As technology continues to evolve, the arts and humanities are having a reckoning, and it’s not pretty. In his newest play, “McNeal,” Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (“Disgraced”) confronts the ethics of AI, plagiarism and ownership in storytelling. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the play centers
Sony Pictures Entertainment is set for a transition at the top in January when Tony Vinciquerra steps down from his role as CEO and hands the reins to Ravi Ahuja. Ahuja will become president and CEO of the Culver City studio as of Jan. 2.
“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 50th season on a ratings high note. The “SNL” episode that aired on Sept. 28 drew 5.3 million viewers in the Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings, the most viewers for an “SNL” season premiere since 2020. Per NBCUniversal, the episode
In the 2022 HBO docuseries “The Last Movie Stars,” Ethan Hawke floats the possibility that the great Joanne Woodward’s risk-it-all role — the one that could have won the “Three Faces of Eve” star a second Oscar, had it gone differently — was playing a
As Paramount+’s “Colin From Accounts” winds down its Season 2 with the finale episode “Speedy Susans,” Gordon (Patrick Brammall) and Ashley (Harriet Dyer) are actually in a pretty good place. Figuratively, not literally: They’re technically at the wedding of Ashley’s best friend Megan (Emma Harvie)
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king, has died. He was 83. The medical examiner in Clark County, Nev., confirmed Rose’s death on Monday. No other information is available at this time. Rose, also known by his nickname “Charlie Hustle,” played 24 seasons in
Steven Ogg has joined the upcoming Syfy series “Revival” in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively. As previously reported, the show is based on the Image Comics series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton. Ogg will appear alongside previously announced cast members Melanie Scrofano,
Netflix used its fourth annual Geeked Week, a previously virtual five-day event during which the streamer rains down news about its new and returning YA, sci-fi and fantasy TV shows, games and movies, as its latest evolution in the live events business following more than