• NBC has greenlit Dick Wolf and Chris Levinson's Lost and Found, a drama about—what else?—a female detective. [Variety]

• Hold the phones: Liz Claiborne has released a glimpse of Isaac Mizrahi's new collection as creative director—the label! It has a different logo and everything. [WWD]

It's official! Barack Obama has no business being president. He's just too damn skinny. According to the Journal: "In a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama's skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them." In case you're keeping score, the presidential contender is "estimated" by "medical experts" to be roughly 180 pounds, or about ten pounds less than he should be for someone his height. [WSJ]

• The Observer has issued its list of ten top restaurant newcomers. The top three pics include Smith's, Allen & Delancey, and Dovetail. [NYO]

• The Lenox Hill mansion at 601-603 Park Avenue has sold for $31.79 million. The seller was developer Sherman Cohen, who bought the property for $12.5 million back in 1989. [Real Deal]

If you've spent any time wading through New York gossip and socialite blogs over the past year or so, you've probably come across the visage of one Devorah Rose, the editor of Social Life magazine, a publication we're assured exists although we've never seen an actual copy of it, so we'll have to take other people's word for it. Or perhaps you've heard of a reality show she was slated to appear in, 10021, which was billed as some sort of Upper East Side version of The Hills? (No word on if the show is actually going to air, which may actually be good news, since the 10065 has since replaced the '21 has the richest zip in town anyway.) Perhaps you've wondered who is this girl is posing with her pink dog in hand, a stunt so tired that people in Boulder, Colorado are doing it (and getting fined for it, too). Well, meet Massachusetts' very own Deborah Denise Trachtenberg!

Just in case Upper East Side women with their handbag Chihuahuas didn't already have enough things to waste money on, German designer Junge Schachtel has given them one more—designer dog poo bags. A package of 16 brightly colored bags (which feature slogans like "Spoiled brat" and "Size matters") runs around $20. [PooPooBags.com, via BB]

Well, look at that! The real estate trade site Curbed.com seems to have come with a quasi-accurate list/map of notable New Yorkers and where they've moved recently. Wonder where they got that idea! But, naturally, we're happy to have been of service.

Architecture critic Paul Goldberger took a look around inside 15 Central Park West for the September issue of Vanity Fair. And what did he find? It's not easy dealing with the city's wealthiest tenants, some of whom are already complaining about the walls and the light switches in their new homes. Also: In addition to notables like Sandy Weill, Dan Och, Dan Loeb, Sting, Denzel Washington, and Bob Costas, a handful of mega-rich foreigners also call the building home, like Beijing real estate developers Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. [VF]

If Martha Stewart, Sam Waksal and Peter Bacanovic had just waited a little bit, they could have avoided that whole mess that landed them both in prison! This week, the biotech company that Waksal founded, ImClone Systems, received a $4.5 billion buyout offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb. Today the Times points out that the deal—$60 a share—is roughly the same price at which Martha and Sam illegally sold their shares in 2001. And ironically the drug that is responsible for ImClone's value is the same experimental medicine that prompted Martha & Co. to rush to unload their shares a few years ago. Of course, Martha's bounced back nicely since then. The same can't be said for Sam, who is behind bars. He'll be home soon enough, though. Officially Waksal's release date isn't until February 9, 2009, but he's expected to be released early and home in time for the last couple of weeks of summer. [NYT]

Sam Mendes turns 43 today. Rapper (and now radio host) Chuck D. is 48. Other folks celebrating: Al D'Amato is 71. Model agency owner Scott Lipps turns 39. Hairspray's Ashley Parker Angel is 27. Hedge fund honcho Ray Dalio is 59. Real estate agent Elizabeth Stribling is turning 64. Adam Duritz is turning 44. Most importantly, Coolio celebrates his 45th today. Celebrating tomorrow: Mary Louise Parker will be 44. Jeffrey Kalinsky will turn 46. NRDC president Frances Beinecke will be 59. And financier Henry Silverman will celebrate his 68th. On Sunday, Martha Stewart will celebrate her 67th with what we're guessing will be a meticulously planned party. Other Sunday celebrations: art world staple Adam Lindemann, Tom Brady, Isaiah Washington, and Martin Sheen.

Voicemail at the "residence" of George Whipple.

So you don't have time to escape to your beach house, smell the sea air, feel the warm breeze on your neck and the sand between your toes—but what's nearly as good? Staring at a cold, flickering computer screen, apparently. Being a "voyeur" of your vacation home via a webcam is all the rage, claims the WSJ: You can relax watching the palm trees sway and even better, you can spy on houseguests and monitor staff as they go about their business. Or don't go about their business, such as the shocking story of the dog walker who didn't turn up to Louis Cohen's Florida home, but was caught out thanks to a camera at the house's entrance. "They don't know they're being watched," says Cohen, maybe not realizing quite how much he sounds like a character in a Joe Eszterhas film.

• Caleigh Perelman is still refusing to talk to her mom Pat Duff, or even go on vacation with her. Now a judge is warning Ron Perelman not to interfere with their phone calls and visits. He also ordered Caleigh to undergo a psychological evaluation before the couple return to court next month. [NYDN]

• The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to a four-year high of 5.7% during the month of July. [WSJ]

Pamela Anderson walking from the St. Regis to Central Park with her son ... Tori Spelling and a friend looking lost in Midtown ... Naomi Watts taking a walk downtown with her son ... Mariska Hargitay and Luke Perry shooting scenes for Law & Order: SVU in Inwood ... Ivana Trump strolling down Madison ... Katie Holmes leaving an office building wearing baggy men's jeans ... Maria Bello posing outside NBC studios ... Antonio Sabato Jr. outside the CW11 studio ... Rebecca Romijn shooting a scene on the set of Ugly Betty ... Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick leaving a restaurant in Midtown ... and Rihanna leaving Da Silvano with a group of friends.

• The Gap is continuing its practice of using of-the-moment fashion figures in ads: The fall campaign includes Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Georgina Chapman, and Ryan McGinley alongside actual mannequins like Chanel Iman and Lily Donaldson. [Fashionologie]

• People may have won the bidding war for the first photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's twins. Total cost: $10 to $15 million. Reportedly. [JustJared]

Since it was built in 1931, River House, the swank and secluded Art Deco palace behind wrought-iron gates at the dead end of East 52nd Street, has topped the short list of exclusive (and very expensive) co-ops along the East River waterfront. Home to Henry Kissinger (and Pete Peterson until recently), the building boasts three 20 million+ listings at the moment, including a large tower duplex owned by real estate mogul Francesco Galesi, which was boldly listed for $50 million almost three years ago but has since come down to $35 million. (Other apartments for sale include Laura Pels' terraced third-floor unit for $29 million, and the opulent maisonette of Chicago producer Marty Richards.) Naturally, it's also home to a long list of heavy-hitting political donors. After the jump, a list of what some River House residents have done with their cash in this year's battle for the White House.

The very first Airbus A380 "superjumbo" jet is scheduled to fly into JFK tomorrow afternoon, filled to capacity with 489 well-heeled people from Dubai. (It's an Emirates flight.) Great news for the numerous New Yorkers who travel there frequently, sure. Even better news for the city's property owners, who will have likely unloaded half a dozen office towers in Midtown by tomorrow evening. [Crain's]