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Jennifer Coolidge is fresh from shooting Season 2 of The White Lotus and she’s on a high. Having made such an indelible mark in Season 1 of Mike White’s limited series set in a luxury Hawaiian resort, she’s the only main character returning for a second shot. For now, she’s having to keep plot details under wraps, but she’s positive that it will be another hit: “It would be impossible to not like it,” she says. All we know is that Season 2 will see Coolidge, Emmy-nominated for her role, back as the tortured and grieving Tanya McQuoid alongside her terminally ill boyfriend Greg (Jon Gries). This time the setting is a Sicilian White Lotus resort, where they’ll be joined by such new cast members as Aubrey Plaza, F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco and Tom Hollander. Here, she reminisces on a career that’s seen her stealing scenes in classic modern comedies such as American Pie and Legally Blonde.

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James Franco has landed the role of Fidel Castro in “Alina of Cuba,” an independent film about the Cuban revolutionary’s daughter, Alina Fernandez.The project is the latest of multiple live-action films the actor has recently signed on to, ending the hiatus he took following accusations of sexual misconduct he faced in 2018 and 2019. Last month, he booked a leading role in post-World War II drama “Me, You” with Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob.Starring Ana Villafañe as Fernandez, “Alina of Cuba” recounts the true story of her exile from Cuba and eventual turn to social advocacy.

The White Lotus season 2 is happening—and Jennifer Coolidge’s delightfully spacey heiress Tanya McQuoid will be .On August 3, revealed that Mike White’s razor-sharp satire about ridiculously privileged guests at an impossibly luxurious resort would be back, presumably with more dissatisfied CEOs, terrifying twentysomethings, and raging general managers, this October. The announcement was accompanied by the first still from the new season, which sets the tone for the hilarity that is sure to ensue: an image of Coolidge’s Tanya pouting serenely while wearing bug-eye sunglasses and a sugary pink dress, her blonde curls wrapped up in a matching chiffon scarf.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The acting legend is the only series regular to be reprising her role as the show shifts from the fictional White Lotus group’s property in Hawaii to an equally spectacular one in Sicily, where a new set of insufferable visitors will feud with its beleaguered staff members.

is returning — as are some familiar faces!HBO Max dropped the teaser trailer promoting their upcoming slate of new shows, which featured the first footage of the forthcoming second season of the hit dark dramedy. Although brief, the teaser does give fans a quick look at the next installment of the story, set in Sicily.Jennifer Coolidge is set to reprise her character, Tanya McQuoid, which fans were already knew was the plan when the casting news was announced earlier this year.However, it appears that Jon Gries — who played Greg, a White Lotus guest that falls in love with Tanya in season 1 — will also be returning, as evidenced by a scene of Greg and Tanya riding on a motorcycle through the Sicilian countryside.The show was originally conceived of as a limited series that would follow the lives of the guests and staff members at a Hawaiian resort known as The White Lotus.However, after the show's massive commercial and critical success, it was picked up as an anthology series, in which each season would take place at a different White Lotus resort across the globe.Many new stars are set to join Coolidge and Gries for the new season, including F.

“The White Lotus” is open for business in Sicily. On Monday, HBO Max released the first footage from Season 2 of the acclaimed comedy series, which is officially titled “The White Lotus: Sicily.”The footage came in a video featuring several shows that are “coming soon” to the streamer. It highlights a few of the stars of the upcoming installment and gives a first look at what’s in store.

Carson Burton Get ready, Sicily, because “The White Lotus” Season 2 is coming. The first footage from the acclaimed resort-set comedy’s new season has been  released by HBO Max courtesy of a new preview of TV shows “coming soon” to the streamer. The footage provides a first look at the new lineup of characters at the center of Season 2, officially titled “The White Lotus: Sicily.”The short clip includes a picturesque shot of Jennifer Coolidge riding along the Italian coast on a moped.

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HBO series The White Lotus.The actor, known for playing Jeanine Stifler in American Pie, beautician Paulette in Legally Blonde and gold digger Sherri Ann Cabot in 2000 film Best In Show, discussed how she felt “locked” into certain roles over the past decade.Speaking to Vanity Fair in conversation with American Pie co-star Natasha Lyonne, Coolidge said: “I did these jobs that I felt like locked me into a certain perception. I was in this weird bubble for a really long time.

K.J. Yossman Tom Hollander (“The Night Manager”) has been cast in an adaptation of Erri De Luca’s novel “Me, You” (“Tu, Mio”) alongside Alessandro Gassmann (“Transporter 2”) and Daisy Jacob (“Vanity Fair”).The film, set to be directed Bille August (“Pelle the Conqueror”), is set to go into production this Fall on the island of Ischia, near Naples in Italy.“Me, You” is set in the 1950s, in post-war Italy, where 16-year-old London native Marco is on holiday with his father Edward (Hollander).

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The Duchess Of York Sarah Ferguson has co-founded a Paris-based production house with Oscar-nominated The Voorman Problem director Mark Gill and The Open’s Cyril Cadars.

The film version of Len Deighton’s “The Ipcress File,” released in 1965, isn’t exactly the kind of thing that feels like it could support six chapters of episodic television. Sure, the original went on to produce four sequels with the wonderfully droll Michael Caine, but the first film felt largely like a response to the dashing, action-heavy world created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond novels and films.

Of all the great, classic spy and espionage films or TV shows— Bond, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ the Jack Ryan films and TV shows, the “Kingsman’ series, “Three Days Of The Condor,” and all the classic spy films from the 1960s and ‘70s, etc.—the one that mainstream audiences probably know the least well is “The Ipcress File.” Based on the globally renowned Len Deighton spy novel of the same name, “The Ipcress File” series starred Michael Caine as Harry Palmer and ended up as a trilogy of films: “The Ipcress File” (1965), “Funeral in Berlin” (1966) and “Billion Dollar Brain” (1967), this of course back in the day when movie studios didn’t really know how to franchise something by including a franchise title to tie the films together (decades later Caine returned to the character in 1995’s “Harry Alan Towers’ Bullet to Beijing” and 96’s “Midnight in Saint Petersburg”).

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Morgan, creator of award-winning The Crown, has shifted focus from royals to zoom in on Russian oligarchs as the topic of his new stage play Patriots. It has been fast-tracked to have its world premiere at London’s Almeida Theatre in July with Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) cast to portray Boris Berezovsky, a one-time ally of Vladimir Putin.

Ellise Shafer The second installment of HBO’s “The White Lotus” has added Italian stars Beatrice Grannó, Sabrina Impacciatore and Simona Tabasco to its cast.As Variety exclusively revealed in January, the highly-anticipated Season 2 of Mike White’s social satire will take place at a luxurious resort in Sicily. Impacciatore will play Valentina, the manager of the White Lotus Sicily resort.

HBO has shored up the season 2 cast of The White Lotus by adding three Italian stars to the ensemble.

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Former Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole has opened up about his late co-star, Helen McCrory, describing her as a “rare gem.” The 33 year old star, who played John Shelby until series four of the show, appeared on This Morning alongside hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to discuss his new spy thriller series, The Ipcress File. As he reflected on the impressive cast list for the ITV show, which includes Tom Hollander and Lucy Boynton, he admitted he had always had the pleasure of working with “phenomenal actors and actresses” - especially Cillian Murphy and Helen McCrory on the BBC crime drama, Peaky Blinders.

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HBO has confirmed Jennifer Coolidge will return for The White Lotus season two.Following reports in October last year, the network confirmed the actor’s return on Monday via Twitter (February 28) as production on the second season started in Sicily, Italy.Coolidge, who plays the troubled Tanya McQuoid, is the only actor from the show’s first season confirmed to return.She is joined by previously announced new cast members Michael Imperioli, Aubrey Plaza, Haley Lu Richardson, F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco, Tom Hollander, Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe and Leo Woodall.A post shared by The White Lotus (@thewhitelotus)Filming on the second season is taking place at the San Domenico Palace in Taormina, along with other locations in and around Sicily.The White Lotus is a dark comedy drama which, in the first season, follows a group of visitors on holiday at a Hawaiian resort.

Jennifer Coolidge is officially onboard for season 2 of , ET has confirmed. While Coolidge is returning to the hit HBO Max series, it's not yet clear what role she'll be playing just yet.Per HBO's reps, «What role she’s playing has not been announced.»Coolidge, who played the tipsy and troubled Tanya in season 1, seemingly confirmed her return to the show in November, telling ET, «They haven't told me what the script is, but I hope I have lots of romance and sex in this next one.

Jennifer Coolidge is coming back for The White Lotus season 2!

Good news for White Lotus fans — the second installment of Mike White’s dark comedy series will be one episode bigger than the first. The expanded second season will consist of seven episodes, HBO confirmed today as production has started at the San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel, as well as in and around Sicily.

Selome Hailu HBO has confirmed that Jennifer Coolidge will indeed return for Season 2 of “The White Lotus” after declining to comment on her casting when it was initially reported in 2021. The network also shared that production on the season has begun in Sicily, Italy.Season 2 of the satire will consist of seven episodes and follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive Italian over the span of a week, similarly formatted to the Hawai’i-set first season.

HBO has announced four more cast members for The White Lotus season two, including Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe and Leo Woodall.They will join previously announced cast members Michael Imperioli, Aubrey Plaza, Haley Lu Richardson, F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco and Tom Hollander.

Theo James, Meghann Fahy and Will Sharpe have been tapped as series regulars for the second installment of Mike White’s dark comedy HBO series The White Lotus. Additionally, and up-and-comer Leo Woodall is set to recur.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The White Lotus” Season 2 at HBO is rounding out its main cast with the addition of Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe, and Leo Woodall.The four actors join previously announced cast members F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco, Tom Hollander, Michael Imperioli, Aubrey Plaza, and Haley Lu Richardson. It was also previously reported that Season 1 star Jennifer Coolidge will return for Season 2, but HBO has yet to officially confirm that.

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Ariana Grande with reviving her career during an appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.The actor is known for her roles in the likes of American Pie, Legally Blonde and, more recently, Promising Young Woman and The White Lotus.During the interview, Fallon noted that many of his previous guests had done impressions of Coolidge on the show and aired clips of SNL star Chloe Fineman and Grande impersonating the actor.After Grande’s impression was shown, Coolidge responded: “You should know that was the beginning of a lot of cool things that happened for me. I was going through a dead zone and not much was going on, then Ariana did this imitation on your show and you encouraged her.“Then this ball got rolling.

Mike White’s “The White Lotus” will be filmed in Sicily, Variety has learned — confirming previous reports that Season 2 of the HBO show will take place in Italy.A source close to the show said that once again a Four Seasons Hotel will stand in for White’s fictional luxury chain of White Lotus hotels, specifically the Four Seasons San Domenica Palace in the exclusive Sicilian resort town of Taormina. (The Hawaii-based first season of “The White Lotus” was filmed at the Four Seasons Resort Maui.) According to the San Domenica Palace’s website, it’s closed to guests until April 1.Representatives from HBO had no comment.Season 2 of the dark comedy will star Michael Imperioli and Aubrey Plaza alongside recently announced cast members F.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterLike the rest of us, Aubrey Plaza devoured the first season of “The White Lotus,” HBO’s buzzy social satire about insufferable vacationers and seemingly cheerful employees at a luxurious Hawaiian resort. Unlike the rest of us, Plaza was cast on the show’s second season.Beyond the chance to appear on the hit show, Plaza says she’s most looking forward to working with Mike White, who created, wrote and directed “The White Lotus.”“I was a fan of Season 1, but more importantly, I was a big Mike White fan,” Plaza said at Variety’s virtual Sundance Studio presented by Audible, where she’s on the press circuit for her coming-of-age thriller “Emily the Criminal.” Before the pandemic, Plaza and White had been collaborating on a creative project that “kind of got messed up by the COVID of it all.” “So I’m very excited to work with him,” she says.

HBO Max has recruited four more stars for the upcoming season two of their hit series, The White Lotus.

star-studded ensemble for season 2 continues to grow. On Tuesday, HBO confirmed to ET that F.

F. Murray Abraham will play Michael Imperioli’s father in the second season of HBO Max’s “The White Lotus,” TheWrap confirmed on Tuesday.Oscar-winner Abraham will play Bert Di Grasso, father of Dominic (Imperioli), who’s also traveling with his grandson Albie (Adam DiMarco of “The Order” and “The Magicians”) a recent college graduate.Aubrey Plaza was previously announced as Harper Spiller, a woman vacationing with her husband and his friends.