Gena Rowlands, whose seminal and fearless performance in “A Woman Under the Influence” inspired a generation and who starred in many other John Cassavetes features as well as the romance “The Notebook,” died Wednesday at her home in Indian Wells, Calif. She was 94. Her
“Heels” has set its Netflix launch date. The streamer announced Wednesday that the Starz series, which was canceled after two seasons in September 2023, will become available on Netflix on Sept. 15. Both seasons of the series will drop on that date. Netflix had previously
When your critically acclaimed, reality show is 37 seasons in, as with Phil Keogan’s “The Amazing Race,” it’s essential to keep your audience on edge while not deviating from the core format that brought the show its success in the first place. “We try to
When “The Bear” actor Lionel Boyce found out about his first-ever Emmy nomination, he was mid-REM cycle on an early flight. “I was asleep, and I woke up to a text,” Boyce tells Variety. “I didn’t buy Wi-Fi, and I forgot to put my phone
The trailer for FX’s “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” has been unveiled. The 10-episode limited series premieres on FX with two episodes on Sept. 17 and follows the development and family background of the NFL football player Aaron Hernandez — and his violent crimes, murder conviction
The Emmy-nominated showrunners from “Fallout,” “Slow Horses,” “Shogun” and “3 Body Problem” shared the lessons learned working on their earlier shows and what they hope to take forward. “Shogun” co-creators, executive producers, and writers, Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks joined, “Slow Horses” writer and executive
I don’t mean to suggest that the shock and awe is back, or that the movie has reinvented this series in any visionary mind-fuck way. Quite the contrary. This is closer to a grandly efficient greatest-hits thrill ride, packaged like a video game. Yet on
At the end of “Hacks” Season 3, co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer and writer Jen Statsky said Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels’ (Hannah Einbinder) relationship has hit a point it’s never seen before – and the writers have had to find a way to