Ariana Grande celebrates Oscar nomination on date night with co-star boyfriend Ethan Slater-Laura Harman-Entertainment – Metro

Ariana Grande celebrated her Oscar nomination with Ethan Slater (Picture: Goffphotos)

Ariana Grande celebrated her first-ever Oscar nomination last night with her Wicked co-star boyfriend Ethan Slater.

The Oscar nominations were announced on January 23 with Wicked sweeping the board with 10 nominations.

The Broadway-inspired film’s nominations included a best actress mention for Cynthia Erivo, and a best supporting actress tip for Ariana, marking her first Oscar nod.

The Thank U Next singer is going up against fellow nominees Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown, Felicity Jones in The Brutalist, Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini and Zoe Saldana for Emilia Pérez.

The actress, 31, was in London last night for an interview on BBC’s The Graham Norton and celebrated with her boyfriend after the exciting announcement.

Ariana looked incredible in a pale pink gown with a Schiaparelli handbag and a pair of pink high heels – all in keeping with her Wicked character Glinda.

The singer looked incredible in a pink gown (Picture: Ben/Raw/GoffPhotos.com)

She wore an all-pink look for the celebration (Picture: Ben/Raw/GoffPhotos.com)

Ariana was celebrating her first oscar nomination (Picture: Ben/Raw/GoffPhotos.com)

The couple were in London for the celebration (Picture: Ben/Raw/GoffPhotos.com)

Ehtan Slater dressed-down in jeans and vans (Picture: Ben/Raw/GoffPhotos.com)

The actor also wore a striped jumper (Picture: Ben/Raw/GoffPhotos.com)

Ahead of their night out, Ethan posted a rare snap of his Wicked co-star on his social media.

The image showed Ariana facing away from the camera and holding a bunch of pale pink balloons.

The actor who played Boq in the musical film left the image without a caption but tagged his girlfriend, the Academy and Wicked in the sweet post.

The star learned about the nomination while in the UK (Picture: @ethanslater/instagram)

Ariana took to social media to share her delight about winning her first Oscar nomination.

‘Picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition.

‘I cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise. I’m humbled and deeply honored to be in such brilliant company and sharing this with tiny Ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow just before the big, beautiful bubble entered.

‘I’m so proud of you, tiny. thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for this acknowledgement @theacademy.

The star looked delighted online (Picture: @mimicuttrell/instagram)

Arana shared a sweet image of herself as a child in a Dorothy dress (Picture: @arianagrande/Instagram)

She thanked the director of the film and her co-star Cynthia Erivo, who was also nominated in the best actress category alongside Demi Moore for The Substance, Anora star Mikey Madison, Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here and Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez.

‘Thank you @jonmchu for taking this chance on me and for being the most unbelievably brilliant leader, human being, and most fierce friend.

‘I am so deeply proud of my beautiful Wicked family. I am so proud of my Elphie, my sister, my dear @cynthiaerivo. your brilliance is never-ending and you deserve every flower (tulip) in every garden. I love you unconditionally, always.

Both the lead actresses have been nominated in the Academy Awards (Picture: AP)

‘I don’t quite have all my words yet, I’m still trying to breathe. but thank you. oh my goodness, thank you. Universal, Marc, my family, my heart.

She concluded the message with a Wicked reference: ‘lemons and melons and pears, oh my.’

The Oscars will be held on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in LA – it will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu in the US.

UK viewers will be able to watch on ITV once again, with Jonathan Ross hosting the commentary show.

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