Talk about a sheer genius idea of cross promotion!

The Real Housewives of Orange County will appear Wednesday on Shear Genius.

In the episode, the housewives and their daughters will be clients in an elimination challenge. Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Lauri Waring, Tammy Knickerbocker, Tamra Barney and former housewife Kimberly Bryant are reported to be participants.

"Some of the girls liked their hair, and the other girls were in tears," said Keough. "They had to go get their hair fixed (afterward). I wanted to be on the show for fun. But it was a major cut job for me. I had to go get extensions (afterward)."

Oh, the horror!

East Coast socialites battled West Coast socialites backstage during the Wednesday taping of the Bravo A-List Awards. The casts of The Real Housewives of Orange County and New York City almost came to blows over the script the awful, spoiled women were supposed to read during the awards ceremony.

According to New York cast member Bethenny Frankel, the argument began when Orange Country Housewife Jeana Tomasina didn't like the script that was given to the Housewives to read from on stage.

"They [The O.C. Housewives] said in our material that my apartment is a two-by-four, and it's actually a one-by-two, and so I can take it, I don't care," Frankel told People Magazine. "But they're offended that I'm saying something about them living 65 miles from the beach.

Jeana said, ‘I don't think that's funny.'"

From that odd exchange, relations between the ladies apparently got even more chilly. Read about the catfight now.

Josh Waring, son of The Real Housewives of Orange County spoiled, ignorant, attention- starved star Lauri Waring, was arrested late Sunday night for possession of heroin and ecstasy and intent to sell.

According to TMZ, law enforcement sources say Waring was hanging out in front of a Comfort Inn in Laguna Beach when he was approached by police cruiser and sprinted away.

When the police caught up with him, they say Waring was obviously stoned out of his mind. Cops executed a search warrant at the hotel, and allegedly found a large amount of drugs in his room.

Josh Waring is a real housewife's son, one that is really arrested.

You can currently find Waring inside the Orange County jail, as he's charged with two felony counts of possession and intent to sell both heroin and ecstasy, a misdemeanor count of unauthorized possession of a hypodermic needle and being under the influence of heroin.

In other news from the show: remember those Alex McCord nude photots?

The appeal of The Real Housewives of Orange County has always been that it gave us average viewers a peek into a world many desire but few achieve.

In many ways, it has also shown viewers that, well, it may be a world they don't want to be a part of. It's a cutthroat, catty place where Botox shots and breast implants are as common as broken marriages, screwy kids and bad dye jobs.

But that makes for great television, of course, and last night's third season finale of The Real Housewives of Orange County was no exception.

Three Real Housewives: Vicki Gunvalson, Quinn Fry and Lauri Waring.

With 40th birthday parties, family drama and a dream wedding (the third for the bride, obviously), this was not an episode to be missed.

Follow the link for more analysis of the big finale ...