News Bullets

• George Eads (Nick Stokes) will be appearing on Live with Regis and Kelly on Monday. According to the George Eads LJ Community, he will also be a guest on CBS's Late Late Show on the 17th of May, while Elyse reports that both Eads and CSI: Miami guest star may be seen during MTV's Xbox 360 unveiling on the 12th of May.

• Meanwhile, original CSI finale director Quentin Tarantino is scheduled to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday.

• CBS has announced part of its original programming line-up for the summer, including the sixth edition of Big Brother, and Rock Star: INXS, in which the well-known rock band looks for a new lead singer. BB 6 will air three times a week, including Tnursdays at 8:00pm, making it the lead-in show for the original CSI. Rock Star will precede both CSI: Miami and CSI: New York on the CBS schedule.

• The satirical BBC show Dead Ringers, scheduled to start its new season this Sunday, will apparently feature a parody of CSI soon, starring actors impersonating Gil Grissom and Catherine Willows. Thanks go out to Michael for this!

• Issue 11 of the British official CSI DVD collection magazine features Sara Sidle on the cover, even though one of the main features inside the mag is an extensive look at Catherine Willows. Also included are articles on genuine vampires, the forensics of odontology, and the headless body mystery - as well as of course a DVD featuring "Justice Is Served" and "Evaluation Day." The magazine is only available in the United Kingdom.

• Robert David Hall (Dr. Al Robbins) will be one of the participants at a panel discussion on disability bias in the media, taking place on Monday the 9th of May as part of a series of events organised by the National Spinal Cord Injury Association.

• On the 15th of May at 10:00pm, CNN will air a program called Anatomy of a Murder: Crime Scene Investigation, looking at the science behind CSI. The special will be hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta and repeat the next morning at 1:00am. Thanks Elyse!

• Laura Beth sends along word that on Sunday the 30th of April, the South Eastern Pennsylvania Easter Seals hosted a Passion for Fashion Benefit. As part of a silent auction, there was a CSI: Miami basket, complete with Season Two DVDs, a CSI: Miami hat, and a signed script of "Innocent" by Khandi Alexander (Alexx Woods), David Caruso (Horatio Caine), Emily Proctor (Calleigh Duquesne) and Adam Rodriguez (Delko). The winning bid was $340.

• Aisha Tyler (Mia Dickerson) told the Florida Sun-Sentinel she found herself in great demand after her guest role on Nip/Tuck last year. "When I got offers from [CSI and 24, I thought, why not do both?," she said. "It takes a lot of effort to coordinate the shooting schedules, but they're such great shows it's worth it."

• CBS.com has new synopses of CSI: Miami's "Recoil," CSI: New York's "On The Job," and the original CSI's "Weeping Willows."

• David Caruso Online has new screencaps of the first-season Miami episodes "Kill Zone," "A Horrible Mind" and "Entrance Wound."

• Adam Rodriguez fan site JustAdam.net is currently solliciting questions for an interview they'll soon be conducting with Andrea De Oliveira, guest actress on the CSI: Miami episode "Killer Date," and the original CSI episode "Revenge Is Best Served Cold."

• Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) fan site the JFO has new screencaps of CSI's "Committed."

• Erica's Screencaps Page has new images from "Weeping Willows," as well as from the third-season episode "A Little Murder."

• And what would an edition of the News Bullets be without our usual selection of stories about a local college starting a CSI camp (in Waynesburg, PA), or experts saying CSI isn't realistic?

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