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First of all, I had not heard this rumor. I would have probably freaked out if I had in light of all the cast members who have left the other two CSI series in the past couple of seasons. I really like Melina Kanakaredes and hope she stays on CSI: NY until it completely ends.

That being said, here’s the latest rumor, and the truth:

Question: There’s a rumor going around that Melina Kanakaredes is getting killed off CSI: NY in the very near future. True? —Jess

Ausiello: False. My NY mole tells me that Melina will be around all season. [Source: EW]

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Episode 6.02: Blacklist Featuring Grave Digger
Air Date: TBD

After we finally get to see the aftermath of the season 5 cliffhanger, the second episode of CSI: NY will give us even more to enjoy. In that episode, Mac has something more from his family’s past come back to haunt him and the team. These photos from the episode look like the team is going to be very serious about solving this one!

When Det. Stella Bonasera, (Melina Kanakaredes), and Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) investigate a case of a cyber killer, it turns personal when the suspect invokes the name of Mac’s father who had died nearly two decades earlier
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[Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved]

[Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved]

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[Photo: © 2009 CBS, all rights reserved]

For fans of CSI: NY, there has always been the question about whether or not Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) and Mac (Gary Sinise) will ever start dating. It’s obvious that they care about each other, but fans wonder if there’s more than co-worker caring between them.

Right now, the bigger question needs to be about who was killed off during the season 5 finale? I’m dying to know, aren’t you?

In this video clip, TV Guide’s Matt Mitovich gets the answers for us. He sat down with Melina Kanakaredes and asked her the question of Mac & Stella romance. She tells us how she sees it:

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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.

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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.

[Photo: Zuma Press]

[Photo: Zuma Press]

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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!

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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!!

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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]

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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…

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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]

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