Stage and screen star Laurence Fishburne’s last turn as a series regular on network television was the role of Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s kids show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”

So the acclaimed actor better known for playing dark, brooding characters says he looks forward to his new TV gig as a forensics investigator with disturbing tendencies on the hit CBS detective drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

Not that he had ever seen the series before his first meeting with the show’s executive producers, Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar.

“I felt a little stupid and embarrassed that I hadn’t watched the show prior to having a meeting with them,” Fishburne, 47, acknowledged in a conference call with reporters for the announcement that he is joining the show’s cast.

“But I’m happy to say that the episodes that they sent me to look at were really, really engaging and really wonderful, and kind of dark and moody, like a lot of the work that I’ve actually been involved in,” he added. “So I’m very excited.”

Famed for his movie work as Morpheus in “The Matrix” trilogy and his Oscar-nominated role as Ike Turner in “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” Fishburne is slated to make his “CSI” debut in episode nine of the show’s upcoming ninth season.

“CSI,” which averaged 17 million viewers last season, ranks as CBS’s top-rated show and the third most-watched scripted series in all of U.S. prime time.

Mendelsohn and Shankar hailed Fishburne as their “dream” casting choice.

Tropical Storm Fay swept over the Florida Keys with heavy rain and 60 mile per hour (97 km per hour) winds and churned toward the Florida mainland on Monday after killing more than 50 people in the Caribbean.

The sixth storm of the 2008 Atlantic season did not reach hurricane strength before rolling across the vulnerable, low-lying Florida island chain, where authorities reported minor flooding.

But forecasters said it would likely be at or near hurricane force — top sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (119 km per hour) — when it strikes the west coast of Florida on Tuesday, somewhere near the beach resort area of Fort Myers, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Although its path was far from U.S. oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, some energy companies pulled workers from offshore platforms. Orange juice futures prices shot up on fears Fay could hit Florida’s main citrus growing areas.

In Key West, the tourist-dependent party town and southernmost city in Florida where Ernest Hemingway wrote many of his novels, the mood was typically nonchalant.

Jim Garland’s neighbours brought their drinks to the deck of his 35-foot (11-metre) trawler, Ilene, at Garrison Bight marina to celebrate the passage of the storm.

“I flew in two days ago to prepare the boat,” said Garland, of Biloxi, Mississippi, who was on the trawler when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast three years ago. “Not much to do on a dock like this but add extra lines and make sure the boat can rise and fall with the tide.”

The popular Hog’s Breath Saloon was one bar that closed down due to the poor weather. But many restaurants remained open even as the wind began to pick up and a driving rain started to blow through the streets.

Lindsay Lohan may be used to tabloid gossip about her own life. But she’s angry about recent rumors swirling around her 14-year-old sister Ali, People magazine reports.

The 22-year-old actress took to her blog yesterday to slam online speculation that her little sister may have undergone breast augmentation.

In fact, Lindsay said she was confronted by a photographer who yelled, “What do you have to say about people commenting on your sister’s implants?”

“It made me feel a bit sick to my stomach,” Lindsay wrote on her MySpace Celebrity Blog

he actress - who’s preparing for her recurring role on ” Ugly Betty” - said she’s “not judging” people who do have cosmetic surgery.

“But all in all my mother taught us to appreciate what we have been given,” she wrote. “Nor would she ever encourage, or allow a 14-year-old child to alter her body.”

Ali’s representative also confirmed to People that the 14-year-old has not has breast

There have been a few moments in “I Love Money” where the audience feared for the safety of a contestant, like Mr. Boston two episodes ago or Midget Mac in the first episode when the ladies were looking to tear his eyes out. The fall out with Mr. Boston in the vault caused Craig to be present, and now it seems he might just have to move into the house to keep everyone safe. “Everyone” actually means Pumkin, but more on that to follow.

The competition is starting to get fairly one sided with the Gold Team constantly winning and the Green Team losing members every week. Destiney waved farewell in the last episode, which upset her new beau The Entertainer. He did not burn down the house as he threatened, but instead sulked and complained in his room to 12 Pack.

This episode was all about alliances and what happens when one is broken. The strongest alliance at the moment is between the Stallionaires: Chance, Whiteboy and Real. This trio should have been broken up weeks ago, but despite several chances now, the Gold Team captains have chosen unwisely.

The Stallionaires have an alliance with Pumkin, Toastee, and Hoopz - all from the opposite team - and have promised to give them safety. In a game where only one person can win, and soon they will have no choice but to vote a friend home, these alliances seem pretty ridiculous. It also should be noted that since the Stallionaires are only out for themselves, the girls are only safe for so long. This seems to finally be getting through to Megan and Brandi C, and they made a deal with Pumkin and Toastee for a new alliance between the four girls. They all agreed, but Pumkin and Toastee did not trust backstabbing Megan.

Pumkin and Brandi were team captains this week, and the competition involved a swimming relay race called “Save the Mac.” In “I Love New York 2″ Midget Mac could not swim and was stranded in water as his floaties broke. Buddha saved him, but now it is up to them. There were four dummies out in the water, and the team had to get each one faster than their opponents.

The Gold Team played strategically, and although it seemed tight at first, the combined swimming skill of 12 Pack and Hoopz brought them out on top. The Gold Team won for the fourth week in a row, and that means Pumkin got to choose who goes home. This also meant that one of the Stallionaires had to be in the bottom three since there were only five team members left.

Pumkin found herself in a real dilemma once Brandi C, Megan and Chance ended up being the three in the bottom. Brandi C and Megan were the weaker members, and it is best to send home the strongest person every week. Technically, since Chance threw two challenges and pretty much lost the last one for his team, he actually is not a strong candidate. Yet this would have been a perfect time to break up the Stallionaires. She knew if she sent Chance home, this would break her alliance with them, and they will all be gunning for her.

Megan promised that she and Brandi would protect Pumkin on their away trip, and since Chance absolutely refused to speak up for himself, trusting in his Stallionaire protection, Pumkin did not want to keep him. She was afraid of crossing their trio, however, and this proved to be a very real fear. The Stallionaires talked about her after hours and viciously punched a football/imaginary Pumkin.

In the end, Pumkin surprised everyone - the Stallionaires and the viewers for her guts - by sending Chance home. At first she seemed proud of herself for taking a brave chance, but this quickly turned to abject terror when both Chance and Real get in her face and threatened her. It seemed shocking that the host was simply standing there as they towered over her and terrorized the girl, but this is reality TV. He probably would have let them keep filming even if she was punched in the face.

Still, one has to wonder if next week there will be more caution around the house in case one of the violent Stallionaires try to go after her. Pumkin cannot possibly feel safe there, and she likely is not, so next week will be interesting. Will she be taken out or will her new alliance have her back? Only one thing is for certain: The Green Team better not lose again, or the Stallionaires will be broken! “I Love Money” is on VH1, Sunday’s at 9 pm EST

After being eliminated on I Love Money, Chance may just be hogging the gossip headlines more in the future, as he gets involved in a very delicate incident.

Some months back, a sex tape featuring Flavor of Love and Charm School contestant Shay Buckeey Johnson came out.  It runs for barely a couple of minutes and showed Shay giving her alleged boyfriend some oral sex and even taking it from the rear.
As it turns out, reports began circulating recently that it was Chance from I Love Money who was in the tape.  According to source who is said to be close to the two, Shay and Chance have been dating on-and-off for a few months now and, yes, he was the mystery man in the video.

As if that wasn’t enough, the two are now reportedly releasing a sequel to the tape.  It will be available on a pay-per-view basis.

Previously appearing on I Love New York, Chance is music producer Kamal Givens in real life.  A former Capitol Records artist, he was eliminated on I Love New York’s 11th episode.  As mentioned, on I Love Money, he was just eliminated despite being part of the previously thought formidable Stallionaire alliance.  Megan coaxed Pumkin, Toastee, and Brandy C., those perceived to be the weakest bunch on the house to turn the tables against Chance.

Disputing claims that the tapes were leaked out intentionally to hog the headlines and gain media mileage, Shay called it troubling that her “intimate act of love” was classified as a sex scandal.  “I didn’t want to point fingers at anyone or come out with any names because it was then and still is very much my personal business,” she said.

Now that the cat is out of the bag and Chance is out of the I Love Money house, will these statements stay true?