Sometimes headlines write themselves; this is one of those instances. Between lawsuits from caterers, landscapers and PR firms, apparently Tareq and Michaela Salahi are losing the clothes right off their backs. more ›

» No good deed goes unpunished, but some supremely annoying deeds win reality television contracts. The Salahis. The Real Housewives. . . . oh, oh God, please, no. . . . more ›

Meet the Real Housewives ... of 16th century Britain? The scheming, backbiting, and in one case, suspiciously Paris Hilton-esque (chihuahua included) sisters Goneril and Regan manage to do the unlikely: turn the epic solemnity of King Lear into riveting, train-wreck theater. These women chain smoke and cackle, strut around in fur coats and sequins, and get graphically pleasured onstage by their boy toys. Director Robert Falls, whether he's livening up Lear's ceremonial division of his kingdom with a rapping D.J. or having his actors throwing ripped out eyeballs into a stock pot, is definitely putting together a Lear like you've never seen. more ›