The foundation for an explosive season of "The Real Housewives of New York" is being poured, and bodies are being dumped in the hardening cement. We hope. This season could be epic. Kelly has returned to full-on crazy egomaniac. Bethenny thinks she's the second coming of Joan Rivers (she's not). And the rest, well...check them out after the jump.

"The Real Housewives of New York City" started off so strong, the second episode was sure to be a bit of a letdown. Can't they yell and yank wigs and regress to being 12-year-olds in every episode? At least we got a little screaming this week. Thanks, Ramona. She's bringing the crazy this season, people. This week was all about new battle lines and choosing sides. Jill, Kelly, and LuAnn are in one camp, and Ramona is in another trying woo Alex (Switzerland) and Bethenny (land war in Asia). Click "continue reading."

What a great season opener for "The Real Housewives of New York City." They were all deliciously awful. Check out this week's Housewife Power Rankings, from best to worst, after the jump.

Four of "The Real Housewives of New York City" were kind enough to show off their homes in a hideous attempt to make the rest of the world jealous. Alex reps Brooklyn, Jill rules the Upper East Side from the clouds, Kelly terrorizes SoHo with her white horse, and the Countess LuAnn de Lesseps keeps the Hamptons classy like Ron Burgundy. Take a look after the jump, if you dare.

Every second of the Season 3 preview for "The Real Housewives of New York City" is fantastic, but after the jump is a magical screengrab that sums it all up.

Wow, Playboy. Circulation is plummeting, huh? Yeah, well, don't put an over-the-hill reality star on the cover. And how about not giving an obnoxious pop star a platform to finally expose himself as the arrogant (racist?) jerk he really is. Wait. Actually, that's okay.

But Kelly Killoren Bensimon and John Mayer on the same cover is too much to stomach. Who do you think your audience is, Playboy? Please tell me what the target is here. And you had better say half-blind octogenarian men and teenage girls with awful taste in music. More after the jump.

Kelly Bensimon's chest has been the subject of rumored speculation -- and bewilderment -- since she joined "The Real Housewives of New York City," and next season, the rest of the housewives are getting down to the bottom of it (above). By "the rest," I, of course, only mean Ramona "Crazy Eyes" Singer, who coincidentally is in the running with Kelly for the title of Worst Housewife New Yorker on television. You see, in these times of economic hardship and two wars (three if you count late-night television), sometimes it's important to remember that the cultural battleground for issues that actually matter is being waged over brunches on Manhattan's Upper East Side. And I think you'll agree, nothing matters more to American culture right now than the truth behind Kelly Bensimon's seemingly magnetically-separated breasts. See you next season, truth.

Jill Zarin, one of the "Real Housewives of New York City" who is NOT currently persuing a singing career, is interning today for Gawker.com. Following in the hubris-filled footsteps of James Frey, who fetched lattes for Gawker staffers last December, Zarin, whose book "Secrets of a Jewish Mother" comes out in April, will be answering questions in the comments section of this post all day and later tonight. According to Brian Moylan's post earlier today, Zarin brought gift bags and mugs with her own photo on them for the staff, which earned the carrot-topped fabric maven the privilege of buying tacos for people who get paid to make fun of her. I'm joking, obviously her reward is in the form of sweet, sweet attention. Enjoy it, Jill! And see you in March, when "RHONYC" finally come back.

Perez Hilton was right: Mother's Day should soon have a whole new meaning for "The Real Housewives of New York City's" Bethenny Frankel. She is pregnant.

A day after Hilton cited an anonymous source, Frankel confirmed the news to People.com. People reports that she is two months along and had wanted to wait: "It's premature to be telling people this," she said while fighting back tears. "It's not like, 'Did I get Botox?' It's not the way I wanted it to get out. I haven't even gone through my first trimester. We haven't even heard the heartbeat. My [fiancé Jason Hoppy's] parents didn't even know."

Bethenny also took to Twitter with the announcement: "I'm pregnant. http://bit.ly/41n62V I had to be true w u but was unfairly forced to come forward early."

But Bethenny, as always, was able to find some humor in the situation: "I got to be honest, we are both feeling kind of proud of ourselves. We are both 38 and we were like, 'Listen, your fish can swim and I am fertile.' So that's exciting."

Bethenny is gearing up for a spinoff from "RHoNYC" that will focus on her career and, apparently, marriage, and raising a child.

Bethenny Frankel gets what she wants, whether it's in her career or her love life. Both seem to be on track now that she has a giant rock on her finger, courtesy of Jason Hoppy.

Last season, she met with her ex-fiancé (see clip above) so that she could try to figure a few things out. It seems to have played out perfectly. Find out how after the jump.