Playboy's Penn pick nets a wha?!! from Temple Tattle

WE WOULD have guessed it's the food trucks.

Why else would Playboy magazine anoint the University of Pennsylvania with the coveted No. 1 ranking in its annual list of the nation's Top Party Schools? The poll is in the mag's October issue, which hits Friday.

It's not jealousy that motivates Temple Tattle (a/k/a this reporter) to question how in the world the school on the wrong side of the Schuylkill earned what appears to be such an undeserved accolade. It's sheer incredulity.

Penn? Really? A party there means three anthropology majors arguing about Margaret Mead over a round of mocha lattes at Joe's Cafe.

OK, Hefnerians, let's hear the reasons why that musty, old bastion of privilege and self-importance is more debauched than such bona-fide animal houses as the universities of Wisconsin, Miami or Arizona, which made the list but didn't top it.

"This year's list was determined by Playboy's editors, who considered a variety of factors in their selection process, including access to nightlife and musical events, and creativity when planning social gatherings," reads a news release heralding the list.

"Information from the National Center for Education Statistics, the NCAA, and the U.S. Economic Census was also considered."

Well, there you go.

When it comes to hedonism, there's no arguing with those three, the holy trinity of toga parties and beer-bong chuggings.

By the way, the Top 10 was rounded out by Wisconsin, West Virginia, Arizona, Iowa, California-Santa Cruz, Miami, Colorado State, Texas and Syracuse.

Playboy also cited Vassar College for having the "Coolest Indie Music Scene" and Oberlin College as the "Sexiest Small School."

So if an African-American woman and white man are seen canoodling in a car in a public area, it can only mean one thing, right?

That appears to be how some of L.A.'s finest view the world, because last Thursday, actress Daniele Watts ("Django Unchained") was handcuffed and briefly put in the back of a squad car after a public display of affection with boyfriend Brian Lucas.

Watts and Lucas, a chef, were rousted Thursday by cops who, Lucas suggested during an interview with KCBS-TV, assumed Watts was a hooker. Lucas' suspicions were fueled, he said, by such questions from the officers as, "Who is she?" "How do you know her?" and "Are you together?"

Watts was let go after police identified her.

Sunday, LAPD officials acknowledged the couple were questioned in response to a complaint that two people were "involved in indecent exposure" in a silver Mercedes.

The incident is now under investigation by LAPD's Internal Affairs department.

One of the things Temple alum Bill Cosby has done with the fortune he's amassed the past half-century is collect African-American art. This fall, he and his wife, Camille, will share their stash with the world.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art announced yesterday that an exhibition of the Cosbys' collection - dubbed "Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue" - will open Nov. 9 and run through early 2016.

It will be organized by themes juxtaposing African-American with African art. Among the artists represented are Beauford Delaney, Faith Ringgold, Jacob Lawrence, Augusta Savage and Henry Ossawa Tanner.

The exhibit's size (300 pieces, including paintings, sculptures and prints) isn't its only noteworthy aspect. This will mark the first time the collection will be on public view.

"It's so important to show art by African-American artists," Cosby said in a written statement. "To me, it's a way for people to see what exists and to give voice to many of these artists who were silenced for so long, some of whom will speak no more."

Martha Stewart has determined that actress Gwyneth Paltrow, creator of the Goop lifestyle website/newsletter, should shut up and stick to acting.

"She just needs to be quiet. She's a movie star. If she were confident in her acting, she wouldn't be trying to be Martha Stewart," the domestic diva and ex-con told Net-a-Porter.com's Porter magazine.

- Daily News wire services contributed to this report.