Watching CSI

It was a sweet Valentine’s Day for Hill Harper who took home an NAACP Image Award for best actor in a drama series. Other nominees included Anthony Anderson (K-Ville), Dennis Haysbert (The Unit), Jesse L. Martin (Law and Order) and Jimmy Smits(Cane). Hill has previously been nominated twice in the category though he’s never won. He did win an Outstanding Supporting Image Award for his work in City of Angels. Gary Dourdan, from the original series, scored an Image Award for Best Supporting Actor in Drama Series in 2003.

Hill’s probably had to cut his campaigning for Barack Obama short in order to head back the set. I can’t wait for the new episodes to start. Is it April yet?

Congratulation Hill. You do great work on CSI:NY

Sorry I’ve been so neglectful of this blog. I helped plan a huge party at work it and sucked me in deeper than I imagined. At the end of each work day all I could do was crawl under my bed and turn off the phone.

Marg Helgenberger and William Petersen spiffied up for the Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Marg’s hubby, Alan Rosenberg, is SAG president. This particular awards show went off without a hitch because writers were allowed to work for the show. SAG has been extremely supportive of Writes Guild. As a result they cut a deal.

Billy’s beard has returned. He’s probably spending a great deal of time in Chicago and must protect his cute face from the cold.

On to the pics.

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CSI New York’s Hill Harper has been nominated for a NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Actor in Drama Series. Other nominees in that category are Anthony Anderson (K-Ville), Dennis Haysbert (The Unit), Jesse L. Martin (Law and Order) and Jimmy Smits(Cane). Hill has previously been nominated twice in the category though he’s never won. He did win an Outstanding Supporting Image Award for his work in City of Angels.

The NAACP Image Awards is presented by the National Association of Colored People and was first presented in 1969 t0 honor people of color in film, television, music, and literature.

Director Paris Barkley also got a nod for his direction of Meet Market on the original CSI.

This year’s awards, hosted by Tyra Banks, will be broadcast on February 14th on Fox.

Congratulations Hill. You deserve it.

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Gary Sinise received a 2008 Inspire Award Monday from American Association of Retired Persons. Gary was honored for his work to provide school supplies for Iraqi children.

Gary co-founded Operation Iraqi Children which has made sure that 200,000 Iraqi children have adequate school supplies. “There are millions of average people like you and me over there just trying to make a living and send their kids to school, ” Gary said about the organization.

Other honorees were: Caroline Kennedy (Community Service Advocate), Gladys Knight (Champion for Diabetes Research), Barbara Morgan (Courageous Educator), Liviu Librescu (Virginia Tech Hero), Helen Thomas (Trailblazing Journalist), Cynthia Kenyon (Pioneer in Longevity Research), Ed Boyer (Founder of Air Transportation Aid), Roslyn Hill (Leader of Neighborhood Revitalization), and Pete Garcia (Affordable Housing Advocate).

Gary recently received a a Career Achievement Award from the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Note: Gary is pictured above with Nancy Grahm, deputy editor AARP the Magazine and Barbara Walters.

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Gary Sinise will be presented with the Career Achievement In Film Award by the 22nd annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival on Friday, November 9th. The Oscar nominated Sinise will be on hand for the presentation that will include a collage of clips looking at Gary’s most memorable moments in film. Following the presentation, there will be an Inside The Actors Studio style audience Question and Answer session with Gary. (I’d love to sit in on that.)

The Evening with Gary Sinise at Miniaci will be held at the Performing Arts Cinema. Tickets for the tribute at Miniaci only are $10 for general admission, $5 for FLIFF members and $3 for studets.

The Signature Grand Party at Signature Grand is $30 for general admission and $20 for FLIFF members.

In addition to the November 9th event, FLIFF will present a collection of some of Gary’s greatest moments in film:

October 29, 1:00 p.m. FORREST GUMP, Regal Cinemas Cypress Creek

October 31, 1:00 p.m. THE HUMAN STAIN, Regal Cinemas Cypress Creek

October 20, 1:00 p.m. TRUMAN, Regal Cinemas Cypress Creek

November 1, 1:00 p.m RANSOM, Regal Cinemas Cypress Creek

November 9, 2:00 p.m. WALLACE at Cinema Paradiso(This film features one of Angelina Jolie’s breakout roles)

November 10, Noon OF MICE AND MEN, Cinema Paradiso

Admission is free for the retro Sinise films.

The festival was recently named one of the top destination film festivals in the United States by Movie Maker Magazine. Approximately 175 films will be shown this year.

If anyone is able to attend, I’d love to interview you after the fact. Congrats to Gary. You truly deserve it.

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Hill Harper continued to show his support for Barack Obama at the Friday’s BET Hip Hop Awards which was held in Atlanta.

On the BET red carpert.

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CSI Miami’s Eva La Rue give us some black, white and a hint of red at Sunday night’s Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Congratulations to the CSI winners of the 59th Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The event was held Saturday at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (one-hour)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation • Living Doll • CBS • An Alliance Atlantis Production in association with Paramount Television
Mick Fowler, Production Mixer
Yuri Reese, Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Smith, Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Stunt Coordination
CSI: Miami • Rush • CBS • Alliance Atlantis and CBS Productions and a Business of CBS Broadcasting in association with Bruckheimer Television
Jim Vickers, Stunt Coordinator

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