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• Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny Messer) will be in one of the March issues of TV Guide, according to his official website. The feature story will delve slightly into his character and talk a little bit about the long-awaited sequel episode to season one's "Tanglewood."

• The Adam Rodriguez (Eric Delko) website JustAdam.com is organizing a special project for the actor's birthday. If you'd like to be a part of it or learn more about it, head over to the website to find out or sign up.

• Jonathan Togo (Ryan Wolfe) centered screen caps of the Miami episode "Deviant" can be found at the Jonathan Togo Online Image Gallery.

• Jorja Fox Online has been updated with screen caps of the episode "Up In Smoke." The images revolve around Jorja Fox's character Sara Sidle.

• Screen caps including the entire cast, however, can be found at Erica's CSI Caps.

• The Herald Sun talked to CSI writer David Rambo about his new play God's Man in Texas, which follows a young pastor who moves to a Baptist megachurch, presumably to take over the role of a famous elder pastor. The play has created mixed feelings within the religious community. "I hear often from preachers, 'You put my life on the stage,'" Rambo said. "I tried to make the play as authentic as possible, so that's always rewarding to hear."

• TBO.com is apparently a big fan of CSI: Miami, not for the forensic drama, but for the comedic potential. "You may have thought this is a crime drama - but no. When David Caruso (Horatio Caine) starts channeling Joe Friday from Dragnet, he is downright hilarious."

• CSI associate producer Corinne Marrinan won an Oscar this week for her documentary A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin. This one makes Marrinan's second Oscar nominated documentary and her first win. "At the nominees luncheon, it's very hard not to feel like you snuck in," she said. "I'm sitting next to George Clooney and Steven Spielberg, and it's kind of hard not to be a little excited about things like that, especially when its people you really admire. You think, 'Wow, I must be doing something right or else I'm faking it really well.'"

• ChicagoSports.com had William Petersen (Gil Grissom) talk about baseball, football, and such other oddities, like which show CSI takes after. "We're Quincy with more sex and better technology." The actor also talked about his plans for the future. "I need to get back into the theater. I need to get back into Chicago in the theater. And I'm trying to. I'm doing stuff with the Victory Gardens Theater. They're moving into the Biograph in the fall. I'm helping them raise money and I intend to be in their shows."

• CSI's success in the US and abroad has helped parent company Aliance Atlantis see a great monetary growth. The show's revenue during 2005 reportedly increased by 41 percent. "The growth in advertising sales and subscriber revenues, combined with strong channel ratings, contributed to the fantastic overall results for 2005 in our broadcast business," the company's CEO, Phyllis Yaffe, said. Aliance Atlantis is so happy with CSI's performance they would like to see a third spin-off of the show.

• According to the Baltimore Sun, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is dating actress Sofia Milos (Yelina Salas), which has apparently sparked a bit of talk given the fact that he's currently going through a divorce.

• CSI director Richard Lewis will be directing a pilot called Waterfront, about, "the wildly charismatic and ethically challenged mayor of Providence, R.I," according to the Futon Critic. The pilot was created and written by veteran Jack Orman.

• The website The Trades has provided a review of the next CSI: Miami novel Cult Following, which was written by Donn Cortez and was released in December of 2005. "If you're a fan of seeing the CSI teams do their thing, then you'll really enjoy digging into this novel with both hands, unearthing the plot, studying the story structure -- even doing voice analysis as you let the actors speak their lines in your head while you read. The evidence is in: Cult Following is a heckuva fine read in the media tie-in category," said reviewer R.J. Carter, who gave the novel an A-.

• The CSI effect is at it again, this time in Atlantic City, where prosecutors have resorted to bringing in experts to talk to jurors about their unreasonable expectations and what to expect during a real trial.

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