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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. ‘Tis the season for high tea, as it always is if you reside in Shonda Rhimes’ fantastical Regency Era in “Bridgerton.” Ahead of the Netflix show’s highly anticipated fourth season, Williams Sonoma partnered with the streamer to release a limited-edition collection of snacks, beverages and other kitchenware items inspired by the show’s fanciful costume and set designs.

big mood. Nicola Coughlan, the current star of the Shonda Rhimes hit “Bridgerton,” would often cry on set from exhaustion. The reason? She was simultaneously filming the comedy series “Big Mood.”“I remember that I was so tired, I would just start crying randomly,” Coughlan, 37, told AP Entertainment on Tuesday.

The USC School of Cinematic Arts has announced that Miky Lee will deliver the 20024 Commencement address.

Good news, “Bridgerton” fans: the new season of the Netflix series premieres this Spring. But the ton of “Bridgerton” has had a bit of a makeover since Season 2 two years ago.

Bridgerton star Ruby Barker has been hospitalised with a broken arm following a climbing accident.The actress, who played Marina Thompson in the first series of the Netflix period drama, sustained the injury during a climbing class in Leeds, Yorkshire, where she was not using a harness.The accident, which was captured on camera, saw Barker fall from a climbing wall before landing awkwardly on her left arm. The actress was then rushed to hospital, where doctors confirmed the breakage.Barker shared the footage of her fall on Instagram, writing: “You ok? This is what happened.”A post shared by Ruby Barker (@rubybarker)Ruby’s fall comes a week after she revealed she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder following a difficult few years off-screen.Last October, the actress called out Netflix for not showing support after she suffered two psychotic breaks in the wake of the Bridgerton’s success – one after the first season wrapped in 2019 and the second in 2022.Speaking about the breaks, Barker alleged that she received “no support” from Netflix or Shondaland, the show’s production company founded by Shonda Rhimes.“Not a single person from Netflix, not a single person from Shondaland, since I have had two psychotic breaks from that show, have even contacted me or even emailed me to ask me if I’m OK or if I would benefit from any sort of aftercare or support.

Kate Aurthur administrator Gladiators, suit up: The “Scandal” rewatch podcast, “Unpacking the Toolbox,” is set to return with new episodes on April 11. “Unpacking the Toolbox” is hosted by former “Scandal” stars Katie Lowes (who played Quinn) and Guillermo Diaz (who played Huck) — their IRL friendship was forged on set, and fans nicknamed their twisted on-screen partnership Huckleberry Quinn. Part of the iHeartPodcasts network, the Shondaland Audio series “Unpacking the Toolbox” — a reference to Huck’s torture kit — hit pause during the SAG-AFTRA strike, having covered the first two seasons of Shonda Rhimes’ ABC drama, which ran for seven seasons from 2012 through 2018.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Grey’s Anatomy” has been renewed for Season 21 at ABC, Variety has learned. The renewal extends the series’ record-breaking run as the longest running primetime medical drama in TV history, which it first became in 2019. It is also the longest running primetime scripted series in ABC history.

Grey’s Anatomy has been officially renewed for season 21 by ABC!

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin was allowed on Tuesday to proceed with a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over the Shonda Rhimes miniseries, “Inventing Anna.” Netflix had argued that Rhimes and the other show creators have a “literary license” to give their interpretation of events. In rejecting that argument, Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly found that at least some of the characterizations in the show could cross the line into defamation.

William Earl Brazilian superstar Anitta, “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, showrunner and author Shonda Rhimes and comedian Amy Schumer have been selected as the honorees for Variety‘s annual Power of Women New York event, to be held May 2. The luncheon gathering, presented in partnership with Lifetime, celebrates the charitable work done by the Power of Women New York honorees, who will be featured on four separate covers for the April 30 print edition of Variety.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Comedian Hasan Minhaj, currently touring with a new show recounting the year he just experienced, is set to headline the 10th edition of the SeriesFest event this May in Denver. This year’s SeriesFest, an annual event focused on “championing emerging and underserved voices in episodic storytelling” (aka TV), is also set to honor Shonda Rhimes’ and Betsy Beers‘ Shondaland shingle, as well as Minnie Driver and SAG-AFTRA.

Grey’s Anatomy launched this week, but what songs have featured on the show so far? The show, which has been airing on ABC since 2005, is the network’s longest-running scripted primetime show, and has received a total of 38 Emmy Awards over its two-decade run to date. The new season sees Ellen Pompeo return once again as Dr. Meredith Grey, chief of general surgery at the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Watching characters from Bridgerton and other period dramas whirl their prospective love interests around the ballroom floor has inspired fans to take up Regency-era dancing themselves, a UK-based dance teacher reports.

Grey’s Anatomy continues to rewrite the TV history books, extending its record as the longest-running primetime medical drama with the upcoming landmark 20th season, which premieres this Thursday, March 14.

The wait is almost over. Nine months after the Season 19 finale of Grey’s Anatomy aired on ABC, Season 20 of the venerable medical drama created by Shonda Rhimes premieres on the network this Thursday, March 14. The new season has veteran Grey’s Anatomy writer-producer Meg Marinis at the helm as new showrunner, succeeding Krista Vernoff. It will bring back Jessica Capshaw, reprising her role as Dr. Arizona Robbins, and Alex Landi, returning as Dr. Nico Kim, with Natalie Morales and Freddy Miyares joining in recurring roles as pediatric surgeon Monica Beltran and patient Dorian, respectively.

Bridgerton heartthrobs are back together.Despite , it looks like is still close with at least one of his former Bridgerton co-stars. On March 8, Page was all smiles in a photo with season two's frontman Jonathan Bailey at the CAA pre-Oscars party at Sunset Tower Hotel.

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Marie Garcia (On My Block, Lopez Vs. Lopez) has signed with CAA for representation.

The ICG Publicists Guild will honor Patrick Stewart with the 2024 Television Showperson of the Year Award.

The cast of Bridgerton stepped out for a season three screening today!

Bridgerton” Season 3, debuting May 16 on the streamer. In keeping with the formula of previous seasons and the Julia Quinn novels they’re adapted from, this coming edition will follow the romantic journey of a new sibling in the elite Bridgerton clan in 19th century England. Season 3 turns to the third eldest sibling, Colin (Luke Newton), and his love interest Penelope (Nicola Coughlan), who is part of the neighboring Featherington family.

EXCLUSIVE: Linda Lowy, the Emmy award-winning casting director of Grey’s Anatomy and Friday Night Lights, has launched Backyard Casting with longtime colleagues Morgan Smith and Lily Trotter. 

Before she was seen online dancing with knives, Britney Spears was on a bigger screen. Now, her first film role, Crossroads, is finally coming to Netflix.

Caroline Brew editor “Crossroads,” Britney Spears‘ first starring role in feature film, will be available on Netflix globally starting Feb. 15, the streamer announced. The movie premiered on that same day in 2002, while Spears was fresh off the success of “Oops…I Did It Again” and “Baby One More Time” and had become the most commercially successful teenage music artist of all time.

William Earl The entertainment law firm of Gendler & Kelly has changed its name as of today to Gendler, Kelly & Cunningham, reflecting the elevation of partner Sarah Cunningham. Cunningham joined the firm in 2018 and was promoted to partner in 2021. The etching of her name on the firm’s door comes as recognition of her contributions to the respected boutique outfit founded in 1996 by Michael Gendler and Kevin Kelly.

Two years after Gendler & Kelly promoted attorney Sarah Cunningham to partner, the entertainment law firm is changing its name to Gendler Kelly & Cunningham.

Emmy Awards on Monday night. The cast appeared in a replica hospital room at the awards ceremony, where they presented Paul Walter Hauser with a trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, for “Black Bird.” “When the first episode of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ aired in March of 2005, I’m not sure Shonda Rhimes knew that she had created a show that would have a lasting imprint on television and create lifelong friendships,” Pompeo, 54, began about the show’s creator.“Over 400 episodes and counting — a tribute to everyone who has been a part of our family,” Chambers, 53, added.

Some of the OG cast of Grey’s Anatomy has reunited!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Katherine Heigl joined her former “Grey’s Anatomy” cast members Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr. and Chandra Wilson on stage during the Emmy Awards in what was one of the more high-profile reunions for the stars.

Angelique Jackson Emmy and Golden Globe winner Julia Garner has set her next role, signing on to star in Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man.” The movie reunites Garner — playing a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator — with Christopher Abbott, with whom she starred in 2011’s “Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene,” her first professional acting role. Since then, Garner has gone on to become a major player in both film and television, winning three Emmy awards for her standout performance as Ruth Langmore in “Ozark,” and garnering multiple nominations for her portrayal of real-life con artist Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited series “Inventing Anna.” In film, Garner earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her impressive lead turn in Kitty Green’s “The Assistant.” Last year, the pair teamed up again for another critically acclaimed feature, “The Royal Hotel,” which Garner also produced through her Alma Margo production banner.

romance novels by Julia Quinn, each season of the notoriously raunchy Shonda Rhimes-produced historical drama follows a different member of the Bridgerton family as they find love in Regency-era London. Season 1 followed Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the dashing Simon Basset, aka the Duke of Hastings (Rege-Jean Page); Season 2 followed Anthony Bridgerton (Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Ashley), and Season 3 will follow Colin Bridgerton (Newton) as he finds love with Penelope Featherington (Coughlan).