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• Rex Linn (Detective Frank Tripp on CSI: Miami) gave his pick for this year's Super Bowl: "As much as I want Kurt Warner & Co. to kick the hell out of the Steelers, it ain't gonna happen. It'll come down to which defense is better – and we all know the answer to that," the actor told the Star-Telegram.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's Gerald McCullouch (Bobby Dawson) talked to TMZ about his recent brush with a would-be thief. The actor said fighting back was a potentially stupid move, and he wouldn't suggest that others follow his example. When asked if he would use the incident to inspire his stand-up routine, McCullouch laughed and said, "You can't really ignore a goldmine like that."

• Hill Harper (CSI: New York's Dr Sheldon Hawkes), will be at the University of Toledo in Ohio this weekend to talk about the value of education at the 25th Annual Conference for Aspiring Minority Youth. (Source)

• Harper told OK! Magazine that his friend and former Harvard classmate President Barack Obama is the same as he was when they first met. "He's completely the same, completely on a mission," Harper said. "He's a hard worker and he stays on task and that's what I really like about him." The actor continued, "First we had 'Yes We Can' and now we have 'We Are One'; and it's true, we are going to unite this country and unite the world. It's the spirit of hope and possibility. That's what people are excited about."

• The traveling museum exhibit "CSI: The Experience" opens January 31 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The exhibit is free and will run through April 26.

• CSI star Robert David Hall (Dr Al Robbins) was originally scheduled to play George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? with Blue Zone Productions. However, the actor had to withdraw due to "circumstances beyond his control" and has been replaced by Jack Patterson. (Source: Theater Mania)

• Laurence Fishburne (Dr Raymond Langston) would like his wife Gina Torres to work with him on CSI. "My lovely wife actually did an episode called ["XX"] a number of years back," Fishburne explained. "I would be more than thrilled if she came back."

• Spoiler alert!

  Ethan Erickson, who first appeared as firefighter Brendon Walsh in the New York episode "Turbulence" at the beginning of the season, will be returning to the show in the episode airing February 18. His character will be a romantic interest for Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes). "It is extra special for me to get to work on CSI: NY, because not only do I get to work with Melina, but one of my best friends, A.J. Buckley [Adam Ross], stars on the series, so it's great getting to hang out with him on set," Erickson told OK! Magazine. (Thanks to csimania19 on TalkCSI for the heads up.)

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