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  "textContent": "Shock and delight: “Bridgerton” has set Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza) as the leads for Season 5 of the Shonda Rhimes-created Netflix period romance. On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled a first-look teaser for the fifth season of the series, which is based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels about the love lives of the […]",
  "title": "‘Bridgerton’ Season 5 Sets Francesca and Michaela Stirling as Romantic Leads, Filming Now Underway"
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