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<ul><li> <I>CSI: New York</I>'s <font color=yellow>Hill Harper</font> (Dr Sheldon Hawkes) will <A class="link" HREF="http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=122053&catid=57">deliver</a> the keynote speech at Winston-Salem State University's 117th Spring Commencement ceremony in North Carolina on May 9, 2009.<p><li> <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> will air original episodes every week from April 9 until the season finale on May 14. CBS planned things this way to give new series <I>Harper's Island</I> a solid lead-in for its first six weeks. (<A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/04/with_harpers_island_cbs_tests.php">Source</a>)<p><li> <font color=yellow>Marg Helgenberger</font> (Catherine Willows) has no trouble dealing with the blood and gore on <I>CSI</I> because she used to work at a meat packing plant:<p><dl><dt><dd><font color=yellow>It really sucked. I did things like cut abscesses from chucks of beef and pulled gristle and fat off the assembly line… I suppose it would happen about three or four times a shift. You would take a stab at it and sometimes it would splurt.</font></dt></dl><p>The original information is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.ineedmyfix.com/2009/04/02/marg-helgenberger-used-to-be-a-meat-handler/">I Need My Fix</a>.<p><li> <I>CSI: NY</I> star <font color=yellow>AJ Buckley</font> (Adam Ross) will <A class="link" HREF="http://www.rogueevent.co.uk/hellhounds/index.html">attend</a> the unofficial Hell Hounds convention the weekend of October 30, 2009. He will join other members of the fictional "Ghostfacers" group from the CW series <I>Supernatural</I>. (Thanks to <font color=yellow>VelvetRose</font> from TalkCSI for the heads up.)<P><li> <font color=yellow>Adam Rodriguez</font> (<I>CSI: Miami</I>'s Eric Delko) has been cast in the upcoming <font color=yellow>Tyler Perry</font> film <I>I Can Do Bad All By Myself</I>. (<A class="link" HREF="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilNews/idUKTRE5320PB20090403">Source</a>)<p><li> <I>New York</I>'s <font color=yellow>Gary Sinise</font> (Mac Taylor) and his Lt Dan Band recently visited the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and gave a free performance for the troops and their families in Twentynine Palms, California. "I know there's not much out here," Sinise told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.military.com/news/article/marine-corps-news/why-thats-lt-dan.html?col=1186032366495">Military.com</a>. "The people seem to enjoy when I come. I hope they see that they're appreciated."<p><li> Sinise's band is scheduled to perform at Steppenwolf's Gala 2009 on April 18 in Chicago, Illinois. They will also perform in Canada at the Niagara Fallsview Casino on July 24. (Sources: <A class="link" HREF="http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/04/05/columnists/molly_woulfe/doca853a9c8fec538a88625758a006b5d42.txt">NWI</a> and <A class="link" HREF="http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1512986">Niagara Falls Review</a>)</ul><center></center>