I’m pretty surprised that Hill Harper & Carmine Giovinazzo were left out of Buddy TV’s Top 100 Sexiest Men of 2009 list. Haven’t they noticed these two hotties? I think they need to have their eyes examined…

But the great news is that threeCSI stars were included. And each of the three CSI franchises has a star included. Here are the three who made the list:

#85 Eddie Cahill, CSI: NY

Eddie Cahill is the all-American boy next door. That is, if you happened to live next door to a man who is so hot he could make your grandma fan herself.

#39 George Eads, CSI: Vegas

The alpha dog of crime investigation is still standing tall and still looking good even while co-stars all around him abandon ship.

#31 Adam Rodriguez, CSI: Miami

He may have left CSI: Miami, but he looked better than ever doing it, and we can only hope he continues to pop up on our TV screens.

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Last week was the big CSI trilogy crossover event. As part of the promotion for the series, CSI: Vegas hunk George Eads took time out to chat live with CSI fans online. I went and grabbed the chat text and re-ordered it so that the questions followed the answers. It’s just easier to read that way. I hope you enjoy it:

George Eads: Hello everyone, thanks for coming. This is George Eads here. I haven’t done this in well over a year so it will be great to talk with you all.

Rita-Clare LeBlanc: Hey George! I was wondering, what is your opinion on a CSI movie, and do you think one will ever happen? Hope your back is feeling better! Thanks, Nova Scotia Canada!

George Eads: I love the idea of a CSI movie. We would get to have more liberties with the script, dialogue, we could drop that heavy dose of realism that escapes us on Network TV. A very creative, a Guy Ritchie or a Quentin Tarantino, then it would take on a whole new life. Thanks for your well wishes, back is still sore, full recovery won’t be until about April.

Sarah: Thanks for taking time to talk to us George! What is the most fun part about working on CSI?

George Eads: First, thanks! Every day there is something great about working on this show. Today it is working with Laurence Fishburne for 12 hours. I just admire him and being around him and doing scenes with him is exhilarating.

anna: hi george. how you compare working on a multi-series crossover with simialr shows versus the 2 1/2 men writer swap?

George Eads: My participation in both the trilogy and TWO AND A HALF MEN was very brief — I didn’t go to the other shows in the trilogy and for TWO AND A HALF MEN I was only there a few hours but I got to talk to Charlie Sheen, which was great. I do like the idea of this trilogy – there’s just some great actors and i think it is very interesting for the fans to put these shows together.

Robin from Holland: Who is the clown of the CSI crew?

Enrica: I bet Eric

Elfert: Good bet :p

kdala: I second that bet

George Eads: I think it’s me. I always try to keep things light because we’re under such high pressure to get it done so quickly that a lot of the team members behind the camera get really stressed out so I try to make sure everyone knows we are here to have fun.

Hillary: Hey George. Several fans of yours felt it would have made more sense to have Nick or Catherine or Greg make the cross over and not the new CSI, Ray. I realize it was for ratings they went wth Laurence but this cross over just isn’t grabbing me with him as the character to do it. Comments?

kdala: Good question Hillary

Tracy in Arizona!: I think Catherine would of been the best crossover.

Nicola from UK: I’d liked to have seen Nick in the Crossover, especially being much more experienced in the field than Ray.

Talia: I have to agree with you Hilary! I wanted Nick and Catherine.

Amber: I think Greg would have been interesting to see.

George Eads: Well that’s a good question. It’s not my decision — that’s a decision made by the people behind the curtain. I think Laurence is a movie star and has a lot of appeal and in that regard it makes sense. He’s a master actor so maybe next time there will be more inclusion. My heart stays in Vegas.

Guest: Hey George, first of all my nine year old daughter wants to tell you she thinks you rock! Secondly, what are your plans after CSI?

George Eads: The plan after CSI would be to grow a beard and go fishing and go see my family and reconnect with friends from my past who over the past 15 years in LA I haven’t had much of a chance to see. Catch up with my nephews. And take the jobs as they come if an opportunity should arise to contribute to a good film.

Sara Zerbib: If you could chose anyone to do a guest appearance, who would you want to see?

George Eads: I like Andy Garcia. As far as a female goes, I’ve always been a Kathy Bates fan.

aussieforgood: Hi George, Last week I couldnt help but feel there was some mutual attraction between Nick and April from victim services, is this the last we’ve seen of her and will Nick finally get a love intrest??

George Eads: There could definitely be something there. I don’t think that’s the last we’ll see of her. She was as cool of a person away from the camera as she was in front of it.

Amanda (Canada): I am wondering though if you see yourself at all in Nick and how as well as how is your character different from you?

George Eads: People ask me that all the time. I would say Charlton Heston wasn’t Moses. You can take that like you want — Nick is a character within me. He was influenced by all the personalities that have influenced me throughout my life, mainly southern people given that I am from Texas. So I try to have a southern cadence without a southern twang. He’s definitely more macho than I am. He’s a guy that if there was a car accident he’d be the first people over there to help — he thinks about others first, he’s really very brave and noble.

Lauri: Hi George Thank you for chatting with all your fans You have sang “Mandy ” in a previous episode will we see you singing in any future episodes?

George Eads: I sing a lot walking around the set — I’ll find a spot to sing again. I had suggested that in the past — how about some Loverboy?

anna: how much control do actors have over their characters? if you see a writer take an odd direction with nick, can you point them a different way?

George Eads: Absolutely. We have a common ground of respect. Billy Petersen was one of the catalysts of building a better relationship between writers and actors. Communication and respect and you can pretty much creatively go back and forth, catch and throw until you get it to where you want.

Jordan Caine: Who or what was your inspiration to become an actor?

George Eads: Being a fan of the movies as a child growing up sometimes I would go to the movies by myself and then afterwards I would spend my day outside on my bike or bulding a tree house, my mind was just always in this other world. As I matured, I was so inspired by movies that I wanted to be an actor and inspire others — make people think about their relationships with the world around them.

Nicola (uk): Nick’s comments about being the new bug guy angered some fans, why do you think Nick has chosen to take over that roll?

George Eads: Again, that’s a great question. I’d love to say I had something to do with that. That’s what the script said, that was the direction the writers wanted the character to go. I did tell them I didn’t want Grissom’s office, but they wanted the character to have it anyway. They said they would write in that Nick had a problem with it. I always respectfully keep Grissom’s pig behind my desk. I know there will never be another bug man but all I can do is try to make him proud. The torch must be carried.

maryseriouslymary: Hey George. Your definelty my favorite character on the show so i was wondering if your character will be having any big episode coming up?

George Eads: Yes. There is an episode coming up that takes us out of the lab and puts myself, two lab rats and Greg in a situation that demands that they come together as a team.

JJ from Spain: Have you ever played with any of the CSI games? Did you enjoy recording the voices for them?

George Eads: I did enjoy recording the voices for them. But after this long period of playing this character the last thing I’m interested in doing is playing him virtually. No offense.

Jennifer Ann from Germany: What do u think u would be doin by now if u wouldnt have chosen to b an actor….?

George Eads: I think it would have been fun to be a pro golfer. I’ve been playing since I was a pre-teen. My handicap is a 10.

Robin from Holland: If you had to pick one word to describe your life, what word would that be?

George Eads: Rewarding.

ALi: Yo George, what is your favourite thing about Nick?

George Eads: His attitude.

Dave from NB Canada: Hi George…I am a huge fan of CSI…I was just wondering what the hardest scene was for you to do, in the last 10 years?

George Eads: Good question. I would say when I was buried underground saying goodbye to my parents on the tape recorder because I really thought about saying goodbye to my own parents and I had Quentin Tarantino squatting next to the box whispering direction in my ear — your mom’s watching you die, that’s what he was saying to me.

Laura: Whose idea was it to grow the moustache in season 6?

George Eads: It was mine. I caught a lot heat for that one. I am the third and my namesake had one, my dad always had one and I thought people in law enforecmen – if you thnk about it, you see a lot of mustaches and beards so I was kind of feeling that at the time. I didn’t realize that people would take it so personally, so when i heard that they did, i purposely kept it on for a couple more episodes, just to send a message that I am the character. I still would like to try a little scruff but i apologize if it made anyone mad, it wasn’t my intention. No more Robn Burgundy’s from me.

Talia from Athens: Hi George! You all seem to be very close in the show, especially the characters that heve been there for a while. How close are you with your co-stars in real life?

George Eads: I get asked this question a lot. I think its because a telepathy starts to happen between characters that have known each other so long, they almost assume we all hang out personally. For me as a choice i don’t personally hang out with the people I work with — if we’re working together, we’ll have dinner in Vegas. I know Jorja and Eric are very close they hang out a lot. But for me as an actor I like to keep almost a degree of professional distance so i can maintain my character on screen with that actor. It’s all out of respect.

Joanne: Hi George I really think that you are great in CSI! Besides CSI, what other primetime show you would like to work with?

George Eads: I’m a fan of 30 Rock. I would love to try my hand at some comedy. It’s so funny. I am an Alec Baldwin fan and a Liz Lemon fan. I’d also love to work with Speilberg and Hanks on some their war projects — I think they have something called The Pacific coming out soon and I seemed to miss that boat. I could really sink my teeth into playing a military man.

Enrica: I love Quentin. How was it to work with him?

George Eads: Everything you could imagine it would be. It was the most rewarding experience I”ve had and I had the opportunity to hang out with him personally in his home a couple of times and i’ll never forget the cool stories he told and his insight on filmmaking is invaluable.

DA from Texas: hi george, i was wondering what can we expect from the upcoming episodes in this season. maybe spoil a bit?

George Eads: I did earlier with the lab rats episode with Greg. Think Dr. Frankenstein and Egor. That’s a spoiler.

kdala: Would you like to do some directing or scriptwriting in the future, for either CSI or non-CSI related projects?

George Eads: Yes really on all those. Now I see things when I read them in like a viewfinder like where you click the pictures? LIke int he camera’s eye. Directing is what I will do eventually. And producing would be fun as well. I’ve had this idea of Tin Cup the television series. I’d love to pitch that to Bruckheimer when CSI is over. It would have the comedy, the side kick, the love interest, the zingers – it would be fun.

Carla: How would you describe George Eads to someone who has never met him?

George Eads: Disarming. You know I think the definition of a cool person is someone who puts others at ease, so I try to be a cool person.

Jayke1981: Another question – should this get asked…. Do you ever get starstruck still if you get an A8 guest star?

George Eads: Of course! I was a fan first.

Rita-Clare: Thank you so much George for taking time out of your day to talk to us fans!

George Eads: Thank you so much to everyone for watching CSI! I take pride in working hard for the fans. Thanks for not being too hard on me!

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Tomorrow CSI: NY star Hill Harper will chat live on TV.com with fans about the trilogy’s second part that airs tomorrow night on CBS. The chat will take place tomorrow, November 11th at 12pm PT and you can go set up a reminder email for yourself here.

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Then on Thursday, November 12th at 11am PT, CSI: Vegas star George Eads will chat live with fans about the third and final part to the trilogy that will air on Thursday night. Be sure to go to the site to set up a reminder email for yourself too.

Be sure to join the chat! It’s a big chance to talk to two of the CSI stars…and both of them are fan favorites!

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Well, a confirmed bachelor has decided to wed. CSI: Vegas star George Eads finally popped the question to his long-term girlfriend, Monika Casey. The two are now planning to marry as George announced on the Craig Ferguson show this week.

“I got engaged actually to a really nice girl.

“When you go through something that terrible together… I don’t know, maybe it happened for a reason. She really was my champion and really helped me get through that.”

Apparently, this summer he had surgery to repair his spine [Ouch!] and she was there for him through it all. It made him appreciate how important their relationship is. I say, good for them!!

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• The season 10 premiere of CSI: Vegas began with an amazing…I mean AMAZING 3-D look through the entire lab and lot outside where a huge incident was taking place. We see shards of glass and blood droplets in mid air, along with bullets frozen in their trajectories. Dr. Robbins was using his crutch to take out a gunman and Langston was in mid-kick sending a gunman backward through a window. It was incredible. I’ll try to get you a clip of it.
• 48 HOURS EARLIER: Stokes is studying a book about caring for arachnids while a large tarantula crawls through an aquarium. I guess he’s going to take over the bug thing where Grissom left off.
• Catherine told someone on the phone about Riley leaving them with 100 open cases. And Langston got promoted to CSI Level 2.
• The team is called to the scene of an auto accident where a popular actress is dead. The other driver still had a pulse and the evidence shoed that he had kept his foot on the gas pedal after the crash. She had been stopped when he hit her.
• Catherine assigned Greg Sanders to go to a fleabag motel to check out a dead body. He protests because he thinks he should be able to stay and wants someone with less seniority to go. He loses his argument.
• A young man was in Brass’ office where he is questioned about the starlet being on the road at 4 am. He tells Brass that she had been on her way to the set of a movie she was working on. He’s her significant other and his father owns a casino.
• At the motel, Sanders finds the man’s body. He was robbed and had been dead for at least two days. He finds some fibers between two teeth in a dental partial.
• Dr. Robbins tells Catherine that the starlet had been 8 weeks pregnant. We see that he has a ghoulish hobby of collecting photos of dead people’s faces.
• At the hospital, the doctor tells Langston that the drunk managed to survive the crash, but with a broken C2 vertebra. He had had blood alcohol level of 1.8 and GHB in his system. Stokes finds a small vial of something in the man’s duffel bag and they take it to analyze it.
• When they look further in his possessions, he has a scrapbook full of pictures of the starlet he killed, along with duct tape, rope a hunting knife and a teddy bear. He had been stalking her.
• The guy had hacked into the film production company’s computer and had all the info from the actress’s call sheet, so he knew where she would be.
• Langston thought the guy wanted to kidnap her, but not kill her yet. Stokes thought he wanted to kill her with the accident. Just then, Brass found out that the driver had regained consciousness and he went to talk to him.
• The guy knew he had killed her but wasn’t making much sense otherwise.
• Langston & Stokes studied some security tapes near the crash scene for clues. They figured out that someone overrode the traffic signal to make her have to stop.
• When the boyfriend went to the morgue to view the actress’ body, he almost showed no emotion at all. Was he in shock?
• They didn’t find an “emitter” in the man’s car, but knew one had to have been used to stop her at the light. The one that had been used was an illegal one, without an identifier, so it hadn’t been one of the police, fire or ambulance ones.
• Langston went to the hospital to check out the driver and found bruises from a seatbelt on the passenger side. He hadn’t been driving after all. They figure that the real killer hit her, pulled the unconscious man to the driver’s seat and broke his neck.
• Just when Catherine was getting read the riot act about information leaked to the press, Sara Sidle walks in. She married Grissom and while he’s lecturing at the Sorbonne, she came to help out temporarily.
• Catherine read riley’s exit interview where she basically trashed Catherine as a leader. Then, when looking over the bad press on the case, she finds an article about the boyfriend having other women sue him for paternity.
• Langston & Stokes go to the hotel where the guy in the hospital had stayed and paid cash. The surveillance video showed him being taken from the bar by the boyfriend’s security man.
• Brass took the security guy to talk to him while Catherine asked the boyfriend about the reason he hadn’t been with her that morning. He took an engagement ring from his pocket and told her he was going to give it to her, but hadn’t had the chance.
• The security guy told Brass that he had talked to the stalker to get him to go away, but Langston did some homework on the guy and found that he raced cars. He searched the guy’s room and found a crash helmet, with white powder on it. He suspected it was airbag dust from the crash. The guy asked for a lawyer.
• The dust was confirmed to be airbag talc. Catherine confided in Sara about the exit interview. Sara suggested that Catherine make someone the second in charge to help her.
• Just then, men with dark sunglasses, black suits and white shirts burst into the morgue. The bodies were all pulled out and things were in total disarray. They carried out a body in a body bag. Dr. Robbins tried to stop them and the bullets started to fly. Two of the men got into a large panel truck with the body and fired at Stokes and Sara as they drove away.
• Two people from the lab were injured, but stable. They seemed to be Russian mobsters and instead of taking the actress’ body as people expected, they took the body of the bum that Sanders had been investigating. The bum’s DNA came back and he was the actress’ father.
• Nick & Sara arrived at a scene where the father had been put through a wood chipper. They found out that the man had been a diagnosed schizophrenic and the actress had been taking care of him as well as she could.
• The boyfriend’s father had hired the security guy to breakup the actress and the boyfriend. When the security guy went to talk to the father, they struggle and he kills the father. So now the only thing he can do to fix things is to kill the actress too.
• They know they have to find a way to connect the security guy to both murders. The father had bitten the man’s sleeve and swallowed his cufflink. They sifted through the remains to find it. He was arrested for killing the father, but they couldn’t connect him to the actress.
• Catherine called Nick Stokes to her office and promoted him to Assistant Supervisor on the Graveyard Shift. Then she handed him a pile of folders to go through for her.
• The episode ended with Langston going to visit Robbins in the morgue. Robbins is doing an autopsy and when he opens the abdomen, they are both shocked and puzzled. We don’t get to see what it is. I guess we have to wait for next week.

Discussion Points:

1. Were you disappointed at how little Sara was involved this week?
2. Did I miss something? Why were the men in black that broke in to the morgue to steal the man’s body from the Russian mob? I didn’t see how they were ever connected that way, did you?
3. What are your thoughts about Riley leaving in such a negative way?
4. What are your thoughts about Grissom & Sara being married now?
5. Did you notice that Hodges was intent on protecting Wendy? I wonder how long he’s going to have a crush on her before letting her know…
6. Did you like this episode? What did you like/dislike most about it?

Leave a comment to let us know what you think!

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Tomorrow night is the season 10 premiere of CSI: Vegas and we know that Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) will be back for a few episodes. This is a clip showing us a few scenes from the episode, along with Jorja Fox, George Eads, Laurence Fishburne and Marg Helgenberger talking about what it’s like to be back at work and how it feels to have worked on the show for 10 years.

Personally, I can’t believe sometimes that it’s been on for 10 years already. I love the show so much, it always seems new in some way. Here’s what the cast thinks:

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With the tenth season of CSI: Vegas to premiere soon, the spoilers about the characters are just beginning to show up. This time, it’s about a very long overdue promotion for Nick Stokes, played by George Eads. He’s toiled long and hard beside Grissom and now Catherine and it’s about time he got the recognition he so deserves. Check this out:

It was reported that on CSI, Nick Stokes would be getting a promotion. Can you maybe clarify what “promotion” means? — Jocelyn

ADAM: Nick will act as Catherine’s No. 2, working alongside her much in the same way she did with Grissom. But wait, you say, isn’t that pretty much what he’s already doing? Maybe, so it’s about time they made it official. “It is a promotion for him to a supervisory position,” a CBS rep says. Hey, in this economy, you take what you can get. [Source: TV Guide]

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CSI: Vegas – Episode 10.01 – Family Affair
Air Date: September 24, 2009

The very first episode photos for CSI: Vegas have been released. We know that Jorja Fox, who plays Sara Sidle will be back for five episodes this season from these photos, it’s clear that she’s looking great! Hopefully, the case she starts with won’t send her packing again!

Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) returns to the CSI team, on the tenth season premiere of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, September 24 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT)
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George Eads talks a bit about Laurence Fishburne and how lucky the show is to have such a great actor join it. There are some fun candid shots of the cast enjoying the celebration too. I hope you enjoy it:

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You’re right, now TV Guide is calling everyone’s attention to it too.

Here’s a great little clip for us all to drool over. It’s a behind the scenes look at the TV Guide photo shoots and some words from the Sexiest Stars on TV, including CSI: Vegas star George Eads. He’s among very good company too. My other TV crush, Simon Baker is on the list along with a ton of other male and female hotties. So, sit back, relax and hit the play button. Enjoy!

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