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Art Imitates Life: Law & Order SVU To Air Chris Brown And Rihanna-Like Beating Episode

We’re actually surprised that it took this long. Law & Order SVU Airs Chris Brown And Rihanna Based Episode Via RadarOnline Stop if you’ve heard this one before: A stunning pop star (who answers to a single name) takes beating after beating from her also-famous boyfriend (whose initials are C.B.), but remains loyal to him in spite of the violence. Yes, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is living up to its “ripped-from-the-headlines” reputation again, as next week’s episode, titled My Funny Valentine, has Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) handling the case of Joi (Starshell Menzies), who remains committed to Caleb Bryant (Eugene Jones). “What he did to you is despicable,” Benson tells Joi, before informing her cop colleagues that “Caleb has a hold on her” and “going against him feels impossible.” Of course, there’s too many coincidences to ignore the underlying Rihanna / Chris Brown theme this episode has written all over it — lavish red carpets, bulldog defense attorneys, brutal evidence photos — though in Dick Wolf‘s world, the character modeled after Brown appears to meet a grislier fate than his real-life counterpart, who is back together with the Barbadian beauty after four turmoil-drenched years. We know a lot of people that Stan out for Law & Order, but this episode sounds like it’s ripe for big ratings from folks that want to watch Caleb/”Chris” die for what he did to Joi/”Rihanna”. Image via Splash

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Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett ‘Tramp’ It Up In New Video

Classy clip, featuring a blue-haired Gaga, hit the Web on Monday. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: FilmMagic Of the current crop of pop superstars, perhaps none is better suited to take on “The Lady Is a Tramp” than Lady Gaga — and we definitely don’t mean that in a bad way. After all, the song — first performed on Broadway in the1937 musical “Babes in Arms,” a production better known for the standards it featured, like “Tramp” and “My Funny Valentine,” than it’s rather brief run on the Great White Way — has been covered by the likes of Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Bassey over the years, and requires a certain quality that only those stars possessed: a brassy, beguiling bite, one that comes across both in their voices and the way they carry themselves away from the stage. In short, they have to be able to embody the titular Tramp. And now, Gaga got her shot, in an updated version of the song that appears on Tony Bennett’s chart-topping Duets II album . A video for the song premiered online Monday (October 3), and, yes, Gaga plays the role to perfection, vamping and camping alongside Bennett, blue hair bobbing along to the beat. In a floor-length black-lace dress, she belts out the chorus, flits and flirts through lines like “I love the free, fresh wind in my hair” and “I’m so broke” (and even professes her love for the Yankees, which probably explains her behavior at Citi Field last season ) does the prerequisite pouting and even scats a bit. Bennett seems to love every minute of it, trading vocal couplets, laughing when Gaga steals his handkerchief and taking her on a slow dance at song’s end. And thanks to the backing of a roaring big band, this new version of “Tramp” is not only a welcome addition to the lengthy list of cover versions, but, in some way, it takes the song into new territory too. A lot of that is thanks to Gaga, who gives her all and really, truly becomes the Tramp. What did you think of Gaga and Tony’s video? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos MTV First: Lady Gaga Related Artists Lady Gaga Tony Bennett

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