COLOR US CYNICAL, but is actress Katherine Heigl trying to rehab her chain-smoking, trash-talking diva image by adopting a Korean baby girl? It wouldn’t be the first time a Hollywood star has gone that route. Think bad-girl-gone-good Angelina Jolie and Meg Ryan, whose adoption of an adorable Chinese girl made us think more kindly of the collagen-abusing actress after she cheated on nice guy Dennis Quaid with Russell Crowe.

Yeah, you’re right. Adoption does seem like a pretty radical thing to do just for the PR. Maybe after talking so much shit about the people made her who she is (the creators of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Knocked Up”), she realized the “Ugly Truth.” That her soul was as dark as her black-tar lungs. And that her cold, cold heart needed the warmth of a child’s love. Or maybe she really is telling the truth when she said that having a sister adopted from Korea was what inspired her to bring Naleigh, a ten-month-old baby with special needs, into her home. Regardless, it’s congratulations all around! Naleigh gets a home with loving parents and Heigl gets an image makeover. Everybody wins.

It should be noted that the happy news was announced on the Web site of Heigl’s animal-rescue foundation, which could be more careful about inadvertent juxtaposition of words and images:

Just saying.

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