‘Bridesmaids’ Reunion Brings Laughs to Oscars as Stars Read Faux Notes From Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Elle Fanning

Ever since Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids cracked the box office code and became a hit in 2011, fans have been begging for a sequel. They’re still waiting — but the Oscars 2026 producers delivered the next best thing.

Stars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne and Ellie Kemper reunited on the Academy Awards stage inside Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre Sunday night. The showing, greeted by a partial standing ovation, came 15 years after the film’s release, and happened to land on the same night Byrne was nominated in the best actress category for her work in Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. (Fun coincidences: The A24 film also stars Conan O’Brien, who hosted Sunday’s Oscars; Rudolph’s longtime partner, Paul Thomas Anderson, was in the room to support his 13 Oscar nominations for One Battle After Another.)

The fivesome presented two awards, original score and sound,…