November 18, 2008
Last week, Jesse McCartney took a more serious turn by appearing as an ultra-conservative murder suspect in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It seems that the show has a love affair with musicians: this week, another one of them takes on a guest role on the long-running crime drama. Antwan Andre Patton—better known as Big Boi, better known as one-half of Grammy-winning hip hop duo OutKast—will star as, well, a hip hop artist with some underworld connections.
Tonight's episode, entitled “Wildlife”, centers on the team investigating an animal smuggling ring which gets tangled up in the murder of a young woman. The trail leads them to hip hop star Gots Money (Patton), who admits to working for the smugglers, and agrees to go undercover with Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) to sniff out the perpetrators. Things get complicated, however, when Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) poses as a prostitute to aid Elliot in the operation. Suffice it to say that his marriage will turn for the worse—and him, too. A preview promo aired last week hinted that Elliot will be shot; will he be saved?
November 11, 2008
Four years ago, a certain Jesse McCartney introduced himself to audiences as he set out looking for a beautiful soul. And the audiences followed him: his first album, Beautiful Soul, sold over 1.5 million copies after its release. Two years later, his second album, Right Where You Want Me, continued his signature feel-good pop, but was less successful.
Perhaps it was a wake-up call from him, as he has decided to take on a more mature image. He released his R&B-tinged album, Departure, six months ago, which he claims shows his maturity as a singer. He's intent on taking that maturity beyond the pop charts, however: tonight he'll be a guest on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and his role will be everything far from feel-good.
November 4, 2008
The original Law & Order series has been running for almost two decades now, with Law & Order: SVU turning ten years old soon. With the whole franchise being so popular and enduring through the years, one must ask: what is with these series that makes it stick?
Series creator Dick Wolf recently spoke to Reuters to reveal the real deal when it comes to creating stories that reflect reality. He said, "It is a question of coming up with a story that starts with a murder that is interesting and that does not appear to just be exploiting a specific situation but utilizing it as a lens as to what's abroad in the land.”
October 28, 2008
Controversy flares up on tonight’s episode of Law & Order: SVU when the team tries to handle an investigation whose rules they’re not familiar with. This could cause problems for both the victims and the suspects, not to mention the detectives. Apparently, the evidence the team recovers only manages to bring up further questions regarding the case.
On “Retro,” Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) seek the help of another colleague to help them deal with a new investigation. A young girl with AIDS pushes the two to bring in Doctor Melinda Warner (Tamara Tunie), whose expertise will help with bringing the perpetrator to the surface.
October 21, 2008
With Law & Order: SVU’s tenth season well underway, its actors have kept themselves busy with other endeavors. In fact, we recently reported that Richard Belzer, who plays Detective John Munch on the series, recently released a novel titled “I Am Not A Cop!” He recently spoke to the New York Magazine to talk about the novel and his encounter with Hulk Hogan over 20 years ago.
"The inspiration partly comes from when I was filming Homicide years ago and we were doing a scene in an alleyway and a shoplifter ran around the corner into the middle of the set," Belzer says of his inspiration to write the novel. "He dropped the bag and raised his hands and then he recognized me and said, 'Oh s---! It's Munch!' It was the convergence of reality and celebrity. I've always been fascinated by that."
October 14, 2008
NBC's Law & Order: SVU recently returned to airwaves with its tenth season, which brought about brilliant performances by guest stars Sara Gilbert and Luke Perry. Moreover, the show brings back stars Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson, Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen, Richard Belzer as Detective John Munich, Ice-T as Detective Odafin, Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak and B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang.
Tonight on Episode 10.2 titled “Swing,” fans will get to see Stabler take a call from someone asking for help to catch a trespasser. Things get complicated when he discovers the clues that lead him to a shocking discovery—his daughter Kathleen (Allison Siko) might just be part of it. Moreover, he reaches out to his estranged mother (Ellen Burstyn) to help him save his troubled daughter.
October 7, 2008
Late last month, we reported that the tenth season of Law & Order: SVU will feature Sara Gilbert and Luke Perry as guest stars in the season premiere of the returning series. We saw them open the new season with a darker, more intense flair to it. We saw Gilbert play a rape victim, while Perry played an abusive father. Recently, the two guest stars spoke of their experience on Law & Order: SVU and gave us a peek into how it is working on some heavy material.
Sara Gilbert admits that prior to her stint, she spoke to “a couple of rape victims and one in particular who had had post-traumatic stress disorder to kind of figure out what that's like.”
September 23, 2008
Fans are already excited for tonight's tenth season premiere of NBC's Law & Order SVU, which brings us Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson, Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen, Richard Belzer as Detective John Munich, Ice-T as Detective Odafin, Diane Neal as A.D.A. Casey Novak and B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang. Moreover, several guest stars such as John from Cincinnati's Luke Perry, and Sports Night's Teri Polo and Josh Charles.
Recently, SVU guest stars spoke with Monsters and Critics to reveal some juicy tidbits on tonight's season premiere, entitled “Trials,” which airs at 10pm.