[This story contains major spoilers from The White Lotus season three finale, “Amor Fati.”] As the season three finale of The White Lotus arrived on Sunday night, 10 members of the show’s cast gathered at the Four Seasons Westlake Village hotel to watch the episode together and give their immediate thoughts. Jason Isaacs, Leslie Bibb, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Tayme Thapthimthong, Sarah …
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John Oliver Mocks Trump’s Trade War, Tariffs Plan on Last Week Tonight
John Oliver mocked — who else? — President Donald Trump in the opening segment of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, specially criticizing his plan to place at least 10 percent tariffs on good from every country that trades with the U.S. Oliver showed a video clip of Trump saying, “This will be indeed the golden age of America. It’s coming back.” …
Read More »Hollywood Workers Fight to Improve Incentives
As Hollywood’s employment crisis deepens with no relief in sight, more than one thousand rallied on Sunday in support of amplified incentives intended to convince more film and TV productions to stay in Southern California. At the “Stay in L.A.” event at a studio services complex in Sun Valley, politicians shared stories of constituents in dire circumstances, industry professionals detailed …
Read More »‘The White Lotus’ Music Supervisor on Why Show Didn’t Use Lisa’s Music
“[The White Lotus] is the well-established brainchild of Mike White,” music supervisor Gabe Hilfer told The Hollywood Reporter of working on the hit HBO show. “It’s his sandbox to play in, and we’re all there to help him just make it as exactly what he wants it to be.” Hilfer, who joined for the show’s second season, said his main …
Read More »‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Finale Ends With Death; Mike White Explains
[This story contains MAJOR spoilers from The White Lotus season three finale.] Is death a happy return? Is it a bloodbath? Perhaps it’s a bit of both in the case of The White Lotus. After an eight-episode stay in Thailand, writer-director Mike White’s anthology series has closed yet another chapter, with the season three finale delivering on one of the show’s core promises: …
Read More »Minivan Crashes in Los Angeles Fashion District, Injuring 9 People
At least nine people were injured Sunday after a minivan crashed into a crowd of people in downtown Los Angeles. The incident occurred at 3:16 p.m. PT on 12th street, near the Santee Alley and L.A.’s Fashion District, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. It’s unclear what caused the accident, which is under investigation. CBS Los Angeles reported that …
Read More »What Do Duke Students Think of ‘The White Lotus?’
Duke University may not be keen on its portrayal in season three of The White Lotus, but its students seem to share a different sentiment about the show. On Feb. 16, HBO viewers were introduced to the Ratliff family, a quintet of dramatized North Carolinians who seem plagued by a century-long rivalry — that of Duke versus its neighboring …
Read More »Tribeca Festival 2025 to Open With Billy Joel Documentary Premiere
The 2025 Tribeca Festival is set to open with the world premiere of Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part HBO documentary. The doc explores Joel’s life and music, including how the love, loss and personal struggles he has experienced fuel his songwriting. The project includes never-before-seen performances, home movies and personal photographs as well as exclusive interviews. The …
Read More »‘Dennis the Menace’ Star Was 73
Jay North, who starred as the young mischief maker with the characteristic blond cowlick on the 1959-63 CBS comedy Dennis the Menace, has died. He was 73. North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after years of battling colon cancer, Jeannie Russell, who played Margaret Wade on his show, told The Hollywood Reporter. She called him her …
Read More »2025 Men’s Final Four TV Ratings Are the Best Since 2017
The second ever all-top seed men’s Final Four delivered two tight games — and two big TV audiences — on Saturday. Fast national ratings from Nielsen have the two games averaging about 15.3 million viewers, the best mark for the men’s Final Four since 2017 (with the caveat that Nielsen didn’t include out of home viewing in its measurement until three …
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