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Kid Mistakes SVU Star for Real Cop, Gets Real Help

Mariska Hargitay stops filming to help reunite lost girl with mom

(Newser) - At their best, actors transform into the characters they play—in the case of Mariska Hargitay, even when the cameras aren't rolling. The star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit must've gotten quite a confidence boost while filming one of the final episodes in the series' 25th...

Mariska Hargitay Denied Her Own Rape. Then, a 'Reckoning'

'Law & Order: SVU' star, 59, details sexual assault in her 30s in 'People' essay

(Newser) - "It wasn't sexual at all. It was dominance and control. Overpowering control." That's how Mariska Hargitay, known for her role as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, describes a rape she endured decades ago, revealed for the first time in what CNN calls a "...

Girl Who Fought Off Kidnapping Gets Big Surprise From Star

Mariska Hargitay showed up for remote chat with Alyssa Bonal on 'Today': 'You're amazing'

(Newser) - The awe-inspiring story of a Florida girl who fought off an attempted abduction just saw yet another happy ending. Alyssa Bonal, 11, who's been making the media rounds since a man tried to kidnap her Tuesday from her bus stop in Pensacola, has impressed the public with her quick...

Girl Who Fought Off Alleged Kidnapper Had a Strategy

Florida girl deliberately marked him with blue 'slime' to help police catch him

(Newser) - What it comes down to is that an 11-year-old girl was a lot smarter than the man police say tried to kidnap her. Dramatic video emerged this week of a girl identified only as Alyssa fighting off and escaping from a man police describe as a would-be kidnapper in Pensacola,...

Details Are Fuzzy, but Mariska Hargitay Is Injured

'Law & Order: SVU' star posts picture on Instagram

(Newser) - The details are fuzzy, but somehow Mariska Hargitay ended up with a broken knee, fractured ankle, and torn ligament. The Law & Order: SVU star revealed the news on Instagram on Wednesday along with a picture of herself with a knee brace on her right leg and a boot on...

Christopher Meloni's SVU Character Is Returning

Elliot Stabler heads organized crime unit in new series

(Newser) - Detective Elliot Stabler is back in the NBC stable. Christopher Meloni will be reprising his Law & Order: Special Victims Unit role in a new drama from Dick Wolf. Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that the new drama, featuring an NYPD organized crime unit led by Stabler, has been picked...

5 Highest-Paid TV Actresses
 5 Highest-Paid TV Actresses 
Sep 9, 2015 2:18 PM CDT

5 Highest-Paid TV Actresses

Sofia Vergara, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting top the list

(Newser) - Forbes is out with its annual list of the 15 highest-paid TV actresses, and two sitcom stars sit atop it. The magazine looked at earnings—from their actual roles plus endorsement deals and other business ventures—from June 2014 to June 2015, and two actresses tied for No. 1:...

6 Highest-Paid TV Actresses
 6 Highest-Paid TV Actresses 
Sep 4, 2014 12:12 PM CDT

6 Highest-Paid TV Actresses

Sofia Vergara is again at the top

(Newser) - Sofia Vergara is, for the third consecutive year, TV's highest-paid actress. The Modern Family star brought in $37 million between June 2013 and June 2014, Forbes reports, which is actually more than this year's top-earning TV actor, Ashton Kutcher, who made $26 million. The rest of the top...

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