Part-time actress/full-time publicity whore Bai Ling was arrested at LAX yesterday for shoplifting in an incident that may actually be more embarrassing than that time TMZ.com posted video of her dancing like a chicken.
Bai, who's never met a red carpet she didn't like, allegedly treated herself to a five-finger discount at an airport gift shop yesterday afternoon, stealing a couple of Star magazines and a pack of batteries in a heist that totaled a whopping $16 US.
"LAX airport police transported Ling to Pacific Station, where she was booked for misdemeanor shoplifting and released on her promise to appear in court on March 5, 2008," Sergeant Jim Holcomb of the Los Angeles Airport police division told Us Weekly. "Ms. Ling was cooperative throughout the process. She was held for a couple of hours."
The 37-year-old self-proclaimed "actress" – whose appearances on Worst Dressed lists far outnumber her appearances in films – found time amid getting fingerprinted and strip searched to post an update in her blog about being at LAX yesterday, but conveniently left out the part about being arrested.
She posted: "Delayed the flight, wondring [sic] again in the airport like a ghost, why can't I just be the sun smile?"
She followed up the incomprehensible post with a Valentine's Day message to her fans this morning, writing "It is a beautiful day for lovers, for romace [sic], beauty mystry [sic] dancing in the light of the sexy red wine." (We're guessing the nuance gets lost in the batshit crazy alien-to-human translation.)
Shine on, you crazy diamond, shine on!
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