Harping for the seals ...

Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson wants to save the seals from the annual hunt on Canada’s East Coast.

The Canadian-born actress has joined other celebrities who are taking part in a new ad campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Anderson, who was in Toronto to launch her animal-friendly clothing line at Fashion Week, visited the Ontario provincial legislature on Friday to introduce the new ads.

The ads—showing celebrities wearing white T-shirts with a drawing of a baby seal—also feature singers Sarah McLachlan and Kelly Osborne, actresses Jennie Garth andJorja Fox, and gossip blogger Perez Hilton, among others.

Anderson’s ad reads, “What do I have in common with Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and the Dalai Lama? We all oppose the massacre of baby seals. It’s time to end Canada’s shameful slaughter.”

Outside the Ontario legislature building, the 52-year-old Anderson cuddled a seal mascot and told supporters that she wanted to prevent the “barbaric massacre” of seals.

“When I travel all over the world, the Canadian seal hunt is a huge issue that people talk to me about,” she said. “So I’m trying to save some embarrassment.”

Purse snatching role ...

Prosecutors plan to retry a suspect on the most serious charges in the theft of Kirsten Dunst’s $2,000 purse during a Manhattan movie shoot. But it’s not clear whether the “Spider-Man” star will play a role.

A judge Friday set a Dec. 3 date for the retrial of mechanic James Jimenez. He has said a co-defendant duped him into participating unwittingly in the August 2007 heist at the SoHo Grand Hotel.

Prosecutors aren’t saying whether Dunst and “How to Lose Friends& Alienate People” co-star Simon Pegg will be called to testify again. Both did during the first trial.

Case dismissed forKanye ...

A Los Angeles court commissioner on Friday dismissed criminal charges against Kanye West and his road manager stemming from their scuffle with photographers last year.

Misdemeanor charges were filed after West and his manager were arrested on Sept. 11, 2008, after an altercation with two photographers at Los Angeles International Airport. The struggle was recorded and broadcast by celebrity Web site TMZ.

The photographers and the rapper have reached civil settlements over the case, which resulted in a still camera, flash, and a video camera being broken.

West’s attorney, Blair Berk, successfully argued the case should be dismissed because of the agreement and because California law allows for certain criminal cases to be settled out of court.

West, 32, was not required to and did not appear in court on Friday.

Deputy City Attorney Felton Newell argued the charges shouldn’t be dismissed because West and his manager, Don Crawley, intended to commit a felony and that one of the photographers was slightly injured in the scuffle.