Weekly Entertainment Wrap – Clapbacks and Previews

See what happened live — with a Real Housewife; The Bachelor is finally announced; and a Law & Order: SVU star puts on his dancing shoes — here’s all the entertainment news and gossip you missed over the last week from Hollywood.

Ex-Housewife Gets Real
Eileen Davidson might be gone from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but she’s still got plenty of opinions about the show and the women on it. See what she shared when she guested on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

Who’s That Guy?
Bachelor nation got the news they’ve been waiting for — the announcement of the show’s next star. Find out what’s in store with the next guy who’ll be looking for love when The Bachelor returns in January.

Ready for Empire
Empire is set to premiere on September 24. Not only did the show share a sneak peek video of what’s coming up in the new season, but so did Taraji P. Henson, who plays Cookie.

Dancing Casualty
Dancing With the Stars has already had a major casting change. After Christie Brinkley suffered an injury during rehearsal, someone else, stepped in to take her place on the show’s premiere.

Dancing Machine
A Law & Order: SVU star is so happy about the show’s upcoming 21st season, he’s dancing about it. You won’t want to miss the video clip; it’s pretty spectacular.

Meanwhile, Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni reunited, off-screen, over last weekend. Entertainment Hub has the pictures — check them out.

Backstage Peek
Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Nick Torres on NCIS, shared a behind-the-scenes photo from the show, which is moments away from its Season 17 premiere. Fan-favorite Cote de Pablo, who plays Ziva David, is in the shot. Check it out.

Cue the Flashbacks
Law & Order: SVU fans always loved Barba’s (Raúl Esparza) special relationship with Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Here’s a video of Benson saying goodbye to her longtime friend.

After Derek’s (Patrick Dempsey) tragic death on Grey’s Anatomy, it took Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) a long while to move on. Here she finally opened up to the possibility of dating Nathan (Martin Henderson).

Squabbling Housewives
Lisa Rinna quickly learned not to trust the new girl on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Here’s a flashback of Eden Sassoon throwing her under the bus.

And in this Real Housewives of New York memorable moment, Ramona Singer reveals that she thinks Bethenny Frankel slept her way to the top and didn’t work for all the success she’s had in her life

In Memoriam
Veteran journalist and former political commentator Cokie Roberts died on September 17 after a long battle with breast cancer. Also passing away, this week, was legendary NASCAR driver Mike Stefanik, who died tragically on September 15.

Stage and television actress Phyllis Newman, who burst onto the Broadway scene in the early 1960s, died on September 15. And Ric Ocasek, a Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Famer and former lead singer of The Cars, passed away on the same day in New York City.