Heidi & Spencer Engaged

Oh. My. God. The world's biggest farce, a.k.a. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's 'relationship', is to finally be set in stone - the two are engaged. Oh Heidi. I hope you know what you're getting yourself in for.

The duo, whose controversial pairing was documented from the early Spencer-with-playmate/"get out of my car" days to the moment Heidi wrote her life away and moved in with him, have announced their engagement after just eight months together.

According to various sources, Pratt, 23, proposed on bended knee at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, a favourite spot of the couple, with a diamond-encrusted platinum band with a pink sapphire in the middle. A source told Us Weekly, "[Heidi] is over the moon!" - we bet she is. May a lifelong marriage of publicity-seeking and staged photos (see right) ensue.

Heidi's Boob Job: A Better Look At The New Puppies

Nothing more to comment on this picture, other to make one much-echoed statement...

WHY, HEIDI?!

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The Dedication Groups: Facebook

It seems that anywhere you go, the endless LC vs Kristin debate will follow. Just browsing Facebook the other day I came across loads of groups - pro-Kristin, anti-LC, you name it. There's even one group for members who claim to have "eye-f*cked Stephen Colletti". No kidding.

Anyway, out of boredom if nothing else, I collated a load of these groups to put up here incase any of you Superfans out there were interested!

Here are just a few, but go searching on Facebook and I promise you won't be disappointed:

Kristin Cavallari :: RealityLASIK.com - created as, I assume, a municipal way to follow Kristin's laser eye surgery.

Kristin Cavallari is my role model - a quirkier group posing arguably a more daring title - expect so-called 'haters' amongst the members. I have to admit, if I had to join any LB/The Hills group, it'd probably be this one.

Fuck Heidi, I'll be your BFF Lauren - if you've got harsh words on Heidi's treatment of Lauren under the wings of idiot-boyfriend Spencer, voice them here. Or more simply, join if you're just a straight-up fan of LC.

Lauren so should have gone to Paris! - another group I'd be inclined to join, this group is basically for voicing your opinions on whether Lauren made the right choice or the wrong choice when she spent the summer in Malibu with then-boyfriend Jason instead of taking a valuable summer-internship in Paris.

Addicted to Laguna Beach and the Hills - a crossover group for fans of both of MTV's hit reality shows.

If you've got any more suggestions of Facebook/MySpace groups that you think would be worthy of a place in this post, e-mail us, providing the link to the group.

An (Old) LC Interview with 'Jane' Magazine

I was just browsing today and came across this old interview with Lauren "LC" Conrad from Jane magazine. They basically ask her all about Laguna Beach and Jason (she was still with him at the time they conducted this interview), and there's some stuff-you-didn't-see about Stephen and Kristin, so if you are/were a fan, it's a pretty fun read.

You're on your second TV show and you've shot an ad for Bongo jeans. What's the craziest offer you've turned down?
The Lingerie Bowl—basically, you play football in your underwear. They wanted me to be quarterback for the L.A. team. I also got offered a spot on Dancing with the Stars. I was like, "Pass!" I can't dance.

Is your bank account reaping the rewards?
We're just making money off of what we can, 'cause it's easy money.

Are you and Kristin enemies or was that created for the show?
We really didn't like each other. If anything, we behaved [well] in front of the cameras. The time we really fought was off-camera. She was always fretting over me spending time with Stephen [Colletti].

Was there actually anything romantic there?
A little bit, but [Stephen and Kristin] had been broken up for, like, three months. And she had cheated on him several times—with one of my friends—and Stephen asked me about it. I didn't owe her anything. So I was like, "Yes, she did." She chased my car after school. I was like, "Gas!"

Was Talan [Torriero] and Kim Stewart's engagement real?
Talan doesn't always think things through. So he was kinda like, "All right, I'll get engaged," and then he realized he had to marry her.

How often did you guys booze it up while filming?
A lot! If you see a red cup, we're usually drinking. There's a lot of red cups.

Didn't anyone ever have homework?
You know, I didn't do very much, but I had it.

Your boyfriend Jason [Wahler] didn't come across so well on the show—in fact, he seemed like a rat.
He hated being on camera—he freezes up and he gets really weird. He looks like he has no personality, and he says dumb things.

How'd you feel after you saw the episode in which Jason kissed Jessica [Smith], then lied about it—you let him have it.
When they turned off the camera, I really yelled at him. When he watched it he was really upset. I made him watch it 10 times, too!

He said he wanted to be with you forever.
He asks me to marry him every day. I love Jason. I could see myself marrying him.

So who's the richest person on the show?
Casey Reinhardt. Her stepfather invented the frozen burrito.

Where's Trey?
He's in New York.

We love Trey.
I love Trey! Trey is one of my favorite people in the world.

Trey didn't get enough airtime.
He was off saving the world and, like, curing cancer or something.

Are you going to hang out with him while you're in New York?
I didn't even think about that. I'm working the whole time I'm here. He's still working on his hats. He has new ones that are like Velcro and have [removable] political messages, so you can stick a new one on every day. It's cool.

How do you like working in the fashion industry--is it what you expected?

Well, I'm an intern so I help out with busywork--errands, invitations--basic stuff, but it's a fun job. I got to go to New York for Fashion Week, to deliver a dress.

I saw you at that show.
Did you?

Yeah, because everyone was freaking about the celebrities and I was like, "I saw LC from Laguna Beach!" It was the Marc by Marc show.
Marc by Marc, yup. They didn't tell me I would get to stay! I thought I was just gonna run in, and they were like, "You can stay."

Were there cameras with you?
There are always cameras with me.

Does it ever feel too invasive? Do you forget about them? What about when you made out with someone?
I wasn't gonna make out on camera, my grandma watches this show! Actually, the only time they ever got me making out I wasn't even on camera; they had cameras set up in a car and normally when you shut off the car, the battery turns off the cameras. But they had a separate battery set up, for some reason, so it was still on. And we were waiting for, like, five minutes in the car, so they have me leaning in and making out with Jason, but you can only see the back of our heads and hear the sound.

Oooooooh!
It was horrible.

Have you always lived in the house they showed on TV?
No, it's a new house. Most of my life I lived in the old house, about 10 minutes away from this house. I lived there, and then my father sold that house too soon, before the new one was gonna be done, so then we had to live in this really creepy haunted house. I saw ghosts--it was the creepiest house. Have you heard the song "Bette Davis Eyes"? It was Bette Davis's old house.

Really?
And a woman had just died in it, it was really creepy.

So what did the ghosts look like?
Lo and I would come home very late at night, like after a party, and there'd be this pair of guys who would be holding hands down the stairs. It was a scary house. I hate that house.

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What's Happening With Season Four?

I know Season 3 didn't compare to the first or second, but even so, I'm still looking forward to the fourth season of Laguna Beach. Although I do hope there's some new cast because, mind my language, some of them are fucking boring (i.e. Breanna, Lexie, Kelan).

There have been plenty of rumours about whether or not there will be a Season Four, when it'll air if there is one, and who'll be featured.

As far as I'm currently aware:

• It will prémiere during the summer, at around the same time as The Hills Season 3.
• Breanna Conrad won't feature on the show (she confirmed this in a MySpace blog), and neither will a few of the other Season 3 cast members.
• There will be some new cast, but it'll mostly feature the Season 3 group i.e. Kyndra, Cami.
• MTV crews started filming the new season in December of 2006 and are still there.

There have been rumours circling that MTV was done filming in Laguna Beach and would be moving to nearby Orange County town of Newport Beach, around which hit series The O.C. was set (but was mostly not actually filmed there). However, after getting in contact with one of my Laguna sources, it seems this won't be happening.

"Laguna Beach started in Laguna, and it'll finish there, whenever that time comes," he confirmed. "Moving the show to Newport was always an option, but it's very unlikely it'll happen - not for the upcoming Season, anyway. It would be a whole new show if they moved it."

These details are all that I know thus far, and they may not be totally accurate, so I'll keep you guys updated on what's going on as I know more.

What They're Doing Now: Lauren Conrad

Lauren Conrad, formerly known as 'LC' by her Laguna Beach counterparts, has been a shock breakout star of the MTV show that premiered in the September of 2004. Two years later Lauren found herself a nominee, and an eventual winner, for the Teen Choice Award - Choice Female Reality TV Star. Young, fresh and fun, Lauren's fanbase has gradually built up since she was just 18 years old in High School.

Born and bred in Laguna Beach, California, by parents Jim and Kathy, Lauren grew up in Orange County's 'bubble' and joined the Laguna cast during her senior year at Laguna Beach High School (LBHS).

Lauren was the narrative voice amongst seven other teens, and she credits the show as helping her come out of her shell, from a shy character to an outgoing person and a natural in front of the cameras. Upon graduation, Lauren's ambitions in fashion lead her to study at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she studied just minutes away from long-time crush Stephen Colletti (who studied at San Francisco State University). After just one semester, Lauren left the school and transferred to study at FIDM's LA campus. She also began an internship at Three Dots, a clothing company.

After this, she moved on to intern at Teen Vogue magazine (where she still interns) and this career move was featured as one of the bases of her post-Laguna spin-off reality show The Hills.

The show follows Lauren's entry into the fashion industry, her own personal style and the developments in friendships and romances.

The airtime she worked up not only on Laguna but also on The Hills, which was a huge success for MTV, led her to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live, TRL, Last Call with Carson Daly, E! News and The Tyra Banks Show.


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What They're Doing Now: Stephen Colletti

Having had a pretty intense two years on Laguna Beach, what with his lady-juggling, Stephen's been one of the cast that, since the show stopped filming, has had a relatively drama-free time.

Stephen's popularity came about during his time on LB, and this was acknowledged by his positions in Teen Vogue's 'Young Hollywood's Up and Coming' in 2005, and in the same year, Teen People's 'Top Ten Most Beautiful Guy Stars'.

Upon graduation, Stephen got into San Francisco state to major in Radio & Television, but he quit after one year to pursue an acting career - and through this he landed appearances on Punk'd, Cleats of Imminent Doom, and most recently & prominently, One Tree Hill (as Chase Adams). He also hoster MTV's New Year's Eve Show in Time Square. He is still a VJ for MTV's Total Request Live.

Stephen has an upcoming movie, 'Normal Adolescent Behaviour', where his character is Robert. The film is described as a 'drama-comedy about the world of friendship, random hookups and "friends with benefits".' The film is set for release in late 2007.


He continues to date Hayden Panettiere of NBC's 'Heroes'.

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