News about Dick Wolf

Sam Waterston of Law & Order holds his badge at 83 years old: In a farewell address, TV actor Jack McCoy's character is renamed in a farewell address after 405 episodes

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 23, 2024
On his 405th and final episode of Dick Wolf's long-running legal drama, Sam Waterston officially ended his Law & Order character Jack McCoy, according to NBC. The 83-year-old acting veteran appeared on the show for the fifth season in 1994 and then went on to portray the district attorney on/off until season 23.

Harry Johnson, the 81-year-old star of Battlestar Galactica and Law & Order, died at the age of 81 after suffering from a 'long illness.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 5, 2024
Harry Johnson, an American actor, died at the age of 81 after suffering from a long illness. In addition to the famous Harry & Louise advertisements, he appeared in Battlestar Galactica and Law & Order over the course of his four-decade career. Christine, Johnson's wife, announced his death to Deadline on January 2 in Los Angeles.

James McCaffrey, a Max Payne actor, died at the age of 65 after 'battle with multiple myeloma'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 18, 2023
According to TMZ reports, James McCaffrey, an American actor best known for portraying the video game character Max Payne, has died. According to the news source, he died on Sunday at the age of 65 following a fight with cancer. Multiple myeloma was reportedly diagnosed with the actor.

Vahan Gureghian, a member of the University of Pittsburgh, was dissatisfied with the caller's resignation after failing to state that Jewish genocide was against campus rules

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 8, 2023
Valiant Businessman Vahan Gureghian resigned from his position as a top businessman from 2009, nearly two weeks after the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7. He accused Magill of not doing enough to shield Jewish students, including refusing to condemn speakers at the Palestine Writes Literature Festival who have sluggishly dismissed Jews. Magill's tumultuous testimony before Congress this week, according to a 69-year-old who spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com, she must depart by Friday.

Marc Rowan, a billionaire investor, has requested that UPenn executives resign for failing to condemn "antisemites and opponents of hate."

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 13, 2023
While urging alumni to cease all contributions until two faculty members officially step down, billionaire investor Marc Rowan is requesting that University of Pennsylvania's leaders resign for failing to condemn "antisemites and enemies of hate." Rowan, Apollo Global Management Inc.'s chief executive officer and one of the college's top benefactors of his Ivy League alma-mater UPenn, asked donors to 'close the checkbooks' in reaction to the college's inability to condemn Hamas' terror attack on Israel.

Which shows are supposed to be released first as the WGA draws come to an end?

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2023
The writers Guild of America, networks, and distribution companies have finally reached a tentative agreement on talks, putting an end to the writers' strike. And, now that it's over, writers will return to working on television shows after nearly five months of picketing. Although networks would like as many TV shows to return as soon as possible, they do have a preference for fast tracked shows. 'Before the strike, everyone's going to be putting a ton of movies and shows into production at the same time,' an anonymous production executive told Variety. As far as TV shows go, networks are going to have to get shows back on screens quickly.

'This is a trip', Ice-T's assassination of a Hollywood Walk of Fame actor John Leo Varadkar.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 1, 2023
On Tuesday, Ice-T was on cloud nine as he announced that he would be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After being announced in a tweet by Variety, the legendary rapper-turned-actor said it was a trip to be honoured. Tracy Marrow, the 64-year-old Law & Order actor, joked that getting the actor was almost impossible after he had run-ins with the statute years before.

The Fall's best and worst TV shows are reviewed by JACI STEPHEN

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 1, 2022
This is life. Audiences can't get enough of it. If it's because their own lives don't match up to the dramatic drama of what they see on television or they crave escapism, one thing is even more apparent during this year's TV fall season: reality is amazing. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, based on the serial killer and cannibal's (real) life, became the most watched series in Netflix's history. In a short time, it was knocked off its pedestal by The Watcher, another real-life drama based on the lives of a family that migrated to New Jersey, but only to be the victims of a horrific stalker. The more gruesome and sinister the topic is, the more audiences seem to be craving it.

After a gunman 'fired several shots at people,' the Chicago Firefighters were compelled to stop filming.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
After a shooting that occurred not far from the show's production area on Wednesday, the team behind Chicago Fire was compelled to suspend filming. According to CWBChicago, a gunman and crew of A.A. Rayner and Son's Funeral Home on the city's West Side were firing from a corner opposite the set. The assassination gunman fired multiple shots at people before launching into a black SUV and escaping through an alleyway. According to the media outlet, it was not immediately clear who the gunman was firing towards. On Chicago Fire, a fire broke out nearby, causing confusion as the true firefighters were in the same uniforms as the actor firefighters.

John Oliver slammed for woke criticism of NYPD's positive portrayal on Law & Order

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 12, 2022
The evening before the Primetime Emmy Awards, a British comedian and host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver, smashed into one of the industry's most influential men, Dick Wolf, after he said the Law & Order franchise is too pro-cop. Oliver, 45, spent his entire Sunday evening half-hour excoriating the long-running television series for consistently depicting police officers as 'good guys.' One of Trump's biggest failures, 'John Oliver should be banned,' wrote one Twitter user who was unimpressed with the immigrant's skepticism of the NYPD and its network appearance.'

P.D. Chicago is a city in Illinois. During the tenth season, actor Jesse Lee Soffer will leave the hit NBC series

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 30, 2022
Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., just weeks before the return of NBC's 'One Chicago' shows - Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. One of the stars, and Chicago Med, will be exiting. P.D. Chicago is a city in Illinois. Jesse Lee Soffer, the det. cast member. During the forthcoming tenth season of Variety, Jay Halstead on the hit series will be leaving the show at some point. He has appeared in all 187 episodes of the hit series to date, with his departure taking place sometime this fall.

After 12 seasons of playing Det, Kelli Giddish is leaving Law & Order: SVU. Amanda Rollins

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 25, 2022
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Kelli Giddish revealed that she is leaving the show Law & Order: SVU, ahead of the NBC crime drama's 24th season this fall. The 42-year-old actress, who appeared in Det, began to perform. Amanda Rollins, who appeared on the show's 13th season in 2011, said she wanted to go into the chatter [she's] seen online and let everyone know that this will be [her] last season on Law & Order: SVU.' The native of Cumming, Georgia, said she's been "very fortunate to be a member of the Law & Order family for the past 12 years,' and that "playing Rollins has been one of the best joys and privileges of [her] life.'