'The White Lotus' Returns, and Its Characters' Behavior Is No Better

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Fall Preview [Americans Behaving Badly]( The White Lotus brings a new cast of characters who can’t stand one another to Sicily. Photo: Fabio Lovino Two American women sit in a limestone piazza exchanging barbed pleasantries: the newly rich Harper, affecting European glamour with a teal scarf and an arched eyebrow, and the comfortably moneyed Daphne, wearing a cropped blue-and-white Prada two-piece. Harper reclines defensively across from her companion, who is scoping her out like a lioness with a glinting smile. Harper has a job. Daphne does not. The women seem to resent each other in the subtle ways of people who insist they should be friends. They are on a day trip in Noto, a town famous for its Baroque architecture and described as “Sicily’s hidden gem” in 2016 by Condé Nast Traveler, something both of them would have read — Harper probably while telling herself she was doing it ironically. Bells ring in the background. Children wander across the square. The caffè down the street sells Italy’s best granita. It’s the kind of evening that could convince you the things they write in magazines are true. [Read The Story »]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Real Housewives of Atlanta: [She by Shereé, Day 4,692]( • Power Book III: Raising Kanan: [Don’t Get Caught Slipping]( • House of the Dragon: [The Westeros Wing]( • Tales of the Walking Dead: [Troubled Water]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like 1. [Flatbush Misdemeanors’ Kristin Dodson Has Big Dreams for Zayna “I hope Kerby Jean-Raymond is hearing this: I would love Zayna to get an internship working with Pyer Moss.”]( By Roxana Hadadi 2. [Taylor Swift Does ‘All Too Well’ at the 2022 MTV VMAs A full list of the night’s big winners.]( 3. [Obviously, J.Lo Sang for Ben Affleck at Their Wedding But she says the footage was “stolen without our consent.”]( By Justin Curto 4. [Kevin Bacon Cools His Goats Down With a Cover of Beyoncé’s ‘Heated’ He even got some help on the guitar from one.]( By Justin Curto [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( 5. [The Kardashians Get Back to Work for Season Two And Kris gets her daughters confused, referring to “Khloe and Travis” in a new trailer.]( By Alejandra Gularte 6. [Harry Styles, Pescatarian, Taunted With Chicken Nuggets Onstage at MSG “Who threw the chicken nugget?”]( By Jason P. Frank 7. [Britney Spears Turned Down an Oprah Winfrey Interview She clarified her 20-minute voice memo in new tweets and praised collaborator Elton John.]( By Alejandra Gularte [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 1-Across, Five Letters: Like much South Park humor. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by J. Lee/FilmMagic, Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Images and Leon Bennett/Getty Images Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. From the showrunners of The Americans comes The Patient, in which Steve Carell plays a therapist who has been taken hostage by one of his patients. Check out the [premiere on August 30](. [Read more from Vulture]( A Saturday newsletter from the people who make New York Magazine. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved