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The producers and cast of hit reality show “The Hills” were in talks to extend the show’s ending after discovering series exes Brody Jenner and Kristin Cavallari still have feelings for each other. Cavallari revealed there were plans to shoot an extra 12 episodes that could revolve around her relationship with hunk Jenner, who is reportedly dating Avril Lavigne.
She told Eonline.com, “I would like to do it. I’m in such a rhythm with things and I’m having a great time. We’re just now starting to get into some really good juicy stuff with a few new people. So I think we could do another 12 episodes and make it pretty good.”
“And I can’t deny the fact that he (Jenner) is one of the most good looking men in the entire world. We have a lot of fun together. I don’t know if we could ever really get back together and be serious, but we are sort of trying to see if we could.”
And Cavallari hoped the extended finale will lure former castmate Lauren Conrad back to the show: “I think it would be so great if she did (come back). There are many different ways of bringing her back.”
However, President of Programming and Development of MTV Tony DiSanto, said in a statement to Gossip Cop, “This is truly the last of ‘The Hills’ because we want the season to go out on a high note that the show deserves and that the fans deserve. This season delivers the drama, the story and the organic culmination of the story.”
MTV’s hit reality show “The Hills“, about the lives of young women trying to find themselves in Los Angeles, is ending this year after its sixth season, the cable channel said Thursday.
“The Hills”, which made celebrity magazine stars out of Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, will begin its final season on April 27.
“We are lucky and honored to have worked with this cast and tell their stories for this long, and we are grateful to the many dedicated fans who have stuck with us over the years,” MTV’s head of programming Tony DiSanto said.
Creator Adam DiVello told Entertainment Weekly that the first episode of the final season will focus on the extensive plastic surgery undergone by Montag.
Montag, 23, made tabloid headlines in January after undergoing 10 procedures in one day including breast augmentation, a nose job, a new chin, buttock augmentation and liposuction.
“We tell the whole story. We pick right up where Heidi goes and sees her parents. And our cameras are there that minute the mother opens the door and sees her daughter for the first time,” DiVello said.
Conrad, her fashion magazine intern friend Whitney Port, and several of the other original stars have already left the show which started in 2006 and quickly became MTV’s biggest hit. But U.S. audiences have fallen in the past two years by about 30 percent.
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It looks like stepping away from The Hills
is really doing some good to Lauren Conrad’s career. Not that she wasn’t a celebrity in her own right back then; it’s just more fulfilling for her to be an author. With two of her tomes already on the New York Times Bestseller list, she’s probably getting richer for that too.
Talking to People, the 24-year-old star expressed how great it felt to have two novels out in the market. They’ve been welcomed warmly by the fans, and her celebrity status certainly adds to the value of the books. Her first novel, LA Candy, spent weeks in the bestseller spot and is being followed by its sequel, Sweet Little Lies, there.
But the ranking isn’t what concerns Lauren Conrad all that much. What she really cares about, she says, is just putting her thoughts to the page.
“It’s so gratifying for my second book to be so successful and it was so fun to write!” the former Hills star exclaimed to People. “The characters were already developed so I really enjoyed the process so much more this time around. All the characters have become like my friends now.”
It also sounds like she’s holding slumber parties for them with how she’s described her writing process. According to Lauren Conrad, she spends time churning out her words while in bed.
“I just sat in bed writing and it was the best process,” she announced. “Who gets to work from home in their PJ’s?”
These two novels following protagonist 19-year-old Jane Roberts, who moves to Hollywood to film her own reality TV show. Sweet Little Lies continues the story, a semi-autobiographical take on Lauren Conrad’s life.
It’s more like a less visually constricting version of The Hills
though. But the public’s eating it up. “I’m just so thankful to my fans. E veryone is coming out to see me in the snow,” Conrad said, currently on her book tour. “I just can’t believe it.”
Even though she’s already a best-selling author, The Hills
star Lauren Conrad can’t help but look back at her past on the MTV reality TV show. All those relationship drama and twists are there to forever haunt her, especially since they’re the topics she discusses in her novels. And she’s already come up with a sequel to L.A. Candy.
With her fiction rooted in her real life, the 24-year-old celebrity revealed that some of her Hills boyfriends have actually stabbed her in the back. But they don’t have to worry about her vengeance; she’s already over it.
Us Magazine reports that during her days on the reality show, Lauren Conrad got involved with Jason Wahler, Stephen Colletti and shortly with Brody Jenner. She admits that a number of them were cheaters when with her. Still, it doesn’t bother her as much.
“I knew back then [that] I was being cheated on. I overlooked it,” the former Hills star told Seventeen Magazine. “The more confident me has come to the point where I’ve finally realized it’s not something that everyone does. It’s not okay to have your guy hook up with someone else. You deserve more.”
Despite the guys going behind her back with other girls, Lauren Conrad had her share of secret romances. She began dating Kyle Howard of My Boys fame back in 2008 and hardly anyone knew about it at the time. It was barely caught by the MTV cameras at all.
“By the time I had met Kyle, I had already perfected my ‘double life,’” the star went on. “There was my TV life and my real life.”
Part of her real life, she explains, was never even caught on television. Lauren Conrad still had the sense to keep some things to herself.
“Most of my closest friends were never on the show; my family was rarely on,” Conrad explained. “It’s not normal to put every part of your personal life on camera. You have to have something for yourself or you’ll go crazy.”
We haven’t heard much about Lauren Conrad’s novel-based movie LA Candy that much, but her fans will no doubt be pleased at what she has to offer next. The former star of MTV’s The Hills
has just unveiled her latest book, the sequel to her first tome, titled Sweet Little Lies.
Last week, the reality star turned author hosted a party in Sin City to promote her new novel. All smiles throughout the event, Lauren Conrad was spotted going about the guests and encouraging them to read her book. The celebration was held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, which certainly boosted the spirits of the party-goers.
Even though Sweet Little Lies won’t be out in bookstores until February 2, the Hills celebrity decided to reveal a sneak peek of the novel. She granted the Seventeen website the privilege of publishing an excerpt of the book, which continues the story of her protagonist Jane as she navigates Hollywood.
You can read a paragraph of it below and see if it really is worth spending some time and money on. If you haven’t browsed through LA Candy though, there’s no need to worry. It’s still in stores, and gaining success.
Lauren Conrad recently posted a Twitter update about her first novel, and she’s still as excited about it as ever. “Yay! Paperback version of LA Candy is #5 on the New York Times Bestseller List! Just turned my day around,” she wrote.
Anyway, here’s the excerpt, as promised. There’s a longer version over at Seventeen,
if you wish to read through it.
“CRAZY GIRL
Just before 9 a.m. on Monday morning, Jane pulled into her usual parking spot behind Fiona Chen’s building. She turned off the engine and carefully searched the entire lot through the window. Good–no photographers. She’d had to fend off two of them outside the apartment earlier. They were so obnoxious, shouting questions at her about Braden and Jesse–”Jane, why did Braden move to New York?” “Jane, what do you think of Jesse’s new girlfriend?”–and snapping picture after picture of her while she gritted her teeth and tried to ignore them. She hadn’t heard anything about Braden going to New York or Jesse having a new girlfriend. But she knew better than to talk to paparazzi.”
Breaking up with Jayde Nicole has given Brody Jenner plenty of time in his hands, which is why today’s report is on him again. On an interview with MTV News, the star of The Hills
discussed the upcoming season of the series, in addition to other projects he’s currently involved in. He’s certainly focusing on his career now that his relationship with the Playboy model has ended.
Despite that, Brody Jenner is still hoping to rekindle romantic flames, this time old ones with Kristin Cavallari. Her return to the show last year marked a turning point for this actor’s life, which will continue when The Hills comes back in a few months.
“I can tell you, you guys are in for a crazy one!” the reality TV celebrity revealed. “With Kristin being on the show now, and there’s a lot of relationship drama in this one.”
Even though the drama’s heavy, Brody added that he preferred it if things were easier between all the stars. But that wouldn’t be good for ratings, would it?
“Next season I wanna try and lighten it up, a little more funny moments not just be so much drama, because this one is just packed with it! People braking up, getting back together, it’s crazy,” he said.
But while Krisitn’s running the show now, Brody can’t help but miss the previous scene-stealer, Lauren Conrad. He remarked on how much he misses her and added, “Me and Lauren have a good relationship, I haven’t really got to see her much, she’s got a boyfriend now and is doing her own thing writing her book, so I don’t see her as much as I’d like to but we get along great. I love Lauren.”
It’s not always girls that occupy Brody Jenner’s thoughts though. As mentioned earlier, there’s his career to settle for.
“I’m constantly staying busy with other projects, I really love being behind the camera so I’m constantly coming up with show ideas and concepts and I’m constantly in and out of meetings,” Jenner exclaimed. “I’ve got some projects coming up with MTV that we’re hopefully going to be starting pretty soon.”
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Tim Gunn can’t possibly be the only style guru out there, or so Lauren Conrad thinks. Reports have confirmed that the former star of The Hills
is set to pen her own guide to style, set to be released in the fall of 2010. This would follow her best-selling novel L.A. Candy and its sequel, Sweet Little Lies.
People reports that the book has been titled Lauren Conrad Style and would be published by HarperCollins, featuring exclusive photos of the reality TV star. It will also show readers how to incorporate Conrad’s classic fashion sense into their lives, something that truly thrilled the fashion icon.
Lauren Conrad has always been involved in that industry, having designed a clothing line for Kohl’s. This style guide was just the inevitable step for her and has become a welcome addition to her career as an author.
“I am really excited to write a style guide,” the Hills celebrity said in a press release. “I think fashion should be fun and reflective of who you are. When you wear clothes you feel good in, it shows in everything you do. I know this guide will offer simple, practical tips to help anyone look fabulous.”
Despite her success as an author, fashion definitely became Conrad’s calling. She even admitted how fulfilling it is to be working on designs for clothes.
“This is what I love. It’s kind of why I did everything else,” she told MTV News. “When I’m doing sketches or going through color swatches, that’s the best time for me.”
Nevertheless, the books will only push her further into the industry and into the limelight. L.A. Candy has already topped the fiction charts and is being made into a movie, while Sweet Little Lies has been pegged for a February 2, 2010 release. Following that would be a book tour for Conrad, kicking off the next day in New York City.
