During the break from filming CSI: Miami, the stars of the show have time to do some more fun things. For example, a few days ago, Adam Rodriguez, who plays Eric Delko on the show took part in a celebrity softball game.

These are some photos from the game where the Newark Bears hosted the celebrities in Riverfront Stadium in Newark N.J.

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It looks like the season premiere for CSI: Miami will not only give us Delko’s comatose flashbacks to 1997, but it will also give us some terrific guest appearances from some of our old favorite cast members.

According to Michael Ausiello, both Rory Cochrane and Khandi Alexander are likely to be back for the episode. Here’s the scoop:

Question: Since CSI: Miami is flashing back to 1997, can we assume that some old favorites will be returning? Like Rory Cochrane? –Katie

Ausiello: His participation remains a question mark, according to exec producer Ann Donahue. “We’re talking to Rory right now about coming back,” she says. “We don’t know if it’s going to happen yet.” (Click here to re-read Cochrane’s recent comments on the subject. What seemed confusing two weeks ago suddenly makes a lot of sense.) Donahue is able to confirm that Khandi Alexander will return for the Miami prequel. And what about Kim Delaney, who was shown the door at the end of season 1? “We love Kim [but] we didn’t approach her to do this,” Donahue says of the Army Wives heroine. “We [may] mention that Megan is on a task force in Tallahassee.” [Source: EW]

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It’s a good thing we know that Adam Rodriguez is going to be back in season 8 of CSI: Miami, or this would be a pretty big shock.

It looks in this spoiler from Michael Ausiello that CSI: Miami’s season 8 premiere will involve Delko in a coma and having visions of the days when the team first started working together. (Let’s just hope they don’t all break into song and dance, like the comatose visions last week on Rescue Me…PLEASE!)

Sources confirm that CSI: Miami is planning to kick off its eighth season with a circa ‘97 origin episode that will show the early days of the team. It’s my understanding that the episode will be told from the point of view of a comatose Delko (Adam Rodriguez), who flashes back to his first murder case with the Miami-Dade PD. Delko, of course, was critically wounded in the season finale. [Source: EW]

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I was out listening to music and having a drink with friends last week in Las Vegas when we struck up a conversation with some women at the table next to us. One of them, it turns out is an undercover Las Vegas police officer! I just had to ask her to talk to me a bit about what it’s like for her to work there in the “city of sin.”

I’ll call her Fran, but it’s not her real name. She’s a petite, pretty woman, but with a handshake like a vice. It’s plain that in her case, looks are definitely deceiving. She’s smart & tough and I’m glad she’s on the side of the law.

Fran works in the undercover unit that tries to get young girls off the street and out of the psychological and physical clutches of their pimps. She told me that most of the young working girls ran away from bad home situations and fell prey to the “charms” of their pimp, who promises to protect them and whom they swear they love.

Fran spends her time trying to convince those girls that their pimp is out for no one but himself and that there is more for them elsewhere. Believe it or not, many of the girls are extremely difficult to convince. They’ve never known any better.

She says that the Vegas unit she works in sends the girls to Los Angeles to be a part of the Children of the Night Program.

Sometimes Fran dresses like the working girls so that she can gain their acceptance, so I don’t want to identify her at all, but it’s clear that she’s very passionate about the work she does. She knows that there are a lot of girls that won’t ever leave their pimp, but she keeps working to save the ones she can.

She’s married and her husband works in Las Vegas in the entertainment industry, so I know he comes into contact with some unsavory characters now and then too. But Fran is the super courageous woman I got the chance to talk to and I am in awe of her strength. She’s a true hero. She doesn’t want the spotlight. In fact, in her work, she can’t get public recognition. She is an unsung hero that saves young people from horrible situations, and perhaps worse every day.

I know she’s not in the CSI unit, but she’s someone that touched me and made me happy that there are such heroic people, ready to do what they can to save other people’s children. My hat’s off to Fran and to all of her counterparts everywhere that work to help others who don’t even know how to help themselves.

I was so impressed with Fran and the work she does that I just had to share it with you. I know I’ll watch crime dramas with a bit of a different attitude. I’ll watch with more respect for the undercover officers now that I’ve met Fran. I hope you might too.

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Here’s a spoiler from TV Guide that I hope doesn’t mean what it suggests that it means…

As you know, season 5 of CSI: NY ended in a cliffhanger where no one knows which character is being written out of the show. I don’t like the thought of where this casting notice takes me:

What can you tell us about CSI: NY’s decision to hire a new CSI? — Karla

TIM: The show recently sent out casting notices for the new series regular role of Kaye Sullivan, a young, attractive risk-taker whose personality has elements of Lindsay, Dr. Peyton Driscoll and ADA Natalie Greer (played for two episodes by Heather Mazur). How do we know? Because the audition script prepared for prospective Kaye Sullivans consists of dialogue spoken by those familiar characters. [Source: TV Guide]

But then, here’s another spoiler about the cast changes for the show:

Question: I read that they are casting for a new female CSI on CSI NY. Any info on if this is a replacement or an addition? In other words, is someone not returning in September? –Kate

Ausiello: I can tell you that it’s not a replacement for either Anna Belknap or Melina Kanakaredes. Both are officially returning next season. Not sure about the rest of the cast. [Source: EW]

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CSI: Miami fans know her as Horatio Caine’s really messed up ex, Julia. But Elizabeth Berkely is much more than that. She’s got her own reality TV series in the works right now. It’s being produced by MTV, so I’m assuming that’s the network that will air it, but it’s not confirmed yet. Here’s the high-level info that IMDB has about the series:

And here’s the overview of what the series is all about:

This series follows actress Elizabeth Berkley as she visits various schools and youth groups around the country to facilitate her self-help program, Ask-Elizabeth.

The series already has an official web site and you can find out a lot more there, while listening to my favorite song by Corinne Bailey Rae, Like a Star.

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CSI: Miami star Emily Procter has a movie that is currently in post-production that should be released later this year. Here’s the IMDb listing info for the flick:

Barry Munday (2009) (post-production) …. Deborah

Barry Munday wakes up after being attacked to realize that he’s missing his family jewels. To make matters worse, he learns he’s facing a paternity lawsuit filed by a woman he can’t remember having sex with.

From this info, we know that her character’s name is Deborah, but have no idea whether her character is the woman who is suing Barry or someone close to him, like his attorney, family member or friend. It sounds like it could be either a silly movie or a fun movie, depending on how it’s handled. I’ll keep you informed about developments surrounding the movie.

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Hill Harper is always busy. He’s a very interesting man in that he’s personal friends with President Obama and he’s written two books that made the bestseller lists. But he’s also always working in the film industry between shooting CSI: NY too. (Not to mention the fact that he’s incredibly good-looking…the man has and does it all!)

Right now, he has several prjects in the works for the big screen. Here’s what IMDB has to say about them:

Hill has done so much to help inspire and even mentor the African-American youth of today. The film Bring Your ‘A’ Game is another example of that. He’s in great company in the film too with other stars such as Jamie Foxx, Ice Cube, Chris Rock, Spike Lee, Louis Gossett Jr, Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs & Russell Simmons. Wow! That’s some cast! Here’s what it’s about:

Bring Your ‘A’ Game: a documentary film in which a 17 year old African-American male encounters prominent Black male icons (’A’ Gamers) from diverse fields in a hip, computer-generated video game-style world.

Shanghai Hotel seems like a very different type of film, but also with a serious tone. Here’s the premise:

The Shanghai Hotel is the story of a young woman named Yin Yin (Eugenia Yuan), who illegally buys her way to the USA from communist China hoping to make a better life for herself and her family. After a long, treacherous journey stowed away in a the dark hull of an overcrowded cargo ship, Yin Yin arrives in New York City for what she thinks will be the beginning of a better life.

The movie The Red Robin isn’t about the family restaurant down the street…and it also stars Hill’s former co-star on CSI: NY, Claire Forlani. Here’s the basis of the plot:

The Red Robin: a nobel prize winning psychiatrist adopted orphans he treated from around the world. 30 years later, on his deathbed, one of his son’s accuses him of experimenting on the children on behalf of the US government.

And this is a very interesting movie for the history buffs:

Rescue at Pine Ridge: the true (and as-yet-untold) story of the US Army’s 9th Calvary (Buffalo Soldiers) and the events leading up to their valiant rescue of the 7th Calvary on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

These films seem to me to suggest that Hill decides upon which projects to join based on their social responsibility. See? He really is a terrific guy!

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Just as my friends and I were waiting for our car to be brought up by the parking valets at the Bellagio, this armored car pulled up. I couldn’t help myself. I had to snap a picture.

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We’ve seen armored car heists in all of the CSI series, but standing there, right next to an armored car, outside of one of the richest casinos in Las Vegas, I couldn’t help but look around for the story to begin. LOL!

Thankfully, no crime was committed and everyone was safe here today. But I thought it was such a fun thought and photo that I just had to share.

Have a terrific day, CSI fans.

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CSI: Miami hunk Adam Rodriguez has been busy outside of the show filming several new movies that are all scheduled to be released later this year. That’s amazingly wonderful news for those of us who are fans of his. Here’s the detail about the new films:

A Kiss of Chaos sounds great!! It’s described as:

A Latino thriller wherein an emotionally conflicted artist’s life is dragged into a vortex of chaos. Sounds great!!

Caught in the Crossfire looks like it will be very intense too with this description:

Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.

I Can Do Bad All by Myself looks like a really fun flick! Adam will take on Madea in Tyler Perry’s latest comedy. Here’s a synopsys:

When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Mexican immigrant looking for work, moves into April’s basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Raymond and the new possibilities of family, faith … and even true love.

And finally, Let the Game Begin is billed as a comedy/drama that will show Adam doing what I’m certain actually is a talent of his:

Tripp is an average frustrated chump, who comes up with a golden idea. He partners with Gary, a Wall Street wheeler and dealer, and brings his cousin, Rowan, on-board to help with his business. As Tripp and Rowan journey together for business, Tripp learns about Rowan’s extraordinary skills- skills in attracting women. The duo realizes that business and relationships today have a lot in common. Tripp learns Rowan’s game and begins closing on business deals. But the problem is, Tripp is married. As the business grows to be worth millions, Tripp realizes that there are many players around him who want a piece of the gold. He must decide to either fight for the gold, or find love, with his new found knowledge of the game.

I’ll keep you posted about the release dates for the movies as they are announced.

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