"Contrary to marketing claims and some parents' perception that television viewing is beneficial to children's brain development, no evidence of such benefit was found," says Dr. Marie Evans Schmidt, lead author of the study, which analyzed the data of 872 children from birth to age 3. Researchers did not find evidence that watching TV harms a child, but scientists say other studies have linked TV exposure to increased risk of obesity, attention problems, and decreased sleep quality. [EurekAlert]

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"I love the fact that you have real breasts," Oprah gushed to Kate. Kate took this as a compliment. Oprah went on to describe the difference between what happens to real breasts when a woman lies on her back and fake breasts when a woman lies on her back.

Oprah ended by saying, "God bless your real breasts." Kate, ever the good sport, said, "Thank you," and the audience burst into applause as the two women clasped hands in a real-breast-love-fest. Clip above.

There's another Fashion Targets Breast Cancer ad called "Elevator," in which a woman gets on an elevator and has her chest ogled by a dude who proclaims, "Nice." The camera reveals, of course, that he's talking about her FTBC T-shirt. But again, this ad makes me uneasy: Why have a man in it at all? Breast cancer is a serious disease that has far-reaching effects on women, children and families — and men, obviously. But taking the age-old stereotype of a man gawking at a woman's tits and trying to twist it into a positive message just rubs me the wrong way. Can't women tackle a life and death issue without being gaped at by dudes? (Commercials below.)

Breast Awareness Doing Great At The Office [AdFreak]

Michelle Nunes was the winner of the 2006 Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant. I swear on Tyra Banks's life that I'm not trying to bodysnark Michelle. I just want to point out that she's a good example of bad plastic surgery.

Michelle was on hand to do some backstage, behind-the-scenes reporting. This included asking the contestants about their bikinis. (Notice that this girl covered up her tramp stamp for the competition.)

This also included showing the contestants asses getting sprayed with butt glue. I'm sure this was intended to be educational.

As far as I could tell, the only thing that was "international" about this competition was that there was one contestant from England and one from Canada. Everyone else was from the United States. What I didn't understand was that, unlike a more established pageant like Miss America, there wasn't a representative for each state. The way it was split up was so confusing. For example, there was a woman representing "New York State" and then there was this woman, representing "Downtown Atlanta." There wasn't anyone else there from another part of Atlanta. Why couldn't she just represent the whole friggin' city?

My favorite had to be this contestant:

She was representing Orlando Airport! Actually, there were several contestants from Florida — Miami, "Coastal Florida," Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa — proving that it is indeed the classiest state in the union.

What didn't confuse me, though, were these shoes:

I think this is one of these rare instances in which clear heels can be considered "sensible shoes."

And not even indie films. Of good mid-budget films, the kind they used to make in the '70s and '80s when movies didn't have to make a profit on the first weekend, when they didn't open for 3 1/2 seconds on 1,000 screens.

McNamara notes that Jodie Foster has a career on the big screen, but she's basically a hard-bodied action hero these days — more like a man.

Critically appreciated but less established actors like Julia Stiles and Virginia Madsen are forced to take tiny roles in male star vehicles (the Bourne films for Stiles, "Firewall" for Madsen). Meanwhile, "Grey's Anatomy" has become a think tank of performers who couldn't find enough work in film, including Ellen Pompeo (whose breakout role was with Sarandon in "Moonlight Mile") and Madsen's "Sideways" companion, Sandra Oh.

(An articulate drug-free prostitute and business magnate discover how worlds overlap as they struggle to make a relationship work — why has no one done this yet?)

The parents are only letting the kids watch Rock of Love when I am on. I cannot believe when I go to the mall how much the kids and teenagers love me because of my hat.