Lauren and Stephen are Still Hanging Out!

It appears Lauren Conrad and ex-flame Stephen Colletti have been rekindling their one-time romance as of late. The duo watched the LA Kings/Anaheim Ducks hockey game at the Staples Centre.

Click here to read Perez Hilton's article, accompanied by the picture of the two at the game.

Lauren Makes Out With Stephen!

When we last saw Lauren Conrad kiss a guy, it was during an awkward goodbye with on-off-will they-won't they "good friend" Brody Jenner in the season finalé of The Hills. And since then, they've both confirmed they're not together. So it's no surprise she's getting a little cosy with other guys, namely former flame and fellow Laguna Beach alum Stephen Colletti (who's recently split with Heroes hottie Hayden Panettiere). According to Us Weekly, Colletti, who VJs on MTV, arrived at LA club Central on Saturday with Conrad and the twosome were 'immediately' appearing intimate.

After talking and flirting on the dancefloor, Stephen carried Lauren to the bar and they made out. It follows stories that Kristin Cavallari, another Laguna breakout lady and Colletti's ex long-term girlfriend, would feature on the next season of The Hills. If Stephen's back in Lauren's life, then that can only mean one thing - drama!

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LC and Stephen: Finally a Couple?!

I suppose this story was due in only a matter of time. As I reported last week, Stephen Colletti has recently split with girlfriend-of-a-year, Heroes hottie Hayden Panettiere.

And for any of you Laguna Beach fans out there, you'll remember Lauren and Stephen's 'will-they-won't-they' hook-ups like they were yesterday (which, ironically, they may well have been). We never got a conclusion when the Series ended - both Lauren and Stephen, and Stephen's on-off girlfriend and final love triangle member Kristin Cavallari, moved up coast to Los Angeles to start their new lives. Stephen wasn't once seen and was barely mentioned on Lauren's spin-off reality show The Hills, and we saw nothing more of Stephen and Kristin's lingering relationship as he was soon spotted with Hayden Panettiere.

So all was well and good - we didn't know what the hell was up with Lauren and Stephen's friendship or whether there even was one anymore. But, just a week after Colletti's breakup with Panettiere, he was seen at the Hornitos Tequila launch on Thursday night with LC. Lauren posed for a few pictures and signed a couple of autographs, but neither star stopped to talk to reporters on the red carpet.

We'll keep you posted...

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Stephen Splits with Hayden Panettiere!

Just weeks after her 18th birthday, Hayden Panettiere is back on the market. Us Weekly reported this week that Heroes star Hayden and boyfriend of a year, Laguna Beach alum Stephen Colletti, 21, have split.

The actress, who spent much of the past few weeks abroad in Europe with Heroes co-stars on promotional duties, seems to be dealing well - in fact, remarkably so - with the recent breakup. When asked by Us Weekly of Stephen's whereabouts at the VMA's on September 9, she furrowed her brow and said, "I don't know. In California?"

However, Us reports that Hayden may have seen the break-up coming for quite a while. A source said, "Their breakup has been a long time coming."

Amicable or not, Panettiere seems confident in a remaining firm friendship with Colletti. "We are still very close friends," she told Us, "and talk to each other frequently. We appreciate and support each other's careers."

Stephen was not available for comment.

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 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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Laguna Beach Stars Hit Les Deux

Friday night was obviously some sort of youth meeting at Les Deux, as hoards of Laguna Beach alumni hit the club. One source e-mailed:
'Everywhere you looked, these Laguna Beach kids were macking in front of you. Lauren - or 'LC' as I think she's better known - was with a guy, and Hayden Panettiere was with her Laguna Beach boyfriend and his friend. It was sort of gross!'

Oh, and you can bet your ass it was a pretty drama-filled night at the kiddies' make-out club. LC turned up at around midnight with an "unidentified man" - my bet goes on Chris Richardson, the American Idol dude TMZ caught her with recently. According to other reports, the twosome were at a table with MTV's Maui Fever stars Shaunte & Anthony, and Frankie Delgado from Twenty-Four Seven. Shouldn't MTV just buy the clubs already? It seems everyone they've ever worked with is always at one of the main clubs in LA!

Unfortunately for Lauren, her table of fellow reality-TVers was right next to that of ex-beau Brody Jenner, but apparently the two "didn't make eye contact". Oh snaps - that's awkward, LC.

Underage Hayden Panettiere was there with her pal, Rumer Willis (son of Bruce and Demi Moore), Laguna Beach's Dieter Schmitz, and MTV VJ boyfriend Stephen Colletti (at twenty-one, he's four years her senior). I assume further awkwardness was created as Stephen and Hayden made out in front of LC, Stephen's ex who nursed a crush on him for a long time. He coincidentally also dated Kristin Cavallari, Hayden's shopping pal for two years. I'd love to be a fly-on-the-wall for a Laguna reunion, I really would.

Oh, Laguna Beach. I miss the days when all this kind of stuff was caught on camera. At least we have The Hills!