Just because Britney Spears has turned a deaf ear to her family and remaining minders doesn't mean she's unwilling to accept guidance. People reports the run-down starlet, who was hit with another salvo last weekend in her bubbling custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline, stopped by a drugstore with just-served "cousin"-cum-minion Alli Sims and picked up a copy of "50 Truths Worth Knowing," an inspirational tome from the self-help experts at Hallmark. Too bad the book contains a mere 50 truths, because Brit could use many, many more, starting with, "Snow boots and short-shorts don't mix." Spears turned up for her book-buying photo op wearing the inexplicable combination of dangerously abbreviated Daisy Dukes with the pockets hanging down and butt-ugly belted UGG-like, fur-lined, sweat-inducing boots with the greeting card-size price tag still attached.

Meanwhile, is K-Fed's bid for full custody of Sean Preston, 22 months, and Jayden James, 10 months, prompted by concern -- or cash? According to TMZ.com, his legal team has sent Spears a deposition notice that focused solely on financial matters. Federline insiders, however, deny he's motivated by moolah, insisting he only wants what's best for his kids and is eager to get Britney on the record about her partying and parenting. "Kevin is serious about the well-being of his children," a snitch tells Perez Hilton. "This is not about money." Either way, Federline likely has plenty of time to spend with his sons these days. According to the New York Daily News, rumors of him co-starring opposite Keanu Reeves in the forthcoming flick "The Night Watchman" have been greatly exaggerated. "He had a very small role," says a mole. "He was in a montage." But even that may have been too much screen time for K-Fed. "He was fired from the film, but his manager didn't tell him," a source tells the paper. "Kevin found out when he turned up for a wardrobe call." Not so, says the studio, which denies he was ever cast in the movie.

In Hollywood, babies are an instant (if inexplicable) fame booster, something Naomi Watts has learned all too well. According to Australia's Daily Telegraph, the usually low-profile actress called the cops this weekend after more than two dozen shutterbugs swarmed the parking lot of a Los Angeles Whole Foods in an attempt to capture her with three-week-old son Alexander. "The paparazzi just came from everywhere," says a store employee. "It becomes a safety issue for customers ..." A pair of police officers reportedly ordered the photographers to leave as Watts, who was without baby daddy Liev Schreiber, took cover near an exit and waited for a pal to drive around and pick her up.

Speaking of babies, it looks like Colin Farrell won't be welcoming a second bundle of joy anytime soon. The rehabbed and lately under-the-radar actor is denying reports that he's awaiting a stork visit with his squeeze of seven months, Dublin medical student Muireann McDonell, 22, with his rep pooh-poohing to Us, "She is not pregnant." Farrell, 31, has a 3-year-old son with former flame Kim Bordenave.

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