Jennifer Coolidge's singular model of comedy has modified Ariana Grande for good — and now the 2 actresses have lastly shared the stage to have fun.

The White Lotus star offered the "7 Rings" singer with the Rising Star Award on the Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Competition on Friday evening.

Earlier than handing Grande her statuette, which she acquired for her acclaimed efficiency in Wicked, Coolidge joked, "Hasn't Ariana already risen?"

Grande was thrilled to share the highlight with Coolidge, whom she described as a lifelong hero. "Thanks, thanks, thanks, Jennifer, for doing this for me, for displaying up, for coming all this manner," she instructed the Legally Blonde actress. "I can't inform you what it means to me. Your comedic genius and your brilliance has impressed me my complete life. I simply love you. Thanks. I like you."

The singer additionally joked about receiving the Rising Star award at this juncture in her profession, after greater than 15 years of performing and pop stardom. "I've been performing since I used to be a baby, so I by no means thought on the age of 31 I might be listening to the phrases 'rising star' once more," she mentioned. "So I need to begin by thanking my good mates Botox and Juvéderm. I believed I'd be listening to, you recognize, 'barely withering star' or 'drooping star' by now."

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Elsewhere within the speech, Grande mirrored on her time in Depraved. "With the ability to play Glinda the Good was not solely the honour of my life, but it surely felt like a homecoming," the singer mentioned. "For these of you who don't know, I began out in stand-up comedy. My first skilled gig was in our front room in Boca Raton, Fla., [to entertain] my grandparents. I used to be 4 years previous and my mother gave me $5."

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Grande continued, "I realized early on that laughter was one among our best escapes, and I keep in mind the infectious impression that it had, not solely on the folks in my life, however the way it fed me in return. And the previous 10 years, once I was actually targeted on music, I actually missed that feeling. So it actually does really feel like the start of a brand new chapter."

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Grande not too long ago acquired reward for her uncanny impression of Coolidge in a Saturday Night Live sketch in October. She'd beforehand impersonated the actress on The Tonight Show in 2018 — which Coolidge credited with reviving her profession — and in a viral Instagram publish on Halloween in 2022.

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Coolidge, who appeared in Grande's music video for her single "Thank U, Subsequent" in 2018, additionally sat down for a dialog with the singer to commemorate her coronation as Entertainment Weekly's 2022 Entertainer of the Year.

"You've been my Entertainer of the Yr since 1999, yearly," Grande mentioned on the time. "You've been my Entertainer of the Yr since Finest in Present got here out. After which all the pieces that adopted: hit, after hit, after hit, after hit, after hit. It's an honor to know you, to name you my buddy, and to look at all the pieces that you simply do. It’s an absolute present."

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