Ariana Grande ’s performance as Glinda in Wicked has been generating awards buzz since even before the film’s Nov. 22 release. Now, the Palm Springs International Film Awards has selected Grande as the winner of the Rising Star Award,

In the desert, something Wicked this way comes. The Palm Springs Film Festival said today that Ariana Grande will receive its 2025 Rising Star Award for role as Glinda in Jon M. Chu’s smash movie that has become the top-grossing adaptation of Broadway musical ever.

Before Ariana Grande was perfectly cast as Glinda in the new Wicked movie, she was busy manifesting playing the Good Witch one day. After falling in love with the Wicked Broadway show as a child, the then-7-year-old “7 Rings” singer performed “Popular” while meeting Glinda,

Drew Barrymore surprised an emotional Grande with the prop wand originally used by Billie Burke as Glinda the Good Witch

Grande, who first saw Wicked on Broadway with her mother, shares a special bond with original Broadway Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth. In fact, Chenoweth not only passed the wand to Grande but also made a brief cameo in the new Wicked film, which is already breaking box office records.