Law and Order: SVU Is Doing an Episode Based on The Bachelor
In a new promo for Law and Order: SVU a fictional dating competition television show becomes the center of an investigation in an episode titled “Assaulting Reality.”
Law and Order: SVU's Terry Richardson-Inspired Episode Was Pretty Damn Thinly Veiled
It took some time to do it properly, but Law and Order: SVU finally made a ripped-from-the-headlines episode that referred to the persistent sexual abuse allegations against fashion photographer and creative facial hair-haver Terry Richardson. It even featured a chipper assistant photographing the incident, as several…
Law and Order: SVU Cartoonifies the Rolling Stone UVA Rape Debacle
Law and Order: SVU aired their take on the UVA rape case last night, in which a seemingly credible young woman says she was gang-raped by a hockey team at New York's fictional Hudson University. In the end—spoiler alert—her story (sort of) falls apart. In between, we got a mixture of smart observations about how…
Gamergate and Its Victims Hated the Law & Order Gamergate Episode
The Year of Our Lord 2015 is a strange place: last night, Law and Order: SVU aired their hotly anticipated Gamergate episode, in which a Brianna Wu/Zoe Quinn mashup is terrorized by faceless gamers and the police actually do something about it. Surprise: everybody — Wu, Quinn, the people who've been viciously trolling…
On Sunday October 19, Vice President Joe Biden and Mariska Hargitay are hosting a Law and Order: SVU marathon on USA. The two will be appearing in PSAs that discuss domestic violence and sexual assault, pegged to both Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the White House's recent 1 is 2 Many campaign.
Mariska Hargitay and Her SVU Colleagues Fight Rape Myths
If Law and Order: SVU has done one thing right, it's unleashing the Hargitay. We already knew the actress was making a documentary about the rape-kit backlog; now she's also teamed up with Amy Poehler, her SVU colleagues and other celebs to fight myths about sexual assault and domestic abuse.
The Anthony Weiner Episode of SVU Is Dick Pic-errific
Chung chung, everybody. It's time for another rrrrrripped from the headlines episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit! Up this week: The Anthony Weiner scandal! Hooray!
'Worst Twerk Fail Ever' Clip Was a Hoax From Prankster Jimmy Kimmel
Last week's viral video "Worst Twerk Fail EVER - Girl Catches Fire!" was actually a staged bit from Jimmy Kimmel, he admitted last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live: "We didn't send it to any TV station, we didn't tweet it. We just put it on YouTube and let the magic happen."
Today In Duh, Strong Female TV Characters Are Good For Everyone
Psychologist Christopher Ferguson has done the empirical research, put in the legwork and figured out that Buffy is awesome, which I absolutely could have told you. More specifically, his piece in the Journal of Communication chronicles the results of 150 Texas A&M students' screenings of three disparate types of…
Countess LuAnn's Acting Debut On SVU
While it was something of a bit part, at least the Countess had lines and appeared in not one but two scenes—one of them being nude. Tasteful nudity, though. You know, like the kind in Playgirl, except with less peen. (Or at least, we think. It was network nudity, so you couldn't see anything.)
What The Fuck List Author Thought Of Her SVU Treatment
What does it feel like to have your life turned into an SVU episode? Karen Owen told the Duke Chronicle that "she did not watch the episode and is not offended that her character was killed off."
Want To Know What It's Like To Write Rape On Television?
When Private Practice introduced a violent rape plot line, a heated debate ensued. But Law & Order: Special Victims Unit does that weekly. Please welcome Daniel Truly, who's happy to talk — in the comments! —about how they do it.
Coming Up Today: SVU Writer & Executive Producer Answers Your Questions
At 1pm EST today, we'll have a post with Law & Order: SVU's Daniel Truly in the comments, answering your questions about the ethics of representing sex crimes on television and what kids are doing on "FaceUnion." Start thinking now!
Sandra Bullock's Ex Involved in Race Crash
Yes, I thought Jesse James had gotten himself into more Nazi uniform-related trouble when I read the headline, too, but it turns out that he was involved in an errant car race, not in the more-expected racism.
When Is A Witch Hunt Okay?
When we learned last week about Jennifer Petkov, who became instantly notorious for mocking a dying 7-year-old, we collectively recoiled. And some people did more than that. In the age of the Internet, when does the bully become victim?
SVU, Jennifer Love Hewitt Educate Us On Rape Kits
Last night, Law & Order: SVU ran a Very Special Episode. It took on the subject of rape kit backlogs and starred Jennifer Love Hewitt. And let's just say, in true after-school-special fashion, it drove its point home.
Detective Stabler: You Lookin' At Me?
[New York City, December 22. Image via Getty.]
Mariska Hargitay Calls Herself "Full-Figured"; Have Body Descriptors Lost All Meaning?
The ladymag blogger over at
Glossed Over says that 's November covergirl Mariska Hargitay's description of her own figure and "jaw-dropping." The star says "I'm a full-figured woman," and blogger writes, "I can’t decide what’s sadder: the idea that the healthy-looking Hargitay is a Hollywood version of…
Loose Lips
Leonardo DiCaprio's grandmother, Helene Indenbirken,
passed away at the age of 93 in her native Germany, and Leo is "close to heartbroken" over the death of his beloved Oma. He said of Helene in four years ago, "I love spending time with her because she is gangsta, with an 'a,'…She will tell people exactly what she…
