John Mayer on 'CSI'

John Mayer on 'CSI'
NEW YORK -- John Mayer will promote his new album, "Continuum," with cameo performances on the season premiere of CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
The Grammy-winning singer will perform his current single, "Waiting on the World to Change," and "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" in a scene set in a Las Vegas nightclub, the network announced Thursday.
CBS said the two-part season opener will air Sept. 21 and Sept. 28. Danny Bonaduce guest stars as an ex-rocker who is murdered.
"Continuum" will be released Sept. 12.
Jewish comic sues group
NEW YORK -- Saying he's "as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami," Jackie Mason filed a lawsuit against Jews for Jesus for using his name and likeness in a pamphlet.
The $2 million lawsuit seeks the immediate destruction of the pamphlet, which members of the missionary group have been handing out at various points around New York City.
"While I have the utmost respect for people who practice the Christian faith, the fact is, as everyone knows, I am as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami," the 75-year-old comedian said in documents filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Founded in the 1970s, Jews for Jesus practices Judaism but regards Jesus as the Messiah.
The pamphlets feature an image of Mason next to the words "Jackie Mason ... A Jew for Jesus!?" with information inside that outlines the similarities between Jews and Christians.
Susan Perlman, a spokeswoman for Jews for Jesus, said the pamphlet was "good-natured."
Rocker recovering
LOS ANGELES -- Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is recovering from radiation treatment for throat cancer and will skip the beginning of the band's upcoming tour, the band's publicist said.
Hamilton, 55, will be recovering with his family after a seven-week radiation treatment he just completed, publicist Marcee Rondan said Thursday. He will join the "Route of All Evil" tour in mid-October.
David Hull, a longtime friend of the band who played in the Joe Perry Project, will fill in as bassist, she said.
The tour is set to launch Sept. 5 in Columbus, Ohio, according to the band's Web site.
Today's birthdays
Former Washington Post Executive Editor Benjamin C. Bradlee is 85. Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro is 71. Pop singer Bob Cowsill is 57. Jazz musician Branford Marsalis is 46. Country musician Jimmy Olander (Diamond Rio) is 45. Rock singer Shirley Manson (Garbage) is 40. Rock musician Dan Vickery (Counting Crowes) is 40. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 26.
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