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NEWS ABOUT: Law and Order

Law and Order stories: 15 news summaries

 Gosselin Mess 
 Hits Law & Order 

Ripped from the headlines...a Jon-and-Kate inspired tale

Oct 7, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hot mess that is the Gosselin family is set to hit NBC's Law & Order—with a few twists. The Oct. 16 episode Reality Bites revolves around a show named Larry Plus 10; if you're wondering why there's no Kate in that equation, that's because she's dead: Larry's... More »

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television • Law and Order • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

OPINION


 Hollywood Acts 
 That Could
 Use a
 Bailout 

MTV, Paris Hilton, the Oscars among franchises needing a makeover

Nov 26, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Like Wall Street and Detroit, Hollywood is sinking under stagnant numbers and outdated business plans. The Los Angeles Times runs down some Tinseltown properties in need of a bailout.
  • MTV: The once counter-culture juggernaut should take a hint and develop edgy new dramas a la Gossip Girl.
... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Heroes • Academy Awards • MTV • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • Law and Order • Jennifer Aniston • bailout • 90210

 Ledger Tragedy 
 to Hit Law & Order  



Law & Order will borrow storyline

Nov 26, 08 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger’s death is set to provide Law & Order with another “ripped from the headlines” episode, the New York Post reports. An upcoming show about a male supermodel who “has a great career and gets all the ladies” is based on Ledger’s demise, say an... More »

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television • celebrity • overdose • Law and Order • Heath Ledger

 NBC: Lots of Law,
 No Order 

Crime drama's creator furious with NBC over handling of show

Jul 12, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC's relationship with Law and Order producer/creator Dick Wolf has always been uneasy, but now it’s turned into all-out war, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wolf is furious with the network, which he says sells the show to its cable stations on the cheap, then reruns it... More »

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NBC • NBC Universal • Dick Wolf • Law and Order

 Law & Order: 
 Noth Out, 
 Goldblum In 

No more Mr. Big on Criminal Intent

Jun 27, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jeff Goldblum will take Chris Noth’s place in the next season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the New York Daily News reports. Contract talks between Noth and USA Network evidently didn’t pan out. Noth, also known as Mr. Big on Sex and the City, spent five years... More »

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television • Sex and the City • Law and Order • Chris Noth • Jeff Goldblum

Spitzer Scandal Hits Small Screen Tomorrow

Law & Order season finale fictionalizes ex-gov's hooker exploits, with a twist

May 20, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - If disgraced New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was ever a Law & Order fan, he probably isn't anymore. Tomorrow’s ripped-from-the-headlines season finale on NBC tells a fictionalized version of the sensational sex scandal that doomed Spitzer’s political career, the New York Post reports. Actor Tom Everett Scott guest-stars... More »

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television • New York City • sex scandal • Law and Order • Eliot Spitzer

 Law & Order Star
 Busted for Gun
 at LAX

Dennis Farina faces weapons charge

May 12, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Law & Order star Dennis Farina was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport yesterday for carrying a concealed, loaded and unregistered .22 caliber handgun, reports E! Online. Farina, 64, had been planning  to fly to his hometown of Chicago. The actor, who has played cops and criminals in several... More »

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felony • Law and Order • TSA • LAX • Dennis Farina • .22 cal handgun • Van Nuys

Spitzer-Like
Sex Saga
Tapped for TV

Familiar-sounding tale to feature in
Law & Order episode

Apr 13, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Elliot Spitzer-like sex saga is headed to the small screen, reports the New York Daily News. TV's Law & Order has begun casting for an episode that will feature a politician nabbed in a prostitution ring. Meanwhile, life is getting harder for Silda Spitzer, wife of the disgraced... More »

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television • New York • Law and Order • Eliot Spitzer • governor • Silda Wall Spitzer

 Fred Stumps for Acting Roles 

Former candidate turns to Hollywood

Mar 25, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - He won't be president next year, but maybe he'll play one on TV. Fred Thompson, the former US senator whose folksy run for the White House failed to galvanize support, is returning to acting. He has signed with Hollywood's William Morris Agency to seek new movie and television roles, reports... More »

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White House • Sicko • Law and Order • Tennessee • Michael Moore • Election 2008 • Fred Thomspon • acting career • William Morris • No Way Out • In the Line of Fire

UPDATED

Thompson Exits GOP Race

Politician-turned-actor-turned-politician abandons White House bid

Jan 22, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Honey-voiced presidential candidate Fred Thompson has ended his campaign after a disappointing third-place finish in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, Fox News reports. The exiting hopeful, famed for his role as District Attorney Arthur Branch on “Law and Order,” has been calling friends and supporters today to announce... More »

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Fred Thompson • South Carolina • Law and Order • exit

Thompson Might Call It Quits

Expected to drop out without a strong showing in Iowa

Jan 3, 08 3:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Insiders say GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson will probably drop out of the race if he doesn't do well in Iowa, Politico reports. The former senator and "Law & Order" actor's candidacy generated a lot of excitement in its early days but never gained much traction nationwide. More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Law and Order • Republican candidate • Iowa caucus

Fred Dominates in Absentia

Thompson scored in abstentia, says Spectator's Talbin

Sep 6, 07 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson's campaign counter-programming last night—announcing his candidacy on Jay Leno instead of debating GOP rivals in New Hampshire—scored with the American Spectator’s John Tabin, who notes that he dominated the debate without being there. The forum’s first question was a contest to see who could... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Law and Order • Jay Leno • candidate • Election 2008

Candidate or DA: Thompson Can't Be Both

If he runs, NBC will
pull 'Law & Order' episodes

Aug 13, 07 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC will pull “Law & Order” reruns featuring DA Arthur Branch if the man who portrays him runs for president, the New York Times reported today. The self-imposed ban on those 115 episodes in which Fred Thompson appears would avoid the obligation to give other candidates comparable air time... More »

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television • NBC • Fred Thompson • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Ronald Reagan • Law and Order • presidential election

Thompson (Already) Falters

Campaign sinking before it starts swimming

Aug 1, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson's White House campaign is in trouble before it has even officially begun, according to the Washington Post's campaign diary. Short of money and minus a manager, the unannounced Thompson is tied for last in the polls with the floundering John McCain. More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • White House • Law and Order • Jeri Thompson • Election 2008

Plot Twist:
NBC Renews 'Law & Order'

'Mothership' back for season 18, but spinoff to move to cable sibling

May 14, 07 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a fitting move for a show that made its name with unexpected twists, ratings-challenged "Law & Order" will return to NBC's fall lineup for its 18th season, the network announced today. The eleventh-hour deal relegates the show's "Criminal Intent" spinoff to fellow NBC Universal network USA, with... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • Dick Wolf • Law and Order • Gunsmoke

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