Mehcad Brooks on His 'Law & Order' Debut and Why His Character Is a 'Calm Wolf' (Exclusive)

David Graziano, who took over as showrunner from Warren Leight, was also a big fan of the “Rollisi” pairing, he told TheWrap before the season premiere. In August, when the news of her departure first broke, Giddish said in a statement, “Playing Rollins has been one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life.

Emily Longeretta Kelli Giddish’s “Law & Order: SVU” exit is coming soon. The actor’s last appearance will be on Dec. 8, Variety confirms. Additionally, she will make a guest appearance on spinoff “Law & Order: Organized Crime” later this season. Giddish joined the Dick Wolf series in 2011, starring alongside Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T and Peter Scanavino. Her character, Amanda Rollins, entered a romantic relationship with Scanavino’s Carisi at the end of last season. In the Season 24 premiere, Rollins was shot saving a young girl. She ultimately survived and was forced to attend therapy.

Jamie Lee Curtis is not saying no to a  sequel. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke with the  star about the possibility of reprising her role in the Disney classic, and where her character would be now, if a second film were to come to fruition.«Only recently!» Curtis said when noted that she's spoken about revisiting the 2003 film — a modern take on the 1976 original. While she hasn't spoken to her co-star, Lindsay Lohan, about a sequel just yet, she said she'll talk to Disney if she wants to get the ball rolling.As for where her character would be now, Curtis, who played Lohan's mom, Tess Coleman, who switches bodies with her daughter, Anna, in the film, said that she'd likely be a grandma.«Well, she's gotta be a grandma,» the 63-year-old screen star insisted.

“Stevie, stick to writing fascist speeches,” Law & Order: Organized Crime star Christopher Meloni wrote to former Trump White House Director of Speechwriting Stephen Miller today on Twitter. Earlier Miller, who allegedly helped write Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, had called the actor “the guy with the most unwatchable Law & Order spin-off” and “a very angry — and very ignorant — far-left ideologue” for making fun of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO).

Zack Sharf Christopher Meloni and former Donald Trump advisor and speechwriter Stephen Miller engaged in a war of words on Twitter that ended with the “Law & Order” favorite telling Miller, “Stick to writing fascist speeches.” It all started when Meloni reacted to Lauren Boebert’s latest “Let’s go Brandon!” post. The phrase is commonly used in Republican circles as an insult to Joe Biden. As the Associated Press reported in 2021, the term is “conservative code for something far more vulgar: ‘Fuck Joe Biden.'” “There’s gotta be a Stupid Prize gop reps are competing for,” Meloni tweeted at Boebert, a Republican gun activist who serves as the U.S. representative for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district. Boebert once wore a dress with “Let’s go Brandon” printed on it and posed with Trump for a photo.

Zack Sharf Meghan Markle returned to her “Archetypes” podcast on Spotify for the first time since the death of Queen Elizabeth II and devoted the new episode to Hollywood’s long persistent Asian stereotype of the “Dragon Lady.” Markle called out two films, “Austin Powers” and “Kill Bill,” for being harmful in how they depicted Asian women as over-sexualized and/or over-agressive. “Movies like ‘Austin Powers’ and ‘Kill Bill’ presented these characters of Asian women as oftentimes over sexualized or aggressive,” Markle said. “And it’s not just those two examples, there’s so many more…This has seeped into a lot of our entertainment. But this toxic stereotyping of women of Asian descent, it doesn’t just end once the credits roll.”

Selome Hailu NBC’s three-hour “Law & Order” crossover premiere event was the most-watched and highest-rated program the night that it aired, according to Live + 3 data exclusively obtained by Variety. Airing from 8-11 p.m. on Sept 22, the crossover marked the premiere of Season 22 of the “Law & Order” flagship series, Season 24 of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and Season 3 of “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” When accounting for three days of viewing, each of the three season premieres matched or exceeded the average rating and total viewership of the last four episodes of their previous seasons, respectively. “Law & Order,” which concluded the crossover at 10 p.m., landed a 1.0 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic and 6.8 million total viewers through three days of measurement — the best performance of a “Law & Order” episode since Season 21 debuted in February. Compared to Episodes 7-10 of “Law & Order” Season 21, the series’ four previous episodes, this marks a 36% increase in rating and a 20% increase in total viewership.

Drew Barrymore is in awe of George and Amal Clooney's power couple status. The 47-year-old actress and daytime talk show host attended the couple's Inaugural Albie Awards for The Clooney Foundation at the New York Public Library on Thursday night where she gushed about their commitment to justice and charitable causes. "[George] did just come on our show, and he was talking about living as a kid through the decades of justice and change and how informed he was by his own parents," Barrymore told ET's Rachel Smith of her co-star.

George and Amal Clooney are celebrating more than just The Clooney Foundation's inaugural Albie Awards, the couple is marking their eighth wedding anniversary. ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the famous pair at the awards ceremony in New York Thursday night about what makes year number eight so special.«Well, it's better than not right,» George quipped.

George and Amal Clooney are celebrating more than just The Clooney Foundation's inaugural Albie Awards, the couple is marking their eighth wedding anniversary. ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the famous pair at the awards ceremony in New York Thursday night about what makes year number eight so special.«Well, it's better than not right,» George quipped.

Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T has shared his heartbreak after learning of the sudden death of his friend and fellow rapper Coolio.MORE: Is Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T leaving the show? Here's what we knowThe actor – who plays Sergeant Odafin Tutuola – took to Twitter shortly after the news of Coolio's death was revealed on Wednesday. The late rapper died aged 59 from a suspected cardiac arrest, although a cause of death has not yet been determined.WATCH: Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay shares health update following horror injuryIce-T first shared his disbelief, retweeting a news post and captioning it: "Holly [expletive]!!! I was just talking to him two weeks ago! He was performing in Europe...

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Selome Hailu Three of Dick Wolf’s franchises — “Law & Order,” “One Chicago” and “FBI” — were the most-viewed broadcast series of their respective season premiere nights on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. en they premiered. “FBI” brought in 6.8 million viewers while airing its Season 5 premiere on CBS at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, making it the most-watched broadcast series of the week excluding sports programming. The Season 2 premiere of “FBI: International” followed at 9 p.m. and was the second-most-watched program of the night with 5.3 million viewers. The last Wolf premiere of the night was “FBI: Most Wanted” Season 4 at 10 p.m., bringing in 5.1 million viewers, a time period high.

Law & Order is returning for season 22 and there will be a new face in the mix!

LadyGang's Keltie Knight had quite the run-in with George Clooney. ET spoke to the gang — Knight, Becca Tobin, and Jac Vanek, about their new book, , which is filled with fun stories about celeb encounters, first dates and more.«I was once in France for work, and I went the fancy hotel there, and I stumbled upon a party, and I was welcomed in because I looked fabulous, I was wearing a great dress,» Knight began.

Pete Davidson dressed down for the premiere of his new rom-com, , and his co-star, Kaley Cuoco, didn't miss a chance to poke fun at his on-brand, casual ensemble.ET's Rachel Smith was on the carpet at the premiere in New York City on Tuesday and was speaking with Cuoco — who looked stunning in a shimmering metallic blazer dress — when Davidson hit the scene.The former actor rocked a white hoodie — with the hood up -- green slacks and wrap-around shades as he posed and smiled for photos, and the star couldn't help but poke fun.«I'm glad Pete dressed up for the occasion,» Cuoco said with a laugh. «That is so bad.»The pair joked for a bit about his look before Cuoco explained why exactly Davidson is such a charming and magnetic person.«Honestly he's just he's just a really sweet human being,» Cuoco shared.

Mariska Hargitay is gearing up for her 24th season of “Law & Order: SVU”, but it’ll be a bittersweet one as she prepares to say goodbye to co-star Kelli Giddish.

Mariska Hargitay is gearing up for her 24th season of , but it'll be a bittersweet one as she prepares to say goodbye to co-star Kelli Giddish. Giddish announced her exit from the NBC procedural in August, confirming that she would be leaving as a full-time cast member during the upcoming season. The actress joined as Detective Amanda Rollins at the start of season 13 alongside Danny Pino following Chris Meloni’s unexpected departure at the end of season 12.

Actress Mariska Hargitay joked about being her longtime "Law & Order" co-star Chris Meloni's "second wife" on Monday at the red carpet for the beloved show's 24th season. Mariska Hargitay stars as Detective Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU" (Will Hart/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) "I mean, I don't think I'll be marrying him any time soon, but I am kind of like his second wife," she told People. "Wife, therapist, bestie, sister, mother." The jokes came in response to Hargitay being accidentally listed as Meloni's wife on the actor's Wikipedia page.