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Watch the official trailer for 'The White Lotus' season 3 here!

The White Lotus season 3 is coming February 16, 2025. This season we're headed to Thailand (after season 1 took us to Hawaii and season 2 took us to Italy), but amidst the stress-management meditation and incredible food, our cast is dealing with plenty of secrets, testing their limits throughout their week-long vacation.

"What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand," is the perfect way to open the trailer for this (likely) debaucherous new season. There's a lot to unpack throughout this almost 3-minute video. Here's what we noticed:

• The Thailand White Lotus property is stunning! Every season makes me want to book a vacation ASAP.
• Belinda looks gorgeous — so happy to see our girl thriving!
• We're getting a classic White Lotus family with kids who clearly have nothing in common or want anything to do with their family.
• Responding to "I hope you enjoy Thailand," with "We usually go to the Caribbean" is that perfect White Lotus humor I live for. It's not in your face, but it gets the point across so well.
• Belinda's there to learn and "bring the magic back to Maui." (Could this mean we get a return to the Hawaii resort in a future season?!)
• Aimee Lou Wood and Walter Goggins playing a multi-generational couple is perfect — especially with little details like Aimee saying Walter should get a facial because someone thought he was her dad. Incredible.
• "It means we're not dead yet," is such good foreshadowing given what we know about this show.
• "I think the cosmos brought us together," is more amazing White Lotus writing — these characters are always kooky, eccentric, and so addictive.
• "We're poor now and daddy's going to prison" is a classic White Lotus character problem. You can't help but love to laugh at the incredulous Rich People Problems on this show!
• It looks like all the crime described on the island sets up the potential for lots of different whodunnit murder scenarios we could end up with. I have a feeling we'll all be shocked at how this story turns up from who ends up in the body bag to who puts them there.
• "Someone once said, 'The secret to life is knowing when to stop.'"
• Oh and we get a new version of the theme song! I'm sure it'll be stuck in our collective brain for many months to come!

We already got hints at 'The White Lotus' season 3 last year.

The teaser trailer gave us a glimpse at this exciting season back in December 2024.

"Everyone runs from pain towards pleasure," the teaser trailer voiceover said. "But they get there only to find more pain." The montage of late-night parties and unsettling shots like Parker Posey staring down the camera (and someone grilling a live crab until it catches on fire??) have me convinced The White Lotus season 3 is going to serve us an insane helping of both pain and pleasure.

We also got shots of Patrick Schwarzenegger lounging by the pool, Jason Isaacs taking a paranoid stroll through the jungle, and a coupled-up Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins celebrating the fact their vacation didn't kill them.

And creator Mike White says 'The White Lotus' season 3 is going to be bigger than ever.

We know that The White Lotus season 3 is going to be the biggest season yet, thanks to interviews with the creator and crew. “It’s going to be a supersized White Lotus,” creator Mike White said in an interview with EW. “It’s going to be longer, bigger, crazier. I don’t know what people will think, but I am super excited, so at least for my own barometer, that’s a good thing…I’m super excited about the content of the season.”

And he's not the only one. Natasha Rothwell told PEOPLE that "White Lotus is going to give you a run for your money.”

"It's an excellent season and people are going to be very pleased," she continues. There's always something special about a third season thanks to the combination of familiarity and brand-new adventures, and the seductive intrigue The White Lotus season 3 is already proving my point.

Fiction Books By Black Authors

The Color Purpleby Alice Walker

The Color Purple is a novel with a story that's full of loss, grief, and finding one's identity. It centers around Celie, a young Black woman who's separated from her sister and forced to marry a man twice her age. She silences herself throughout the duration of their marriage, but eventually finds her voice and worth after their arrival of the disruptive, yet well-meaning Shug enters their lives. From there, Celie and others go on a journey that changes the way they see themselves during a time where Black people were still faced with segregation, racism, and sexism.

Black Girls Must Die Exhaustedby Jayne Allen

Tabitha Walker has checked everything off her personal and professional goals list — something she feels proud of. However, she's forced to reckon with her life after a medical diagnosis threatens her chance to give birth. Enlisting the support of those she loves dearly, Tabitha does everything she can to reverse this. But, her relentless pursuit comes at the price of allowing herself to rest.

Waiting To Exhaleby Terry McMillan

Waiting To Exhale follows four friends as they navigate the ups and downs of their love lives. Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin each face unique situations involving men, and this threatens the consistency they crave in life. However, their friendship and revelations about themselves help them come to terms with how they truly want to live.

The Vanishing Halfby Brit Bennett

Although they're identical, a set of twin sisters are leading different lives. While one sister escaped their southern town to start a new life, one of them stayed behind where she raises her young child. However, the sister who's living a new life has yet to disclose her past and ethnicity to her husband. Despite the sisters' separation, the lives of their daughters connect and thus begins the healing of a new generation.

The Sweetness of Waterby Nathan Harris

When brothers Landry and Prentiss make their way back to the plantation they were freed from, they soon come face-to-face with the man who used to be in charge, George Walker. However, George's mind and emotions are too preoccupied with the death of his son to harbor ill feelings towards them.

Still, an uneasy alliance is formed that's met with vitriol from those who are unable to let go of how things used to be during slavery. It's a novel that teeters between redemption and a stubborn desire to keep things the same.

Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigoby Ntozake Shange

This book was gifted to me by my older sister shortly after I graduated high school and always reads like it was her way of helping guide me into womanhood. Aptly named after three sisters, Sassafrass, Cypress. and Indigo introduces readers to the magical ways siblings navigate their lives. Sassafrass uses her words and hands to make sense of the world around her while the middle sister, Indigo, uses her limbs to waft through an everchanging world. The youngest sister, Indigo, proudly embraces her southern roots and uses her gift of sight to see beyond the physical realm.

It's a beautiful novel that aims to show us how we're all gifted in some way.

The Women of Brewster Placeby Gloria Naylor

I had the pleasure of viewing the film adaptation of The Women of Brewster Place with my mom when I was younger and the seven women it revolves around still occupy my subconscious. Although they have different backgrounds, the central characters' lives are intertwined as they inhabit Brewster Place. What's meant to be a safe haven becomes filled with the struggles of each women as they work to understand love, loss, and identity in this moving novel.

Let The Circle Be Unbrokenby Mildred D. Taylor

Let The Circle Be Unbroken is more for younger children, but it's message is still powerful enough to tug at the heartstrings of adults. It revolves around the Logan family as they deal with bitterness from those who don't care to see a black family own their land instead of relying on sharecropping, growing children, and a family member whose mother wants her to live life as a white woman.

Hidden Figuresby Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures is a true story that details the way Black women helped spearhead some of NASA's most pivotal moments in history. It was because of their level of genius that men were able to safely go on space expeditions and make it back to Earth in one piece. However, these women still bore the brunt of segregation despite their intelligence and it sometimes threatened to overshadow what they were capable of bringing to the table.

Nevertheless, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden managed to move mountains at work and in space.

Black Cakeby Charmaine Wilkerson

What would you do if you learned about the hidden past of one of your parents? In Black Cake, estranged siblings Byron and Benny take it upon themselves to truly understand who their mother is after she dies. They learn to set aside their differences as they realize why their mother kept secrets and eventually forge an impenetrable bond.

When We Were Birdsby Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Yejide is tasked with the magical gift that the women in her family have, but she'd rather ignore the very thing that caused her dying mother to be distant. In her mind, nothing is worth becoming a negative person. On the other hand, Darwin respects tradition right up until his job requires him to ignore it. He also sheds his identity and begins building a new life for himself. Somewhere along the lines of shedding tradition is when these two souls meet and it's clear that the dead knows something they don't.

The Late Americansby Brandon Taylor

Iowa City is home to those who love and agitate each other in The Late Americans. Seamus, Ivan, Fatima, and Noah are at different stages of life, but they're all surrounded by the same environment that threatens to rock their worlds. They decide to get away from it all by taking a trip that leaves them changed in one way or another. Somehow love, hurts, and lust manage to find them even as they're looking for something different.

Memphisby Tara M. Stringfellow

Violence found ways to harm Joan's family from her father's unstable temperament to her grandfather's unfair murder. To escape its stifling nature, Joan becomes a talented artist who comes to term with the ways certain things are ingrained in her. Memphis does an excellent job of showing that younger generations often carry the hopes and dreams of those who have come before us while facing whatever our time period has for us.

Perishby Latoya Watkins

Helen Jean is haunted by hearing the words "Bear it or perish yourself," during one life-altering night and, once again, we're shown how much the younger generation is affected by what happened to the their ancestors. From Julie B. to Jan, everyone is afflicted with something from the past, things reach a head when hidden secrets threaten to bubble to the surface.

The Office of Historical Correctionsby Danielle Evans

The Office of Historical Corrections is smartly written by Danielle Evans and explores how people interact with each other. With Black and multiracial characters at the heart of the book, Evans dives into topics about love, grief, and history in a way that'll make readers think.

What The Fireflies Knewby Kai Harris

What The Fireflies Knew is about young KB's journey as a young Black girl in Detroit. Shaken by the finality of her dad's drug addiction, KB and her sister Nia find themselves living with their grandfather in Michigan. Everyone around KB is hiding something from her and she navigates all of this with the shaky unease of someone who's still trying to figure things out.

Homebodiesby Tembe Denton-Hurst

Mickey Hayward is a writer with huge ambitions that lie beyond beauty and trendy news, but she can't seem to reach a point where she can write things she actually cares about. Yet, she endures with the support of her partner and everything is normal until she's promptly faced with being laid off. This inspires her to write about being a Black woman with a career in media that falls flat.

Landing back in Maryland, Mickey learns to come to terms with choices she's made so she can decide how she really wants to live her life.

The Bluest Eyeby Toni Morrison

When a young Black girl's desire to have certain Eurocentric features causes her to ignore her own, she spirals into a longing that threatens her self worth. Not only, but she finds more than she bargains in the midst of wanting to be beautiful in a way she feels she's not.

Seven Days In Juneby Tia Williams

Mom-coms exist and Seven Days In June is proof of that. It's about single mom Eva Mercy and all the ways her life changes when she encounters Shane Hall. They're both successful writers whose paths cross at a literary event and they realize the passion of their youth hasn't waned. Beyond that, their successful books have been love letters to each other all along.

The Other Black Girlby Zakiya Dalila Harris

Editorial Assistant Nella Rogers is biding her time at Wagner Books where she's the only Black girl on staff. Surrounded by microaggressions and what feels like a stalled career, she trudges through her days until another Black girl is hired. She and Hazel quickly form an alliance, and things finally feel great. But, that changes when Hazel becomes the golden girl who can do no wrong and Nella is left behind.

If that wasn't bad enough, someone begins leaving threatening notes on Nella's desk and her mind becomes filled with paranoia. It's clear that something sinister is lurking beneath the shiny exterior of Wagner Books and it's up to her to find out what it is.

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

Self Help Books By Black Authors

Feeding The Soulby Tabitha Brown

Tabitha Brown takes readers on a journey to learn more about her past before she became social media's 'Auntie.' From her days growing up in South Carolina to the viral video that changed her life decades after realizing what she wanted to do for the rest of her life, Feeding The Soul is a warm book that does what its title says.

Sisterhood Heals: The Transformative Power of Healing In Communityby Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D

Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D details the healing nature of having a community of friends who feel like sisters. Despite the idea that women are catty and unable to be trusted, Bradford explains how transformative a sisterhood can be. She talks about how our ideas about other Black women may shape our interactions with them and explains how we can do better collectively.

Owning Our Struggles: A Path to Healing And Finding Community In a Broken Worldby Minaa B., LMSW

No one is immune to facing struggles in life, but Owning Our Struggles argues that we don't have to let our lives be defined by them. It's a book that's equipped with resources to help us change the narrative we tell ourselves when things feel hard.

The Sugar Jar: Creating Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life by Yasmine Cheyenne

The title of this book should draw you in with it's mention of something sweet and that's the goal. However, the sugar in question is meant to represent our energy levels. It's another beautiful way of asking us to look at the glass half-full.

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationshipsby Nedra Glover Tawwab

This book has been helping me to set boundaries with my own family and it's something I highly recommend anyone read. Sometimes we find it hard to tell our family members no because we're not raised to think we have to protect our time, mental health, and energy from loved ones. But, it's often necessary in order to have a fulfilled life and Drama Free outlines how we can start.

Memoirs By Black Authors

Just As I Amby Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson is a household name whose piercing work as an actress made her a quiet force to be reckoned with. In her memoir, she introduces us to her childhood and how she became the actress the world respected.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Singsby Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's captivating memoir details her life as a young girl raised by her grandmother and uncle in Stamps, Arkansas. It's there she spends time with her older brother Bailey, and the two face the painful realization of their parents' separation and being treated less than by those in a worse financial situation than them. Once Maya Angelou and Bailey find themselves living with their mom, the former faces a sexual assault that haunts her long after it happens. However, she eventually finds strength in being who she is and goes on to become the famed author, poet, and activist we know and love today.

The Mother of Black Hollywoodby Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis is another household name who's career spans decades. Nicknamed 'The Mother of Black Hollywood' due to playing an electric maternal figure in movies and TV series, Jenifer shares her life's lessons with readers in this heartwarming novel. She also details her struggle with mental health and it's something that helped me start getting serious about my own healing journey.

Becomingby Michelle Obama

Before she was known as Barack Obama's wife, Michelle was a young girl who lived happily with her parents and brother in a small apartment. She then went on to become a successful lawyer who carved a name for herself at the law firm she used to work at. In Becoming, she shares the moments she realized she was meant to do something great and how Barack's presidency affected their family among other things.

Collective Books By Black Authors

Black Women Writers at WorkEdited by Claudia Tate with a Forward by Tillie Olsen

Black Women Writers at Work is full of conversations with some of the most brilliant Black authors of our time. From Alice Walker to Nikki Giovanni, these interviews are a deep dive into how one's life can influence their meaningful work.

Justin Baldoni apologizes to Blake Lively in leaked voice memo.

#JustinBaldoni revealed a nearly 7-minute apology he sent #BlakeLively while they were working on the #ItEndsWithUs script.

Justin's voice note was clearly recorded shortly after their now-infamous meeting to discuss the film's rooftop scene.

Full story: https://t.co/Hqn1D9bryRpic.twitter.com/cLVymoxQN9

— TMZ (@TMZ) January 27, 2025

After Blake reportedly felt hurt by Justin's response to her script changes, and reportedly sent a text calling herself Game of Thrones' Khaleesi and her friends dragons, the Jane the Virgin actor sent a nearly 7-minute voice memo (which you can listen to above) apologizing for his response.

"I for sure fell short and you worked really hard on [the rewrite], and the way you framed it and how that made you feel, I just want to say thank you for sharing that with me," Justin Baldoni says. "That takes a lot of trust and vulnerability. I feel really grateful that you feel safe enough to tell me that's how you feel and share that with me. I'm really sorry, I f—cked up, that is a fail on my part."

He goes on to say that even though he's "a very flawed man as my wife will attest," which means he's "gonna put my foot in my mouth [and] piss you off probably," he'll "always apologize and find my way back to center."

And his response to Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Swift being in Blake's corner? "Damn right you've got great friends if that's how you felt and they knew that. We should all have friends like that," he says. "I'm excited to go through the whole movie with you. I'm just excited to spend time with you, I'm excited to be in your sphere and your presence."

"You and I have been trying to build a relationship which I think we've done successfully," he continues, before adding that face-to-face conversations are his strength, as opposed to texts and voice notes.

And at the end of the voice memo, after seemingly acknowledging Blake's previous negative set experiences, saying "I'm still kind of blown away that this is the industry we're in and that you've experienced that as a woman," he promises that wouldn't be her experience with It Ends With Us.

"I know I don't need to say it, but that's not at all gonna be...the experience with me. There's nothing more exciting to me then I get to work with Blake Lively and have all of her," he says. "I want this movie to be healing, I want this movie to be commercial, just like you, and affect people and touch people and I want to walk you through my whole plan and the work that we're doing with the domestic violence partner that we found, No More, and just my vision. And I just know this can be really, really special."