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Will Binn, PacificCoastNews.com

Say what you will about the antics of attention-starved Bai Ling, and trust us, we say a lot, but the woman does know how to attract the attention of cameras in the vicinity.

So we have to ask, Why is she clinging to this tree? Is it because:

She wants to take tree hugging to "the next level"?

She's trying to make the hedge jealous?

That's where nuts are naturally found?

We don't know, but because she tries so hard, we ask that you dig deep and come up with the reasons you think she might be embracing this tree and post them below.

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Not surprisingly, Rob Lowe wants to cut the competition down to size.

The actor and his wife, Sheryl, have filed a motion to dismiss the majority of the 12-count lawsuit brought against them by their former nanny Jessica Gibson, who worked for them on and off over the past six and a half years. (View the motion.)

(Not to be confused with the sexual-harassment suit filed by Laura Boyce, another ex-babysitter.)

The Lowes are looking to have a judge toss out causes of action 4 through 12 of Gibson's suit, including a charge of retaliation and claims that she's owed back wages, as well as payment for overtime, "off-the-clock work" and meal periods.

"The pleading is defective because Gibson fails to state facts sufficient to constitute" all of the above, states the Lowes' notice of demurrer (aka, motion to dismiss).

The couple—who are also suing Gibson, Boyce and their former private chef for breach-of-contract—claim Gibson shot her own case in the foot by admitting last month that her onetime employers cut her a check for regular wages earned and overtime.

Gibson has also alleged sexual assault, battery and harassment, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

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Britney Spears has found herself a rather unorthodox traveling companion. So to speak.

E! News has confirmed the singer joined Mel Gibson aboard a private jet this morning, bound for Costa Rica.

The unlikely, but not unprecedented, duo was joined on their trip by Spears' father, Jamie, and Gibson's wife, Robyn.

Though the exact nature of the trip is not yet known, it appears to be nothing more than a friendly weekend getaway, with a source telling E! News the group departed from Los Angeles with the intention of hanging out at Gibson's Costa Rica property "for a couple days."

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Looks like Dwight K. Schrute is just a heartbeet away from the Oval Office.

Rainn Wilson appeared on The Tonight Show Wednesday, reading a letter from his Dunder-Mifflin alter ego accepting presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's televised offer to become his running mate.

As it is, JFK's legacy can rest easy—the McCain/Schrute '08 ticket won't come to pass after the fictional car-flipper asks what he can do for his country, but only after the country asks what it can do for him.

Fortunately, he has handily provided it with an itemized list of demands. (A vote for Schrute is a vote for efficiency.)

Well, at least if the nation's already going to hell in a handbasket, we can take comfort in knowing it'll be lined with the finest 8½-by-11 card stock Scranton has to offer. The disenfranchised never had it so bad.

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The Britney-giving-birth-on-a-bearskin-rug guy has done it again.

Sculptor Daniel Edwards, also responsible for Paris Hilton Autopsy, has fashioned a new conversation piece, this time a bust of Oprah Winfrey with "puppy versions" of her beloved late cocker spaniel, Sophie, and golden Lab, Gracie, perched atop her head.

Memories of Sophie and Gracie: A Puppies Memorial is a tribute to Winfrey's feelings for her dogs and also a reminder to all pet lovers to do what they can to prevent premature canine fatalities, Edwards says. (Sophie died in March of kidney failure, but Gracie choked on a ball last year.)

Explains John Leo, codirector of New York's Leo Kesting Gallery, a regular Edwards exhibitor: "To represent Sophie and Gracie together, joined in Oprah's memory as they were in life and in Oprah's heart, the artist depicted them as conjoined at the hip and sharing a common tail."

Nope, nothing weird about that.

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Dolly Parton doesn't care to be just one of the pack. The Wack Pack, that is.

The iconic country star has taken major, major offense at one of the Sirius Satellite Radio-approved bits presented frequently on Howard Stern's morning show, in which his crackerjack producers mash up celebrity quotes to make it sound as if the star in question has just said something totally raunchy—treatment that has been given in the past to statements made by William Shatner, Oprah, Stern show regular George Takei and others.

All of which is usually pretty funny, albeit gross.

But instead of laughing, Parton is now threatening to sue Stern for making it sound as if she liberally spewed racist and racy sentiments.

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Colin Farrell is losin' it—literally!

The Miami Vice star was spotted in Spain while meeting up with some friends for dinner. But from the looks of this picture, it's probably safe to say the one-time beefcake didn't eat much meat...or anything else for that matter.

Word has it, though, that Colin is simply doing the method thing for the drama he's currently shooting titled Triage.

The film finds the 31-year-old actor playing a U.S. photographer whose life spirals downward upon returning home after covering a small war in late-1980s Kurdistan.

Let's just hope they have plenty of food at the wrap party, because somebody's gonna be starving!

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For something meant to be a comedy, Mike Myers' latest big-screen offering is certainly stirring up a lot of drama.

Just a few weeks after U.S.-based Hindu leaders—without even seeing the film—spoke out against the potentially offensive and religiously insensitive premise of The Love Guru, critics in India have banded together to request that the film be banned altogether from the country's cineplexes.

A representative for the influential Mumbai-based Janjagruti Samiti and Sanatan Society for Scientific Spirituality elaborated on previous complaints that the film plays into stereotypes and potentially ridicules the religion's beliefs.

"If the trailer is an indicator of the content of the movie...then we feel that this movie is most likely to hurt the sentiments of seekers from various spiritual paths...it will hurt the religious sentiments of millions of Hindus worldwide, who hold the 'Guru-disciple' relationship as sacred," Bhavna Shinde said in his plea.

"Poking fun is one thing, but if it creates a sense of belittling other's faith, then it is wrong."

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Apparently, it was a yearning for nicotine and a troublesome zit that got Shia LaBeouf busted for trespassing at a Chicago drugstore last year.

The star of the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull said during an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman last night that he was "pretty wasted" when he headed to Walgreens in the wee hours of Nov. 4 and headed to the cosmetics aisle after noticing a blemish marring his next-big-thing visage.

"I see the security guard and he's looking at me, four in the morning, pretty disheveled, pretty messed up on the special magic sauce. And I get the pimple cream, and he's looking at me, he's kinda giggling to himself, and now I'm starting to feel like, 'What? It's really not that funny, guy, you know? Men need this stuff, too.' "

Unfortunately, upon returning to his hotel, LaBeouf realized he had forgotten to buy cigarettes, so he returned to the store. Where, in his less than clearheaded state, he only managed to purchase some candy.

Check out the video to hear what happened when LaBeouf returned to Walgreens a third time.

Salma Hayek's sea legs might be fine, but her arms could clearly use some work.

It didn't take one or two whacks, and, alas, the third time wasn't a charm. Nope, the actress needed an embarrassing five gos to christen Il Mostro—aka "The Monster"—the new racing boat in Puma's fleet. For those scratching their heads to figure out why Hayek is engaged in a bout of boat-bonking, the company is run by her baby daddy, François-Henri Pinault.

In the end, Hayek needed an assist from a crew member to break the ceremonial bottle o' Taittinger over the vessel. (The video above was generously edited by Puma to show only a couple of Hayek's misfires.)

Pride overboard.

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Someone has beaten Indy to the punch.

A treasured crystal skull believed to be about 500 years old has vanished from its perch at Kindred Spirits, a New Age store in Claremont, Calif., that had been displaying the artifact in a non-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull-related fashion for several months.

The store's owner, Persis Newland, reported the missing skull to police about two weeks ago but, despite the cops and the readily available tarot cards, no one has managed to crack the case yet.

Considering the close-knit, easygoing vibe of the customers she would call regulars, Newland figures the theft must be related to the megahyped Indiana Jones film, whose plot is inspired in part by an ancient Mayan legend concerning 13 crystal skulls that, all together, have the power to save the Earth.

The skull resting on the altar in Kindred Spirits' crystal-reading classroom wasn't that old, of course, but, despite the fact that most of the similar skulls in existence today can't be traced further back than the 1860s, some firmly believe in its palliative powers—at least within the confines of the store.

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Yes, we think it's very sweet that Brad Pitt spent some quality time on Sunday with his two boys, Maddox and Pax, while Angie stayed back home with the girls.

But what's got everyone talking is the unusual tattoo the actor inadvertently revealed as the trio departed from Monaco Heliport.

What does it mean? Only Brangelina can be sure, but we've come up with a few possible options if you'd care to take a guess below...