In the year 2023, the Dick Wolf universe is stronger than ever, thanks to the power of Mariska Hargitay. The franchise currently has multiple titles on air, with more in the works, and as long as weird real-life crimes are being committed, there will be ample storylines for years to come. So where do you start?!
The upcoming seasons ofLaw and Orderand its various other shows will head back to your TV in early 2024. In addition to the Law & Order titles, Wolf’s other shows of the Chicago variety– Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD— are also getting new episodes, if you’re more of a Midwest type of person. Here’s what you need to know.
When Does ‘Law & Order’ Season 23 Come Out?
The 23rd season of Law & Order will return for another round of crimes on January 18th at 8 pm on NBC. After first being canceled in 2010, the series was revitalized in 2022, bringing real cases “ripped from the headlines” and pasted over some beautiful actors’ faces. The cast consists of Mehcad Brooks, Hugh Dancy, and OG star Sam Waterston.
When Does ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Season 25 Come Out?
The fun doesn’t stop there! The very special 25th season of Law & Order: SVU will air on Thursday, January 18th, right after the flagship show returns. The series brings back fan-favorite stars Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T as they continue to assist in solving crimes across New York City.
When Does ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Season 4 Come Out?
Would you look at that, the fourth season of the newbie on the block Law & Order: Organized Crime will head to the small screen on the same day: January 18th. Organized Crime will air after its long-running older siblings. Christopher Meloni returns as Elliot Stabler, the jacked detective who takes crime into his own very muscular hands. TV is back, baby!
Issa Rae’s City Girls-inspired musical dramedy, Rap Sh!t, has returned for a second season of Miami-based indie rap shenanigans on Max. With its return comes another season soundtrack packed with the underground hip-hop and R&B talent that makes the show’s tale of a burgeoning buddy rap duo sing.
As with Rae’s prior hit show, Insecure, the soundtrack not only lends the narrative its authenticity but also propels the story forward as songs written for its stars Mia and Shawna (portrayed by Kamillion and Aida Osman, respectively) reflect their struggles and triumphs, while songs inspired by show’s events set the tone for their quest through Miami’s nightlife in search of their big break.
While the last season’s soundtrack highlighted songs from rising rap stars like Dreezy, Jean Deaux, Tokyo Jetz, and more, this season brings even more emerging voices to the foreground, like Cam & China, Connie Diiamond, and Guapdad 4000 (and many, many more, including breakout sensation Sexyy Red). They, along with Raedio VP Sarah Bromberg and the label’s General Manager Xtina Prince, gave Uproxx some insight into how the show highlights the future of music — and how the music makes the show another Issa Rae hit in its own right.
What is the core theme of this season narratively and how does the soundtrack/song tie into that theme?
Sarah Bromberg – Raedio VP, Music Supervision & Library: The season taps into the artist’s struggle to succeed and all of the outside factors that can influence a breaking artist when they are on that journey to become established. In creating music for the show, especially for the soundtrack, we brought in both artists that have reached that established place and those that are still on the journey there. In that way, some of the pairings on the soundtrack are almost a reflection of the story told this season.
Xtina Prince – Raedio General Manager: This season is full of drama. Drama with family, Drama with ego, Drama with competition, Drama in relationships. This season was hard. It has light and funny moments that create a balance but it is definitely serious. Records like “He Can’t Reach,” that talk about moving on from a relationship with your pride and self-respect and the airy and sinister production on tracks like “On Site” and “Want No Beef” were the perfect backdrops to the moments of intensity and struggle reflected in this season.
What are the challenges and advantages of writing/producing a song intended for television/narrative rather than radio/playlist/stage?
Connie Diiamond: When it comes to television there’s usually a narrative/topic they need you to stick to. When I’m creating dolo, I can do and say what I want. Overall it’s still a great experience and it pushes me to be greater than what I already am.
Cam & China: One of the challenges we come across is writing lyrics outside of ourselves as artists and seeing things in perspectives within the task we have at hand without sounding cheesy. Since we own being authentic artists ourselves, we take pride in spilling that into everything we do no matter the circumstances.
With that being said, one of the great advantages of writing for anything/anyone outside of ourselves is creating our own imaginary character and putting our all into assuring it feels real and loving what we’ve accomplished and sometimes wanting it for ourselves lol. We appreciate these tasks because not only do they challenge us, but they also better us as artists.
Guapdad 4000: They often don’t use the whole song; it’s very specific so each section needs to completely articulate the energy or mood of the scene. This, of course, contrasts with making something for radio, or the playlist, or stage, because there are a lot less controlled elements. Both are challenging and fun to me either way.
Which Rap Sh!t character do you relate to the most and how are you alike/different from them?
Cam & China: We relate to Shawna the most. We know how it feels for your family to resent you for rapping and having a lot to lose. We also know how it feels to get turned down or humiliated for standing up for yourself and calling out people’s bluffs, especially the ones in higher power that people try to overlook because of it. We also relate to how driven she is for her career and how she likes to play the back.
Guapdad 4000: Some days I am Shawna standing on my feelings, some days I am Mia trying to stand on business, so I switch off as they make mistakes and develop. Fortunately, I am pretty much never Reina Reign.
Connie Diiamond: Definitely KaMillion, that’s my girl on and off camera. I resonate more with her because I know her struggle in real life. It’s very similar to the script. Just a creative tryna make it. I love her, I love the show, and I love Issa Rae for shining the light on the girlies.
The show is oddly true to life in how it depicts the music industry. Which of your own experiences would make a good episode?
Guapdad 4000: Oh nothing much in my life to write an episode about. I’ve only dealt with small things such as poverty, traumatic brushes with death and jail, tragic losses of houses and loved ones, severe combination type ADHD — that might actually be autism — manic episodes followed by my famous season-long mental breakdowns, and not to mention my career working backwards and the constant battle that is being an independent artist. So you know… I clearly don’t have much to talk about.
Connie Diiamond: My experience would be the entire signing process for me. From creating a freestyle, going viral, & then having the CEO of a major label having an interest in signing me. I think that’s every artist’s dream. To genuinely make a statement and then being rewarded with the recognition of a major label.
Cam & China: Being told what to look like, what sells, and what to wear to be successful, or how we should dumb it down and rap sexier, all while taking away from our authentic self and ignoring what we can do with music. People hear music differently once they see what you look like but if you have an ear for talent, or just a dope ass artist all around and relatable? Nothing else matters.
Rap Sh!t season 2 is now streaming on Max. Rap Sh!t: The Mixtape (From The Max Original Series, S2) is out now via Raedio, LLC and Def Jam Recordings.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Coldplay fans in Malaysia are excited to see the British hitmakers perform at the country’s Bukit Jalil stadium tonight (November 22). But ahead of the show, the stadium has implemented a new “kill switch” policy. According to NME, organizers can activate the kill switch if Coldplay “misbehaves.”
The switch will apparently end the show instantaneously if the band makes controversial comments or actions.
Malaysian communications minister Fahmi Fadzil explained to The Straits Times that if activated, the “kill switch” will cut power to instruments, lights, and sound equipment. The potential use of the kill switch comes as part of an agreement with Live Nation.
Fahmi noted, though, that he does not anticipate anything wild happening during the Coldplay concert.
“The prime minister has also said the band you know, is very supportive of Palestine,” he said. “So, we are upbeat about the concert today.”
A week before tonight’s show, Live Nation Malaysia issued a statement urging fans and performers to “be mindful of the local culture and sensitivities in Malaysia.”
Coldplay is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Considering Napoleon is a historical epic from Ridley Scott, and not a Marvel movie, the film doesn’t end with a post-credits scene. However, it does present a mystery for anyone who stuck around until the very last minute. Namely, a dedication to “Lulu.”
As for the identity of Lulu, Decider may have deciphered the message at the end of the Joaquin Phoenix film, and it’s a surprisingly sweet moment from Scott who has spent most of the film’s press firing off dismissively hilarious and cranky responses to people calling out Napoleon‘s questionable historical accuracy. (And don’t get started on the French.)
It appears Lulu is the name of a dog that was owned by Ridley Scott. A 2014 Hollywood Reporter article about industry pets noted that RSA films, the production company founded by Ridley Scott and his brother Tony Scott, allowed employees to bring pets into the office and let them roam free. The article mentioned that Ridley Scott’s dog, named Lulu, would come into the office when Scott was in town.
Unfortunately, the Lulu mystery isn’t entirely solved. Decider notes that there isn’t any more publicly available information about Lulu since the 2014 article. There’s a likelihood that Lulu has passed, but there’s also a chance that Lulu is still alive and kicking and Scott just wanted to shout her out. Perhaps he’ll let everyone know in a pithy response to some critic.
Scream star Melissa Barrera was fired from the horror franchise due to her social media posts about the Israel-Hamas war. Variety reports that the actress, who played Sam Carpenter in the fifth and sixth films, has frequently expressed support for Palestine (where over 12,000 people have been killed since early October) on Instagram; she was also among hundreds of actors, writers, and performers who signed an open letter to President Joe Biden calling for a ceasefire.
In the last 20 hours or so, Barrera has shared videos on her Instagram, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. Barrera has shared posts urging the public to call their representatives in support of a cease-fire… One post she shared from another Instagram account declares: “At the end of the day, I’d rather be excluded for who I include, than be included for who I exclude.”
In response to Barrera’s firing, Scream VII director Christopher Landon wrote, “This is my statement: Everything sucks. Stop yelling. This was not my decision to make.” The post has since been deleted on X.
Variety reports that Spyglass Media Group, the production company behind Scream, “initially declined comment,” but “a spokesperson offered a statement later in the afternoon to clarify that the actor was fired because her posts were seen as antisemitic.” The statement reads, “Spyglass’ stance is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion, or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.”
It’s been a little rough for The Witcher lately. The (former) leading man Henry Cavill announced he was exiting the series last fall, and fans were distraught and a little confused, especially after rumors swirled that Cavill left to be Superman (this turned out to be false). At least we get some more Hemsworth content out of it, though.
Andrzej Sapkowski, author of the book series, recently spoke at Vienna Comic Con where he revealed that Netflix doesn’t really ask for his input while crafting the series. Sapkowski visited the set, saying, “Oh well, the set was tremendous, tremendous, awesome,” Sapkowski gushed, before adding that he doesn’t get to contribute much to the live-action adaptation. “But no, maybe I gave them some ideas, but they never listen to me. They never listen to me. But it’s normal, it’s normal. ‘Who’s this? It’s the writer, it’s nobody.’” Considering his attitude, it is not surprising that Cavill stepped down, as it seems like Netflix wanted all of the creative control.
Cavill famously had similar views about the show straying far from the source material. In a 2021 article, Witcher showrunner Lauren Hissrich told The Hollywood Reporter that Cavill was always trying to stick to the book. “A lot of the notes he was sending to me were about Geralt’s dialogue — could he, first of all, say more,” Hissrich said. “Everybody came out of season one laughing and loving Geralt’s fuming. But Henry was saying that when you read the books you spend a lot of time in Geralt’s head. So how can we put that on the page?” Unfortunately, they never quite figured it out, so Cavill went on to bigger and better things.
It seems like these frustrations, paired with the hope of returning to Superman, was enough for Cavill to exit the series after season three, when Liam Hemsworth will step in those snazzy hunting boots for season four. He is familiar with those.
“Instead of Machine Gun, can you just hit me with Machine next time?” he said.
He also posted it to social media with the same caption — no thoughts, just Machine. This raised questions if he was changing his stage name and dropping the “Gun Kelly.” Now, fans have an answer.
Right now, Machine does plan to keep the full Gun Kelly part of his name, according to Entertainment Weekly. The publication points out that it might have started as a bit from comics Chad & JT, who attended one of MGK’s concerts with a giant sign asking him to change his name.
This caught the musician’s attention on stage, who apparently had no idea what they meant. Chad & JT then explained, jokingly, that they felt his name encouraged machine guns.
Since the video of Machine surfaced, the comedic duo also felt that he had taken their advice.
As for fans, they are both getting in on the joke and speculating if this is the start of a new album era for MGK.
“I think it’s pretty sick that he doesn’t want to be associated w machine guns any longer,” one user commented.
Last week, Jason and Travis Kelce did something Taylor Swift has achieved a bunch of times in her career: sent a song to No. 1 on the US iTunes chart. On November 16, the Kelce brothers’ “Fairytale Of Philadelphia,” a new take on the Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York,” occupied the top spot on the download chart. Jason and Travis know that this happened thanks in part to Swift’s enthusiastic fans, and they’re grateful for the support.
On a fresh episode of their New Heights podcast, Jason explained, “We owe a big thanks to one group in particular, besides the 92 percenters [New Heights fans], and that’s the Swifties, ’cause the Swifties came out. I sent out one tweet when it got to 8, and I got like 85 tweets from Swifties across the world saying, ‘Oh, you think 8’s good? We’re taking this to No. 1!’ And they did [laughs]. It’s a powerful group, it’s a powerful group of people.”
Travis added, “Thanks Taylor, appreciate you, and thank you to the Swifties, thank you.”
| Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce thank Taylor and swifties during their podcast for taking their song to #1 on US iTunes
“We owe a big thanks to one group in particular besides 92%ers and that’s the Swifties! Cause the Swifties came up!
The song has had success beyond iTunes, too: Yesterday, it was revealed that “Fairytale Of Philadelphia” has made it onto the Billboard charts. Currently, the song is No. 2 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart, as well as No. 5 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has said a lot of dumb things, like when she claimed “what happened to Israel could happen to America because our country has been invaded by millions of people from over 160 countries.” And let’s not forget about the “Jewish space lasers.” But Taylor Greene might have made her “dumbest” statement yet this week, according to Jimmy Kimmel.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene, not a bright woman. She says very stupid things on a daily basis. But her new idea might just be her dumbest yet,” the Jimmy Kimmel Live host said during Tuesday’s episode before playing a clip of the Georgia Republican demanding a new committee to look into what happened on January 6th. “Oh, so she wants to make a January 6th committee to investigate the January 6th committee and do January 6th all over again, I guess,” Kimmel cracked. “It’s brilliant.”
Kimmel also poked fun at her new book, MTG, which Donald Trump pretended to love (sorry, MTG, it ain’t going to happen), but everyone else hated. “Did she need to write a book? Couldn’t we have given her some crayons and a Denny’s placemat and got that out of her system?” he said.
Currently, there appears to be some tension between Daryl Hall and John Oates — members of Hall & Oates, best known for classics like “You Make My Dreams (Come True),” “Maneater,” and “Rich Girl.” New reports and court filings indicate that at the moment, Hall is suing Oates.
The news was initially reported by Axios Nashville reporter Nate Rau on November 17, who tweeted, “Members of the beloved pop rock duo Hall & Oates are locked in mysterious litigation. Daryl Hall filed a lawsuit yesterday against John Oates in Nashville Chancery Court. At least for now, all of the filings in the litigation are under seal.” He added, “Based on captions for the filings in the chancery clerk’s system, a business trust is at the center of the dispute.”
Philadelphia Magazine later expanded on the report and shared a link to the lawsuit listing on the Nashville chancery court website. The case type is listed as “Contract/Debt,” and on November 20, summonses were issued to John Oates, Aimee Oates, and Richard Flynn, the later two of whom are listed as co-defendants and “Co-Trustee of the John W. Oates TISA Trust.”
It’s not currently clear what the lawsuit is about, and neither Hall nor Oates have shared any sort of public statement about it.
In 2014, the two spoke about their relationship in an interview with The Guardian. Hall noted, “We get along just fine. We weren’t — and aren’t — very much alike: we have different interests. But the differences aren’t important, what’s important is what we share — and that’s music.” Oates said, “Daryl and I are more like brothers than actual friends. We’re very different as people, but we have this incredibly strong musical bond. He is creatively unsatisfied and that drives him forward. He’s very smart, and, in my opinion, has one of the greatest popular voices of all time.”
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Everything sucks. Stop yelling. This was not my decision to make.” The post has since been deleted on X.
“machine” 
| Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce thank Taylor and swifties during their podcast for taking their song to #1 on US iTunes