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• Eva La Rue (CSI: Miami's Natalia Boa Vista) recently got engaged to Joe Cappuccio in South Africa. La Rue was "driven to tears and totally speechless" when her longtime boyfriend popped the question at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. The actress said they will return to South Africa for their wedding.

• G-OIL, a biodegradable motor oil, recently helped the scientists crack the case in the CSI: New York episode "Taxi". While the oil itself is real, the show did fabricate a certain detail for dramatic purposes: the real G-OIL doesn't attract ants. "We think our product is very unique, and it's exciting to have a whole team of writers at a show as innovative as CSI thinking the same thing," said Jeff Marshall, CEO and president of Green Earth Technologies. "We do want to reiterate that G-OIL doesn't attract ants or any other wildlife, but it was certainly a creative twist for the episode." (Source: Search Autoparts)

• The Futon Critic recently put in their two cents about Eleventh Hour, the upcoming offering from Jerry Bruckheimer. The series, starring Rufus Sewell, will premiere in the fall after CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

• CBS profits went up 14% thanks to sales of the CSI franchise abroad.

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• Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny, the follow-up to Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by CSI: New York's Hill Harper (Dr Sheldon Hawkes), will be released on June 3. Harper will also appear on the BlogTalkRadio Internet Radio Network program Upfront & Straightforward with Alan Roger Currie on June 12 at 10:00pm EDT. (Source: PR-Inside)

• CBS released more detailed information about Lauren Lee Smith's new series regular role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation:

  She will play CSI Bryce Adams, a smart, flirtatious, and witty non-conformist who entered law enforcement to rebel against her judgmental psychiatrist father. She has always been fascinated by the perverse underbelly of society and cannot be shocked or intimidated. She will be hired onto Grissom's night shift team.

• SPOILER ALERT!

  After seeing the shocking ending of CSI: Miami's six season finale, the burning question during the summer hiatus is whether or not Horatio (David Caruso) will survive. As Entertainment Tonight reports, the answer is yes: Miami's leading man will definitely be back in the fall.

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