Housewife Elaine Lancaster (aka James Davis)The Real Housewives franchise is spreading to yet another city. The next installment, due in the first half of this year, will feature the oh-so-fabulous ladies of South Beach in Miami. And boy are the producers mixing it up big time. Guess what Bravo plans to do?

The emotional sit-down between Oprah Winfrey and Patricia, the sister she never knew existed, was grab-the-tissues television at its best. But something else about the reunion put a smile on my face. It was abundantly clear during yesterday's tear-soaked episode that Patricia wasn't aiming to cash in on O's billion (or so) buckeroos.

Indie movie director Kevin Smith is busy at the Sundance Film Festival hawking Red State, his latest film, in which he satirizes Christian fundamentalism and ultra-conservatism. Given the subject matter, what's the absolute bar-none best thing in the whole wide world that can happen to a guy who wants to publicize a film like this?