Death on the Riviera: The White Lotus is coming to France | The White Lotus

The White Lotus didn’t have the Emmys it expected this year, but a little thing like critical disappointment isn’t going to slow it down. In other words: forget season three, because we already know where season four is headed.

In a post-Emmys conversation with Deadline, HBO’s Casey Bloys confirmed the rumour that The White Lotus season four will take place in France. Were there any other details? No. Did he offer even the slightest indication of even a sliver of what’s to come? Again, no. But this is the internet, so let’s speculate wildly nonetheless.

Where in France exactly?

Famously, every season of The White Lotus so far has been filmed at a Four Seasons hotel. This narrows things down somewhat. The Four Seasons operates three hotels in France: one in Paris, one in Megève and one on the Côte d’Azur.

Obviously each of these locations would make for a profoundly different season of The White Lotus. You’d have to expect that the French Riviera is automatically out, since its mixture of Mediterranean climate and wealthy Eurotrash clientele put it too close to Taormina, the location of the second season.

This leaves Paris and the Alps. Now, remembering the almighty fuss that everyone made about enduring the uncomfortable weather of Thailand during the filming of season three, it would make sense that Mike White would steer clear of Megève, because that just seems like a nightmare. Not only would it be relentlessly cold, but it is also potentially dangerous. It would just take one bored actor to shatter their pelvis in a freak snowboarding accident to drag the entire production to a standstill. So Paris it is.

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This in itself would be no cakewalk, though. Paris is one of those cities that risks being filmed to death, with every possible angle of every possible landmark covered in any number of existing productions. You can’t imagine that anyone would be particularly happy if an integral scene was ignored because all the viewers had decided to Google which episode of Call My Agent! was also shot there.

Plus the Four Seasons in Paris is easily one of the least visually interesting Four Seasons on Earth. Plus every single external shot will be papped to kingdom come if they go somewhere as obvious as Paris. Plus the weather might be crap. So, Paris. Unless it isn’t. Which it probably isn’t. Fine, Côte d’Azur then.

What will it be about?

So far, each season of The White Lotus has had its own broad theme. Season one was about money and class, season two was about sex and desire, season three was about religion and death. A fourth season will need to have a big, chewy theme of its own to stand up to the others. In a podcast episode towards the end of season three, White hinted that the next season would revolve around fame, suggesting that it might centre on some sort of film festival (another nod to the Côte d’Azur, potentially). However, at this point The White Lotus has been around so long that everyone already knows what the true theme of the season will be: entitled American tourists being awful to each other while having it off in ways that will make you want to bleach your eyeballs and brain.

Who’ll be in it?

Here’s where things might get interesting. Although each season is technically its own story, The White Lotus has enjoyed bleeding through whenever it can. Jennifer Coolidge was in two seasons, as was Natasha Rothwell, while Jon Gries has been in all three. Certainly the Thailand season pointed towards a future where we’d get to see Rothwell’s newly wealthy Belinda junk all her principles for a life of comfort, so maybe that will happen.

Natasha Rothwell in The White Lotus. Photograph: HBO

But don’t forget that Michael Imperioli’s character from season two was a film producer, so there’s a chance that he could make a reappearance at the festival. And Michelle Monaghan played an actress who everyone apparently recognised and loved, so maybe she could join him. Personally speaking I’d like to see White take a bolder step and reintroduce season one’s Armond as a ghost and have him float around pooping everywhere, but I suspect cowardice on the part of HBO will prevent this.

Still, this is The White Lotus, so there are plenty of other roles to fill. There’s bound to be a family with a dark secret, a married couple with a dark secret who will make friends with another married couple who have a similarly dark secret, and the hotel staff. These will need to be French and, if the appearance of Lisa from Blackpink last year is any hint, far too incongruously famous to play such a small part. Perhaps Kylian Mbappé can show up to play the guy who irons the towels.

How likely is any of this?

Not likely at all, since precious few details have been revealed. But since we’re probably not going to see season four of The White Lotus until 2027 at the earliest, you’ll have forgotten about all of this by then anyway. Oh well.

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Witness describes deadly shooting after Southgate police confront shoplifting suspect

SOUTHGATE, Mich. – A man, who was suspected of shoplifting, died on Saturday after he was shot by a Southgate police officer outside of a Meijer.

It happened steps away from the Fort Street Dream Cruise crowd.

The shooting happened in the parking lot of the Meijer right off Fort Street around 3:45 p.m. on Saturday.

A group of people was enjoying the start of the cruise and barbequing next to the parking lot when the area turned into a crime scene.

“We were barbequing and the next thing you know, the cops came up and somebody was shot,” a man who witnessed the shooting said.

He asked Local 4 not to share his name.

“It was pretty crazy,” he said. “It went by so quick, we didn’t even really know what was going on or why.”

Officers say they were called to the area around 3:45 p.m.

“Officers were dispatched to the Meijer regarding a retail fraud in progress, a shoplifting,” Southgate Police Chief Mark Mydlarz said.

Police arrived and confronted a man and a woman who they suspected were stealing from the Meijer.

“The male subject ended up pulling out a sharp instrument of some type. At which time, he engaged our officers and one of our officers fired at least one round striking the male subject,” Mydlarz said.

The man was taken to the hospital and died there.

Local 4 is told the officer was not injured and the woman who was with the man is in police custody.

“We had a lot of manpower in for that (the dream cruise),” Mydlarz said. “We are fortunate that because we had all this manpower in that we were able to quickly contain this and get the investigation going, but there is a lot going on, as you pointed out, and it’s taxing our officers no doubt.”

People in the area say they were surprised to hear what happened.

“Surprised, just shocked,” Tammy Foster, who was attending the cruise, said. “Especially a big parking lot with so many people.”

Michigan State Police are now investigating and, as is protocol in these situations, the officer involved is on administrative leave.

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Austria y Argelia empatan 3-3 y ambos avanzan a 16vos de final del Mundial; Irán, eliminado

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KANSAS CITY (AP) — Austria y Argelia firmaron el sábado un vibrante empate 3-3 que benefició a ambos en el cierre de la fase de grupos del Mundial. El resultado selló el boleto de los dos equipos a la ronda de eliminación directa y dejó a Irán fuera del torneo.

El encuentro estaba igualado 2-2 en la recta final y Argelia parecía conforme con el resultado, pero el capitán Riyad Mahrez marcó su segundo tanto del partido cuando quedaba aproximadamente un minuto en el tiempo añadido. Ese marcador puso a Austria al borde de la eliminación, pero entonces Sasa Kalajdzic igualó nuevamente la pizarra instantes después con un remate de cabeza que rescató las esperanzas mundialistas de Das Team.

Marko Arnautovic y Marcel Sabitzer también gritaron goles por Austria, que terminó en el segundo lugar del Grupo J, detrás de Argentina, para clasificarse a la ronda de eliminación directa por primera vez desde 1982. Su premio es un duelo con el campeón europeo España el próximo jueves en Los Ángeles.

Rafik Belghali también anotó por Les Fennecs, que se convirtieron en el noveno de 10 equipos de África en avanzar a la siguiente fase. Terminaron en tercer lugar de su llave y se medirán en dieciseisavos de final a Suiza el jueves en Vancouver.

Irán habría avanzado como uno de los ocho mejores terceros lugares con un triunfo ya fuera de Austria o Argelia. Pero el gol de Kalajdzic en el último suspiro marcó un desgarrador final al camino de Irán en este Mundial.

Los primeros tres partidos del Mundial en Kansas City pintaron la casa de los Chiefs con el celeste de Argentina, el amarillo de Ecuador y el naranja de Holanda. Pero en el cierre de la fase de grupos, el verde de Argelia y el rojo de los austriacos se vieron acompañados por miles de aficionados locales satisfechos de encontrar un boleto asequible.

Muchos de los hinchas locales alentaban a Argelia, que ha establecido su sede de entrenamiento en la cercana Lawrence, Kansas, y ha forjado una amistad única con la pequeña ciudad sede de la Universidad de Kansas.

Pocos de esos nuevos aficionados de Les Fennecs probablemente conocen la “Desgracia de Gijón”.

Sin embargo, los seguidores de Argelia habían esperado 44 años por una revancha mundialista. En España 1982, Austria y Alemania Occidental prácticamente dejaron de jugar después de que el cuadro alemán tomó ventaja de 1-0, debido a que el resultado le otorgaba a ambos equipo un boleto en la siguiente fase a expensas de Argelia, que presentó una infructuosa protesta ante la FIFA y quedó eliminada del Mundial.

Algunos tenían curiosidad por saber si un Mundial ampliado a 48 equipos daría lugar a una “Desgracia de Kansas City”, porque ambos sabían desde el principio que un empate los colocaría en la siguiente fase. En cambio, los 69.045 espectadores fueron testigos de un duelo repleto de drama.

Austria pegó primero cuando Arnautovic recibió a la perfección un pase filtrado entre dos defensores argelinos y quedó mano a mano con el arquero Oussama Benbot, antes de firmar su gol 49 con la camiseta de su selección, ampliando su récord.

Argelia respondió segundos antes del descanso, cuando el disparo de zurda de Belghali venció con facilidad al arquero austriaco Alexander Schlager.

El ritmo desenfrenado continuó en el segundo tiempo.

No conforme con el empate 1 -1, el austriaco Konrad Laimer lanzó un preciso servicio que Sabitzer envió al fondo de las redes para recuperar la ventaja de Austria y las esperanzas de Irán. Pero Argelia respondió minutos después por conducto de Mahrez, quien remató un centro perfecto de Houssem Aouar.

Argelia tomó el control en el tramo final, manteniendo la posesión. Pero cuando parecía que ambos equipos estaban felices de dejar correr el reloj, Mahrez y Kalajdzic les regalaron fuegos artificiales en el tiempo añadido.

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Vea más de la cobertura del Mundial de AP aquí.

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Who is Jude Bellingham’s girlfriend Ashlyn Castro? How they met, her age and famous ex-boyfriend

England’s World Cup 2026 campaign is well and truly underway, with the likes of Jude Bellingham heading out to the Americas to try and bring football home. And while we’ve been tuning in from kick-off in the hopes of seeing some stellar play, we’re also huge fans of getting little insights into the personal lives of the players – including their wives and girlfriends.

22-year-old Jude Bellingham, who plays for La Liga’s Real Madrid at a club level, is one of the nation’s shining stars this season, and is dating Ashlyn Castro. But who exactly is she? Here’s what you need to know about her career, background, age, famous ex-boyfriend and more.

How old is Ashlyn Castro?

Ashlyn was born on the 17th December 1997, making her 28 years old and six years senior to Jude, who is 22 (about to be 23 though on the 29th June.)

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Where is Ashlyn Castro from?

She was born in California in the US, making this the perfect World Cup for her.

What is Ashlyn Castro’s job?

She’s an influencer, model and content creator with a massive 675k followers on Instagram. Her bio simply reads as a green heart, and her grid shows off brand partnerships with the likes of Clarins, lots of selfies and outfit pictures from tropical locations, as well as beauty and lifestyle content.

How did Jude Bellingham and Ashlyn Castro meet?

The pair are very private about their relationship, and so neither of them have ever publicly spoken out to reveal how they met. It’s thought, though, that they matched on celebrity dating app Raya in late 2024, and she was later seen hanging out with his parents at a Real Madrid game in early 2025. They were spotted interacting on Instagram as early as November 2024.

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Since then, the pair have been photographed together a number of times, including after the Croatia game in Dallas on 17th June, and also at the Spanish tennis open back in April.

Who is Ashlyn Castro’s famous ex-boyfriend?

Ashlyn was linked to none other than Academy Award winning actor Michael B. Jordan from Sinners. According to Fashion Times, the pair were photographed together in “late 2017, after she was seen with him at a private event in Los Angeles, where photographs showed her sitting on his lap.”

Neither Michael not Ashlyn ever confirmed the rumours, so they could easily be just that: rumours. There does appear to be a video of them together circulating on Instagram, but it could just as easily be as friends or strangers who met for one night out.

The Sun have also linked her to basketball player LaMelo Ball, 23.

Who else has Jude Bellingham dated?

According to The Sun, Jude was reportedly dating model Laura Celia Valk back in April 2024, and was said to be “completely smitten”, however she confirmed she was single shortly afterwards.

Back in 2023, he was then thought to be dating model Asantewa Chitty, while he was previously linked to US TikTok creator Azra Mian.

Now all we need is some more PDA moments please, you two!

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