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• Eva La Rue (Natalia Boa Vista) celebrated her birthday on December 27. The CSI: Miami actress turned 41.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer Carol Mendelsohn contributed to a series of essays called "Why We Write", explaining her love for television. She ended the essay by saying:

  So why do I write? I write because I hear the voices of those Writers in the Sky. And I believe there’s a deal to be made that will put us all back to work, but that it has to be negotiated by people on both sides of the table who know the value of those voices.

• According to Great American Country, Shooter Jennings is slated to appear in the CSI episode that will air on January 10, "Bull". The musician will perform two songs.

• Game companies are hoping that the writers' strike will encourage people to play more video games. When Telltale Games created video games based on the CSI series, they consulted the show's writers and had CSI novelist Max Collins write the dialogue. Dan Connors, CEO of Telltale Games, described working with show writers on video games to The Canadian Press:

  Any time we have the ability to work with writers, it improves the quality of the game. They're a great body of talent that generates a ton of creative work.

• Inside Bay Area gave a list of memorable television moments of the past year, and they described Jorja Fox's (Sara Sidle) exit from CSI as the "classiest departure".

• Stuntwoman Nancy Thurston was interviewed by The Journal Star and spoke about doing a full fire burn on CSI in "Spark of Life" during the show's fifth season. She portrayed a woman who set herself on fire and rolled down a hill, accidentally killing a stargazer. "It's one of my favorite shows to work on," she said. "I love to work on any show and do stunts, but it's fun to work on a show I watch."

• Jerry Bruckheimer praised the "terrific showrunners" of the programmes that he produces, but he told the London Free Press that he still has a hand in every episode that gets created:

  I read every script before it's produced and I watch every episode before it's aired and if I feel there's something wrong, I'll give them notes.

• "CSI: The Experience" will only be in Boston until January 1. Boston.com reported that the Museum of Science will have extended hours for the next few days to give people a last-minute chance to see the exhibit. Information on the museum's hours of operation can be found on the official website.

• CSI executive producer Naren Shankar was persuaded by his wife, Cheri, to do an episode of the show that concentrated on animal abuse. "Lying Down with Dogs" was the result. Cheri Shankar lobbies for animal rights and estimates that she and her husband donated $75,000 last year to animal-related causes. This information is originally from the Charleston Daily Mail.

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