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Lily Allen has revealed she unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in hit HBO series The White Lotus.Speaking recently on her Miss Me? podcast with Miquita Oliver, the ‘Smile’ singer said the audition was part of a broader move to “put herself out there more” in her acting career, and shared she had a goal of starring in a “UK detective drama”.Her previous acting roles have included a stint in West End plays 2:22: A Ghost Story and The Pillowman, while she made her small screen debut in 2023 in Sky Atlantic comedy Dreamland.Touching on her turn to acting, Allen told listeners she hadn’t “auditioned for anything really”, but added: “I did do a self-tape for The White Lotus and obviously did not get it. But I’m a bit scared of doing self-tapes.”She has not yet revealed which role she auditioned for.“I think maybe now I would do them because I don’t think people give as much of a shit about me anymore,” she continued.

The White Lotus actor Scott Glenn has revealed he almost turned down a role in the hit HBO series, thinking it was another “old guy” part.During an appearance on The Daily Show, the octogenarian revealed that when he was first offered the part of Jim Hollinger, he turned it down. “I just finished a film called Eugene the Marine that was tons of martial arts and dancing and shit like that, and it was basically about ageism and how you deal with it when you’re old and still have a life left in the tank,” he actor said.“And [The White Lotus producers] sent me a description of this old guy with a cane, and I thought fuck that.” In the show, we first meet Hollinger in Bangkok as he recovers at home from a recent hospital visit.

Mike White’s hit HBO series.Patrick Schwarzenegger, the son of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver, and Sam Nivola, the son of actors Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola, are playing brothers involved in an incest storyline in Season 3.Their co-star, Charlotte Le Bon (who plays Chloe), is also a nepo baby; she’s the daughter of Canadian actress Brigitte Paquette. Le Bon’s stepfather, Frank Schorpion, is also an actor.Jon Gries, who has played Greg on all three seasons, comes from a Hollywood family as well.

“The White Lotus” will have a new location —and a new composer.Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, who has been the composer on the HBO drama for the past three seasons, revealed he won’t be back next time around.During an interview with the New York Times, the Emmy winner shared he and series creator Mike White had different ideas for the iconic “White Lotus” theme song.The two first clashed in Season 1, but it continued into this third season, which is currently airing.Originally, Tapia de Veer created an eery theme song for the show’s first two seasons — on track with the mystery unfolding. The sounds included a fan-favorite “ooh-loo-loo-loo” chorus.“Aloha!” — in Season 1 — had tribal drums and vocals.

HBO‘s hit series The White Lotus has confirmed he won’t be returning to work on season four – find out why below.Chilean composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer has a fair number of acclaimed pieces, having worked on films like Babygirl, the Smile franchise and more. But he’s perhaps best known for his work on the celebrated White Lotus series for HBO.Fans have loved his ‘Aloha!’ theme song for season one, as well as its rework ‘Renaissance’ for season two.

Industry‘s fourth season – check them out below.Yesterday (March 21), HBO and Max announced three new cast members for the upcoming fourth season of Industry. Now joining the team are Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar, Designated Survivor, How I Met Your Mother), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) and Claire Forlani (Meet Joe Black, Hawaii Five-O).They join other new additions like Kiernan Shipka (Twisters, The Last Showgirl), Jack Farthing (Towards Zero, Rain Dogs) Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso, The Power) and Amy James-Kelly (Three Families, Coronation Street), all of whom were announced in March.A post shared by Industry on HBO (@industryhbo)Penn will play Jay Jonah Atterbury, described as the “CEO and founder of payment processor Tender.” Heaton will play Jim Dycker, “a finance journalist.” Lastly, Forlani will play Cordelia Hanani-Spyrka, a “corporate PR heavy-hitter.”Tender is expected to be a major focus for season four, fellow new additions Max Mingella playing Whitney Halberstram, Tender’s CFO and co-founder, and Shipka portraying Haley Clay, an executive assistant in the company.One actor who won’t be returning for season four is Harry Lawtey, who starred in the series as Robert Spearing.

Harper’s Bazaar that details about her character Laurie’s backstory was cut from the incest-filled third season of the HBO series because of real-world events.“There was a bit more context to her home life. You originally found out that her daughter was actually non-binary, maybe trans, and going by they/them,” said Coon, 44.“You see Laurie struggling to explain it to her friends, struggling to use they/them pronouns, struggling with the language, which was all interesting,” she continued.

The Pitt has captivated viewers with its intense ER storylines. Below, we take a look at the songs that have helped establish the Max series’ chaotic vibe.The Pitt follows Dr.

a tsunami could have stopped “The White Lotus” Season 3 from delivering the top-tier costumes viewers expect, production on the series was not without a few wardrobe malfunctions.Over its three seasons, HBO’s Emmy-winning hit has become renowned for its costumes, with the wardrobe even evolving into a de facto character. This is thanks to costume designer Alex Bovaird, who has collaborated with show creator Mike White and her talented team to create the show’s iconic looks.But making sartorial excellence come to life is not without its share of fashion mishaps, as Bovaird revealed to The Post.Warning: spoilers ahead for “The White Lotus” Season 3“I remember Parker [Posey]’s gold cuff snapping in half at dinner,” Bovaird said of one behind the scenes wardrobe malfunction during filming.

“The White Lotus” Season 3 has a connection to a real-life unsolved mystery about the disappearance of a suspected American spy living in Thailand — and it all has to do with the show’s costumes. “White Lotus” costume designer Alex Bovaird revealed that for Season 3, she turned to a Thai fashion brand founded by an American intelligence officer-turned-silk merchant named Jim Thompson, who vanished without a trace in 1967 after taking a walk in the Malaysian highlands.“There is a brand [in Thailand] called Jim Thompson that we loved,” Bovaird exclusively told The Post.

The White Lotus star Michelle Monaghan has debunked a fan favourite theory about who the identity of the shooter is in the HBO hit.The third season opened with a flash forward that saw Zion, the son of White Lotus Maui spa manager Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) join his mother on a visit to a sister location in Ko Samui, Thailand. His meditation session at the resort is interrupted by repeated gunfire nearby. While scrambling through a pond to look for his mother, Zion discovers a dead body.The timeline then shifts back one week to introduce the main cast for this season.

“The White Lotus” Season 3, appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday and cleared up a rumor about who the killer is in Thailand.“I just gotta debunk a theory out here guys. The monkeys did not do it,” the 49-year-old actress said.But Jimmy Kimmel was disappointed hearing this from Monaghan.“Aww, really? I was hoping it was the monkeys,” the host, 57, said with a laugh.“Those monkeys got ahold of that gun and start firing.

“The White Lotus,” the hit series on HBO, went “too far” with how its iconic royal-blue logo was featured in a recent episode, according to Bloomberg.The school issued a statement and said that the show uses their logo without permission in “troubling” imagery, which has since spread across social media and paints their brand in a negative light. Duke was referring to episode five of “The White Lotus,” released on March 16, that showed (spoilers ahead) Timothy Ratliff, played by actor Jason Isaac, contemplating suicide while wearing a t-shirt with the Duke lettering on it.White Lotus just blessed us w an all-time meme if Duke loses early in the tournament (and for any brutal Duke loss thereafter) pic.twitter.com/pIsYiiozYLA now-viral meme of Ratliff, whose character in the dark comedy is a proud Duke alumni, holding a gun to his temple is being used to put added pressure on Duke as the Blue Devils’ men’s and women’s basketball teams are about to play in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament this week.

The White Lotus after one of the characters was shown to be wearing their merchandise during a shocking murder-suicide scene in Monday’s (March 24) episode.In episode six of season three, Jason Isaacs’ character Timothy Ratliff (having stolen a gun in a previous episode) is shown to be daydreaming about shooting himself and his wife Victoria (Parker Posey).The vision comes after days of rapidly increasing pressure for the character, as Timothy has learned that he could face jail time and lose everything due to some fraudulent business dealings back home in the US.In these scenes, Timothy is wearing a T-shirt from Duke University, his former college that has also been mentioned by several other characters in the show. It appears that the university is unhappy about being associated with The White Lotus and this storyline specifically, with its president for communications, marketing and public affairs, Frank Tramble, sharing a statement with The New York Times.He wrote: “Duke appreciates artistic expression and creative storytelling, but characters prominently wearing apparel bearing Duke’s federally registered trademarks creates confusion and mistakenly suggests an endorsement or affiliation where none exists.”He continued that the show “not only uses our brand without permission, but in our view uses it on imagery that is troubling, does not reflect our values or who we are, and simply goes too far.”The latest season of Mike White’s acclaimed HBO drama has really ramped up over the past couple of weeks, with an incest storyline between Ratliff brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) sending the internet into meltdown.

Billy Joel will premiere on HBO this summer.Titled Billy Joel: And So It Goes, the new doc is directed by Susan Lacy – who created PBS’ American Masters series and has previously helmed HBO docs such as docs Jane Fonda in Five Acts, and Spielberg – and Jessica Levin, who produced those projects as well as The Janes.Per the longline, the upcoming doc will examine the life and music of Billy Joel, exploring the love, loss, and personal struggles that fuel his songwriting. It includes access to never-before-seen performances, home movies, and personal photographs, along with one-on-one interviews.Lacy said of the project (via Deadline): “For those who think they know Joel’s story, as well as those who are not as familiar, I believe this two-part film is both a revelation and a surprise.

Nick Frost is in talks to play Hagrid in the forthcoming Harry Potter series, according to reports.The TV series, based on the popular novels, is believed to begin filming this year. John Lithgow has confirmed he is playing Professor Dumbledore while Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu are also reported to play Professor Minerva McGonagall and Professor Severus Snape, respectively.Deadline reported that the British actor, famous for his work with Simon Pegg in The Cornetto Trilogy, is “nearing a deal” to play Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant who is the gamekeeper and groundskeeper at wizarding school Hogwarts.

The White Lotus star Sam Nivola has opened up about shooting a shocking sex scene in the sixth episode of season three.READ MORE: How Leslie Bibb helped partner Sam Rockwell nail his “last minute” monologue in ‘The White Lotus’Nivola plays Lochlan Ratliff in the HBO show, the youngest of three siblings from South Carolina who has a somewhat twisted relationship with his hyper-masculine older brother Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger).The pair set the internet alight last week when they shared an incestuous kiss after the full moon party – but caused an even bigger meltdown during Monday’s (March 24) episode, when flashbacks to that night revealed that Lochlan masturbated his brother whilst having sex with Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon).Speaking to Variety about shooting that scene, Nivola said: “I was totally nervous. I’m a very anxious person, so I’m always nervous, especially on a big job like that.“Doing the sex scene was nerve-racking, and we were on a boat, and I get seasick, so that was fucking stressful. The actual scene itself went smoothly.

escalated the incest storyline between brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan Ratliff (Sam Nivola). It was revealed through flashbacks the next morning that after the siblings kissed, Lochlan gave Saxon a hand job while he was hooking up with Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) in bed.In a new interview with the Wrap, 21-year-old Nivola said he initially didn’t believe the latest plot twist with the Ratliff brothers.“I thought that there was a typo that screwed up the names — I was like ‘me and him?’” the actor said.“I was blown away — I was shocked,” Nivola continued, calling creator Mike White “a total genius” and “a brilliant writer.”He added, “Nothing is for shock value — it’s all to to serve the story and help flesh out these characters that are so complex.

The White Lotus‘ shock incest storyline has gotten the internet talking as season three continues.One of the most-talked-about aspects of the current run episodes is the odd dynamic between brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan Ratliff (Sam Nivola).After last week’s episode, which saw the two characters share a kiss during a Full Moon Party, the storyline ratcheted up in last night’s (March 23) outing, in which the brothers woke up naked in bed together.With vague memories of what happened, flashes appear throughout the episode as the brothers and audiences discover that Lochlan had sex with Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) while Saxon masturbated next to them. At the end of the episode, Lochlan is shocked to remember that he reached over and gave his brother a handjob.Many viewers have taken to social media to talk about the storyline’s latest development, sharing their reactions to the turn of events.“Watching episode 6 of White Lotus and the incest somehow gets WORSE,” one viewer wrote, another adding: “Oh so the White Lotus will ACTUALLY lean into this incest shit? sigh.”“7 minutes into the new White Lotus what the FUCK did i just witness with the brothers,” a third said, while a fourth wrote: “THE BROTHERS ON THE WHITE LOTUS DID WHAT??????”Sharing a picture of Saxon realising what happened, a fifth joked: “If I ever send you this picture just know that I found out that I did something terrible at a party and learned things about myself that I never should have.”Watching episode 6 of white lotus and the incest somehow gets WORSE pic.twitter.com/OyVr3kndFf— finnmac06 (@finnmac06) March 24, 2025oh so the white lotus will ACTUALLY lean into this incest shit? sigh.

Euphoria exit was a “mutual decision” with the showrunners.The star, who played Kat Hernandez on the HBO series, revealed back in August 2022 that she would not be returning to the show for its third season.Reports circulated that she disagreed with show boss Sam Levinson about the direction of her character, with claims that she stormed off season two’s set.Speaking in a new chat, Ferreira clarified that the decision to leave was “very mutual” and that there was “nowhere to go” with her character, while clarifying that she didn’t storm off set.“I think instead of me kind of lingering around for nine months, I think it was best for both of us that we just ended it there,” she told The Viall Files podcast.“Of course it’s hard – I love Euphoria. I love Kat.

The White Lotus has lit up the internet – did brothers Saxon and Lochlan have sex? Read on for all the info.The HBO black comedy show aired its latest episode on Sunday night (March 23), with the new season showcasing an all-new collection of obnoxious privileged customers at the titular luxury resort in Thailand.The season has already been no stranger to controversy, with the fourth episode featuring a much-discussed full-frontal nudity scene featuring Jason Isaacs’ Timothy Ratliff, who, while sitting in his hotel room with his wife and children, stretched and opened his robe, exposing himself.The scene triggered huge reactions on social media, and Isaacs’ co-stars said that the actor was “very excited” to shoot it. Isaacs himself initially said that the outcry revealed that there is a “double standard” for men and women when it comes to on-screen nudity, although he later walked back those comments.“I said the wrong words in the wrong way,” he said.