If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There’s a scene in The White Lotus Season Three finale where Rick, played by Walton Goggins, returns to the luxury resort to see his girlfriend Chelsea, played by …
Read More »'The White Lotus' Episode 7: Sleeping With the Frenemy
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The White Lotus, “Killer Instincts,” which is now streaming on Max. If this were one of the previous White Lotus seasons, it would be finale week right now. We would know who the dead body was that Zion saw drifting in …
Read More »His 'White Lotus' Drama Is Barreling Forward, but Walton Goggins Wants His Latest Project to Put You to Sleep
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Walton Goggins‘s character on The White Lotus has been kept up at night over (possible) murderous intentions, but in real life, the actor has been sleeping soundly thanks …
Read More »'The White Lotus' Season 3 Premiere Recap: A Whole Lot of Monkey Business
This post contains spoilers for “Same Spirits, New Forms,” the third-season premiere of The White Lotus, which is now streaming on Max. Three seasons in, we know The White Lotus has certain parts of its formula that it likes to repeat. Like the title of the season premiere says: “Same …
Read More »'The White Lotus' Season Three: Third Verse Same as the First
The third season of HBO’s Emmy-winning satire The White Lotus takes place at yet another location of the titular fictionalhotel chain, with Thailand following Hawaii and Sicily. In the opening scene of the season premiere, a character who has spent a lot of time at the Hawaii resort considers this …
Read More »Walton Goggins Isn't Kidding About His Eyewear Brand, 'Walton Goggins Goggle Glasses'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. With a reputation for playing gunslingers, morally bankrupt preachers, and literal ghouls, Walton Goggins has long been a scene-stealer in shows like Justified, The Righteous Gemstones, and Fallout. …
Read More »Natasha Rothwell Returns, Parker Posey Arrives in 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Trailer
A new cohort of affluent vacationers have arrived at the White Lotus resort in Thailand. In a new, 90-second trailer for the HBO series, guests at the high-priced resort indulge in gluten-free rice and coconut balls, sign up for stress management meditations, and attend brash beach parties. As the power-hungry …
Read More »Flying iPhones, Break-Dancing Knights, and $10,000 Worth of Corn: How 'Fallout' Came To Life on TV
It’s a frigid February day on the Brooklyn waterfront, and the world is ending. A dusting of snow powders the makeshift walkway through the rubble stacked high. Underneath, shanties made of scrap flex and creak with each step. Directly ahead, the disembodied nose of a commercial airliner dangles from the …
Read More »'Fallout': How to Succeed in the Postapocalypse Without Really Trying
When The Last of Us debuted early in 2023, I began my rave review by saying, “Among the many compliments I can give HBO’s The Last of Us is that it eventually made me forget that it’s based on a video game.” Some gamers took this as both a backhanded …
Read More »'I Don't Look for Roles So That I Can Ham It Up': A Conversation With Walton Goggins
Over the course of an acting career that began when he was a teenager fresh out of Georgia, Walton Goggins has played crooked cops (The Shield), racist gunslingers in Quentin Tarantino movies (Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight), villains in both traditional superhero projects (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and off-kilter …
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