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New York Post
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Christopher Meloni knows why near-kiss with Mariska Hargitay on ‘Law & Order: SVU' ‘didn't work'
Not so star-crossed lovers. Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson have long had a 'will they or won't they' relationship on 'Law & Order: SVU.' During a recent TVLine Spotlight conversation, Meloni addressed, 'The kitchen thing,' referring to a scene during a Season 24 'SVU' episode where Stabler and Benson almost kissed. 'We were attempting something. I don't think it worked. But I'm not going to tell you why it didn't work, because you all have your opinion,' Meloni said. He added, 'I know what transpired.' 8 Christopher Meloni on an April episode of 'Live with Kelly & Mark.' ABC 8 Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni hold hands courtside at Knicks game. New York Knicks/X In a 2024 interview with Variety, Hargitay revealed that the near-kiss almost had a different outcome. 'To be honest with you, Chris and I thought it should go one way and the powers that be didn't, so it got changed at the last-minute, that near kiss,' Hartigay said. 'Obviously [series creator Dick Wolf] gets final say. It's his show and he didn't want that.' Both actors have starred in the show since 1999, so Stabler and Benson are a long time 'will they or won't they' for the ages. 8 Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are seen on the film set of the 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' TV Series in New York City. Jose Perez/ / MEGA 8 Mariska Hargitay as Capt. Olivia Benson, Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler in 'Law & Order: Organized Crime.' Virginia Sherwood/PEACOCK Meloni left 'SVU' in 2011, but now stars in 'Law & Order: Organized Crime,' which has crossover episodes with 'SVU.' During a 2023 episode on the latter show called 'Blood Out,' Benson and Stabler's chemistry ignites again. In the episode, he tells her, 'I care for you.' Stabler and Benson hug and almost kiss, but Benson pulls away. She says, 'Elliot, I want to. But I can't.' 8 Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson, Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler in 'Law & Order: Organized Crime.' Peter Kramer/NBC via Getty Images 8 Christopher Meloni attends the 74th Primetime Emmys at Microsoft Theater on September 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images 'I don't go, 'That's what's going to go on TV. That's what we're going to air.' We don't have that power. We do the best we can to be honest with the scenes we're given,' Meloni explained. His goal with Hargitay is to 'make it honest, not make it bait. If we do bait, at least for me, I always do it with a wink. I think it's good-natured, but maybe you guys are over that, and that's valid. But you give us too much credit for the power that we might have — will-they-won't-they and all that stuff.' Meloni, 64, and Hargitay, 61, are longtime friends in real life. Meloni has been married to production designer Sherman Meloni since 1995, and the pair have kids Sophia, 24, and Dante, 21. Hargitay is Sophia's godmother. The 'Law & Order' actress seems to have a close bond with Meloni's daughter. On Hargitay's birthday in 2023, Sophia posted a video of herself with Hargitay via Instagram and wrote, 'Waving my wand to summon all things sparkly, shiny, beautiful and grand for my fairy godmamma today.' 8 Christopher Meloni poses for a photo with Mariska Hargitay. chris_meloni/Instagram 8 Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Dann Florek at Edge at Hudson Yards on January 16, 2024. Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty Images Their fellow actors in the franchise have also acknowledged the long simmering romantic tension between Benson and Stabler. During an EW interview in 2024, 'SVU' star Ice-T asked Hargitay: 'Y'all haven't hooked up yet at all? Close, right? Almost a kiss?' Hargitay joked back, 'No, just two times in Season 4!… No. We have not hooked up.'
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Law & Order: Organized Crime's Chris Meloni Set for TVLine Spotlight Conversation in New York
Law & Order: Organized Crime fans: Wanna ring in the new season with Det. Stabler himself? Chris Meloni will join us ahead of his show's Season 5 premiere for a TVLine Spotlight conversation, the latest in a series of in-person Q&A events featuring your favorite television stars and creators. And if you're in New York City that night, you can be there, too! More from TVLine Grey's Anatomy Taps grown-ish Vet for a Possible Series-Regular Role Law & Order: SVU Names Gen V EP Michele Fazekas New Showrunner House of the Dragon Starts Production on Season 3: Sons of Anarchy and Fantastic Beasts Alums Join Cast RSVP for the April 16 TVLine Spotlight event at this link. The evening will take place from 6 to 7:30 pm, and it's free, but you must sign up to attend. Now a Peacock exclusive, Organized Crime will be back for Season 5 on Thursday, April 17, with its first two episodes (of 10). The long-awaited season opener will also air on NBC that night, at 10/9c. (All other episodes will only be available on Peacock.) Per the season's official synopsis, the new season will explore 'the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for the injury he did them in Rome. As his worlds collide, Stabler will put everything on the line to protect the vulnerable and fight for justice.' Want to join us — and Meloni — for the next TVLine Spotlight? Click on the RSVP link above, and we'll see you on April 16! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dark Winds Stars Geek Out Over Hollywood Icon's Secret Cameo — Grade the Season 3 Premiere
The following contains spoilers from the Season 3 premiere of on AMC/AMC+. 'George, the whole world's waiting! Make a move.' More from TVLine SNL Duet Calls for an End to 'Slay,' 'Sus,' 'Bop' and Other Overused Slang - WATCH (and Agree!) SNL Video: Lady Gaga and Bowen Yang Sing 'Wonderful Tonight' on a Chaotically Weird First Date Lady Gaga Roasts Herself in SNL Monologue With Jokes About R. Kelly Duet and Joker 2's Razzie Win - Watch Seriously, George R.R. Martin, will you get off your duff and do something…? Midway through the Season 3 premiere of AMC's Dark Winds on Sunday night, Det. Joe Leaphorn (played by Zahn McClarnon) moseyed on over to the jail cell inside the Navajo Tribal Police station, to observe two men playing chess. On one side, glimpsed first, was a man named 'George' — played by novelist (and Dark Winds executive producer) George R.R. Martin. 'George,' deep in thought, was egged on to make a move by his opponent — played by Academy Award winner Robert Redford, who is also a Dark Winds executive producer. Between sips of coffee, onlooker Joe suggested to George a move which led to a checkmate. Redford's character, beaten, peered up at Joe to sniff, 'Thanks a lot.' Ahead of Dark Winds' Season 3 premiere, as part of our spoiler-free TVLine Spotlight conversation (watch above), McClarnon teased that the 'few seconds' he shared on-screen with Redford were no less than 'a dream come true. It put a big, big smile on my face.' (In fact, he said that co-star Kiowa Gordon observed on-set, 'Zahn, you look like a little boy right now.') Following the TVLine Spotlight conversation, with the cameras off and the crowd out of earshot, TVLine invited McClarnon to freely elaborate on the very special cameos. Obviously, 'I've met them before…,' he noted of his fellow EPs. But to actually share a scene with them? 'What can you say!' he smiled. George R.R. Martin 'is a legend' as a novelist, McClarnon opined. 'In the last two or three decades, he's probably the best fantasy writer we have.' Staring at Redford through those jail cell bars, though, hit even harder. 'I mean, I grew up in the '70s, '80s, and Robert Redford was one of my heroes' — dating back to the 1970 film Little Fauss and Big Halsy, McClarnon shared. 'He was definitely one of my inspirations, and I've seen just about everything he's ever done.' Reflecting on that shoot day, the actor said, 'The moment he turns and looks at me, I was like, 'Oh! He still has the movie star looks.'' The fact that Redford has made precious few on-camera appearances in the past decade (and even fewer outside of the MCU) — he kinda-sorta retired from acting in 2018 — gave the experience added heft for McClarnon. 'I might have been in his last scene he's possibly ever gonna do,' the Dark Winds star suggested. 'I hope we see more of him,' but if not, 'it's pretty cool to be a part of, possibly, one of the last scenes Robert Redford ever shot.' Jessica Matten, who plays Dark Winds' Bernadette Manuelito, made a point to be on-set the day of Redford's cameo, even though she wasn't working — in part because she knew how excited McClarnon was, but also to witness an iconic moment herself. 'I grew up on Robert Redford's films as well, and with his age (currently 88), you never know if this is going to be the last project he's going to be in,' she told TVLine. 'So I was like, 'I've got to go, I've got to see him, I've got to support Zahn.' 'And I've got to say, whatever that 'X factor' is, he has it!' the actress raved of Redford. 'He even surprised me, once it got rolling with the way his eyes twinkle and light up. It was phenomenal.'Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dark Winds Cast Set for TVLine Spotlight Conversation in New York
Dark Winds will blow through TVLine's New York City HQ when the cast of the acclaimed (and already-renewed!) AMC/AMC+ drama stop by for a conversation, ahead of the Season 3 premiere. On Wednesday, March 5, Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten and Deanna Allison will join us for a TVLine Spotlight conversation, the latest in a series of in-person Q&A events featuring your favorite television stars and creators. More from TVLine Dark Winds Scores Early Renewal Ahead of Season 3 Premiere Dark Winds: Leaphorn and Jenna Elfman's FBI Agent Hunt a 'Monster' in New Trailer for XL Season 3 Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2: Walker Goo Powers Up Radio City in Opening Minutes - Get Premiere Date Based on the Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman and set in the early 1970s on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Dark Winds follows Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn (played by McClarnon) and Deputy Jim Chee (Gordon) of the Navajo Tribal Police as they solve mysteries on their reservation. Season 3, premiering Sunday, March 9, picks up six months after the events of Season 2 and follows Leaphorn and Chee as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake. Meanwhile, former Navajo Tribal Police sergeant Bernadette Manuelito (Matten) attempts to settle into her new life 500 miles from home, working with the Border Patrol, where she stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications. Allison plays Leaphorn's wife Emma, a nurse and midwife who is deeply connected to her work and to the women she serves. If you're in the New York City area and want to hear what the Dark Winds stars have to share, RSVP for the March 5 TVLine Spotlight event at this link. (It's free, and sources tell me there will be popcorn!) The cast will also be answering a few questions from those in the audience, but you can also email the Inside Line address below if you can't make it to midtown that evening. Want scoop on ? Drop your question for the cast in comments, or shoot an email to , and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
