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A Bold New Era for Bridgerton

This season of Bridgerton served as a major turning point for the series, says showrunner Jess Brownell—who in season three took the helm of the Shonda Rhimes–produced Netflix hit based on Julia Quinn’s novels. With only two more adult Bridgerton children left to marry off, she’s turning her gaze beyond the show’s signature ballrooms. “Both Eloise and Francesca’s stories leave the marriage mart. We’re often outside of London,” Brownell tells Vanity Fair’s Savannah Walsh before the drop of Bridgerton season four, part two. “Francesca’s is a queer story, and Eloise is a very progressive person—her story actually starts with the marriage, rather than ending with the marriage.”

Elsewhere in HWD, Brownell’s season-four star Yerin Ha chats with Walsh about attending her first awards show; awards vet Quinta Brunson tells Lindsey Underwood how she got ready for the Actor Awards; we take a look back at the 2006 Oscars red carpet, when several now-huge names were first-time nominees; and José Criales-Unzueta follows the journey of Demi Moore’s stunning Schiaparelli gown from sketch to runway to the Actor Awards.

Dearest Gentle Readers

“These are stories that are very much going to shake up the formula that we’ve seen from the first four seasons of Bridgerton,” showrunner Jess Brownell tells Vanity Fair.

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Into the Unknown

“The unknown used to really scare the living daylights out of me,” Yerin Ha tells Vanity Fair while getting ready for the Actor Awards 2026. “But with Bridgerton, I learned so much can change within a short period of time.”

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Finding Her Balance

Abbott Elementary star Quinta Brunson played with her fun and serious sides in Gabriela Hearst.

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Back to 2006

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Reese Witherspoon, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, and George Clooney hit the Oscars red carpet as first-time nominees.

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Journey of a Dress

From Paris to Milan and finally Los Angeles, discover the epic journey of Demi Moore’s Schiaparelli couture look and how it made its way to the 2026 Actor Awards red carpet.

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