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<ul><li> <I>Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny</I>, the second book from <I>New York</I> star <font color=yellow>Hill Harper</font> (Dr Sheldon Hawkes), was released on June 3 and debuted in the number five spot in the Hardcover Advice section of the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/bestseller/0622besthardadvice.html">New York Times best-seller</a> list published June 22. The list referenced the week ending with June 7. <I>Letters</I> did not appear on the list for the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/bestseller/0629besthardadvice.html">following week</a>.<p><li> The top 10 finalists in the drama category for the <I>60th Primetime Emmy Awards</I> were revealed. The <I>CSI</I> franchise did not make the list.<p>Original information courtesy of <A class="link" HREF="http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080626atas01">The Futon Critic</a>.<p><li> According to <A class="link" HREF="http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1449768/more_technology_less_tv/">Red Orbit</a>, the 2008-2009 season for the <I>CSI</I> franchise will be enhanced by supplementary media. Episodes will be designed to extend the narrative beyond the television screen and into online, mobile and video games.<p><li> <font color=yellow>Robert Joy</font> hosted the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=146682&sc=84">St John's Comedy Festival Gala</a> in Newfoundland last week. <font color=yellow>Peter Soucy</font>, the festival's organizer, came on stage wearing scrubs to mimic Joy's character on <I>CSI: NY</I>, Dr Sid Hammerback.<p><li> Business etiquette expert <font color=yellow>Barbara Pachter</font> tells women not to take fashion advice from the seductive ladies on shows such as <I>CSI</I> when choosing their work wardrobe. "Sexy is not a corporate look," Patcher told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.sheknows.com/articles/8084.htm">She Knows</a>. Her number one tip for keeping a business wardrobe professional is simple: no cleavage.<p><li> <I>CSI</I> won an International TV Audience Award at the 48th Monte-Carlo TV Festival in the Drama TV Series category. The awards were judged based on worldwide viewing figures. (Source: <A class="link" HREF="http://www.iftn.ie/broadcast/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4281279&tpl=archnews&force=1">IFTN</a>)<p><li> Former <I>New York</I> actress <font color=yellow>Claire Forlani</font> (Dr Peyton Driscoll) will appear in the upcoming movie <I>Beer For My Horses</I> starring country singer <font color=yellow>Toby Keith</font>. "The movie is more of a comedy, a tip of the hat to Burt Reynolds," Keith said in a news conference. "I wanted it be <I>48 Hours</I> meets <I>Smoky and the Bandit</I>." The story centers around a deputy sheriff from Oklahoma who goes up against a Mexican drug lord and deals with romantic highs and lows. (<A class="link" HREF="http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/TUNEIN02/80619033/1005/ENTERTAINMENT">Source</a>)<p><li> <I>CSI</I> creator <font color=yellow>Anthony Zuiker</font> spoke to <A class="link" HREF="http://www.furninfo.com/absolutenm/templates/NewsFeed.asp?articleid=9043">Furniture World Magazine</a> about the "bumper car process" that occurs when a business changes directions without a strategy when faced with issues such as competition:<p><dl><dt><dd><font color=yellow>The thing I'm most proud of is that we didn't react to the competition. Some of the other crime shows have added labs and are doing more forensics, and there have been all kinds of knockoffs watering down the market, but we've held true. You need to evolve, but you don't need to evolve defensively. That's a classic mistake.</font></dt></dl><p><li> On <I>Entertainment Weekly</I>'s list of <A class="link" HREF="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207339,00.html">"The New Classics"</a>, the 100 best shows from 1983 to 2008, <I>CSI</I> came in at number 35.<p><li> <I>CSI</I> character Sara Sidle (<font color=yellow>Jorja Fox</font>) made it onto a different list from <I>Entertainment Weekly</I>: the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207385,00.html">"25 New Classic Farewells"</a>. (Thanks to <A class="link" HREF="http://community.livejournal.com/bestkeptprivate/">Best Kept Private</a> on LiveJournal for both <I>EW</I> items.)<p><li> <font color=yellow>Chad Lindberg</font> (Chad Willingham) starred as a lab tech during the first season of <I>CSI: NY</I>. The actor is <A class="link" HREF="http://www.flickdirect.com/news/movie-news-detail.aspx?id=1183">set to appear</a> at the EyeCon Supernatural convention in September. His mullet wearing character on the CW series helped the main characters by using his extensive knowledge of computers.<p><li> A detailed article about the Cisco TelePresence conferencing system, featured in the <I>New York</I> episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season4/doa_for_a_day.shtml">"DOA for a Day"</a>, can be found at <A class="link" HREF="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=563">Tech Republic</a>.</ul><center></center>
