The Real Housewives of DC

• Katherine Heigl will produce and star in the HBO movie The Knitting Circle — TV Line
• Find out which Real Housewives series has been canceled — TV Squad
• Watch Helen Mirren dance in her SNL promos — PopWatch
• See Julianne Moore in costume as Hillary Clinton — Moviefone
• Ben Stiller wants to remake The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — /Film
• Hailee Steinfeld is in talks for a new Romeo & Juliet — Vulture
• Morgan Freeman's five favorite films — Rotten Tomatoes
• Find out if you should take your family to see Rio this weekend — LilSugar

• Amy Adams offered a role in Rock of Ages; Paul Giamatti also joins — /Film
• John Travolta and Nicolas Cage may face off again in two new thrillers — Vulture
• Cinema's best girl gangs (The Craft!) — Moviefone
• Find out which Real Housewives series has been canceled — TV Squad
• The Bourne Legacy lead is down to these four actors — MTV Movies Blog
• A Summit rep confirms that Breaking Dawn will be PG-13 — Movieline
• Lily Collins to join Odd Thomas — The Playlist
• Tom Hooper to direct screen version of musical Les Miserables — Cinema Blend
• Sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man is already in the works — E! Online
• Snap up these Mildred Pierce-inspired side tables — CasaSugar

Want to live in the real house of The Real Housewives of DC star Mary Amons? As it turns out, the 5,450-square-foot, six-bedroom, five-and-one-half-bath home isn't in DC proper after all, but the nearby town of McLean, VA, and it's on the market for $2.35 million.

In addition to a biometric walk-in closet fingerprint lock, the house has exquisite moldings, an oversize kitchen island, three fireplaces, a private deck, a sunroom, a loft, a stone patio, a four-car garage, and lots of natural light.

With great bones and sophisticated décor, the interior of the Amons home is surprisingly impressive; there's not much I would change at all. Unfortunately, the exterior is a bit of a neo-Colonial, McMansion eyesore. According to the listing, it's located in "coveted Langley Farms," which I can only assume is a nouveau riche subdivision. Take a look at the photos and tell me what you think!

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"I have very few regrets in my life, but this is the one."

— Successful photojournalist Charles Ommanney, who appears on The Real Housewives of DC, has divorced his wife of two years and fled DC. He tells the New York Times that he refuses to watch the show featuring him and his ex-wife Catherine. He's also distraught that when you google his name, all you get are reality TV rumors. What did he expect?

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Mary Schmidt Amons of The Real Housewives of DC has magnificent taste. After getting a look at her McLean, VA, home in an iVillage house tour, I was wildly impressed. Her family's home is sophisticated, cozy, and unique — not exactly what you'd expect from a reality star. But Amons is not only a stylish decorator; she's also a clever one.

To keep her fashionista daughters from borrowing her collection of designer apparel, Mary had a Charlie's Angel-style biometric fingerprint lock installed on her closet door so that only her left index finger and hers alone can open the door. “When you have daughters who wear your same size, you have to take matters into your own hands,” she says. “It was necessary!” I've never heard of anyone going to such great lengths to keep their possessions from their own family, but it really cracks me up. I don't blame her . . . I'm sure my own mother's wardrobe would be much more extensive if she'd kept my paws off of her threads!

Think it's a great idea? You can pick up one of these wardrobe-saving devices at the Home Security Store for $142.

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Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever, who has a high tolerance for low culture, has had it with the Real Housewives. In his interesting essay this Sunday previewing The Real Housewives of D.C., Stuever puts his finger on exactly how the series has gone south. Once, he argues, Bravo was on “a mission to develop morality plays that covertly teach people (women and men, young and old) how not to behave.” The network was conspiring with us to recreate a universal code of conduct, by showing us what was outside the bounds of normal. We all understood that the ladies of Orange County are the anti-models of American parenting. We were in the pews and they were the point of the sermon.

Now we seem to be missing the point. The Housewives have become deeply ingrained in our culture, so we accept them. We buy their clothes and perfume; we read their books. Their behavior does not even seem so outlandish anymore, so we join along with them.

"The overall effect, he writes, "is one of mutual contempt — the Housewives hate one another, and the women who watch decide which woman they hate the most and which woman they hate the least. Men who like to watch women fight tune in, too, and the circle is thus complete: "The Real Housewives imparts a sinking feeling that it's made by and for people who can't stand women."

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Prepare yourself for even more social butterflies fighting it out on TV! The Real Housewives of DC debuts tonight on Bravo, but I admittedly have mixed feelings about the series.

The entire franchise has a great track record — just try to pry me away from my Real Housewives of NYC — yet I question if viewers will be willing to devote their precious hours to yet another group of women in another city. My hope is that the political backdrop of DC will help make this edition feel fresh (one of the women is even married to a White House photographer!). Are you going to tune in, or will you sit this one out?

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• The Real Housewives of DC have a desperate edge like never before — Double X
• Ali gets engaged to Roberto on The Bachelorette season finale — BuzzSugar
• Foreign women who have babies in US target of GOP — Jezebel
• Vote opens way for mosque at Ground Zero — NY Post
• Brands racing to knock off Chelsea Clinton's wedding dress — Daily Beast
• Mad Men's costume designer to star in Maidenform bra viral ads — Huffington Post

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Stephen Colbert hosted his show from Washington DC last night, and got us excited for the premiere of The Real Housewives of DC with Andy Cohen, Bravo's vice president of production and programming. As he sipped a cocktail, Andy talked about the White House party crashers, who are cast members of The Real Housewives of DC.

Bravo was taping Tareq and Michaela Salahi when they crashed Obama's state dinner (the first time), and the event will play out in the eyes of the other housewives. But all these details were mere preparation for the interview's highlight: Andy and Stephen reenacting a fight between Bethenny Frankel and Kelly Bensimon from RHNY.