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Three stars have been born on Bravo! Well, at least three personalities from successful reality shows. Bravo has plucked three stars for new reality shows, Bethenny Frankel, Cristian Siriano and Fabio Viviani, giving each of them their own series.

Bethenny Frankel of The Real Housewives of New York City has been rumored to be spinning off into her own show for a while. She'll be appearing on the upcoming season of Real Housewives -- they're already filming in NYC -- but then she'll have her own program after that. It will be about her social life in NYC as well as her career as a natural foods chef. Bethenny has lots of personality and should do well on her own.

You can breath a sigh of relief now. Each and every one of The Real Housewives of New York City are coming back for Season 3. There, don't you feel better? After speculation that Bethenny was going off to do her own show and a rumor that Kelly wasn't invited back, Bravo has wrangled Jill Zarin, Ramona Singer, Alex McCord, Kelly Killoren Bensimon and Countess LuAnn de Lesseps for another installment of the Real Housewives.

It's taken a real housewife to call it like it is. One of the Real Housewives of New York, Bethenny Frankel tweeted about Rachel Zoe and how ridiculous her Bravo show is. I can't imagine the network is happy about the shot across shows, but Bethenny is completely right. The Rachel Zoe Project is one of the worst reality shows I've seen in a long time and Zoe is way over the top.

On Monday, Frankel took to Twitter to pose the question, "Wondering if I'm the only one who can't get over the self-important nonsense that is Rachel Zoe. Wow."

You're not alone, BF. In just a few episodes, Rachel has revealed herself to be completely self-involved, horrible to work for, obsessed with frippery, and possessed of a vocabulary that would make a Valley Girl sound like William F. Buckley.

The way I see it, Bethenny Frankel was the star of The Real Housewives of New York City ... even though she wasn't a housewife. What was she doing on the show in the first place? Anyway, she was the most dynamic of the group and with her interests in fashion, food and partying, she had the most to offer viewers. The powers that be have seen what I did because Bethenny Frankel is getting her own Bravo show.

Starting this fall, Bethenny will be front and center in a new show called Skinny & the City. As you'd expect, she will not be coming back to The Real Housewives of New York City -- however, she might not be the only one out because rumor has it that the ladies have all been looking for a substantial pay raise.

The ladies of The Real Housewives of New York City are, needless to say, a colorful bunch. The Bravo franchise seems to have hit its stride, with each cast of Housewives providing their own flavor. But in comparison to Orange County and Atlanta, the ladies of New York seem especially weird. Perhaps it's apropos to their all living in a city with crazy people at every corner, but whatever the case may be, these gals are bonkers.

Sure, the show may just be a well-delivered product of sneaky producers and menacing editors, but somebody's doing something right in bringing out the bizarre nuances of Jill, LuAnn, Alex, Ramona, and Bethenny - although she, of the whipsmart one-liners and catchphrases, seems to be the crowd favorite (judging by ... conversations I've had with people).

"Most men would rather be with someone like Beyonce or Jennifer Lopez than people like Lindsay Lohan or Lara Flynn Boyle ... I mean, only dogs like bones."

Theyre baaaack. The lunching ladies of 'The Real Housewives of New York City' return for their second season on Bravo (Feb. 17, 11PM ET), with a new cast member -- model Kelly Killoren Bensimon -- and thankfully, the return of fan favorite Bethenny Frankel, the chef and businesswoman whose snarky reactions to her co-stars' antics is a highlight of the series.

Frankel, who was the runner-up on 'The Apprentice: Martha Stewart' reality series, was front and center during the 'Real Housewives of New York City''s first season, as her relationship with boyfriend Jason, a divorced dad, frequently factored into the drama.

The first episode of season 2 reveals the status of Bethenny's relationship with Jason, but the multi-tasking diva dished to AOL TV about her socialite and "fauxcialite" co-stars, her upcoming diet and lifestyle book and the catfights that will be commonplace in season 2.