Diana Ross attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Monaghan’s Jaclyn is on a girls trip with two old school friends, played by Carrie Coon and Leslie Bibb. Like her character, Monaghan has struggled to find time to get away with her friends and finds White’s portrayal of the female dynamics true to life.“I think he tagged along on a girls trip,” she says, describing him as “a real keen observer of human behavior” and “like a sponge.”
“So I think maybe he’d had a similar experience and so he was like, he wanted to bring that into the show,” she added.Wood’s Chelsea has all the vibes and wardrobe of a vacationing Kate Moss. She’s staying with her older partner Rick (Walton Goggins), who is not much fun to be around.“She gets some really great lines, Mike has gifted me with that character,” says Wood. “She has got that like rock star girlfriend thing, but her heart is just so gentle.”
There are more women who play staff or vacationers. Blackpink’s Thai singer Lisa, credited here as Lalisa Manoban, stars as Mook — one of the health mentors helping to pamper the guests, alongside Sri Lankan actor Shalini Peiris.Lisa managed to fit in making her acting debut around working on her upcoming album “Alter Ego.”
“I’m a huge fan of ‘The White Lotus,’” she told The Associated Press at the Los Angeles premiere of the season Monday. “I’m just so happy to be on this.”
Thailand’s Lek Patravadi plays a White Lotus owner — she’s also the resident diva, fabulously dressed and worshipped as such. Soaking up the sun in a family suite is Parker Posey, living the lavish lifestyle of Victoria Ratliff, who is staying with her husband (Jason Isaacs), two sons and daughter Piper, portrayed by Sarah Catherine Hook.Probably not. Legal challenges like the ones against other executive orders
are likely and on Wednesday,for not complying with the government’s push to ban
in girls and women’s sports.The biggest takeaway is that the Trump administration has empowered the federal government to take aggressive steps to go after entities — be they a school or an athletic association and now a state — that do not comply. Federal funding, and potentially grants to educational programs, could be pulled.