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Walton Goggins, who’s among the major cast additions to the upcoming third season of HBO’s The White Lotus, is staying mum about the details of his character or storyline, but he is sharing his thoughts on the experience. "It's all very meta on every level," Goggins told the Los Angeles Times in a…

HBO in November 2022 announced a third season for The White Lotus, which will bring a new installment of the Mike White-created anthology series to screens. The first installment, which premiered July 2021 and was set in Hawaii, was nominated for 20 Emmy Awards and won a leading 10, including for…

Serbia has jumped to the defense of its countryman Milos Bikovic after Ukraine attacked HBO’s decision to cast the Russian sympathizer in The White Lotus. Bikovic is set to play a wellness guru in Mike White’s hit series, sparking anger in Kyiv, where the Ukrainian government produced a social media…

Francesca Corney (The Buccaneers), Nicholas Duvernay (Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living) and Arnas Fedaravičius (The Last Kingdom) have joined the Season 3 cast of Mike White’s HBO series The White Lotus. They join previously announced cast for the Thailand-set new installment including Leslie Bibb…

Mike White’s The White Lotus is rounding out its Season 3 cast with Milos Bikovic (South Wind), Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest), Morgana O'Reilly (Neighbours), Lek Patravadi and Shalini Peiris (The Arc) in the Thailand-set new installment. They join previously announced cast Leslie Bibb…

Chris Meledandri’s Illumination animation house has had a boatload of hits from Despicable Me and Minions to 2023’s global smash The Super Mario Bros Movie. But in between, this underrated (in terms of awards) producer of delightful and genuinely funny toons creates new franchises by embracing originals…

With the writers strike over, The White Lotus creator Mike White is back at work on the upcoming third installment of the Emmy-winning anthology series, which is expected to debut in 2025. “I’m seriously finishing scripts,” White told EW about the status of the new season whose writing was…

Editor's note: Deadline's It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writer's work plays in a show's success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2. A rare good…

Next stop for HBO’s “The White Lotus” series could be Australia, creator Mike White said Since it premiered in 2021, the show has moved around the globe. Season one was set in Hawaii, the second in Italy’s Sicily, and the third leg is now is being produced in Thailand. White made his remarks…

Mike White has pitched the idea for The White Lotus season 3 to HBO bosses – and it’s a hit with them already. In his keynote interview at Series Mania, HBO and HBO Max Chairman and CEO Casey Bloys revealed White has just talked him through the plan and he gave it a major seal of approval. “He's just…

When Jennifer Coolidge claimed her first Golden Globe at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, she made an impassioned speech she’d initially planned to deliver in September. Coolidge has been in the midst of a dramatic, late-career breakthrough with the hugely popular satire The White Lotus. The first…

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the Season 2 finale of HBO’s The White Lotus. The White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge was just as surprised as everyone else when she learned of Tanya McQuoid’s checkout from the hit HBO series. Her response when creator Mike White first…