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Ali Larter, lately known for her Resident Evil: Extinction success, as well as her role on an obscure television show you may have heard of (let's call it Heroes), is featured in the October issue of that highly esteemed home of journalistic integrity, Cosmopolitan.

In the interview, Larter notes, "I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow." Well, I for one enjoy knowing that Larter is more or less living the heterosexual version of the age-old lesbian stereotype (or tradition, depending on who you ask).

Heroes is back tonight, and my inner fangirl rejoices!

In addition to Lyndsy Fonseca as April, the would-be (but won't be) lesbian cheerleader, there are four fetching new females to watch out for this season: [Spoiler alert! You've been warned.]

Variety revealed that Kristen Bell will be playing a character named Elle, a "sexy, mysterious young lady who has ties to the supposed death of Peter, H.R.G.'s past and the future of Claire."

Her 13-episode arc begins in October. Reportedly, Tim Kring, the show's creator, described her as "'a little unstable' and 'a cautionary tale of what our Heroes could become.'" Oh, Kristen, my TV has missed you — insert joke about Elle's power having something to do with zingy one-liners here.

Have you ever imagined what San Francisco would look like if it were made entirely of Jell-O? Yeah, me neither. Whose brain a) actually thought of that and b) pulled it off awesomely? That would be one Liz Hickok's:

Though she also works in photography, video, sculpture and installation, Ms. Hickok has garnered significant media attention through the wiggliest and wobbliest of media, Jell-O. A San Francisco–based artist, Hickok chose to explore the city's geological makeup in a very unconventional way:

Far away from anything interesting lies the fictional town of Dog River, home of Corner Gas and population of "around 500." Among the multitudes of inhabitants in this bustling metropolis are a big-city girl turned small-town cafe owner and an ambitious rookie cop who whiles away the day using her traffic radar equipment to estimate how fast birds are flying. Incidentally, they also happen to be pretty easy on the eyes:

Corner Gas is a half-hour comedy created by Canadian Brent Butt and is, essentially, his musings on what his life might have looked like had stayed in his small home community and not pursued a career in comedy. Rouleau, Saskatchewan, the small community in which Corner Gas is primarily filmed, actually repainted their grain elevator to read "Dog River." Chances are good that anyone who is familiar with rural culture knows how indicative this of Corner Gas' impact on the small community of 400. Nope, that's not a typo, 400.

Two things I will surely love for the rest of my days? Women and food. I love cooking. I love women. I especially love women who can cook, and if they happen to look like Nigella Lawson, I'm not complaining. I'm seriously, totally, definitely not complaining:

The Domestic Goddess who brought about a renewed interest in the sensuality and pleasure of food will be back on bookshelves this fall with a new title, Nigella Express. According to the Canadian publisher's website, Nigella Express promises to feature recipes that involve various shortcuts and time savers — a big plus for those of us who want to impress the ladies but don't want to spend the day slaving over the proverbial hot stove.

Here's a fun fact: According to Wikipedia, in 2000 Nigella wrote an Observer article entitled "Sapphism is more than designer-dykery," wherein she discusses her views on the utilization of "lesbianism" (read: straight women doing what appeals to heterosexual men, so, in other words, not lesbianism) in advertising, as well as her thoughts on why heterosexual women sometimes like having sex with other women.

I'm not going to lie: I didn't see that coming.