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CSI: NY star Melina Kanakaredes is currently filming a new movie that seems perfect for her. Here’s the IMDB listing for it:

The synopsis for the film says that it’s related to the idea of Greek gods, and since she is Greek, it seems perfect that she would play Athena:

A young boy discovers he’s the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. Based on the book by Rick Riordan.

She’s in very auspicious company in the film too, with the other stars including Rosario Dawson, Uma Thurman & Pierce Brosnan also playing Greek gods. It sounds like an interesting film and I’ll let you know as details are released.

CSI: NY star Melina Kanakaredes looks amazing in these photos of her! The brown makes her eyes look incredible!

These photos were taken at the premiere of My Life in Ruins last month. I think it’s cool that the actors get the time off to go enjoy themselves between shooting the seasons. It’s almost like summer break from school, only better.

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This is the big week on CSI: NY where we will see the team lose one person and where everything goes haywire. We know that the show is going to get intense during these two episodes and it is going to be amazing. One of the episodes was written by cast member Melina Kanakaredes too. And we’ll see the episodes, back-to-back on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Hold on to your hats, this is going to be a wild CSI ride!

Last night, CSI: NY star Melina Kanakaredes was a guest on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson. She was there because she’s getting the word out about the upcoming CSI: NY episode she wrote. It will air on May 13 and it’s entitled Grounds for Deception.

If you’ve ever watched Craig Ferguson’s show, you know that he’s an absolute nut! And it’s always fun. In the clip you’ll see them discussing the episode and Ferguson asks her if she wrote herself a great part and if she had Gary Sinise come down with a horrible case of diarrhea to keep him out of the episode. LOL!

Stay with the clip, because she gives us some spoiler info about the season finale and the cliffhanger we’ll be left with!!

Here’s some fun news for CSI: NY fans! Melina Kanakaredes, who plays Stella on the show has actually written the next-to-last episode this season. It’s got lots of intrigue and the story arc involving the Greek coins will continue and get more intense.

I was interested when I ran across this information about why she wrote the episode the way she did. It’s also pretty cool to find out that she will play her character’s mother too in the episode. That’s going to be cool! Check it out:

Spoiler:
Melina Kanakaredes—who went behind the scenes as the writer of CSI: NY’s second-to-last episode of the season, airing May 13—confesses she tried to score a free trip to her homeland by writing a plot involving “evidence in a smuggling ring that takes Stella to Greece in pursuit of a murder suspect.”

Because of the poor economy and looming strike threats, the location shoot in Greece was scrapped. “You can’t kill a girl for trying, right? Now we’re trying to find locations to re-create it.” (Might I recommend Sofi’s Greek restaurant on 3rd?)

The episode will spark never-before-realized chemistry between Stella and Mac (Gary Sinise) and “unravels something personal in Stella’s life. She was orphaned as a child and may find out who her biological parents are.” Stella will stumble on a photo of her mother, played by Melina dressed as an older woman. No word yet if Melina will also don a mustache to play her own father. [Source: Spoiler TV]

CSI: NY’s Melina Kanakaredes performed in what looks like a burlesque type of show recently. It’s the show called A Night at Sardi’s and it was part of the 17th Annual Alzheimer’s Association event in Beverly Hills.

I don’t know about you, but I admire Melina so much. She’s absolutely stunning and talented and in no way looks her actual age. She’s a true role model for many of us. And it’s going to kill me if she’s the one to be killed off of CSI: NY…

Episode 5.16 - No Good Deed
Air Date: February 25, 2009

The premise for this episode sounds somewhat similar to an early CSI: Vegas episode where a crow brings a human eyeball that starts an investigation. However, this time instead of being in the desert of Navada, the crime scene will be in New York City. Let’s face it. There are fewer places for human reamins to go undetected in a big city. I’m sure this episode will be interesting!

Press Release:
WHEN A BUZZARD FLYING OVER MANHATTAN DROPS A HUMAN EYEBALL THE RACE IS ON FOR THE CSIs TO FIND THE OWNER, ON “CSI: NY,” WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25

“No Good Deed” - When a buzzard flying over Manhattan drops a human eyeball from its claw, the race is on to find the body it belongs to before the avian saboteur flies away with the rest of the evidence, on CSI: NY, Wednesday, Feb. 25 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Det. Mac Taylor…………………… …. Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera……… Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer………………. Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes………………….. Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack……………………….. Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe……………………. Anna Belknap
Adam Ross……………………………… AJ Buckley
Dr. Sid Hammerback…………………. Robert Joy

GUEST CAST:
Ella McBride……………………….. Casey LaBow
Flora Pollock………………………… Danay Garcia
Enrico Palmero………………….. Luis Jose Lopez
John Pollock………………………. Larkin Campell
Dr. Catherine Rydell………….. Daphnee Duplaix
Quentin Oswego…………………… Graham Shiels

Written by: Rusty Cundieff & Floyd Byars
Directed by: Matt Earl Beesley [Source: CBS]

Episode 5.15 - The Party’s Over
Air Date: February 18, 2009

Talk about a buzz kill…a dead body dropping from the ceiling always does it for me.

And the dead body isn’t just any old dead body. Turns out it’s Deputy Inspector Gillian Whitford from the episode prior to this one. And who doesn’t love Craig T. Nelson who played Coach? He sounds like he’ll be a not-so-nice character when he guest stars in this episode of CSI: NY. It sounds like a great one!

Press Release:
WHEN THE DEPUTY MAYOR’S DEAD BODY FALLS FROM THE CEILING AT A SWANKY CHARITY FUNDRAISER, STELLA AND HER DATE FIND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CRIME SCENE, ON “CSI: NY” WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18

Craig T. Nelson (”Coach”) Guest Stars As Robert Dunbrook

Julia Ormond (”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) Guest Stars As Deputy Inspector Gillian Whitford

“The Party’s Over” - When the Mayor’s dead body falls from the ceiling, along with hundreds of balloons, at a charity fundraiser, Stella and her date find themselves in the middle of the crime scene and Mac goes head to head with Robert Dunbrook (Nelson), on CSI: NY Wednesday, Feb. 18 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Det. Mac Taylor……………………….. Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera……… Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer. …………….. Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes………………….. Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack……………………….. Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe……………………. Anna Belknap
Adam Ross……………………………… AJ Buckley
Dr. Sid Hammerback…………………. Robert Joy

GUEST CAST:
Robert Dunbrook……………….. Craig T. Nelson
Deputy Inspector Gillian Whitford……………………. Julia Ormond
Brendon Walsh……………………. Ethan Erickson
Jake Kaplan……………………….. Skyler Gisondo
Dep. Mayor Kaplan………………. David Chisum
Neal Weston……………………….. Maury Sterling
Det. Stan Miller…………………… Donnie Jeffcoat
Officer Marks………………………… Jack McGee
Defense Attorney…………………. Craig Woolson
Reporter #1……………………… Ramona Dubarry
Reporter #2……………………. Marta McGonagle
Uni……………………………………… Rudy Dobrev
Bodega Owner………………………… Al Vincente
Thug……………………………………….. Jace James

Written by: Barbie Kligman
Directed by: Oz Scott [Source: CBS]

Episode 5.14 - She’s Not There
Air Date: February 11, 2009

CSI: NY faces a case involving human trafficking. It’s a horrifying and disgusting reality in many big cities and we’ll see the team deal with it head on. These sorts of cases are always especially gripping, and I’m sure this one will be a must-watch episode!

Press Release:

A RUSSIAN TOURIST IS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH AND THE CSIs COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE FRIGHTENING REALITIES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ON “CSI: NY,” WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11

Julia Ormond (”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) Guest Stars As
Deputy Inspector Gillian Whitford

“She’s Not There” - A Russian tourist is found stabbed to death and the CSIs come face to face with the frightening realities of human trafficking. Solving this case becomes personal when it directly affects a prominent member of the NYPD, on CSI: NY Wednesday, Feb. 11 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Det. Mac Taylor……………………….. Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera……… Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer………………. Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes………………….. Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack……………………….. Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe……………………. Anna Belknap
Adam Ross……………………………… AJ Buckley
Dr. Sid Hammerback…………………. Robert Joy

GUEST CAST
Deputy Inspector Gillian Whitford……………………. Julia Ormond
Tara Habis…………………….. Shantel VanSanten
Carolyn Williams……………….. Tamara Feldman
Jody Sun……………………………….. Michelle Lee
Sammy Chen………………………… Michael Hake
Williw Bostic…………… Mykel Shannon Jenkins
Rani Fedoruk……………………………… Tina Ivlev
Patrick Habis………………………… Brian Cousins
Nemo…………………………………. Monte Franks
Tracy James……………………………. Alyssa Diaz
Handome Young Man……………… Bryan Friday
Adrik Fedoruk………………… Michael Papajohn

Written by: Executive Producer Pam Veasey & John Dove
Directed by: Nelson McCormick [Source: CBS]

Of course, these photos of Melina Kanakaredes and Gary Sinise are interesting too. Here they are on the New York City street set of CSI: NY and they must have filmed a couple of different scenes that day because Melina changed coats. (I think I prefer her in the black one, but hey, she would look fabulous wearing a burlap sack!)

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