Women who are more highly educated have a healthier average weight than those who are less educated, a comparison of data from several countries revealed. BUT! this does not mean that smart women are skinnier. In countries where the majority of the population is obese, women with more education weigh less, and in countries where the majority of the population is underweight, highly educated women weigh more. I think the most reasonable explanation for this is that education costs money, and women who have enough money to pay for education also have enough money to pay for 1) food, or 2) a gym membership. [EurekAlert!]

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Mindy Kaling, who plays the awesomely ditzy yet somehow completely relatable Kelly Kapoor on The Office (and also writes many episodes of the show) has a blog called “Things I’ve Bought That I Love.” It is exactly the way you’d expect Kelly to write about her online shopping purchases, not to mention the way we would probably write about them too. In other words, clearly our people need to talk to her people and set up a meeting for us to become BFFs. FYI, we especially love this post on flats. [Note: Dinner party conversation starter: Mindy got her big break playing Ben Affleck in the off-Broadway play “Matt & Ben."]

Previously: Web-Cam: Another Woman We Want To Befriend

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Getting Eliot Spitzer’s call girl, Ashley Dupre, on video was Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis’ first order of business after his release from jail. However, once GGW realized they already had plenty of footage of her that they got for free, they retracted the offer.  It turns out that she appeared in videos for the franchise before she was a call girl—including one where she’s a teenager, topless, and drunk. Now she’s trying to sue GGW for $10 mil in damages, saying she was underage when they filmed her. Dupre is finding out the hard way, the number one rule is get the money first, then do the job. Though she may have been underage at the time, GGW does have footage of her consenting to being filmed and stating that she is 18, so who knows if her case will hold up in court. Either way, Francis is as big a dirt bag as ever, saying, “I think it’s ironic that she charged Governor Spitzer $2,000 for sex and she wants to charge me $10 million for taking some naked pictures of her...I feel like I’m getting a raw deal.” Gag. [Celebitchy]

After all the time and energy we devoted to STD Awareness Month, which we bid a fond farewell today, how much did you really learn about sexually transmitted diseases? We sent Lori out to quiz people on the street about their knowledge of infections. 

The editor of the James Bond fanzine 007 just bought a black-and-white photograph of Sean Connery taken on the set of 1963’s From Russia With Love. He is wearing nothing but his underwear, which are tight and white. The buyer plans to share the photo with the public: “It’s not the sort of picture you would expect to see of him, even then, and hopefully he will see this again and have a good laugh.” Or he’ll just slap you around a little. [HipHip-Elements.com]

I once met Dave Annable. A publicist was coming to the office where I worked for a meeting, and he came with her and enthusiastically introduced himself. I thought he was another publicist. Oops. Now Dave plays Justin Walker on Brothers and Sisters, and he has portrayed some intense stuff, drug addiction and drug withdrawal being the most notable. I heart his scruff.

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Apparently not. Yesterday, Simcha and I were comparing notes on our first celebrity crushes—my first serious one was Wil Wheaton from Star Trek: The Next Generation (waving my nerd flag!), while Simcha was hot for The Count from Sesame Street. Even now, Simcha says she still goes for guys who seem a little like vampires, whereas Wil was my first and last dork crush after he replied to my loving fan letter with a generic postcard of himself decked out in Batman memorabilia (hat, shirt, buttons on his light jean jacket, the works). But up until that point I was convinced we were destined for each other. Talking about all of this with Simcha made me want to find out who Emily and Catherine’s crushes were when they were boy crazy tweens. Unfortunately, both of them said they never crushed on celebrities. 

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The Wii is the one video game system in my apartment that I can stand, because the games are basic enough for me to play and the sound effects don’t give me a headache. These cuff links are really cute and a fun little gift for the dude in your life that just can’t live without his videogames. [Cufflinks.com]
Previously: Crave (For Him): Look-A-Like Cuff Links

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Amid Vanity Fair-gate, Time published Donny Osmond’s thoughts on Miley Cyrus’ career:

Show business is about idolization. As an idol to tweens the world over, singer-actress Miley Cyrus, 15, is riding a huge tidal wave at the pinnacle of her career; this is as it should be. I hope she enjoys it. I guarantee there will be many bumps in the road ahead. One of them, especially for somebody who acts and sings on her own TV show, is that your image becomes cryogenically frozen into a specific stereotype.....Her challenge will be overcoming the Hannah Montana stereotype. Miley’s fans are not thinking about the fact that she will grow up too. As she does, she’ll want to change her image, and that change will be met with adversity.

Remember how there was all that drama over Lauren Conrad having a sex tape with her ex-boyfriend? And how she thought Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt spread “that sick little rumor”? Well Heidi and Spencer went on The Tyra Show and once again confirmed that there is a sex tape, but that they didn’t tell the press—that Lauren’s ex-boyfriend leaked it when he tried to sell the tape to a distributor. Oooh dang. I, for one, think there probably is a sex tape, but I think it’s far more likely that the evil duo spread the rumor. Because, I mean, they won’t shut up about it. 

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Muxtape is this new social networking site where you create a profile and can upload 12 songs like a mixtape. You can then add people to your list of favorites and listen to their playlists and they can listen to yours. We started a Frisky Muxtape page and have uploaded 12 songs with “love” in the title. For the next seven days you can go listen to them at your leisure! But here’s a challenge for you and a way of making this whole thing WAY more fun. Why don’t you create a profile for yourself, pick a theme, and upload 12 songs or your choosing? Then share your Muxtape page address here in the comments so that Frisky readers can check out your picks. Every other week, we’ll pick a new theme and upload new songs to our page (on off week’s we’re going to add our “Get Your Rocks Off” picks to our page) and you can do the same, if ya feel like it. It’ll be like one, big mixtape sharing party. [The Frisky Muxtape]

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Gwyneth Paltrow can be mega annoying. But even we have to admit the woman has got some style balls.

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Agent Provocateur is known for creating obscene displays. True to their name, the windows of their shops have always pushed the envelope. Photographer Enzo Peccinotti has captured and compiled all the lacey and racy spectacles over the past decade, as well as comments from chic fans like Vivienne Westwood (the owner’s mother), Blondie’s Debbie Harry, and Kate Moss. Suffice it to say, with all the sexy shots in Agent Provocateur: Exhibitionist, the lingerie line is rendered the same way as their clientele—in an attractive package. [Amazon.com]

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David Beckham comes across as a pretty awesome dad. He’s arguably the most popular soccer player in the world and could probably get his kids to meet any of their heroes, especially if they’re into Elmo, Big Bird, and Oscar. David recently taped a guest appearance for Sesame Street. In it, he talks to Elmo and introduces viewers to a new word: persistence. Not sure when this episode will air, but it might be worth adding Sesame Street to your DV-R. You’re sure to be inspired. [The Spoiler]

Soap operas love drama with a cheesy soundtrack, but unfortunately, there’s a small chorus of haters for As The World Turns.  This season the show has broken ground with their two new characters, Luke and Noah, a committed gay couple. Okay, so they’ve kissed three times on screen and they’re already moving in together, but they’re so cute…and so controversial. The American Family Association wants people to protest all Proctor & Gamble products (Tide, Crest, and Pampers are among them) because they say the company, which produces ATWT, “promotes the homosexual agenda”. To see where America really stands, P&G, who included the gay love story on the show in an effort to show diversity, has set up a hotline.  If you want to see more of these two hunks kissing, you can call the number to support Luke & Noah.  You don’t have to give your name or any information, just a push of a button so they can keep pushing each other’s.

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We didn’t realize taking communion had so many rules! Rudy Giuliani got a major scolding from New York Cardinal Egan for taking the Eucharist during Mass when the Pope was in town. Egan said that he had “an understanding” with Giuliani that he would not ingest the communion wafer, which represents the body of Christ, because of his support of abortion rights. Egan said doing so was “a grave offense against the will of God.” Color us crazy, but we’re pretty sure plenty of practicing Catholics don’t agree with everything the Church stands for and still take communion—like all the ones having premarital sex! Is it just worse in God’s eyes for Giuliani to do it because he’s a prominent politician? [MSNBC]

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Australia has always seemed like a cool place to me, and now, in the gay community, it’s going to be a little bit more awesome (but just a little). The government said today that it plans to remove discrimination against same-sex couples from 100 or so laws. Under the proposed changes, gay couples in long-term relationships will be treated the same as other couples, as far as taxation, welfare and employment entitlements, and other areas, Attorney General Robert McClelland said. However, there are no plans to allow same-sex marriages. Come on, mate, why not? [Bloomberg]

This week, Jon and I wanted to listen to Scarlett Johansson’s cover of Tom Waits’ “Falling Down.” He would make comments about ScarJo’s hotness. I would make comments about how she sounds like a man. It was going to be great. But Jon must download a lot of porn on his computer or something, because he couldn’t even get the video to load. Instead, we listened to Santogold, who we both adore.

Catherine: This is scary.
Jon: Some kind of Ichabod Crane look going here. She looks like a cult leader.

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Okay ladies, ‘fess up. Do you wash your man’s back when he’s in the shower? Do you make him lunch and put little love notes written on napkins in the bag? Do you put the perfect amount of toothpaste on his brush before he goes to bed at night? Do you....MOMMY him? CNN has a story about women who mother their husbands and boyfriends, saying their nurturing gene is on overdrive. Ya think? What about the dudes who are oh so willing to be babied? I must admit that I do things like put my feef’s dirty clothes in the hamper and pester him about going to the doctor to get his busted knee examined, but that’s mainly because he’s messy and absent minded, not in need of a mommy around the house. When does nurturing go from sweet to scary? [CNN]

Bad dates suck. But let’s face it, after a certain length of time, they can be pretty funny in retrospect. In honor of the grand tradition of laughing uproariously at disastrous dates, we’re taking submissions for The Bad Date Hall Of Fame. Send yours to tips@thefrisky.com – and if we publish yours, we’ll send you a pair of Frisky underpants. After the jump, a bad date keeps his apartment under lockdown—find out what’s he hiding.