Lauren Graham is celebrating on-screen daughter Alexis Bledels 35th birthday with some laughs and sass. Happy Birthday, @AlexisBledel! said Graham in the post. Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Ben Horton/FilmMagic Here we are back in the aughts looking sassy. All proof that Lorelai and Rory are still gabbing their way through life. Bledel is now two years older than Graham was whenGilmore Girlsfirst aired in 2000. The duo started their unshakable bond during the original run of the WB series, which ended in 2007....

Its not exactly a stretch if the name Lauren Graham brings to mind a loving, supportive mother. You have your leading lady, you have a side clown, you have an elder. If Im in a kids movie, Im playing the kids mom. Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic So in this book, I sort of was asking the question, Whats next? I dont know what Id go into. Graham also managed to drop a word in about her formerParenthoodcostar and current boyfriendPeter Krause, albeit indirectly....

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. Did you know Alexis Bledel once talked Graham out of getting a tattoo? Or that Kelly Bishop advised Graham to date her current boyfriend actor Peter Krause years before they got together? Credit: Lauren Graham Check out our favoriteGilmore Girls-related takeaways fromGrahams book, out now, below. Can you believe that? Wed both been cast in the show without ever having met....

Thankfully, Lauren Graham is here to remind us. That self-sufficiency is the first strength and that allows them to have these relationships. Its why we sometimes bristle at: What team are you on?! Credit: CHRIS CRAYMER for EW Its like: It doesnt matter. Rorys going to be great no matter what. And I think thats an underlying message of the show, too. I didnt even think about it! I was wondering what [Rory] had accomplished in her career....

Fifty percent attempt suicide because we live in a world that shames, stigmatizes, and criminalizes us. Both Grimm and Cox think this would make the lives of transgender people harder. It is not a states right issue. Credit: Barry King/Getty Images; Brad Barket/Getty Images It is a civil rights issue, said Cox. At the end of the day, we have to remember that bathroom access really is not about bathrooms....

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murdershas tapped a trio of familiar faces. The eight-episode true-crime installment of theLaw & Orderfranchise goes inside the notorious murder case that changed America forever. Shes desperate for Oziel to leave his wife and craves his attention. Credit: Kevin Tachman/Getty Images; Phillip Faraone/Getty Images She has to fight the machismo politics of the DAs office to keep control of the case. An alum of theTwilightfranchise, Reasers TV credits includeGreys Anatomy, True Detective,andThe Ex List....

What could possibly go wrong? Lets take a look at what went down in the first hour of this eight-hour miniseries. Someone killed my parents he sobs, barely intelligible. Credit: Justin Lubin/NBC Yes, their parents were just murdered, but they cannot miss their serve time. But its looking increasingly likely that the Menendez brothers might be suspects. The Menendez brothers are now officially suspects. Lyle is the cool, collected brother with the quiet grin and (suspicious) bowl cut....

We didnt want to reach too far back in the past for a case, says Balcer. One was the O.J. case, and the other one was the Menendez case. spoke to race and racial politics in Los Angeles. As Balcer straightforwardly admits, the O.J. Simpson trial had already provided considerable fodder for a certain Emmy-winning, buzz-generating TV superproducer. Obviously, Ryan Murphy did the O.J. case, Balcer says, referring to MurphysThe People v....

Law & Order: SVUstake on Donald Trumpwill have to wait until ballots have been cast and tallied. NBC decided Friday to put the Trump-inspired episode Unstoppable on ice, a internet spokesperson confirmed to EW. No new airdate has been announced. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images; Jeff Vespa/WireImage (Trump has vehemently denied all accusations.) The episode was finished over a month ago, but has since had its story altered,Varietyreports. New showrunner Rick Eidteasedlast month that the ripped-from-the-headlines show might use Trump for inspiration....

How many stories can one episode hold? The episodes title, Terrorized, is fitting in more ways than one. It applies to Olivia during that scary moment in the park. Credit: Peter Kramer/NBC Ana, meanwhile, surrenders and begs them not to shoot. Due process is the cornerstone of our judicial system, unless the term radical Islam is involved. Then its just an inconvenient nuisance. The judge ruled in Barbas favor, but the manufacturer immediately appealed....

How will Benson handle double duty? She and her squad are having to adjust to this new normal. Benson will also have to deal with how this affects her relationship with Chief Dodds, Mikes father. Credit: Peter Kramer/NBC Practically, the squad is a man down, a sergeant down. Fin is a reluctant second in command, so were a leader down, too. It almost seemed like Tucker was going to propose in the finale....

How do you kick off a milestone year like that? The same waySVUended its last season: with a supersized two-hour episode. When things pick back up, hell still be reeling from her murder. Barbara Nitke/NBC Hes still feeling the guilt from that, says Chernuchin. And Ice-Ts Finn is everybodys Sherpa, everybody goes to him for his wisdom. (Some things never change.) Dylan Walsh will also appear as one of the stars of that premiere two-parter....

But Miller isnt your average perp. Hes a political animal, so it moves to a different place, Welliver explains. He has that political influence hes a fixer, kind of a Roy Cohn character. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC Everything that has transpired up into this episode culminates into a major, major showdown, Welliver teases. But theres a big question mark about that. Is it going to be done? Will there be genuine closure?...