Nicholas Brendon at nickbrendon.com: The official Web site

It’s Nick’s birthday! You can offer up your wishes in the comments. And as an added bonus, here’s the CBS press release for his next Criminal Minds episode:

THE BAU TEAM TRAVELS TO MIAMI TO PROFILE A SERIAL KILLER WHOSE SEXUAL IDENTITY PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN HIS CHOICE OF VICTIMS, ON “CRIMINAL MINDS,” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

Nicholas Brendon (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Michael Graziadei (”The Young and the Restless”) Guest Star

“In Heat” - Hotchner, Rossi and their team travel to Miami to catch a serial killer whose conflicted sexual identity fuels his crime spree. During the trip, J.J. meets up with a former colleague who turns out to be more than a friend, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, April 30 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

See the full listing at TheFutonCritic.com.

You can preorder Unholy now from Amazon.com! The long-awaited movie will be released Sept. 7.

If you can’t wait that long and you’ll be in the New York area Aug. 15, you can check out a preview of Unholy. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., at the Pioneer Theater, at 155 E. Third St. The Aug. 13 showing is sold out.

Other things to note:

Strand in the Closet: If you weren’t able to see Nicholas in Strand in the Closet at the Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival, you can check out pictures from the festival at the event’s Web site.

The Portal: Nicholas recently finished filming The Portal, a movie co-starring Michael Muhney and Stacey Keach, among others. You can find a photo of Nicholas and Michael on the set at MichaelMuhney.com.

The official plot description for The Portal, from IMDb:

Investigators pursuing a bizarre hemorrhagic illness are lead to a strange black painting that they discover is a portal to another dimension.

It’s Nick and Kelly’s birthday! The twins turn 36 today. Want to send them your well wishes? We’re collecting birthday greetings in the NickBrendon.com Forums!

To wish Nicholas happy birthday, visit his thread.

Click here to wish Kelly a happy birthday!

While the show wraps up Sept. 3, Nicholas had to end his stint early due to his appearance at Dragon*Con this weekend. We thank you for your support of Nicholas and the play during the past two months!

TheBlank.com has announced that Nicholas will emcee its Sweet Sixteen Benefit Gala Monday, Aug. 28, at Cinescape in Hollywood. He’ll be joining Sam Harris and Deborah Gibson, who’ll be performing at the event.The Blank has also announced on its Web site that tickets to Lobster Alice are sold out! For those of you still interested in trying to catch the show, the theater does take a wait list at the box office one hour prior to curtain. Visit the Web site for more information.