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season 3, it's been revealed that season 1 star Natasha Rothwell is set to return to creator Mike White's hit HBO series. Multiple outlets haveconfirmed that she'll be back after first appearing as hotel spa manager Belinda Lindsey. During season 1, Belinda was often seen opposite guest Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge), who took a liking to the hotel employee.

Selome Hailu Goodbye, Tanya — Belinda’s back! Natasha Rothwell will return to “The White Lotus” for Season 3, Variety has learned from multiple sources close to the production. Rothwell was a fan favorite in Season 1 as spa manager Belinda Lindsey, who was strung along by wealthy resort guest Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) with promises of an investment to open her own practice. Plot and character details remain under wraps for the new season, but creator Mike White teased after the Season 2 finale that he envisions “a satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality” — potentially aligning with Belinda’s wellness background.

Watch Below: Jennifer Coolidge's Viral Golden Globes Acceptance SpeechThe White Lotus star took to Instagram and TikTok to announce that she will be headlining Vivid Sydney 2023. Speaking alongside White Lotus writer, director and creator, Mike White, the pair will be hosting an exclusive In Conversation event during the festival. As we wait for season three, why not see the star's live?“Hey Australia, it’s Jennifer Coolidge and I just got really exciting news. Mike White and I are coming to Sydney on June 10 – we’ll see you there!” she announced in the online videos. The latest addition to the Vivid lineup has excited fans of the cult-favourite show - especially considering how many questions they have about the upcoming third season. Will they let slip any new details? Maybe! But the show will be sure to satisfy your White Lotus cravings as we wait for more episodes. Mike White and Jennifer Coolidge will join this year's Vivid Sydney lineup."We're thrilled to share that The White Lotus creator Mike White and star of the series Jennifer Coolidge will join this year's Vivid Sydney lineup.

Jack Black will rock on.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jack Black confirmed in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight that he’s planning to reunite with his younger “School of Rock” co-stars later this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the comedy’s release. Various cast members have reunited over the years, but it sounds like Black is plotting an epic reunion to celebrate 20 years of “School of Rock.” “All those kids — dig this — they were 10 years old when we made that movie and now they’re all, like, 30,” Black said. “We’re gonna get together and have a 20-year anniversary. We like to jam. I’m looking forward to seeing all of the grownups from ‘School of Rock.'” Black added that he will “100 percent” use social media to upload photos and videos from the upcoming reunion. “School Rock,” directed by Richard Linklater and written by “The White Lotus” creator Mike White, starred Black as Dewey Finn, a down-on-his-luck guitarist who puts together a makeshift band of kid musicians while substitute teaching at a prep school. White, Sarah Silverman and Joan Cusack also starred in the film, while the child actors included Miranda Cosgrove.

The White Lotus” is ready to take on a new country in its third season. The show, which has won numerous awards over its past seasons, is gearing up for a new installment, this time, in Thailand. Jennifer Coolidge sneaks into Jennifer Lopez’s hotel room and leaves a hilarious video on her phoneGolden Globes 2023: Best red carpet looksSources confirmed to Variety that it’s very likely that season three will be shot in a Four Seasons resort, like previous seasons.

Season 3 of “The White Lotus” will reportedly take place in Thailand.

 will reportedly be set in Thailand, according to multiple outlets that have sources close to the HBO production. The reports come after creator Mike White made several comments about setting a new installment somewhere in Asia, following Maui, Hawaii, in season 1 and Sicily, Italy, in season 2. «I think it’d be fun to maybe go to a whole different continent.

Disney has eliminated a small business unit focused on exploring the metaverse, part of its initial efforts to reduce its workforce by about 7,000 employees.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor As part of a companywide cost-cutting effort, Disney has axed its cross-divisional Next Generation Storytelling & Consumer Experiences group, which encompassed the Mouse House’s metaverse ambitions. The elimination of Disney’s Next Generation Storytelling & Consumer Experiences group, led by company veteran Mike White, affects about 50 employees, Variety confirmed. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. A Disney rep declined to comment. The shutdown of Disney’s metaverse group came Monday with the first wave of the company’s move to slash 7,000 jobs under interim CEO Bob Iger, which is part of its attempt to reduce $5.5 billion in costs. Following this week’s layoffs, there will be a larger second round of cuts next month, Iger told employees in a memo Monday. A final round of layoffs will hit “before the beginning of summer,” according to Iger.

The White Lotus season three will reportedly be set in Thailand.The first two seasons of Mike White’s HBO series were filmed at Four Season resorts in Hawaii and Italy, respectively. Continuing that trend, the show’s third run is expected to be shot in one of the hotel chain’s four major properties in Thailand, which are located in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui and the Golden Triangle.Thailand’s Four Seasons resorts are spread across the city, country, jungle and beach, giving the new season plenty of settings to play with.White previously hinted that season three would take place in Asia and focus on “death and Eastern religion and spirituality.“The first season kind of highlighted money, and then the second season is sex,” White said in a clip attached to the season two finale.

the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.The metaverse team, per WSJ, was tasked with “fiinding ways to tell interactive stories in new technological formats using Disney’s extensive library of intellectual property.” It employed approximately 50 people, all of whom have been let go, according to WSJ. However, the division’s boss, former Disney consumer products executive Mike White, remains with the company in an undetermined capacity.Representatives for Disney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.The move comes just over a year after Disney created the division under former CEO Bob Chapek.

The White Lotus” is heading to Thailand, multiple sources close to the production tell Variety. As the first two seasons of Mike White’s “The White Lotus” were shot at Four Seasons resorts in Hawaii and Italy, respectively, it’s possible that Season 3 will take place at one of the luxury hotel giant’s four properties in Thailand, which are located in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui and the Golden Triangle. Thailand’s Four Seasons resorts are spread across the city, country, jungle and beach, giving White plenty of settings to play with, if he so chooses. HBO declined to comment.

accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson on a ski slope in 2016, testified in court in Park City, Utah last week (March 24) over the alleged incident. When asked about the “losses” she suffered from the crash, Paltrow replied: “Well, we lost half a day of skiing.”Philipps, best known for roles in Freaks And Geeks and Dawson’s Creek, joined many online in poking fun at the quote.In an Instagram post with actor Jen Tullock, Philipps captioned the photo: “Well, we lost a half day of skiing.”In response, a commenter wrote: “You win the caption game.”You can check out other reactions to the line below.this entire Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial was written by Mike White pic.twitter.com/awkZyM5b1i— T (@trinawatters) March 25, 2023Ryan Murphy presents American Crime Story: I Lost Half a Day of Skiing— tatiana pamplemousse (@jakeyjorpjomp) March 26, 2023texting all my friends “well … I lost half a day of skiing” next time any minor inconvenience befalls me— Clara (@colormeloverly) March 25, 2023Gwyneth Paltrow after losing half a day of skiing pic.twitter.com/jiyY165Iag— Adam (@adamgreattweet) March 26, 2023Sanderson is suing Paltrow for $300,000 (£246,150), claiming that her “reckless” behaviour caused the crash and left him with severe injuries; including four broken ribs and a permanent brain injury.During her testimony last week (March 24), Paltrow denied she engaged in “risky behaviour” on the slopes, claiming Sanderson crashed slowly into her.“I was skiing and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart and then there was a body pressing against me and there was a very strange grunting noise,” Paltrow said.

 musical movie continues to add A-list actors to its cast! Based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical, Paramount Pictures' new  film will see the return of some familiar faces and a host of new ones too. With Jon Hamm stepping into the role of Coach Carr, Busy Philipps confirmed in the role of Regina George's mom, and Jenna Fischer set to star as Cady Heron's mom, ET is taking a look at the cast — from newcomers like Reneé Rapp to the OG of the  squad, Tina Fey.The  star will play Coach Carr, who appears in the movie — as a sexual predator exposed in the Burn Book -- but was not featured in the original Broadway musical. This is far from Hamm's first collaboration with Fey, however. The actor received Emmy nominations for his guest appearances on and Philipps will step into Amy Poehler's shoes, playing Mrs.

Ready for vacation! The White Lotus has been a critical darling since its 2021 premiere — and Bette Midler is one star of many who would check into the fictional hotel in a “New York minute.”

Casey Bloys left the decision about when to end its award juggernaut “Succession” to creator Jesse Armstrong, but the HBO and HBO Max chairman and CEO would have loved to see more seasons of the drama about the Logan family media empire.Speaking at the Series Mania festival in Lille, France on Thursday, the HBO and HBO Max chairman and CEO said of the series ending after four years: “He is choosing to end his story when and how he wants. But if he said ‘I have two more seasons in me,’ I would have said yes.”He added, “I would have taken more, but generally speaking, that is the kind of thing you want to leave to a creator.

When will production begin on “The White Lotus” Season 3? That’s inconclusive, but HBO is high on Mike White‘s surprise hit, so expect them to pull out all the stops for the upcoming season. And Variety reports that HBO’s Casey Bloys says White’s pitch for the new season was a big hit with the bosses.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International “The White Lotus” creator Mike White’s idea for Season 3 of the hit show has already gone done well with HBO bosses, confirmed Casey Bloys at Series Mania. The executive revealed at the French drama festival on Thursday that White has “just pitched us the idea and it’s great. It’s a really fun idea and he’s shown it’s possible.” Speaking to entertainment journalist Edith Bowman, Bloys added that White is “casting people you know” in the show, but writing their characters in a way that “allows you to rediscover them or see them in a new light” — an obvious nod to now Golden Globe-winning actor Jennifer Coolidge.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International “The White Lotus” creator Mike White has his idea for Season 3 of the hit show, and it’s already gone done well with HBO bosses, confirmed Casey Bloys at Series Mania. The executive revealed that White has “just pitched us the idea and it’s great. It’s a really fun idea and he’s shown it’s possible.” Bloys, who was speaking to entertainment journalist Edith Bowman, added that White is “casting people you know” in the show, but writing their characters in a way that “allows you to rediscover them or see them in a new light.” The HBO exec also noted that he “would have taken more” seasons of “Succession” but respected showrunner Jesse Armstrong’s decision to end the hit drama with Season 4.

told People, which the news as an exclusive on Monday. “Some of the descriptions of being jet-lagged in your family’s kitchen felt very familiar to me.”While Sharpe may be best known in the public eye for his breakout work on HBO and Mike White’s “The White Lotus,” “Crying in H Mart” hardly marks the multihyphenates behind-the-camera debut.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The solo TV auteur may soon be a thing of the past. The Writers Guild of America will sit down with the studios on Monday, and high on the agenda is setting a minimum staffing level for writers rooms. That means the days when Mike White or Craig Mazin could write an entire season of prestige TV all by themselves could be coming to an end. The guild argues that studios are squeezing more work out of fewer writers over a shorter time span, and paying them less than they’re entitled to. And the union’s leadership believes that it’s time to set basic standards around the size and duration of a writers’ room.

What can’t Millie Bobby Brown do?

Haley Lu Richardson revealed one “iconic” scene with Jennifer Coolidge didn’t make it onto “The White Lotus” season 2.

 musical movie continues to add A-list actors to its cast! Based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical, Paramount Pictures' new  film will see the return of some familiar faces and a host of new ones too. With Busy Philipps confirmed in the role of Regina George's mom, and Jenna Fischer set to star as Cady Heron's mom, ET is taking a look at the cast — from newcomers like Reneé Rapp to the OG of the  squad, Tina Fey.Philipps will step into Amy Poehler's shoes, playing Mrs. George, Regina George's mother, the role the alum originated in the 2004 flick.

 musical movie continues to add A-list actors to its cast! Based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical, Paramount Pictures' new  film will see the return of some familiar faces and a host of new ones too. With Jenna Fischer confirmed in the role of Ms. Heron, Cady Heron's mom, ET is taking a look at the cast — from newcomers like Reneé Rapp to the OG of the  squad, Tina Fey.Fischer will be taking on the role of Ms. Heron, a role originally played by Ana Gasteyer in the original 2004 film.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor If only Theo James were not joking. I asked “The White Lotus” star what he thinks about all the fan chatter hoping that he and Will Sharpe’s characters were going to hook up during Season 2 of Mike White’s hit HBO show. “They cut the sex scene,” James deadpanned on the red carpet at the SAG Awards, eliciting a big laugh from his TV wife Meghann Fahy. “It began in a kind of romantic way but then it gets very carnal, but Mike decided to cut it. No, I’m joking! There was no sex scene.” James and Fahy also revealed that they didn’t have to do a chemistry read together before they were cast. “We didn’t do any table reads either, which I loved,” Fahy said.

EXCLUSIVE: Primetime Emmy nominee Jenna Fischer is boarding the ensemble cast of Paramount Pictures’ new Mean Girls film based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical in the role of Ms. Heron, Cady Heron’s mom.

The White Lotus. Last night, Coolidge was gifted the prize for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role in the hit HBO show’s second season.When accepting the award, Coolidge expressed her gratitude and acknowledged that this could be a pivotal moment in her career. “I just want to say,” she continued before becoming emotional.