The Hills rolled through trendy Fred Segal today, proving retail therapy can make gal-pals out of anyone. Even Audrina Patridge and Lo Bosworth, whom we last saw at odds for Lauren Conrad’s good favor on the show.

After arriving around 11a.m. at the trendy Melrose boutique, the pair seemed to make a genuine effort at bonding—or at least the producers did anyway. As the girls perused Fred Segal Beauty (where Audrina picked up Lorac lip gloss and Lo some Bumble & Bumble hair spray), staffers were instructed to keep to themselves and assistance to a minimum.

“They told us not to talk to them. It was more about the conversation they were having,” one product pusher told E! News.

After that, the ladies headed to the roof deck for some sun and more shopping. They cruised womenswear but made no purchases. Some MTV staffers munched on salads from Segal’s Mauro’s Cafe while the two gabbed.

Finally, Audrina and Lo headed out around 1:15 p.m., to the firestorm of paparazzi seen on the video above.

Heidi Montag visited with the newly engaged Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday and she again revealed that she believes there to be a Lauren Conrad sex tape floating around just waiting to be leaked online. A report from the show posted online with the video is titled “Heidi Montag and Ellen — BFFs?” has all the details of the meeting between Ellen and Heidi.

On the show Heidi again gives the details of the supposed racy home made film with Lauren and then boyfriend Jason Wahler. Montag says, “She had some sort of tape and it was blamed on me.” She then tells Ellen that she hasn’t seen it, but she catches all the heat for the reports.

It is quite a hilarious interview where Heidi even says that The Hills is “A young Sex and the City” and confesses that she is under contract and she considers herself the villain of the show.

“On Wednesday, Heidi Montag from “The Hills” dropped in to talk about her feud with Lauren Conrad — and she and Ellen really clicked. They are probably going to hang out all the time now. Maybe we’ll even see Ellen on a future episode of “The Hills”.”

In another example of local residents versus the paparazzi in Los Angeles, popular MTV show “The Hills” is the latest combatant to get drawn into the war.

“The Hills,” currently filming in a residential Hollywood neighborhood where lead character Lauren Conrad has bought a house, has local residents upset by the ensuing cacophonous parade of paparazzi and onlookers resulting from the production’s presence.

Neighborhood sources tell AccessHollywood.com that MTV has turned the residence into a commercial sound stage for the purpose of filming the show. The house is located in a R-1 single-family residential zone.

The sources also say residents feel that the ancillary activities from the production present a serious threat to public safety, create a public nuisance, cause disturbing problems and interfere with their rights as homeowners.

An MTV spokesperson tells AccessHollywood.com that, “MTV is in accordance with all required production permits, and is working with the city of Los Angeles to assist it with neighborhood concerns that have been raised.”

According to public records on the Multiple Listing Service, Lauren Conrad Living Trust purchased the house for $2,360,000 million dollars on February 1, 2008. The production has been filming in the location for most of the ensuing months. The seven-room (three-bedroom, 1-bathroom permitted) two-story house was built in 1922 — its prior price in 1999 was only $710,000.

“The Hills” is one of the most popular shows on the cable channel. The show’s mid-third season premiere in March 2008 attracted 4.8 million viewers, the series biggest audience for a single episode. The show follows the lives of five young women: Lauren Conrad, Lo Bosworth, Audrina Patridge, Whitney Port and Heidi Montag, as they negotiate the early stages of their careers and social lives in Los Angeles. Lauren and Lo live in the main house on the property in question, and Audrina lives in the back guesthouse. The girls moved into the house towards the end of the show’s third season, which finished airing in May 2008. Season four is set to premiere this August, according to MTV.com.

A rep for Lauren Conrad tells AccessHollywood.com that Lauren is as upset as her neighbors are over the situation taking place on her block. The rep says that MTV has followed all protocol and that Lauren herself has hired private security for outside of her home.

An undated letter provided to AccessHollywood.com by a resident who requested anonymity, which was sent from the Executive Producers of “The Hills” to the neighborhood residents just a few days before shooting began (but over two months after Conrad purchased the house), states, “As a documentary crew, we do not have any equipment trucks, and require no special parking. Our crew is not allowed to park on the streets, and is shuttled to the house in minivans. Our equipment all fits in one van, which we will also not leave on the street. Once we are shooting, our presence will be minimal – we strive to be as invisible as possible.”

AccessHollywood.com’s sources claim that, contrary to this letter, equipment trucks, crews and other vehicles associated with the production are left on the street on a regular basis, making parking for the other residents difficult and creating congestion.

The sources say residents have complained that Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Lo Bosworth are only at the house when the cameras are rolling or when there is a paparazzi photo opportunity outside to document them coming and going. They claim the young women do not live permanently at the residence. However, they claim the lights are left on in the home around the clock.

AccessHollywood.com sent reporters to the house at approximately 6:30 PM on Thursday, June 19, where from the street, what appeared to be bright production lights could be seen permanently affixed on the ceiling inside the home. The lights were on. They also appeared lit on Friday, June 20, at around 9 PM, and Saturday, June 21, at around 3:30 PM.

Also attracted to the neighborhood? – An, according to AccessHollywood.com’s sources, unruly group of paparazzi.

As the paparazzi have become increasingly more aggressive, according to our sources, they are vandalizing personal property and threatening residents. The paparazzi are allegedly fighting with each other over “territory” and who has the right to be there.

On June 15, around 7:00 PM, while a town car waited outside of Lauren Conrad’s home for the girls, one of our sources witnessed a fight break out. A 15-year-old neighborhood resident attempted to break up the fight, only to have one paparazzo pull a knife and start taking swipes at another paparazzo. A “Hills” security person allegedly yelled out, “I called the police, they are coming!” No police ever arrived.

AccessHollywood.com checked with LAPD’s Hollywood division who say that no such call was registered. A rep for MTV says allegations of such an incident are untrue.

AccessHollywood.com’s sources claim that dozens of complaints have been made to MTV, the Executive Producers of “The Hills,” City Councilmember Tom LaBonge’s office, the City Attorneys Office, Film L.A. Inc., and the LAPD Hollywood division, resulting in limited changes to the amount of activity taking place on the block.

CLICK HERE to view MTV’s letter to neighborhood residents!

CLICK HERE to view the details of “The Hills’” filming permit!

Councilmember LaBonge’s office acknowledges that there has indeed been a problem in the neighborhood, towards which their office has taken significant action.

LaBonge’s office claims that the disruptions do not stem from MTV’s filming, but rather from the paparazzi presence and street-side activity.

They confirmed that they heard about a knife-pulling incident, which allegedly occurred on June 15, during meetings with the neighborhood residents, and that they have spoken with the residents about how to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

LaBonge’s office says they have had 10 meetings with the complaining group of residents over the previous four months.

“We have sat down with them to determine how best to address the issue,” a press representative for the City Councilman’s office tells AccessHollywood.com. “This is more of a neighborhood issue, than a filming issue. Most of the complaints have taken place not during filming… Both the City Attorney’s office and the LAPD have devoted a lot of time to this issue, and they have determined that the issues are not related to the filming itself, but more the noise on the street that results from the production’s presence.”

[Read the rest of the article at accesshollywood.com]

In a mediabistro.com interview today, People’s Revolution chief and Whitney Port’s boss Kelly Cutrone accomplishes what the New Yorker and the the New York Times have thus far been unable to do: Offer an intelligent explanation as to why people watch The Hills.

Talking about her inability to keep her six-year-old daughter off the Disney princess crap, Cutrone says the Hills are the next progression after princesses, Miley Cyrus, and High School Musical. “Their next installation is, guess what, The Hills. And they’re just old enough to start watching MTV, they’re hormonally in place, and they see these four young, beautiful girls who really in my mind are a continuation of a Disney princess, because they live in a world that most people will never live in.”

She also offers her thoughts on why adults watch the show (we bow our heads in shame). Says Cutrone: “You pick up the extra market of people who do live in that world who want to see themselves reflected back, like the fashion and entertainment people who kind of watch it like it’s something like they can’t really believe that they’re watching, but they are watching and they’re enthralled because they can’t believe they’re watching what they’re watching but they’re also narcissistic because they see their own world reflected back to them.” Yes, heavy.

Then there’s the Lauren Conrad stuff, how she got her act together from the time at the 2006 Los Angeles Fashion Week when Conrad “didn’t move fast enough” to Cutrone hiring her a year and a half later. In all, it’s something worth checking out. At the very least, it’s helped grow our current crush on the Hills’ newest star.

Source: radaronline.com

Lauren Conrad glams up her summery white dresses with a luxe Valentino gold metallic bag while making the scene in L.A. Find out how to get Lauren’s metallic bag or one that looks just like it, for less!

Source: people.com

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“Hey! So I’m off to Italy with my family tom and I’ll be gone for two weeks. I’m so excited I just wanted to let everyone know because I wont be able to approve comments or accept friends until I get back.

Ciao!”

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**NOTE: Since Lauren news will most likely be fairly slow the next two weeks I will try to keep you up-to-date on the other ‘Hills’ characters (Lo, Audrina and Whitney), so keep checking back!

Miss BellaSugar had the chance to chat with leader of The Hills at a Mark cosmetics event this week . . . and you know she had my back! We got the scoop on Lauren Conrad’s beauty secrets as well as her new accessories line in collaboration with Mark cosmetics. As you know, LC is a brand ambassador and the company is launching a campaign called m.Powerment, which aims to speak out against domestic violence. Right on. More news, Lauren is launching an accessories collection with Mark. Between her Lauren Conrad collection and her success with the show, Lauren is on the up and up. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the colorful printed dress she wore at this event is from her Holiday collection.

One item to note is the ‘Have a Heart Necklace’ that is (only) $22 and 100 percent of the proceeds go to charity. Here’s what LC had to say about the special necklace:

“I collaborated with Mark in doing the ‘Have a Heart Necklace,’ which you have in front of you guys, and we are all wearing. They come in silver and gold, they are double-sided. They have the little stones on one side and the little heart on the back of the pendant. It retails for $22 and 100 percent of the profit goes to charity. It’s basically the gist of the charity. It also comes with a little extender in the back so you can kinda adjust how long you want. It’s also fun to layer with different pieces. It’s just a kind of an easy piece for people to wear.”

LC on her accessory line with Mark:
“We [Mark and LC] collaborated together and did a line of accessories and we had a lot of fun with it. Oh, and you all get all of this to take home with you. I’ll go through them real quick. We started with bangles because they are easy and they’re not going anywhere. But we did them in silver and gold and we added just a little splash of color; a bit of orange on these and blue on the silver. And then we did — this is actually my favorite piece we did — we did rings that kind of have a little bit of a stud on them all the way around. We did them in gold and silver and you can wear them alone, I stack mine with a little ring, or you can even stack them together. They are just kind of fun and unique. Then we did — these are a little more fun and cute — we did kind of like this costume jewelry look where we did two rings in gold and silver and we did different colors on them. But they are kind of fun to dress stuff up with. And we did the headband because I love headbands. We did a headband and you can either wear it as a normal headband or when your hair is up or down you can put it in and pull your hair over it and then it kind of looks like a little hair accessory in your hair.”

LC on upcoming projects:
“I’m working on a couple things but they are still on their early stages. Obviously I’m always involved with Mark and now with the new charity will make it a little bit more involved. There’s that. I have the clothing line, between that and the show are most of my time because we are filming four times a week plus I have at least two fittings a week plus you know what we are designing. So that’s just every day. And then, my social life. [Laughs]. Because we do a lot of events and then also I don’t have a stylist or anything so every event I go to I can never wear the same thing. So I have to stop and get something to wear.”

LC on styling herself:
“Yeah. That’s the fun part! They asked me if I wanted a stylist and I’m like, that’s the funnest part.”

LC on the headgear in the collection:
“We did the little cabbie hat, which comes in the black and brown, which are cute for Fall because all these are coming out in back to school. And then we did this set right here, we did it in blue, and black over there. Kind of the draped down hat, you don’t necessarily have to wear in the Fall because you can wear it with a tanktop and jeans and that will look cute. We did a matching scarf with it, which is a long scarf that you can wrap a few times and the gloves which are kind of similar to those knit gloves you wear which are shorter but they are kind of long and go up to about here (points to elbow), because I was recently traveling a lot and I have all these really great coats that cut off right here (at elbow). And they’re really cute but you go outside and you’re really cold so this was kind of a way to make that simple glove a little bit more elegant. And that’s it.”

But, that’s not it. Lauren is very excited about her latest endeavor and I’m sure we’ll see her modeling her goods around town. What do you think? Are these more or less exciting than her clothing collection? I like the rings — the chunky rhinestone one and studded gold one. As for pricing, they are from $14-$22 and will be available September 16th at meetmark.com. One thing is for sure: LC is on a roll and we can assume she has more fashion tricks up her 3/4-inch sleeves.

Source: fabsugar.com

In Hollywood, girls have to stick together! And Lauren Conrad was spotted out and about with a few gal pals yesterday running errands and text messaging up a storm.

The “Hills” cutie, joined by Lauren “Lo” Bosworth and others made her way around town looking casual in a beige button-up sleeveless top tucked into a pair of skinny jeans teamed with flip flops.

As previously reported by the Gossip Girls, Miss Bosworth recently graduated from UCLA, and LC, Audrina Patridge, and Stephanie Pratt all got together to celebrate.

The girls selected West Hollywood sushi restaurant Kumo for dinner before heading over to the Green Door lounge for some late night fun. And from the looks of it everyone got along.

A source told press, “They all seemed to get along fine. At the beginning of dinner Audrina was a little out of it but she settled in and all the girls were talking together, having a fun time.”

Pratt arrived after the group, and came bearing gifts. “She walked right up to the table and gave Lo the flowers and gave her a hug. Lo was genuinely happy and really sweet to her. Steph and Audrina talked a lot of the time but Stephanie was the one who was out of the group the most, on her Blackberry a lot. Still, everyone was having a good time with each other … things didn’t seem weird.”

See more photos of Lauren Conrad and friends out in LA (June 19).

Source: celebrity-gossip.net