Happy Birthday Marg!!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Actor Info/Sightings
Happy Birthday to CSI star, Marg Helgenberger! The Catherine Willows actress turned 47 today.

The Return of the Spork?
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Show Information
Details have been released of the first few episodes of Season 6 (we apologise for the delay in getting those to you, they'll come shortly). It has recently been revealed that in the season premiere of Season 6, all CSIs from both swing and nightshift are investigating an explosion inside a trailer, and this does include Sofia Curtis - you yourselves can decide whether this is good or bad news! That's all we can reveal at this time, within the next I promise to provide some episode information of Season 6!

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HAPPY VERY BELATED BIRTHDAY, ERIC!!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Actor Info/Sightings
We'd like to extend our very belated, but very happy birthday wishes to Eric Szmanda! The Greg Sanders actor turned a big 3-0 on July 24.

Almost As If CSI Never Existed...
Mood:  down
Topic: Show Information

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - "Grave Danger" (Quentin Tarantino)
(Competition: Deadwood, Grey's Anatomy, Huff, Lost, The West Wing)

Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) - "Ch-Ch-Changes"
(Competition: Carnivale, Deadwood, MadTV, Nip/Tuck)

Outstanding Sound Editing For a Series - "Down the Drain"
(Competition: CSI: Miami, Lost, Smallville, 24)

Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series - "Down the Drain"
(Competition: Deadwood, Lost, 24, The West Wing)

And that's all folks! Guess the Academy aren't expecting people to watch the Awards. It's good to see though, that CSI didn't get overlooked in the Creative Arts section...although, it is unlikely to take home an award in any of the 3 CA categories it was nominated in, seeing as in each one it is up against at least one Outstanding Drama nominee! Well, good luck to Tarantino! Maybe they'll give it to him to keep him coming back to television. It's sad that the first major award CSI will win will be due to someone who'd never worked with the show before.

Happy Birthday, Paul!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Actor Info/Sightings
Happy Birthday to CSI's Paul Guilfoyle! The Capt. Brass portrayer turns the big 5-0 today.

Happy Birthday, Jorja!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Actor Info/Sightings
Happy Birthday to CSI star, Jorja Fox! The Sara Sidle actress turned 37 today.

CSI Begins Campaigns for Emmys
Topic: Show Information

With the 2005 Emmy Awards nominations just around the corner (July 14), primetime TV execs have begun their "For Your Consideration" crusades. CSI's head honchos have hit all the drama-acting categories, as well as a push for Best Drama Series. The episodes for consideration? 100th episode "Ch-Ch-Changes" and Tarantino's masterpiece that is the season 5 finale, "Grave Danger," which will be considered for a directing nom. All of the main credited actors are being pushed for their respective categories (Petersen and Helgenberger for lead actor and actress; Fox for supporting actress; and the remaining five men for supporting actor).

Official nominations will be announced Thursday, July 14 and the Awards will be handed out Sunday, September 18.

See here for a list of all current Emmy submissions.
Thanks to CSIFiles for the info.

Who do you think should get the nomination?

Marg Helgenberger on the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Topic: TV Appearances
The talented CSI actress will be appearing on Craig Ferguson's late-night show on Tuesday, June 7. Check your local listings for times.

Download Marg's segment here

New "Character" to Join CSI
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Show Information
CSI Files recently published a news item, about a new character joining CSI. The new character is The Yukon XL Denali , a new forensic crime lab on wheels. The Yukon XL Denali was chosen as the new crime lab on wheels for the Vegas team. Larry Mitchell, retired crime scene investigator turned technical advisor, showed off the SUV that will also serve as a Mobile Analysis Unit for Grissom and his team. "This is a state of the art crime lab, one every CSI person would give their heart for," Mitchell told CBS "We have everything that you would use at a crime scene, to handle any kind of crime scene you can come in contact with." For more info, head over to CSI Files

Tarantino won't leave us hanging!
Topic: Show Information
Quentin Tarantino reveals that they didn't make it a two-hour episode for nothing! According to CSI Files, the director told CTV, "In an hour we kinda talked out the entire episode. After we did that it was like, 'well, of course I’m gonna do it now! I like the story too much, I like, can't let it go now!'"

So I guess this means he doesn't have to come back a few months later and direct the season 6 premiere...

The finale airs Thursday, May 19 at a special time: 8/7C