REAL OR RUMOR: LISARAYE'S HUBBY RECENTLY SPOTTED CANOODLING WITH EDDIE'S EX-WIFE, NICOLE

First of all, excuse me for being so late with today's top celeb news stories. The beginning of FAMU's homecoming week has started and there's a plethora of activities and events taking place...and with me being a true, through-and-through Rattler, I intend on attending most of this week's activities...but I also intend on keeping this blog updated as much as possible because hey, even though I heart FAMU with a passion, I heart my blog even more. Just wanted to make that clear to everybody! LOL!

Anyhoo, according to the New York Daily News, LisaRaye McCoy-Misick's husband, Turks and Caicos premier Michael Misick, attended the opening of the Mediterranean Village at Sandals' Grande Antigua resort with none other than Nicole Murphy, the ex-wife of film star Eddie Murphy.

McCoy-Misick and Michael are one of the more glamorous couples you could meet. He is the premier of Turks and Caicos, and she, an American actress from TV's All of Us, is the country's First Lady. A month ago, he feted her with a gala 41st- birthday party, attended by celebrities including their mutual friend, Nicole (the ex-Mrs. Eddie) Murphy. But the following weekend, it was Misick and Murphy who were thisclose at the opening of the Mediterranean Village at Sandals' Grande Antigua resort. Mrs. Misick did not attend. Our spies say the premier's bodyguard made sure there were no photos taken of the two. And he did a great job: neither WireImage, the event's official photographer, nor Access Hollywood, who did a segment on the launch, mentioned either of them being there.

But other guests said the pair seemed especially chummy on Friday, Oct. 5, during a party at the Cricketer's Arms, a pub on the property. And some folks started whispering when friendly kisses were exchanged. "It's funny - if you didn't know better, you would have thought they were together," says a source on the island. Misick's office referred us to a spokeswoman, who did not comment (other than to ask if we had a picture).

But the premier and his wife have seemed very much the happy couple at public events since that weekend, including the Turks and Caicos International Film Festival last week. LisaRaye said through a rep: "Nicole is a good friend, and she and Michael were both there for an event but not together."