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Three of the gossip items in the Mike Walker Game are TRUE. See
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Talk about bird-brained ways to blow a buck! “The Proposal” star and avid animal lover SANDRA BULLOCK spent $15,000 to install more than 200 tropical plants in the huge guest bathroom at her Austin, Texas mansion – just so her pet parrot Alvin will feel like he’s back home in the jungle. Sandra told pals: “Alvin loves it. . . he’s never been happier.”
KATE HUDSON emitted a bloodcurdling scream when she opened the door of her on-location dressing room in the New Mexico desert and stared into the face of danger – and I don’t mean ALEX RODRIGUEZ! Curled on her trailer’s aluminum steps was a 5-foot rattlesnake soaking up sun on the set of the star’s new flick “The Killer Inside Me.” Kate shrieked “SsssssSNAKE!”…the reptile coiled, hissed and rattled…crew members came running. Slamming her door shut, Kate hyperventilated until the crew yelled that they’d snagged the serpent and stuffed it in a cloth bag. Still terrified, Kautious Kate opened the door a crack, peered out to make sure the coast was clear, then stormed over to producers and made them assign a guard to stand snake-watch outside her trailer.
IDOL TALK: SIMON COWELL cracked up, laughing helplessly as he stood at the front door of his newly renovated Beverly Hills mansion with “American Idol” judges PAULA ABDUL and KARA DIOGUARDI – invited over for a grand tour of his spiffed-up digs – and sheepishly admitted: “I can’t open my door!” The trio had been out to dinner together, and Simon asked the ladies to drop by for coffee and a look-see – but suddenly couldn’t remember his security code, which had been changed after the remodel. And because it was Sunday, he had no staff on duty. Entry was finally achieved when Simon phoned ex-gal-but-good-pal TERRI SEYMOUR, who knows the code and recited it to him. (Still unlimited access, eh, Terri? Interesting.)
Even though ROBIN WILLIAMS quickly bounced back from scary open heart surgery and resumed his comedy concert tour, the wild-and-crazy 57-year-old – finally realizing it’s live-stress-free-or-die time -- came up with a genius idea: Imitating the voice of an old Japanese yoga master he once knew, he created a character he calls “Haruki,” and recorded calming messages programmed to play in his home every few minutes, stuff like: “Haruki say…remember always to be mellow, Mister Williams…” and, “Man with bad heart must eat only good food…!” It sounds crazy, Robin told pals -- but definitely works for him.
