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• Eddie Cahill (Det. Don Flack) centered images of the episode "Cool Hunter" can be found at the Eddie Cahill Online Gallery.

• Gary Sinise's (Mac Taylor) Steppenwolfe Theatre hosted their 3rd Annual Golf Classic, but a day full of rain ruined the event. Instead, the golf section was turned into a poker tournament. The closing night gala featured music from the Lt. Dan Band.

• Adam Rodriguez (Eric Delko) and Khandi Alexander attended the The First Annual Queen Latifah Vibe Hollywood Gala on March 2nd. Pictures are available at JustAdam.net.

• Sofia Milos (Det. Yelina Salas) attended the Elton John Aids Foundation Oscar Viewing Party in Los Angeles in early March. Her official website has a picture of her at the event.

• Emily Procter (Calleigh Duquesne) centered screen caps of the episodes "Deviant" are available at Emily Procter Online. The website also has images of the actress's appearance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

• The 33rd issue of the official DVD collection will be available for purchase soon. With Catherine Willows on the cover, the issue includes a feature on weapon effects, a closer look at VICAPs, and an interview with Make-up Artist Melanie Levitt.

• Screen caps of the CSI episode "I Like To Watch" are available at Beyond Imagination and CSI Caps.com.

• The Lt. Dan Band will be one of the main features of the summer festival Riverfest in Ottawa City, Illinois. The band will perform on August 5th at 9:30 pm.

• Scientists are always paying close attention to CSI to notice any scientific slips, but it seems the rest of the country is too distracted by the gratuitous cleavage and sexy investigators to notice. The website The Tyee is wondering why we need to see Catherine's cleavage every time she leans in to inspect a body and how she manages to remain so perfect looking all the time.

• Melina Kanakaredes (Stella Bonasera) recently attended the 14th Annual Academy Award Viewing Dinner and After-Party to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation, hosted by Elton John and David Furnish. The Elton John AIDS Foundation's goal is to bring artists together during Oscar night to raise money for the fight to cure HIV/AIDS.

• CSI: New York featured a storyline in the episode "Fair Game about water gun wars, and the LA Times has taken a closer look at this real-life game. Water gun wars, or StreetWars, are such a hit, its creator is in talks to turn it into a reality TV show. While some people criticize the game for making a mockery out of real life murders, the creators defended it by saying it's just a game where nobody gets hurt... unless it's a storyline on CSI: New York.

• Universal Hollywood will soon acquire a piece of the CSI set to showcase it on their daily Hollywood studio tours.

• Visa has taken advertising to a new level. The credit card signed a contract with Ubisoft recently that will allow the company to advertise their credit cards on the CSI video game Dimensions of Murder. The credit card will be an integral part of the game's plot, from the company's logos appearing sporadically to a suspicious activity in the victim's account. Overall, Visa has a total of 10 minutes of screen time on the game.

• Chuck Lamb (aka Dead Body Guy) will host "Ice, Ice, Bernie," an April Fool's night. Lamb claims he can play a dead body with the rest of them. "I can lay around with the best of them," says Lamb. "Just ask my wife. No one can lie around like me. Every CSI, Law & Order and countless other movies and shows feature a dead body in it. I say, 'that could be me!' I can lay there and be dead, I can achieve my dream by being shot, stabbed, drugged, mugged, mangled, strangled or any other scenario. I am asking people all over the world 'Help Me Live My Dream -- Let Me Play Dead.'"

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