Sure Enough, Law and Order: SVU Is Doing a Duggar Episode
As was inevitable from the moment news of molestation accusations broke, SVU is doing an episode that appears to be inspired by the Duggars’ fall from grace.
Sharon Stone On Her Abrasiveness: 'I Have Brain Damage...Deal With It'
There’s a short profile and photo spread of Sharon Stone in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar, and it’s truly, madly, deeply worth your time to read in full. In the piece—for which she posed nude—she discusses things like the existential crises she had while guest starring on a popular TV show, the 2001 brain…
#SaveBabyBenson: How Far Will Law & Order: SVU Take Its Lurid Plots?
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit focuses on Manhattan-based "sexually based offenses [that] are considered especially heinous," and with its 16th season beginning Wednesday night, it is the longest-running spinoff of the original Law & Order, and the only one (of five) left in production. From its 1999 debut, it was…
Law & Order: SVU Is Doing a Terry Richardson Episode
The latest sexual-assault scandal that SVU has ripped from the headlines is that of pervy photographer Terry Richardson. This should be good.
SVU Somehow Manages to Combine Paula Deen and Trayvon Martin Cases
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit doesn't shy away from crafting "ripped from the headlines" plot lines: last season, for instance, they aired an episode clearly meant to mirror Chris Brown's brutal assault of Rihanna and and episode that was just a monstrous agglomeration of various campus rape headlines (two rape…
We Watched the Fifty Shades Episode of SVU So You Didn't Have To
I suppose we're now at the point that any time any little thing happens in the world, we know that all we have to do is kick back, relax and wait for it to show up in an episode of Law & Order. And why would the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon be any different? A common woman becomes famous after writing a book of…
What Is It With Women and Law & Order: SVU?
Hey, ladies. Can we gab for a second? Lady-style? Because I have a real serious question. What IS IT with us and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit? Like, I absolutely hate horror movies (because NO), but I, and a lot of other women I know, will watch an SVU marathon for literally days. Literally. Days. So, why? What?…
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!
SVU To Air Duke Fuck List Episode
This Wednesday, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will air an episode inspired by the Duke Fuck List. We got our hands on the script, penis-size bar graph references and all, and spoke exclusively to the writer and co-executive producer.
Law & Order: SVU Campaigns To Eliminate Rape Kit Backlog
In a Huffington Post editorial Law & Order: SVU, executive producer Neal Baer and Mariska Hargitay announced that on Wednesday SVU will air an episode about the untested rape kit backlog in conjunction with the launch of the website endthebacklog.org.
Science Reveals Why We Love Law & Order
According to a new study, "a woman fears becoming the victim of a crime, so, consciously or unconsciously, she turns to true crime books in a possible effort to learn strategies and techniques to prevent becoming murdered." [The Awl]
