We've known that artist Brandon Bird is a fan of Law & Order—we admired his painting of Lennie Briscoe with a Hot Dog back in 2003, loved his Law & Order Coloring Book, was impressed by a commissioned painting of Briscoe and ADA Jack McCoy and said "Choo-choose me" with these special SVU Valentines. However, his latest effort is truly something else: He's put together a show of artists' paintings based the "one-line DirecTV summary of a Law & Order, SVU, or Criminal Intent episode." more ›

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It's unfortunate that we have to read all these wonderful stories about Jerry Orbach in the many obituaries today, but Gothamist is heartened by the fact that many people, from fans to critics, as well as his peers, found him to be a great actor and a wonderful person. Gothamist thinks that was part of why we love Jerry so much, whether he was Detective Lennie Briscoe or Lumiere or Harry McGraw: He was wise and approachable. A few of the quotes we like: more ›

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In other Law & Order news, Michael Imperioli, aka "Christufuh" on the Sopranos, will be guest-starring three of the last four episodes of the season. He'll be playing a detective who Detective Fontana, played by Dennis Farina, is paired with while Detective Green is filming Rent in San Francisco (yes, yes, it's actually Jesse L. Martin). This is the first time on Law & Order that there's been a guest detective (Law & Order: Criminal Intent did have a guest second banana detective to Vincent D'Onofrio's Detective Goren when Kathryne Erbe was pregnant), and we'll have to finally summon up the courage to bug Imperioli the next time we see him in TriBeCa. more ›

Check out the second batch of pictures from our visit to the set of Law & Order as well as the gallery of photos Jake took until the Gothamist post. more ›

L&O Coloring Book creator Brandon Bird had received word from the Late Show, asking for copies to use on the show. Congratulations, Brandon; now let's work on incorporating a coloring book into one of Sam Waterston's TD Waterhouse commercials. more ›

Also check out the array of Law & Order related artwork Brandon put together for a gallery show: Law & Order: Artisic Intent. more ›

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It was only a matter of time before artists would start absorbing Law & Order into their subconsciousness and create works of art inspired by Dick Wolf's ubiquitous (in only the very best sense of the word) franchise. Artist and entrepreneur Brandon Bird put together Law & Order: Artistic Intent, which recently ran in a Santa Cruz, CA gallery. According to a Metroactive article, Bird got the idea after watching Law & Order on TNT. "After all Law & Order has done for us, I feel it's the least I can do for Law & Order." Brandon Bird, a man after Gothamist's own heart. more ›