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<ul><li> <font color=yellow>Rex Linn</font> (Detective Frank Tripp on <I>CSI: Miami</I>) gave his pick for this year's Super Bowl: "As much as I want <font color=yellow>Kurt Warner</font> & Co. to kick the hell out of the Steelers, it ain't gonna happen. It'll come down to which defense is better – and we all know the answer to that," the actor told the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.star-telegram.com/364/story/1176042.html">Star-Telegram</a>.<p><li> <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I>'s <font color=yellow>Gerald McCullouch</font> (Bobby Dawson) talked to <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/27/csi-guy-stupid-me-for-boxing-a-thief/">TMZ</a> about his recent brush with a would-be thief. The actor said <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/270109_03.shtml">fighting back</a> was a potentially stupid move, and he wouldn't suggest that others follow his example. When asked if he would use the incident to inspire his stand-up routine, McCullouch laughed and said, "You can't really ignore a goldmine like that."<p><li> <font color=yellow>Hill Harper</font> (<I>CSI: New York</I>'s Dr Sheldon Hawkes), will be at the University of Toledo in Ohio this weekend to talk about the value of education at the 25th Annual Conference for Aspiring Minority Youth. (<A class="link" HREF="http://www.toledofreepress.com/2009/01/28/ut-announces-black-history-month-events/">Source</a>)<p><li> Harper told <I>OK! Magazine</I> that his friend and former Harvard classmate President <font color=yellow>Barack Obama</font> is the same as he was when they first met. "He's completely the same, completely on a mission," Harper <A class="link" HREF="http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/11622">said</a>. "He's a hard worker and he stays on task and that's what I really like about him." The actor continued, "First we had 'Yes We Can' and now we have 'We Are One'; and it's true, we are going to unite this country and unite the world. It's the spirit of hope and possibility. That's what people are excited about."<p><li> The traveling museum exhibit <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/250507_02.shtml">"CSI: The Experience"</a> opens January 31 at the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/Exhibits/SpecialExhibits/CSI/CSI.php">California Science Center</a> in Los Angeles. The exhibit is free and will run through April 26.<p><li> <I>CSI</I> star <font color=yellow>Robert David Hall</font> (Dr Al Robbins) was <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/281108_01.shtml">originally scheduled</a> to play George in <I>Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?</I> with Blue Zone Productions. However, the actor had to withdraw due to "circumstances beyond his control" and has been replaced by <font color=yellow>Jack Patterson</font>. (Source: <A class="link" HREF="http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/01-2009/jack-patterson-replaces-robert-david-hall-in-blue_16601.html">Theater Mania</a>)<p><li> <font color=yellow>Laurence Fishburne</font> (Dr Raymond Langston) would like his wife <font color=yellow>Gina Torres</font> to work with him on <I>CSI</I>. "My lovely wife actually did an episode called [<A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season4/xx.shtml">"XX"</a>] a number of years back," Fishburne <A class="link" HREF="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/fishburne\%20tips\%20wife\%20for\%20csi\%20role_1093412">explained</a>. "I would be more than thrilled if she came back."<p><li> <b>Spoiler alert!</b><p><font color=yellow>Ethan Erickson</font>, who first appeared as firefighter Brendon Walsh in the <I>New York</I> episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season5/turbulence.shtml">"Turbulence"</a> at the beginning of the season, will be returning to the show in the episode airing February 18. His character will be a romantic interest for Stella Bonasera (<font color=yellow>Melina Kanakaredes</font>). "It is extra special for me to get to work on <I>CSI: NY</I>, because not only do I get to work with Melina, but one of my best friends, <font color=yellow>A.J. Buckley</font> [Adam Ross], stars on the series, so it's great getting to hang out with him on set," Erickson told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.okmagazine.com/blog/post/11545/CASTING-SCOOP:-Ethan-Erickson-returns-to-CSI:-NY!">OK! Magazine</a>. (Thanks to <font color=yellow>csimania19</font> on TalkCSI for the heads up.)</ul><center></center>
