The Daily News combed through Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing to see who was left holding the bag. Among the parties owed cash: the Ritz Carlton on Central Park South ($239,671), Equinox gyms ($354,653), Charge & Ride car service ($41,374), and a fire extinguisher repairman in Brooklyn. [NYDN]

All those hours you put in at the gym so that people would want to have sex with you? They were wasted! Well, if you're a woman, anyway. Of the 7,000 American women who participated in a university study, the fat ones were more likely to have had sex than those with a BMI of less than 25, who were maybe too busy with pilates and calorie counting to pick up men. [Telegraph]

Strauss Zelnick is the former CEO of BMG Entertainment and now an investor in media companies such as Take-Two, which produces the Grand Theft Auto videogame series. Now he's a magazine cover model, too! Following up on his recent appearance in an ad campaign for Portfolio, Zelnick is featured on the cover of the November issue of Men's Fitness. There's even a video on the magazine's site in which he talks about how important fitness is to him and about how fond he is of low-fat, low-carb protein drinks. But maybe he should be focusing more attention on his work rather than, say, whey shakes? As the Times puts it, "With Take-Two's stock down nearly 34 percent in the last year, investors may be hoping he'll find a way to bulk up the share price as well as his biceps." [Dealbook]

An estimated 66 percent of economists plan to vote for Barack Obama, while 80 percent of CEOs plan to support John McCain. [TheBigMoney]

A replacement has been named for Lydia Hearst, who stepped down as a Page Six magazine columnist last week after slamming her family's media empire (and then improbably accusing the mag's editors of fabricating the column). It's professional socializer Liam McMullan, the son of nightlife photog Patrick McMullan and Michael Musto's godson. [VV via Gawker]

Growing up with a famous last name is usually pretty helpful when it comes to forging a career, and none more so, points out the Financial Times, than in the beauty business, where you can either slot yourself into a cushy role within the family empire, like Aerin Lauder or Olivia Chantecaille, or use your ready-made brand identity to start your own company, like Vidal Sassoon's son Elan.

Just in case you've been asleep the last year or so and you've missed the non-stop news coverage of the election up until now, the folks at 236.com have helpfully summarized everything that's happened in about a minute and a half. [236.com]

♦ John McCain's appearance on Saturday Night Live didn't generate Sarah Palin-like ratings, but it was still an impressive showing nonetheless. [THR]
♦ No word yet on who will take over NBC's Meet the Press. Chuck Todd, David Gregory, Gwen Ifill, and even Katie Couric all remain possibilities. [NYT]
♦ CBS is on a primetime ratings roll, although Sumner Redstone is still screwed, apparently. [NYT, NYT]
♦ Another profile of Rachel Maddow, just in case the 237 other pieces on MSNBC's rising star in recent weeks have yet to whet your appetite. [NYM]
♦ In case you missed it, the clip of Sarah Palin getting punked by a couple of Montreal radio personalities, who explain how they managed to get through to her. [ABC]

Too picky for commercial air travel and too poor these days to buy a jet of your own. Thanks to the downfall of DayJet, the air taxi service that suspended operations in September, the company is selling its fleet of 28 slightly-used Eclipse 500 jets for the "bargain price" of $1.5 million apiece. The only catch? The planes are being sold as-is, which means you'd better like DayJet's brightly-colored paint scheme and interiors, because that's what you're going to get. [Flying Magazine]

The site yeswedid.com is already anticipating an Obama victory. And Sarah Palin's hopes for 2012 have already suffered a bit of a blow: The domain ElectPalin.com is directing visitors to BarackObama.com. [NYO, Jossip]

Karl Lagerfeld looking over a street vendor's wares on Prince Street this weekend ... Chace Crawford hailing a cab in SoHo ... Jennifer Garner and daughter Violet leaving Matt Damon's apartment building on Lafayette Street ... Kelly Ripa leaving ABC studios in Midtown ... Jessica Alba holding hands with husband Cash Warren while carrying baby Honor ... Heidi Klum and Seal walking on the street on Friday... Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber taking a stroll in NoHo ... Matthew Broderick walking son James to school in the West Village ... Kate Winslet standing on the sidewalk ... America Ferrera sipping coffee on the set of Ugly Betty ... Agyness Deyn walking with some friends ... Julianne Moore taking her daughter trick or treating on Friday afternoon in the West Village ... Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise going to lunch at Balthazar ... and Ryan Reynolds crossing the finish line yesterday in Central Park.

If you're considering colleges for your teenager and you're fretting about the costs, you may want to knock Sarah Lawrence off the list: The artsy institution in Bronxville was just named the most expensive school in the country. Tuition, room, and board will run you $53,166 a year. [NYT]

If you happen to spot a Metrocard on the ground and there's a picture of a half-naked woman on it, it is not because the MTA is now using sex to sell the New York Subway system. It's an escort service that is now littering trains with fake Metrocards. Just so you know! [NewYorkShitty]

Have you ever watched videos of voracious photographers hounding celebs on TMZ.com and said to yourself, "I really wish that was me!"? Here's your chance: A company called Celeb4aday.com promises to provide you with "your very own paparazzi experience." The "Megastar" package will provide you with six paparazzi photographers, a limo, publicist, and bodyguard, and while there's no guarantee the entourage will get you a table at the Waverly, your self-esteem should get a nice boost. [Page Six Mag]

♦ Tom Brady has taken his condo at the Time Warner Center off the market for the second time this year, reportedly because his tenant, a new mom, "refuses to let brokers inside." The 65th-floor unit was most recently listed at $17.75 million. [P6]
♦ The price of Brooke Astor's duplex at 778 Park Avenue was cut down a bit more than originally anticipated a week ago. It now can be yours for $34 million. [NYT, Corcoran]
♦ Prisma Capital founder Girish Reddy paid $8.35 million for a ninth-floor spread at 101 Central Park West, where his new neighbors will include Robert A.M. Stern and financier Peter Briger. [Cityfile]
♦ Social staple Carol McFadden, whose husband George was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has put her penthouse apartment at the Metropolitan building up for sale. It's on the market for $8.9 million. [NYT, BHS]

Not a moment too soon, the prospective first ladies have received some invaluable advice on how to handle life in the White House from Holly Peterson, socialite and esteemed author of The Manny, who appeared on Fox over the weekend just moments after stumbling out of bed, judging by her unbrushed hair and croaky voice. Not that this detracted from the depth of her wisdom, as you'll see.

We're as excited as anyone about Whitney Port's forthcoming reality show The City, but we don't want the poor thing overdoing it in order to satisfy the voracious demands of the cameras. Port tells the Daily News: "There are times when I'm working so much that I just think, 'What am I going to do?' But I just have to roll with the punches and take it day by day—that's something that Lauren taught me to do."

Morgan Stanley has cancelled its series of holiday parties. But at least (some) employees will still get big bonuses! [NYP]

Michael Bloomberg will sign his controversial bill extending term limits later today. In the meantime, the public is getting one last chance to sound off on the subject at City Hall. NY1 has live coverage of the public bitchfest. [NY1]

Vogue editor Anna Wintour is 59 today. (Condé Nast employees: consider yourselves warned.) Model Gemma Ward is 21. Playwright Terrence McNally is 69. Theater producer Tom Viertel is turning 67. Dennis Miller is 55. Roseanne is 56. Kate Capshaw—actress and wife of Steven Spielberg—is turning 55. Writer Joe Queenan is 58. And former Massachusetts governor (and presidential hopeful) Michael Dukakis is celebrating his 75th birthday today.