Watching CSI

Melina Kanakaredes showed her support at a Stuart House Benefit earlier this month. The benefit featured an “afternoon of shopping, bidding, live music, food and fashionable festivities on Melrose and Robertson outside his (John Varvatos)flagship boutique. “Shop To Show Your Support” will benefit Stuart House, a nationally recognized program of the Rape Treatment Center, serving the special needs of child victims of sexual abuse and their families.”

Stuart House is an “internationally recognized, model program that was created by the Rape Treatment Center in Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, with support form SHARE, to serve the special needs of sexually abused children.”

Kudso to Melina for supporting this great cause. One hundred percent of the profits went to support the center. If you’d like to donate click HERE.

We all know that Hill Harper is a big Barack Obama supporter but WHAT is he voting for.

AN ANONYMOUS TIPSTER TAKES THE CSIs TO AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE WHERE THEY HOPE TO FIND ONE OF THE CITY’S MOST-WANTED CRIMINALS, ON “CSI: NY,” WEDNESDAY, APRIL

“DOA For A Day” - Working with an anonymous tip, the CSIs travel to an abandoned warehouse where they hope to find one of the city’s most-wanted criminals, on CSI: NY Wednesday, April 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS

Det. Mac Taylor: Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera: Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer: Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack: Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe: Anna Belknap
Adam Ross: AJ Buckley

RECURRING

Dr. Sid Hammerback: Robert Joy

GUEST CAST

Jessica Angell: Emmanuelle Vaugier
Suspect X: Kam Heskin
Russ McHenry: Bryan Anderson
Jordan Gates: Jessalyn Gilsig
Bartender: Joshua Pence

Written by: John Dove & Executive Producer Peter M. Lenkov

Directed by: Christine Moore

RATING: To Be Announced

CBS is on a role with their videos. Who can’t resist bevy of Danny Messer one-liners in his signature New York accent?

I think my favorite Danny line so far is:

“My favorite kind of wine is beer.”

Suprise! Suprise!

/Sarcasm

All three CSIs have been renewed for the 2008-2009 season.  Did we really expect anything less?

WGA(Writers Guild of America) members and studio heads are near a deal that would end the three-month strike. Inside sources say a signed deal may happen by the end of the week. Rumors abound that studios are considering an extended season. That could mean CSI, CSI Miami and CSI:NY would be able to wrap up some pivotal plots. I’m thinking the whole Sara/Grissoms storyline. He asked her to marry him and then she bolts. That certainly needs some more explanation.

On Miami, I’d like to see a bit of more the Horatio/Kyle relationship develop. With Mac’s nemesis being brought down, there isn’t much left hanging on New York though we could be in for some surprises. If they do make a deal by the end of the month, I’d guess that production would could start as early as Monday morning.

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We all know that Hill was an avid Obama supporter but I had no idea(maybe I’d forgotten) that Adam Rodriquez was a supporter as well. The video features a bevy of celebs singing and speaking along with an Obama speech. Interestingly enough, the Obama campaign had nothing to do with the actual creation of the video(got that little tidbit from NPR) though they sure are capitalizing on it now. Adam appears around 1:57 in the video. Hill show up very briefly near the end. Aisha Tyler, who was a lab tech on CSI for a time, first shows up at 1:02 but also follows Adam’s appearance. It’s a pretty cool vid be ye a supporter or not. And who can resist John Legend singing.

“Playing With Matches” - A drowning victim falls out of a self-cleaning restroom and what first looks like a freak accident turns into foul play and the CSIs must investigate the hows and whys of the case, on CSI: NY, Wednesday, Feb. 6 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS
Det. Mac Taylor……………………….. Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera……… Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer. …………….. Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes………………….. Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack……………………….. Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe……………………. Anna Belknap
Adam Ross……………………………… AJ Buckley

RECURRING
Dr. Sid Hammerback…………………. Robert Joy

GUEST CAST
Det. Jessica Angell………… Emmanuelle Vaugier
Kendall Novack………………………… Bess Wohl
Mercury…………………………… Jason Chambers
Concrete Cowgirl/Sandra………….. Nicole Lenz
Seth Riggins………………………………. Reid Scott
Vinnie Parson………………………….. Aaron Behr
Attorney………………………………….. Brad Graiff
John Szabo……………………… Christopher Bello

Written by: Bill Haynes
Directed by: Christine Moore

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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Sinus Infection+Holiday Season=Sporadic Posting. I apologize.

Looks like CBS has finally headed warnings from a grassroots consumer group and pulled the very popular CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit. Earlier this month, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) reported that two of the kit’s powders had dangerous levels of asbestos. The group spent “$165,000 to pay for independent laboratory testing of children’s toys and other household products.”

CBS, who has been critizied for not pulling the kit soon enough.

“Given the grave health risks associated with asbestos exposure, ADAO agrees with CBS that the toy kits should be removed from retail shelves. They should also be placed out of reach in homes until the testing dispute is resolved,” commentedLinda Reinstein, ADAO Executive Director. “Once asbestos is inhaled or swallowed, the damage is irreversible.”

Hopefully they’ll reissue a safer kit after the holidays.

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Fans are sponsoring a raffle in an ongoing effort to support the WGA. Proceeds from the drawing will benefit the Actor’s Fund.

You could win Season Seven DVDs signed by David Rambo and Naren Shankar, a CSI cap signed by Marg Helgenberger and George Eads or a brand new Sony Cybershot DSCW55 7.2MP Digital Camera in Blue signed by David Rambo which was used to take pictures of the picketing.

Here’s how you enter:

1. For every $1 you donate via the Paypal button below, you get one raffle entry…for example $5 gets you 5 entries, $3 gets you 3.

2. When you send your Paypal please include a note designating which item you are entering for, otherwise your chances will be distributed equally.

3. The drawing will close on December 23rd at Midnight Pacific Standard time. The winners will be announced on December 24th. (This could be a nice last minute Christmas gift to yourself)

4. It doesn’t matter where you live, the raffle is open to anyone who wants to participate.

5. All money raised will be donated to the Actor’s Fund from YTDaW in David Rambo’s name.

The Actors Fund is a nationwide human services organization that helps all professionals in performing arts and entertainment. The Fund is a safety net, providing programs and services for those who are in need, crisis or transition. They offer social services, health care services, employment and training and housing. (See what you learn being a CSI fan. I’d heard of the Actors Fund but had no idea what they did.)

Special thanks to daphne dnagerlove for putting this together. 

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Looks like they’ve decided to hold back some new shows because of the strike.

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) — With its first-run cupboards nearly empty, CBS has quietly pulled new episodes of “NCIS,” “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” from this week’s schedule.

Said installments - “Tribes” (December 18), “3rd Life” (December 19) and “Happily Never After” (December 19) respectively - will be replaced by repeats from earlier this season - “Bury Your Dead,” “About Face” and “The Deep.”

No new air dates have been announced.

“CSI: Miami” (December 17), “The Unit” (December 18) and “Cane” (December 18) also have new episodes slated for this week but will run as normal.

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CSI and Criminal Minds fans have united to support the WGA strike. Here’s how it works:

1. Find a pencil somewhere in your house. It does not have to be new. Break the tip off. For our slogan to make sense, your pencil should not have a point, so don’t sharpen it.
2. Write “You, like these pencils, are missing the point.” below to a piece of paper.
3. Put the pencil and the paper in an envelope, address it to:

Les Moonves
CBS
51 W 52nd St, Suite 35
New York, NY 10019-6119

4. Put a first class stamp on the envelope.
5. Drop it in in the mail.

CSI fans have checked with the post office and you can send a pencil via first class mail as long as it’s not sharpened. If you’ve followed the directions the pencil’s shouldn’t be. I wonder if Les is tired of us yet?

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THE LIST OF SUSPECTS IS ENDLESS WHEN A DESPISED HOTEL OWNER IS FOUND MURDERED, ON “CSI: NY,” WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Note:  This episode has been pulled until further notice.  

“Happily Never After” - Mac and the team investigate when a much-hated hotel owner is found buried beneath a New York ice sculpture, and a school bus driver accidentally hits a woman walking down the highway in her nightgown, on CSI: NY Wednesday, Dec. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS

Det. Mac Taylor: Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera: Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer: Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack: Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe: Anna Belknap
Adam Ross: AJ Buckley

RECURRING

Dr. Sid Hammerback: Robert Joy

GUEST CAST

Det. Jessica Angell: Emmanuelle Vaugier
Dave: Ryan Adams
Halie: Ahna O’Reilly
Fiona Chisolm: Hannah Sussman
Phoebe Wright: Leah Rachel
Bus Driver: Tony Donno
Tina Connor: Katie Carr
Hayden Green: Matt Battaglia
Michael Wright: Joshua Lebar
Bryce Arnett: Cole Williams
Felix Hester: Robert Cicchini
Trevor Bennet: Kevin G. Schmidt

Written by: Daniele Nathanson & Noah Nelson

Directed by: Marshall Adams

RATING: To Be Announced

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Writer’s talks seems to have hit yet another stonewall. This time the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers is lashing out at the writer’s union.  Studio heads blame the latest break-down on the WGA’aa refusal to remove certain demands from the bargaining table.

“We’re disappointed to report that talks between the AMPTP and WGA have broken down yet again,” the studio group said in a statement they issued earlier today.  “Quite frankly, we’re puzzled and disheartened by an ongoing WGA negotiating strategy that seems designed to delay or derail talks rather than facilitate an end to this strike. Union negotiators in our industry have successfully concluded 306 major agreements with the AMPTP since its inception in 1982. The WGA organizers sitting across the table from us have never concluded even one industry accord.”

A major sticking point is the WGA demand that all “writers” associated with reality and animation programing be required to join the WGA.  This would prevent studios from using reality programing as filler if the writers ever walk out again.  Another issue is allowing sympathy strikes to support other guilds like the Screen Actor’s Guild.

Stay tuned.  Looks there will be a lot of reality programming in our future.

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