‘Bridgerton’ Star Charithra Chandran on How Colorism Made Her Avoid the Sun for Years: ‘It’s a Daily Struggle’

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIt’s highly unlikely that Hannah Einbinder will ever forget her auditions for “Hacks.” Not only did it land her the role of Ava opposite Jean Smart, but the entire process happened during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.“I went into a physical casting office in Santa Monica a couple days before March 13th, 2020, that initial COVID lockdown,” Einbinder tells me on the latest episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “I read with someone in the office and, a couple days later, COVID hit and I found out that I was going to do a callback, but that they didn’t know how it was going to happen.

Loose Women star Brenda Edwards has opened up about a message given to her by a clairvoyant about her son Jamal Edwards MBE, several years prior to the young star’s tragic death. The music mogul died suddenly earlier this year in February, aged just 31 after suffering from a sudden heart attack. On Tuesday’s edition of Loose Women, the West End star appeared alongside her fellow panellists Coleen Nolan, Linda Robson and Carol McGiffin as they discussed an encounter she had previously had with a psychic, while talking about whether they would ever want to meet their future selves.

Whoa. Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker is opening up about her ongoing mental health challenges in a very candid video to fans!

As tough as Iceman. Val Kilmer has been on a health journey ever since he was diagnosed with throat cancer more than five years ago.

Out gay ‘Bridgerton‘ star Jonathan Bailey is no stranger to attention. Bailey starting his career as a child star, but it was his role as the brooding, hunky Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the Netflix series Bridgerton that won him international heartthrob status. Jonathan Bailey in ‘Bridgerton’.In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Bailey shared some pretty intimate details about the second season of Bridgerton and the shooting of a particular scene that has since launched a thousand memes. The said scene had the Viscount, steamy and sweaty, in a bathtub pining and brooding over the “object of all my desires” Kate Sharma played by Simone Ashley. While his fans of all genders have swooned over the dreamy-eyed Viscount in a bathtub, Bailey said filming the scene left him “traumatised” and “confused”. Bailey told the Los Angeles Times that “there was actually a camera in the water between my legs looking back at me”Jonathan Bailey in ‘Bridgerton’.The shooting took place around the time that COVID-19 restrictions were being relaxed and you could meet people outside.

Hollywood Reporter reported Sunday that Sierra Dall, Cantwell’s partner, confirmed that he died at his home in Colorado on Saturday.Cantwell designed the prototypes for the X-wing Starfighter, TIE fighter and Death Star.He also worked on films including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “WarGames.”Cantwell was born in San Francisco in 1932. Before working on Hollywood films, Cantwell attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he got a degree in animation.

Actress Nicola Coughlan has been very much in the limelight in recent months. The star, 35, plays teenager Clare Devlin on Channel 4’s Derry Girls and can also be seen on Netflix as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton.

Bridgerton will have less sex in the third series due to a huge storyline shakeup, according to Simone Ashley who plays Kate Sharma in the hit Netflix programme. Actress Simone's revelation comes after it was revealed the new series will focus on Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington.The second series of the popular period drama has already toned down on the racy scenes compared to the debut series focussing on Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke of Hastings.

It's quickly gained something of a cult following with thousands of viewers tuning-in to watch the trials and tribulations of the powerful and posh Bridgerton family of Regency era England in Bridgeton on Netflix - but some of the keenest fans are set to be disappointed when the series strays from its popular original storylines in the next season.

Nicola Coughlan, Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran gather up for a group photo as they arrive for Netflix’s Bridgerton FYSEE event held at Raleigh Studios on Sunday (May 15) in Los Angeles.

Nicola Coughlan just revealed some exciting news about “Bridgerton” season 3.

Netflix’s FYSEE Space’s opening night ATAS panel on Sunday night showcased Shondaland’s Bridgerton season 2 and revealed big news about Season 3.

Turning up the heat! Season 3 of Bridgerton has officially tapped Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan to lead the next chapter — with Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington’s love story being moved up in an interesting turn of events.

BBC EastEnders star Sam Strike has hinted at a comeback to the soap - after reuniting with his co stars. Sam shared a snap of himself with his on screen family in London. Sam played Johnny Carter in the soap for two years.

Keeping it in the family? As Scott Disick‘s bond with Khloé Kardashian has grown over the years — so have his public displays of flirtation.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorEugenio Derbez has been working on getting “The Valet” made for quite some time.“When we started writing this, Barack Obama was the president. Then Trump came in and we decided to change everything, because it was a different country,” the actor told me at the film’s premiere on Wednesday night at The Montalbán in Hollywood. “So it took us like, seven years to get the final draft.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJean Smart and her “Hacks” co-stars are under pressure. A lot of pressure.After an award-winning first season of the HBO Max series, they’re back for their sophomore outing.“Season 2 for any show means you have to prove yourself,” Smart told me at the second season premiere earlier this week at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. “It’s like, ‘You gotta now show us that wasn’t just a fluke.’”It wasn’t long after “Hacks” became a critical darling that Smart learned the streamer was green lighting another season.“As soon as I started getting the scripts for Season 2, I was said, ‘Oh, my god.