CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‘s resident coroner, Robert David Hall (Dr Al Robbins), is getting ready to release an album called Things They Don’t Teach You in School. Hall recorded the bluesy music last summer in Austin, Texas with “some of the best sidemen in the business.” The actor told the Jacksonville Observer, “I’ve been a musician and a singer almost all my life, but it just sort of faded. [Then] My baby brother came down with cancer, liver cancer. He’s 46.”

His brother’s situation reminded Hall that people don’t have forever to get to “that secret list of things we want to do in life.” So he got busy. “I’m a good musician,” he continued. “I think I’m a good writer. I have no illusions. I just hope that people who check this out will enjoy it.” Hall wrote seven of the songs on the album and co-wrote two others. Samples of the music from Things They Don’t Teach You in School can be heard at robertdavidhallmusic.com.

Lost actor Harold Perrineau has been tapped for an upcoming guest appearance on CSI: New York. Spoilers after the jump!

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CSI Files previously reported that Paul Blackthorne is slated to guest-star in the upcoming CSI: Miami episode directed by rocker Rob Zombie, “LA”. The actor has now revealed that he will appear in multiple episodes of the crime drama. (Minor spoilers after the jump!)

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CSI: Miami actress Eva La Rue (Natalia Boa Vista) recently moved into a new home, and she wasted no time making several environmentally-conscious changes.

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CSI Files previously reported that CSI: New York executive producer Peter Lenkov was working on a remake of the classic series Hawaii Five-O for CBS. Alex O’Loughlin (Moonlight) and Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) have already been confirmed as the actors portraying Detective Steve McGarrett and Detective Chin Ho Kelly. Actress Taryn Manning is the latest addition to the cast. She will play McGarrett’s younger sister Mary Ann. Manning’s filmography is available on IMDb.com.

Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter) and Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez) must make a decision about their relationship on CSI: Miami, and Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) will be making a relationship decision of his own over on CSI: New York. Spoilers after the jump!

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Archie Kao, familiar to fans of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as AV expert Archie Johnson, has signed on to play the male lead role in the upcoming film Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Lisa See. The story chronicles the lifelong friendship between two nineteenth century Chinese women, which was bound by rigid codes of conduct. Jeon Ji-Hyun (Blood: The Last Vampire) and Li Bingbing (Forbidden Kingdom) will play the starring roles, and the movie will include a cameo from Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine).

The Snow Flower novel is available from Amazon and other retailers.

CSI: New York‘s leading man Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor) makes time in his schedule to entertain the men and women of the United States armed forces.

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With the Olympics in full swing, the franchise will air repeats of the three-series crossover this week. CSI: Miami will air “Bone Voyage” on Monday at 10:00pm ET/PT, CSI: New York will follow on Wednesday at 10:00pm ET/PT with “Hammer Down”, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will round out the week with “The Lost Girls” on Thursday at 9:00pm ET/PT. The crossover found Dr Ray Langston (Laurence Fishburne) travelling to Miami and New York in search of a missing girl before heading back to Las Vegas to solve the mystery.

CSI: New York‘s leading man Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor) and his Lt Dan Band will perform at the Sonoran Pueblo at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona on Saturday, February 13 as part of a free USO tour.

The most recent episode of CSI: New York is now available online. You can watch “The Formula” on CBS.com, TV.com or Fancast—or you can find the full video embedded here on CSI Files after the jump!

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The latest episode of CSI: New York, “The Formula”, won the 10:00pm hour on Wednesday, February 10. The episode pulled in 13.69 million viewers and a 3.6 rating/10 share in the key 18-49 demographic prized by advertisers. Next was a repeat episode of CSI: NY‘s new timeslot competition Law and Order: SVU (which is replacing The Jay Leno Show on Wednesdays) with 5.98 million and 1.8/5, and the cancelled Ugly Betty came in third for the hour with 4.71 million viewers and 1.7/5 in the demo.

For more detailed ratings information, including other Wednesday night programming, visit PI Feedback. (Please note that CSI Files uses the fast national ratings, not the final ratings.)

CSI Files previously reported that former Moonlight and Three Rivers star Alex O’Loughlin was being considered for the lead role in the upcoming CBS remake of the classic series Hawaii Five-O. It has now been confirmed that O’Loughlin will play Detective Steve McGarrett in the reboot, which features CSI: New York showrunner Peter Lenkov and Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci as executive producers. O’Loughlin is the second actor to be cast—Lost‘s Daniel Dae Kim will portray one of McGarrett’s sidekicks, Detective Chin Ho Kelly.