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<ul><li> <font color=yellow>George Eads</font>, who plays Nick Stokes on <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I>, celebrates his 42nd birthday today, March 1. The actor shares his birthday with <font color=yellow>Roger Daltrey</font>, who turns 65 today. Daltry is the frontman for <I>The Who</I>, the legendary rock band responsible for "Who Are You", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley", the theme songs for the <I>CSI</I> series. (The original news is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/feb/26/251950/famous-birthdays/">Journal Now</a>.)<p><li> <I>CSI: New York</I>'s <font color=yellow>Hill Harper</font> (Dr Sheldon Hawkes) will appear in the CW network series <I>The Game</I> on April 3. The actor is guest-starring as himself. (<A class="link" HREF="http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/02/tori-spelling-j.html">Source</a>)<p><li> CSI Files previously <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/141108_05.shtml">reported</a> that former <I>CSI</I> star <font color=yellow>William Petersen</font> (Gil Grissom) would perform <I>Blackbird</I> at the Victory Gardens Theater this summer. It has been <A class="link" HREF="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126675.html">announced</a> that Petersen will perform opposite <font color=yellow>Mattie Hawkinson</font> in the play.<p><li> <I>Battlestar Galactica</I> director <font color=yellow>Michael Nankin</font> will helm an upcoming episode of <I>CSI</I>. Nankin is excited to work with <font color=yellow>Laurence Fishburne</font> (Dr Raymond Langston). "He produced and starred in one of my favorite movies of all time, <I>Always Outnumbered</I>," the director told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=3263">iF Magazine</a>. "It's this beautiful HBO film based on the <font color=yellow>Walter Mosley</font> book. I can't wait to tell him how much I loved it."<p><li> As CSI Files previously <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/240209_03.shtml">reported</a>, <I>New York</I>'s <font color=yellow>Gary Sinise</font> (Mac Taylor) and his Lt Dan Band did a performance to benefit McHenry County Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS). The concert sold out. "I love supporting good causes," Sinise told the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/03/01/r_kio7vvjntfyxy8xbbi6erw/index.xml">Northwest Herald</a>. "We do a lot of benefits. It's nice that they [PADS] asked us."<p><li> <b>Spoilers ahoy!</b><p><I>CSI: NY</I> will welcome television legend <font color=yellow>Ed Asner</font> for a guest appearance in an episode set to air in late April. <A class="link" HREF="http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/02/casting-scoops.html">Ausiello</a> reports that the actor will play a clockmaker with a mysterious past. According to CSI Files sources, Asner will appear in the twenty-second episode of the season, tentatively titled "Yahrzeit".</ul><center></center>
