FBI Dramas

Photos: "Without A Trace" Stars Spotted This Christmas

Without A Trace stars partied, shopped, and just looked awesome this month. Check out some of the latest images of these FBI drama stars.

Without A Trace star Anthony LaPaglia and his daughter Bridget took in a bit of Christmas shopping recently.

Enrique Murciano was also spotted at the Conga Room Grand Opening Celebration at Nokia LA Live in Los Angeles this month.

Marianne Jean-Baptist looked stunning when she attended the Los Angeles premiere for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this month.

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Bruckheimer In Saddle With HBO For "Cowboys"

Jerry Bruckheimer, creator of crime dramas CSI and Without A Trace, has reportedly become a willing accomplice in Cocaine Cowboys, a new HBO drama about the Miami drug trade in the 1980s. Bruckheimer is teaming with director Michael Bay for this series, based on a documentary written by Billy Corben.

So hasn’t this already been done, you may ask, with the old TV series, Miami Vice? Well, maybe, but HBO is known for its original and gritty programming. This series may prove to be Miami Vice on speed.

Bruckheimer is also the executive producer for CBS crime series, Eleventh Hour, and Cold Case. Notably, he’s producing a new drama fantasy starring Nicholas Cage, called The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. As an aside, it sounds like Mr. Cage is taking a break from portraying the guy who knows everything (National Treasure, Bangkok Dangerous, Next, etc.)…or is he?

Kudos for Mr. Bruckheimer taking a step in the 1980s Miami drug scene, and in the meantime, let’s hope the series is as influential as Vice was in its time.

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Criminal Minds’ "The Crossing" Airs On Christmas Eve

If you’re like me, you might find yourself waiting peacefully in front of the TV for Santa on Wednesday, December 24, and I can think of no better Wednesday crime drama than the Criminal Minds‘ episode, The Crossing, which airs at 9:00 PM on CBS. Pictured above are A.J. Cook and Shemar Moore.

The Crossing involves a stalker who has crossed state lines to pursue his latest obsession, a young woman who may end up as the next victim.

Also, Hotchner and Rossi investigate whether a woman who has killed her husband and claimed battered woman-syndrome is telling the truth, or simply getting away with murder.

Speaking of Christmas, A.J. Cook, who portrays J.J. got a nice early gift this year (in September), her son, Mekhai Allan Andersen. Official word is that she’ll be back on Criminal Minds full-time in February, in episode number 14.

Many fans miss their favorite non-profiler, and are even hoping her character gets a lot more action in the field this season when she gets back in February.

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Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore Talks Pro Cycling & L.A. Bike Commuting

If you’ve ever wondered how Criminal Minds’ star Shemar Moore got into cycling and riding for MS, it all started with him getting rid of his “sissy bike” according to him, in his interview with Bicycle.com.

Since I’m not a cyclist, I don’t profess to know what a sissy bike is, but Moore says according to some of his Criminal Minds friends, his first bike, a hybrid, was just that, and is a far cry from his now 15 lb. carbon bike.

Every year, he and the CR team ride the SoCal MS 150. He also rides his bike an average of 300 miles per week.

Interestingly, Moore says he gets no love from some L.A. drivers when commuting, as they just see him as a man in tights when he’s out on the road, but he takes it all in stride.

He explains what it’s like to ride in L.A. by saying, “Lots of drivers here get irritated, so I ride in heavily trafficked areas only when I have to. Because I’m a man in tights, people call me…not such nice names. What’s funny is a lot of times I catch them at a red light. You pull up, and they try to ignore you because they feel stupid”.

He also mentions how he feels about the lack of pro African-American road cyclists, and says the biggest challenge for him in cycling was getting used to the saddle. For now, all we ask is for you folks in L.A. to please be nice to Shemar!

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Criminal Minds: "Brothers In Arms" Promo

Be sure to catch the new episode of Criminal Minds this week, on Wednesday, December 10 at 9:00 PM on CBS. Check out the promo here:

This weeks new episode of Criminal Minds, Brothers In Arms, features Agent Morgan (Shemar Moore). He served as a police officer in a bomb squad unit with the Chicago Police Department before he came to the FBI.

This time, a serial killer is is specifically focusing on members of the police force in Phoenix, AZ. The intentional shooting of a police officer obviously has an affect on the overall morale of the team, so this will likely be a very tense episode as Morgan helps to solve this case.

Most police officers take the job because they’re sincere in wanting to protect and serve their community, so having an unsub hunting them adds a lot of pressure to solve the case, as officers are in many respects the guardian angels of the city streets. The portrayal of this situation is likely to be intense and real.

Guest stars include Joe Regalbuto (Ghosts Whisperer, The Dark Horse), Mark Pellegrino (Prison Break, Numb3rs), Guillermo Diaz, and Bo Foxworth (33 Griffin Lane, Crossing The Line).

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Trace’s Roselyn Sanchez Weds Winter & Does "Vegas"

Without A Trace’s Roselyn Sanchez just tied the knot with her boyfriend and Days of Our Lives star, Eric Winter. It’s said the couple made their love move this past week, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over 250 guests attended, which included her college friend, Eva Longoria.

You can’t see much of her amazing wedding dress over over at celebgossipz.com, except for the veil. The couple’s plan is to honeymoon in the Mayan Rivera.

Back in July, there was a big to-do about her InStyle Wedding photo shoot, and in the video, she talked about her need for being “classic” as opposed to sexy when it comes to fashion. You can catch a glimpse of her 4.3 carat diamond ring here.

Sanchez has just completed work in a new comedic feature film called Venus & Vegas, which stars Eddie K. Thomas (Nick And Nora’s Infinite Playlist), Donald Faison (Scrubs) and Eddie Guerra. In it, three crooks must get through a burglary gone wrong, … and navigate their relationships at the same time. You can see the images from the film at the Venus & Vegas MySpace site. Congratulations to the newlyweds!

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Fringe’s Joshua Jackson on TV: "It Wasn’t A Snap Decision"

In a recent interview, Joshua Jackson says that his decision to head back into television acting was not an easy one. As you know, this fall he began his role as Peter Bishop in Fox’s FBI science drama, Fringe.

Jackson not only admitted that working on television is a huge undertaking as far as the work, but that he also had to consider his relationship with his girlfriend, actor Diane Kruger.  He explains about the work by saying, …Making a good television show is very difficult - it takes a lot of dedication, a lot of time, hard work and that little extra something to make a show good.”

After Jackson’s stint as Pacey on Dawson’s Creek, he’s worked on a series of feature films (Shutter, One Week, Battle In Seattle, Cursed). Having a TV show in production is a giant commitment, even for just an hour long series.

He also noted he’s working with an amazing group of people on Fringe. You can’t blame the man for asking his girlfriend to move to New York with him, and yes, we’re glad he made the right decision.

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"Numb3rs": Alimi Ballard Dotes On Family Life

Numb3rs star Alimi Ballard is a family man extraordinaire.

He recently did an interview with Hitched Magazine, and talked about his most important work. No it’s not his role as Agent David Sinclair on CBS’s hit FBI drama Numb3rs, but being husband to his wife Dawn, and dad to his son and daughter, Naya Seray, and Cairo Che. Having a 3 1/2 year old and a 1 year-old requires strategy and planning.

Besides his role as Agent David Sinclair on the series, Ballard has also starred in Dark Angel, CSI, and NYPD Blue.

Ballard also says that having time with his wife alone is another top priority, as he says “We have a babysitter, and no matter what we go out once a week…”. He makes sure that family time is completely separate from work as well, by managing things via time management techniques.

Ballard just celebrated a birthday on October 17, and although he and the family live in LA, they still like to get back to his original home, New York City. It’s nice to see that one of our favorite Numb3rs stars has such a great time being a family man!

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FBI Dramas Updates: November 23, 2008

Fringe star Anna Torv will be a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, November 24. Be sure to catch Fringe on Tuesdays at 9:00 PM on Fox.

Anna’s hunky co-star Joshua Jackson made the list of People’s Sexiest Men Alive (No. 14 on the list). Others on the list include Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Robert Pattinson and David Beckham. I’d say he’s in pretty good company. You can see a great scan of Joshua from the People article here, and he looks amazingly GQ in this one.

Former CSI star Gary Dourdan made No. 12 on the list of People Magazine’s TV’s Sexiest Guys list.

Mulder and Scully’s latest FBI adventure, The X-Files: I Want To Believe, will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, November 24. You can win one of five copies of the DVD, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Head over to DVD Times for all the details.

It seems Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s new baby name (Bronx Mowgli Wentz) has been reminding us of some other unique celebrity baby name choices, as Numb3rs’ star Rob Morrow’s name has been popping up all week because he and wife named their daughter Tu (As in Tu Morrow). I think their name choice is actually pretty clever, compared to some.

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Video: "Numb3rs" Mac Promos

If you’re a fan of Apple’s Mac commercials, check out these two Numb3rs promos which feature David Krumholtz and Rob Morrow in their roles as brothers Charlie and Don Eppes.

Seeing these kind of makes me wonder what percentage of Numb3rs fans are Mac users versus PC users. Whatever the case, the series must have quite a following of fans who use both.

These promos were created for season 4 of the series, but whenever gift shopping time comes around, I am again wistful to see these two guys banter back and forth about math and catching bad guys.

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