C.S.HIGH Gary Dourdan "casually flashed the peace sign" to photographers after pleading guilty for toting large quantities of drugs around Palm Springs, Calif. He's been ordered into a drug treatment facility, and is "looking forward to getting back to work." Although he's already been let go from CSI. That's all. Peace. [People]

Tell him, Kim! Perhaps this fictional dressing down was the ego-blowing moment that propelled Gary Dourdan into a life of drugs. Okay, perhaps not. Just wanted to add some modern-day context to this scene from A Different World.

At the very least, we can thank Gary Dourdan for not endangering the lives of Palm Springs drivers. He told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson via email that cops found him sleeping in a parked car because he had pulled over when he realized he was too drunk to drive. He also "thanked" the cops for recognizing that the car — and the suitcase filled with drugs inside of it — was not his, claiming he has the negative drug tests to prove it. Next up, the booted CSI star is "planning events to get the word out that you don’t need a bunch of nasty chemicals to have a good time. Just good friends, family, good music and a good honest spirit full of faith." Okay, Gary. [AH]

• Small town protesters cry racism in the arrest of two college-bound black teens for the murder of a white woman. [DN]

• That guy from Everybody Loves Raymond hit a paparazzo over the weekend. He also might be racist. For some reason, TMZ didn't make a big of a deal about this incident at the Gary Dourdan debacle. [TMZ]

• The more advanced the breast cancer, the wider the racial gap in survival rates. [CBS]

• Ja Rule is clearly more interested in paying his bail than some contractors who fixed a leak in his house. [NS]

• A new study suggests MLB umpires make calls based on race. Except widespread outrage shortly. [MSNBC]

Remember his peace-loving character, Shazza Zulu, on A Different World? Not so true to life, as it turns out. Gary Dourdan does not enjoy being filmed as he enters and exits clubs, which I think is a sentiment echoed by about half of the celebrity population. Unfortunately for the physical well-being of the paparazzi, a few of these celebs decide express this dislike by beating down cameramen. Dourdan is one of them. Next time, he should stop, count to ten, and think, "What would Shazza Zulu do?"

[TMZ]