97th Academy Awards was a star-studded affair inside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Jonathan Ross leading the Oscars 2025 coverage in the UK on ITV

Grande first delivered a moonlit rendition of “Over the Rainbow,” which Judy Garland famously sang as Dorothy in the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Erivo then belted her version of “Home” from the 1975 Broadway musical “The Wiz,” a Dorothy number originally performed by Stephanie Mills onstage and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film adaptation.

The Wicked star and best supporting actress nominee didn't arrive at the show by bubble, but it wouldn't have been an inappropriate mode of transport.

The ‘Wicked’ witches kicked off the ceremony with a nod to ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘The Wiz,’ singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Home” before ending with an electric performance of their Wicked barnburner “Defying Gravity.

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