diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
index 590b2ff..daa65f3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@
   <main class="bento">
     <!-- Good News (tall) — a card with TWO links, so it's a div, not a single anchor -->
     <div class="card news">
-      <div class="news-photo" style={news?.image ? `background-image:url(${news.image})` : ''}></div>
+      <div class="news-photo">
+        <div class="news-plate" style={news?.image ? `background-image:url(${news.image})` : ''}></div>
+      </div>
       <div class="news-body">
         <span class="label" style="color:#0083ad">GOOD NEWS</span>
         <h2>{headline}</h2>
@@ -179,13 +181,13 @@
           <span class="label" style="color:#3F9A66">ENTERTAINMENT</span>
           <span class="soon">SOON</span>
         </div>
-        <div class="moment-mid">
-          <span class="play-glyph" aria-hidden="true">
-            <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="#3F9A66"><path d="M8 5v14l11-7z" /></svg>
-          </span>
-          <p class="moment-line">A little something to enjoy.</p>
+        <p class="moment-line">A little something to enjoy.</p>
+        <div class="moment-thumbs" aria-hidden="true">
+          <div class="thumb t1"></div>
+          <div class="thumb t2"></div>
+          <div class="thumb t3"></div>
         </div>
-        <span class="moment-meta">Shows, clips, and curiosities. Coming soon.</span>
+        <span class="moment-meta">Coloring, characters, and curiosities. Coming soon.</span>
       </div>
     </div>
     </div>
@@ -286,12 +288,18 @@
     background: #fff; border: 1px solid var(--news-border);
     display: flex; flex-direction: column; box-shadow: 0 6px 20px -14px rgba(0, 131, 173, 0.4);
   }
-  /* contain on a warm matte so diagrams/figures sit whole (framed plate), never cropped
-     mid-label; photos get a soft matte border instead of bleeding to the edge */
+  /* soft tinted matte + white framed plate: figures sit whole with breathing room, like a
+     framed plate (not pillarboxed). The image is contained inside the white plate. */
   .news-photo {
-    aspect-ratio: 5/4; background-color: #f2ede3;
+    aspect-ratio: 5/4; background: linear-gradient(160deg, #eaf2f3, #eef0ea);
+    display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 20px;
+  }
+  .news-plate {
+    width: 100%; height: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 12px;
+    background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #e7edee; border-radius: 8px;
+    box-shadow: 0 6px 18px -10px rgba(30, 60, 70, 0.28);
     background-size: contain; background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid #efe7d8;
+    background-origin: content-box;
   }
   .news-body { padding: 24px 26px; flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
   .news h2 {
@@ -364,12 +372,14 @@
   .moment { background: #E6F3E9; border: 1px solid #cee6d3; padding: 22px 24px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
   .moment-top { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; }
   .soon { font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #3F9A66; background: #fff; border-radius: 999px; padding: 3px 8px; }
-  /* centered empty-state: faint play-glyph + tagline fill the space, caption at the foot */
-  .moment-mid { flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 12px; text-align: center; }
-  .play-glyph { width: 46px; height: 46px; border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(63, 154, 102, 0.14); display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; }
-  .play-glyph svg { width: 18px; height: 18px; margin-left: 2px; }
-  .moment-line { font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3; color: #214a35; margin: 0; }
-  .moment-meta { padding-top: 16px; font-size: 13px; color: #6f9683; text-align: center; }
+  /* soft blurred teaser thumbnails fill the space (placeholder for what's coming) */
+  .moment-line { font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3; color: #214a35; margin: 11px 0 14px; }
+  .moment-thumbs { flex: 1; display: flex; gap: 8px; min-height: 64px; }
+  .thumb { flex: 1; border-radius: 9px; filter: blur(1px); opacity: 0.8; }
+  .thumb.t1 { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfe0cb, #9cc9ad); }
+  .thumb.t2 { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfe2d4, #a9d2b8); }
+  .thumb.t3 { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdddc7, #92c4a4); }
+  .moment-meta { margin-top: 14px; font-size: 13px; color: #6f9683; }
 
   /* "small joys" rail — little jewels: one big focal point per card, a faint oversized
      watermark glyph, an accent-tag label, soft diagonal gradient + long low shadow. */