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\"I am so grateful, I don't know what to do or say…\" she wrote in the caption. \"To be here in Oz where everyday is a life changing one… to be feeling, learning and growing so much at such a disarming speed… to feel so much love around me, to begin each day before the sun is up and to end after it sets… to hold my brilliant twin flame / sister Cynthia's beautiful, green hands every day… to work in the safest, most beautiful and loving, biggest-yet-most-intimate/tiny-feeling spaces… to be lead by thee most thoughtful, brilliant compassionate and warmest possible director on this planet, my other Ozian best friend ever Jon…\"

\"Words don't suffice but I suppose I just wanted to (attempt to) share a little,\" Grande continued. \"I don't want it to end. So while I am still here, present, now, I just wanted to…. Exclaim my tremendous gratitution! And allow my heart to overflow.\"

\"I hope this isn't all a dream because as present as I am attempting to be, it sure does feel like one,\" she added. \"My heart will be stuck here forever.\"

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PHOTO: Ariana Grande is seen at the GRAMMY Charities Signings during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles.
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Last month, Grande shared on Instagram that part one of the \"Wicked\" film will be released on Nov. 27, 2024. The second installment is slated to be released on Christmas 2025.

Cynthia Erivo will play Elphaba, the eventual Wicked Witch of the West, and Jeff Goldblum will play The Wizard. Also starring in the movie are Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero.

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