Elizabeth Edwards quietly held a "grand" opening for her Chapel Hill furniture store Saturday with her husband by her side.

Edwards opened Red Window, named for a store her mother ran. Her children and John Edwards were there to help.

WRAL asked Elizabeth Edwards about the stories swirling about her husband's affair, a grand jury investigation over possible payments to the mistress and the child that John Edwards may or may not have fathered out of wedlock.

"We have not been detracted, even distracted too much by reports we cannot control," Edwards told WRAL. "All we can do is go about our own lives."

In a report on the opening carried by WNCT in Greenville, John Edwards said he has been helping with the store.

"I do more moving furniture than anything else," he said. "This is Elizabeth's deal, but everybody in the family is trying to help support her."

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

The Roanoke Rapids Theatre, formerly known as the Randy Parton Theatre, will be hosting a three-hour casting call for the "Big Brother" reality show on Saturday.

"We feel that this is a great opportunity for the community, the theatre, and for us to connect with our wonderful viewers in the Roanoke Rapids area," said WNCT-TV Vice President Vickie Jones in a statement.

Dome immediately thought: Big Brother? Wasn't Randy Parton better known for his Big Sister?

A colleague suggested that it's ironic that a government-owned theater that has tried so hard to avoid public scrutiny is now hosting a reality show in which participants are filmed 24 hours a day.

Maybe they can loan a few cameras to the Roanoke Rapids City Council.