Kylie Minogue Joins Cast of Shonda Rhimes' Netflix Series 'The Residence'

“Bridgerton‘s” Queen Charlotteis stepping into the spotlight.

gears up for its 20th season, speculation continues on when TV's longest-running primetime medical drama will hang up the stethoscope. Series creator Shonda Rhimes, who oversaw the early seasons of , maintains that nothing has changed when it comes to her stance on if and when the show should sign off.

Netflix hit “Bridgerton” now has a spin-off show, so that means there will be ball gowns, old-fashioned romance, and yes – lots of sex. As it turns out, “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” has the most outrageous and salacious scene yet. Spoilers ahead for episode 3 of “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.” Now streaming, “Queen Charlotte” is a “Bridgerton” prequel about the title character. The parent show, “Bridgerton,” which is the most-watched show in Netflix history, has two seasons and has been renewed through Season 4. The Shonda Rhimes historical romance series (that launched Regé-Jean Page into stardom) is set in Regency era England and each season follows a different sibling in the titular family as they find love and fall between the sheets.

Golda Rosheuvel has quite the task on her hands just wearing Queen Charlotte’s wigs in the “Bridgerton” spinoff.

Making the role his own. Freddie Dennis had quite a challenge on his hands bringing Reynolds to life in Queen Charlotte — a character that didn’t exist in the franchise’s original series Bridgerton.

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story has arrived on Netflix – you can find episode details below.The Bridgerton spin-off series follows a young Charlotte (India Amarteifio) as she begins to understand her power and the meaning of love. The story sees her embark on a life-changing marriage with young King George (Corey Mylchreest), while spearheading a societal shift that will lead to generations of change in the Bridgerton world.The cast also includes Arsema Thomas, Michelle Fairley, Sam Clemmett, Freddie Dennis, Richard Cunningham, Tunji Kasim, Cyril Nri and Rob Maloney.Golda Rosheuvel, Adjoa Andoh and Ruth Gemmell also appear in Queen Charlotte as their respective Bridgerton characters Queen Charlotte, Lady Danbury and Bridgerton family matriarch Lady Violet Bridgerton.The new series is made up of six episodes in total, which are all now available to stream on Netflix (as of 8am GMT on May 4).

Alison Herman TV Critic As the subtitle suggests, “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” is a prequel and spinoff to the hit Netflix series, which adapts Julia Quinn’s Regency Era romance novels with the soapy, progressive sensibility of producer Shonda Rhimes. In practice, though, the six-episode series is more like “Bridgerton” Season 2.5. Though the story flashes back some 50 years to depict the titular monarch’s early marriage, it keeps the flagship show’s stylistic trademarks firmly in place, from the classical covers of contemporary pop songs to the voiceover by Julie Andrews’ Lady Whistledown. There’s even a timeline set just after the most recent season centering the social set’s elder stateswomen: Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell), and Queen Charlotte herself (Golda Rosheuvel).

's Queen Charlotteis stepping into the spotlight.Netflix launches the six-part limited series, , which delves deeper into the origin story of how Charlotte became the queen and her life beyond the crown. Told through two different time periods — one that charts young Charlotte's (India Amarteifio) early days of her reign and marriage to King George (Corey Mylchreest), and the other set decades later with an older, hardened queen ('s Golda Rosheuvel) lording over the kingdom.While  briefly dipped its toe into Queen Charlotte's real-life mixed race ancestry and depicted a Regency era that was a more racially inclusive interpretation of the time period, where people of color also held titles and positions of power, -- in many respects — fills in the blanks on how the Ton got there in the first place.

Shonda Rhimes has credited Golda Rosheuvel for being one of the main reasons “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” exists.

Jessie Ware has spoken to NME about what it was like to feature Kylie Minogue on the title track of her new album ‘That! Feels Good!’, as well as having her as a surprise guest at her London show.Speaking to NME as part of the In Conversation series, Ware opened up about what it was like to feature a host of voice notes on the song from her all-star friends on fifth album.“I can’t believe that Kylie Minogue actually did it,” said Ware. “I love her and regard her as a friend – but Kylie is Kylie! Bless her, she did it from Australia.”On deciding to have the voice notes in the song, Ware shared: “After we’d written ‘That! Feels Good!’, I said to James [Ford, Arctic Monkeys producer], ‘Look, I want it to feel cinematic from the start of the record; I want people to feel propelled into this world of pleasure’.

Michelle Keegan took on a very different role as she celebrated her bride-to-be friend at her hen party. The Brassic actress, who will soon be back on our screens in the BBC series Ten Pound Poms filmed in Australia, let her hair down hula-hooping in a bright blue wig as the ladies formed pink and blue teams.

The stars of Netflix’s upcoming Bridgerton prequel series Queen Charlotte stepped out for a celebration of the show this week!

BreAnna Bell Netflix hosted a royal ball fit with its own royal court from several HBCUs as well as the “Bridgerton” royals at the “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” premiere on Wednesday night. Held at Westwood’s Regency Village Theatre, cast members including executive producer and showrunner Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Golda Rosheuvel, India Ria Amarteifio, Corey Mylchreest and Arsema Thomas. Fans announced the stars’ arrival with cheers as they watched them enter the event before officially hitting the red carpet for a night that included crowns for everyone, as well as a surprising introduction from Alicia Keys, whose song “If I Ain’t Got You” received the classical rendition treatment, as Rhimes promised more music from Black queens would be featured in the coming season. The premiere was punctuated by a panel moderated by Variety’s Angelique Jackson.

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Anticipation is building for the arrival of “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”, Netflix’s upcoming “Bridgerton” prequel spinoff set in the early days of Charlotte’s marriage to King George.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has accused Ireland’s Eurovision act of “preening, self-satisfied misogyny” after they cut ties with their creative director over comments he reportedly made on social media about transgender people. On Tuesday, Wild Youth said they were parting ways with Ian Banham and would no longer let him “near our team” after a screenshot circulated on Twitter appearing to be from his account.

Golda Rosheuvel and India Amarteifio brought a regalness to the red carpet for special fan screening event of Queen Charlotte.

A singer with the band Black Lace is swapping pushing pineapples for a role on the Coronation Street cobbles. Vikki Reynolds, who joined the party band in 2017, would now love a permanent part after working on the world's longest-running soap.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has rounded out the cast as production begins for its Shondaland murder-mystery The Residence, including Kylie Minogue—who will play herself—Jane Curtin (SNL) and Eliza Coupe (Pivoting).

Shonda Rhimes is to be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at a tribute event in New York next month.