And we didn’t know until our mom told us. Yes, Adam appeared in last night’s new installment of the Law & Order: Criminal Intent saga, “The Mobster Will See You Now.” Definitely worth catching for the Adam faithful since he’s got a fairly large guest-starring role in this one and goes toe-to-toe with fellow student of Sanford Meisner Jeff Goldblum.

It’ll be airing again on Monday, June 28th at 5:00 PM on USA and can be purchased at Amazon Video on Demand for $1.99 iTunes for $1.99 ($2.99 for high-def).

THE MOBSTER WILL SEE YOU NOW (#CI9013)
EPISODE PREMIERE: June 22, 2010

Several years ago, two doctors struggled to realize their dream of owning a hospital. In order to secure financing, DR. JOEL SILVERSTEIN and DR. SHELTON SPRING were forced to turn to a friend – HENRY DI PIANO, entrepreneur and son of a renowned mob boss. Henry, in his own desire to become an honest businessman, convinced a group of retired mobsters to invest in the endeavor.

The plan worked beautifully, until one day LES TARNEY, a mid-level government official with the Department of Health and Human Resources, came to pay doctors Silverstein and Spring a visit. As it turns out, the doctors had been overcharging their patients for routine procedures. Instead of turning them in, Tarney has decided to blackmail the doctors. They complied, terrified at what will happen should their mob financiers discover the scandal. Just when all seems lost for the doctors, a miracle occurs. Les Tarney chokes on his own dinner. Unfortunately for them all, Nichols and Stevens see Tarney’s death for what it really is – murder. Before their investigation is over, more than one innocent will pay the price for their crimes.

Tennessee‘s page is up and running over at the Tribeca Film Festival, complete with showtimes, which have been added to Upcoming Events in the sidebar.

While we’re at it, “Submission,” Adam’s Law & Order episode, is available for download at Amazon Unbox.

Thanks to Apple regular Jeane for the photo and the heads up on the Tribeca listing.

Update (March 31, 2008):
The April 26th showtime has been changed, from 6 PM to 4 PM.

Update (April 3, 2008):
The April 26th showtime has been changed, again, from 4 PM to 6 PM. Sigh.

Update (April 7, 2008):
Just a quick note to our readers that there are some nice tips in the comments section with regard to buzz that’s starting around the film and some behind-the-scenes footage that’s leaked out. Due to time constraints on our end, we may not be able to post on everything (we can’t compete with Mariah’s legion of fans), but we do appreciate our readers passing on whatever choice tidbits they can find. Thanks to Jeane and Jay for their fine sleuthing.

Comments closed for this post (February 22, 2009).

With advance apologies for the poor editing, we’ve thrown together a few minutes’ worth of Adam’s appearance on Law & Order tonight. Click on the above to view.

Update:
For anyone who missed the show, Television Without Pity’s recap is up and running.

Update (March 19, 2008):
NBC’s 2-Minute Replay is also up and running.

Just a quick programming note to remind everyone that Adam’s Law & Order episode will be airing tomorrow night, Wednesday the 12th, at 10 PM ET on NBC (click on the above image featuring someone who might be Adam to watch the preview).

20 Mar 07 Chapter Seven: Carpe Threesome
Wendy (Brooke Shields) is dealing with a very difficult scriptwriter, Lorraine Lippman (Marsha Mason), who cannot seem to put an ending to her movie. Wendy makes a bold move and tells production to move forward, leaving it up to her to get the final script from Lorraine in time. Nico (Kim Raver), still very caught up in her dual life with Kirby, faces a harsh reality when she receives news that Charles (Chris Cousins) has had a heart attack. The scare makes her realize how much she misses her marriage and brings her life back into perspective. What will this mean for Kirby? Elsewhere, Victory (Lindsay Price) is getting used to the idea of Joe Bennett (Andrew McCarthy) as her boss instead of her boyfriend. Hockey superstar, Chris “Parks” Parker (Bobby Cannavale) and his wife grow very fond of Victory. The relationship heats up, which puts Victory in a very compromising position.

For the Tennessee completist, we’ll just pass on the tip that Mariah’s been chatting a bit about her recent film projects during the promotional swing for the musical part of her career, as in this Access Hollywood clip in which she discusses how her previous cinematic missteps have informed her current choices.

As for the status of Adam’s other projects, assuming that he won’t appear on Lipstick Jungle until episode 7, that looks to be around March 20th at the earliest and Tennessee remains in a holding pattern, tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2008 release.

“Submission” DOG FIGHTING; A WINE DEALERSHIP AND AN OVERZEALOUS REPORTER: LARA FLYNN BOYLE GUEST STARS – The police break up a dog-fighting ring, and discover a woman’s finger inside one of the dead animals. The finger is identified as belonging to Lauren Vance, soon-to-be ex-wife of Marty Vance (guest star Adam Rothenberg), after her body turns up near a dog breeder. Since Lauren and her husband were in the process of divorce proceedings, Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) initially suspect Marty as the brutal murderer. Marty was involved in the dog-fighting ring with friend and business partner Jay Carlin (guest star David Harbour), an extremely wealthy wine dealer. As the investigation unfolds, the detectives plot to trick an ambitious reporter, Dawn Talley (guest star Lara Flynn Boyle), who uses her sexuality to try to break the case. Turns out Jay’s business is a scam, which leads prosecutors Michael Cutter (Linus Roache) and Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) to a new suspect. Also starring: Sam Waterston and S. Epatha Merkerson.

Thanks, as always, to fellow Apple staffer dogra for the spiffy title suggestion. You’ve done it AGAIN!

After the jump, we take a look at some spoilers regarding the casting of the ep and take a stab at sussing out Adam’s character.

Spoiler TV had an unsourced casting breakdown for “Submission,” which apparently involves missing women, wine dealers and dogfights. Adam’s character, “Marty Vance,” is not included. Comparing their info with imdb’s much shorter cast list, we eliminated characters who were on both and cut a couple without names (such as “Arraignment Judge”) or who seemed way far off (assuming they more or less stuck with the criteria given), leaving us with:

Jay Karlin
30s, male. “Master-of-the-universe type”, prosperous wine dealer/consultant/collector. Living well and having fun. His idea of fun is arranging for an improvised dogfight for his friends in the garage of his Upper East Side townhouse. When Nancy Fogel learns that his wine business is a fraud she threatens to blow the whistle on him and he kills her. Lead;

Bill Fogel
30s, male. Another “master-of-the-universe” type. He’s works in real estate and finance. He is in middle of a contentious divorce and suddenly his wife goes missing. Detectives suspect he may have murdered her. Although the evidence against him is thin, the DA decides to go ahead and arrest him. Lead;

Officer Bob Mirvis
40s, male. He an officer with ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement. He participates in the investigation and is anxious to make an example of Mr. Karlin and his choice of entertainment;

Sidekick
30s, male. A radio personality. He’s working with a local shock jock. They are broadcasting live outside the courthouse where Karlin is being arraigned for organizing an illegal dogfight;

Officer Johnson/Officer Murphy
Male, NYPD cops. They are waved down by two pedestrians who ask them for help recovering their lost dog. They find the dog and stumble upon at improvised dogfight;

The character who seems closest to Adam would seem to be “Sidekick,” but the “Shock Jock” doesn’t seem to have been assigned a name on either list, so it seems odd that “Sidekick” would have become “Marty Vance,” not unless the character’s quite a bit more significant than his second-banana status would suggest. One would also think that “Marty Vance” would be “Officer Marty Vance” if any of the three law-enforcement professionals had been renamed.

So that leaves our 30ish “Masters of the Universe,” neither of which are yet listed on imdb. Were they bundled into one “Marty Vance”? Is Spoiler TV’s spoiler just flat wrong? We’ll find out soon enough. Well, not soon enough, exactly, but one of these days. It’s not like NBC has anything else to put on.

     Adam Rothenberg
     Callie Khouri (talks about Adam and the other men of Mad Money around the 1:08 mark)
     Katie Holmes (talks about the MM men around 2:02 and Adam in particular around 2:30)
     Behind the Scenes Footage #1
     Behind the Scenes Footage #2
     Behind the Scenes Footage #4

Just a quick update regarding Adam’s upcoming Law & Order turn, Wikipedia now lists the airdate for his episode, “Submission,” as February 6, 2008. Fun fact: It’s the series’ 400th episode!

The eighteenth season of the apparently unkillable Famous Original entry in the Law & Order franchise will benefit from a very special appearance by our Adam, along with Lara Flynn Boyle and new series regulars Jeremy Sisto and Linus Roache. L&O’s making a comeback to Wednesday nights on NBC starting on January 2nd, so Episode #7, “Submission,” should appear sometime in March, but we’ll keep our readers updated when we get a definite airdate.

A little clip of the Boyle character is featured in the series preview on NBC’s website, which, coupled with the episode title, should give the spoiler-inclined a fair chance at figuring out the basic premise.

More updates after the jump.

The Mad Money promotional engine keeps chugging along, with its scratch-off lottery tickets and posters and plastic boxes of shredded-up cash and locks. More importantly, a few new promotional stills have come out featuring Adam’s lovely form. (Thanks again to commenter Ann for the heads up about the photos, which we then retrieved from KatieHolmes.com.)

We honestly don’t have anything you could call “news” to report about this project, except to note that we took a swing by imdb and noticed that it was updated a few days ago. Best we can tell, the update consisted primarily of fleshing out the credits. We have also noticed that only the homepage of the official website is displaying right now, so we’re wondering if possibly there’s an update coming soon over there. As always, we’ve got our eyes and ears open and we’ll let you know what’s what as soon as we do.