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Someone at CBS dramatic programming must have been gifted with an iPod this summer. On the heels of my news that Solange Knowles will be guesting on Ghost Whisperer comes word that Nelly is going to be giving CSI: NY a good rap. In a multi-episode arc, the Grammy winner will play a club owner who serves as an informant to (spoiler alert!) Mac. (I say spoiler alert because we are, after all, supposed to be biting our nails over whether Gary Sinse's lawman will emerge alive from his season-finale abduction.) Oz also says that Maroon 5 will make a cameo in the second episode of CSI: NY's new season. This news was first reported by EW's Ausiello.Next, we will be hearing that:A) John Mayer is guesting on NCIS as Gibbs' supermodel-bedding kid brotherB) The Pussycat Dolls will visit Criminal Minds, playing a team of serial killers (only one of whom talks)orC) Fergie is appearing on Without a Trace as a world-renowned psychic in mom shorts. What's your pick? — Matt Mitovich
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Being a rapper with street cred just wasn't enough for Nelly: Following in the footsteps of hipsters ranging from Anna Nicole Smith to Danny Bonaduce, he is developing a reality show about his life. Say, maybe if fellow rapper Beanie Sigel stays out of prison long enough, he can guest-star. Unfortunately, that seems unlikely to happen: Fresh from one stint in the slammer, the smooth operator is already back in court on charges that he nearly killed a guy.
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