All of a sudden the girls are living in their new house -- Lauren and Lo in the main house, with Audrina in the guest house. And, of course, they have to throw a housewarming party. Over breakfast Lauren tells Lo that Stephen (yes, Laguna Beach Stephen) is in town and coming to the bash. Lo gets all excited that Lauren and Stephen are going to rekindle their flame -- and it looks like Lauren wants that, too.

Stephanie tells Spencer that she wants to go to Lauren's party and accuses Spence of holding a grudge. They bicker and he leaves. When Steph breaks the news to Heidi that she's headed over to Lauren's, Heidi cops a major attitude. Heidi questions her loyalty and guilts her into staying at her house to watch a movie. Lame!

As the girls get ready for the party, Lauren and Lo sort of dig at Audrina for inviting Justin Bobby. Does anyone else feel bad for Audrina? It's like she's their punching bag! Lo asks Lauren if Stephen is coming just as a friend or something more -- LC tells her not to go "'all ninth grade" on her. The party begins and some familiar faces show up -- Jarret the trainer, Whitney, Brody and Brody's girlfriend Cora, who Lauren manages to eek out a smile for.

Stephen arrives, followed by a short-haired Justin Bobby! He cut all that grossness off! Unfortunately it didn't do anything for his personality. JB and Audrina talk and cuddle in her back house, while Stephen and Lauren make plans to have dinner another night. Um, he's just as cute as ever.

When Steph and Lauren meet up at school, she apologizes for not showing for Lauren's party. Lauren tells her about Stephen and their upcoming date. Lauren gets all decked out for her big night out and the friends talk over dinner about life and love. There's some weird conversation about how everyone expects something to happen between them but how they are better off as friends.

There is just something about Steven that gives a girl butterflies in her stomach -- well, this girl anyway...

Next week -- Heidi goes to Vegas...

Lauren, Lo, and Audrina prepare for a big night at out Goa, as Heidi and Stephanie do the same. When Steph tells Heidi that Lauren is going to be there, Heidi has hopes that she and her frenemie will be able to be civil. She says everything that happened between the two of them is "old water under the bridge."

At the club there is a Justin Bobby sighting and Heidi does her best "good friend" imitation and runs over to tell Audrina that her ex is there (while Lauren is at the bar, of course). When Lauren returns to the table, she ignores Heidi and tells Steph that she wishes she didn't bring Spencer's sis along.

Kinda rude -- I'm almost ready to tell Lauren to get off her high horse and get over it.

Justin Bobby gets to the table and sits between Audrina and Heidi. Lauren gets pissed, gets up and tells Lo that she wants to go home. She just can't pretend that it's okay that they are all sitting together.

The next day, Lauren and Lo talk about moving in together. They want to get a new house with Audrina, but she's not around to discuss because she's out to dinner with Justin Bobby! Lo says that JB and Heidi will not be allowed in the new house. Audrina and Justin flirt and have a nice time. They talk about having missed each other.

Finally Spencer makes an appearance when Heidi shows up at Stephanie's apartment. Heidi complains to Spencer that Lauren was "icy" towards her at the club the other night and Spence is unsympathetic. Heidi leaves in a huff.

Lo, Lauren and Audrina have dinner and L&L spring on Audrina their thoughts of moving in together. Audrina looks taken back and says she'll move in with them if they want her.

Next week: Laguna Beach's Stephen returns!!! Hello hotness! 

Heidi and Audrina meet for lunch and Heidi asks her new-old friend to join her in a Girls Night Out. Stephanie meets the girls at S bar, along with some random co-workers and the girls talk crap about Spencer -- who shows up. Heidi freaks when she sees Spence talking to some ladies. I mean, she goes nuts for no reason. He was talking to a girl and she's all like "I can't even look at you." I can't believe I'm taking Spencer's side but, he called Heidi 'insane", and I'm going to have to agree.

The next morning Audrina gives Lauren a play-by-play of her evening with Heidi and Co., and LC puts in Audrina's head that Speidi may be trying to snag Audrina to piss off Lauren. Then Lauren calls Spencer "scum" -- you know, the usual. Heidi whines to her co-worker (who has to be SO SICK of hearing about this) that Spencer betrayed her and she doesn't know how she can love and hate someone so much at the same time.

Lauren helps out Whitney with the casting for Whitney's crazy boss' fashion show and they ask her to stay on and help with the actual show. Kelly barks orders at the girls and the show is a success. Kelly offers Lauren a position with the company.

Spencer and Heidi meet to talk about the night before and Spencer says he doesn't know how long he can wait around for Heidi to decide she wants to get off "relationship vacation."

Next week: The return of Justin Bobby...

It's Lauren's birthday and, to celebrate, she invites friends out to a club --including Spencer's sis, Stephanie.

In the meantime, Spencer moves some ugly piece of furniture out of Heidi's apartment and into the middle of Steph's living room. She's livid and he's like a mad little baby. He's an ungrateful little bee-yotch, and licks her out of the living room (aka his bedroom). She says she's done talking to him.

At S Bar, Audrina, Whitney, Lo dance the night away for Lauren's birthday. Stephanie shows up with a friend and Lo and Audrina are skeptical. They totally think that Stephanie is up to something and is not sincere. After a few drinks, Lauren tells Steph that she thinks Stephanie is "a really good person." The next day, Heidi finds out the Steph was at Lauren's party and is not happy. She tells Spencer, who freaks out.

Lauren and Brody meet for lunch and LC drops the Stephanie bomb on him. He, too, cautions her. When Steph gets home, Spencer confronts her. She says she thinks she can get everyone to be friends again, which Spence doesn't seem interested in. Stephanie cries that her brother needs to stop having enemies. The next day, Steph tells Lauren that Spencer was pissed, and Lauren feels bad that she's causing fights between them.

Stephanie pays Heidi a visit and Heidi rips into her for going to the party. She warns her that one day you can be Lauren's best friend and then the next day you're, well, Heidi.

 

Lauren returns home from Paris and tells Audrina all about her travels, while Whitney heads into the boss lady's office at Teen Vogue to quit. Evil woman gives Whit her blessing and sends her on her way. Lauren and Whitney get all sad thinking about not working together anymore.

At her office, Heidi explains to her co-worker that she doesn't want to break up with Spencer -- and he certainly shouldn't think about seeing other people -- but he needs to move out because she needs her space. Spencer complains to his sister, Stephanie, that he has to move out and says that he's considering looking to date other girls.  Heidi and Stephanie meet for breakfast and Steph lets it slip that Spencer is thinking about dating -- much to Heidi's dismay.

Whitney goes on an interview for a stylist's position with Kelly Cutrone of People's Revolution. The interview goes well, I guess, and Kelly offers Whitney the job, but not before telling her that she is about to give up her life to work there. Ouch -- that's something they usually don't tell you when you get hired.

Lauren and Audrina head out on the town to Les Deux where they meet up with Frankie and Brody. Lauren gives Brody the cold shoulder and asks him where his "girlfriend" is. Brody plays dumb, but Lauren isn't having it. He accuses Lauren of having her own romance in Paris and not treating him as a friend.  He storms out and Frankie tries to smooth things over.

The next morning Lauren and Lo have breakfast and Lauren admits that Brody has a way of making her feel like she's not good enough. The good pal that Lo is, she tells Lauren that she's being ridiculous and that Brody should be chasing her, and that she has to figure out a way to just be friends with him if they are all going to hang out all of the time.

Spencer packs up his stuff in the apartment, while a plastic-looking Heidi watches. He tosses her an "Enjoy your space" as he walks out. Whitney packs up her desk at the Teen Vogue offices, as they girls reminisce about all their good times. They say goodbye (like Whitney is leaving for war) and talk about what Whit will wear on her first day at her new job. Squeal!

Part II -- "An Unexpected Friend"

Whitney heads to NY for fashion week with her new job, and it's just crazy. What did she get herself into?? She works into the middle of the night, but seems to be do a great job with the fancy designers. At the fashion show, Whitney rocks and impresses her weird boss.

Lauren's in class at school when she notices that Stephanie is her classmate. Later she and Audrina talk about how random it is that Steph is in her class. At the next class meeting Stephanie goes over to Lauren and apologizes for their screaming encounter last season. Lauren makes nice and the girls seem to bond a little over what a jerk Spencer can be. Stephanie helps Heidi paint her apartment and comes clean about the apology to Lauren. Lo and Audrina advise Lauren not to trust Steph.

Heidi complains to her friend that Lauren and Steph are friends, while Spencer loses his mind when he finds out that his sis is fraternizing with the enemy. He tells her he can't trust her. She calls him a loser. At school, Lauren and Steph hang out and have lunch and Steph complains about Spencer and Heidi.

Next week: Stephanie gets a little too close to Lauren -- or so says Speidi...

 

We hit up The Hills premiere party last night at Gotham Hall to get a load of the action and chat with Lauren Conrad. We took a different approach to the questions this time around, giving Lauren mini-personality quiz questions to answer. And, after you check out her answers, scroll down for some more Audrina-esque scoop from the event.

Which Sex and the City character are you?
I'm a mix between Carrie and Charlotte. I think that I relate better to Carrie but I tend to be a little bit more reserved like Charlotte... And then I have days when I'm being really negative and I'm like, 'I'm being a Miranda.' If you're a guy hater that day you're like, 'Don't be Miranda.'

Who would play you in a movie of your life?
If I could pick someone I would pick an undiscovered actress.

Who would play your ideal man?
Oh boy! It would be Mark Wahlberg. Dreamy.

What kind of drink are you?
I am a glass of champagne. That's what I always drink.

Which Britney Spears are you? Young, innocent, bald, angry, party?
I think I'm the younger Britney. I don't think I'm that crazy.

Which Spice Girl are you?
Geri, definitely.

Which Disney princess are you?
Not Jasmine. I would be Sleeping Beauty.

And now, for Audrina...
Our favorite part of The Hills premiere party? No, it wasn't Mariah Carey. Instead it was the MIA factor of one recently naked Audrina. Sure, if you watched the show, you know she was always there when the cameras were rolling. But as soon as the cameras weren't on the girls, a publicist would grab Audrina and run her across the room before any press could swoop in and ask her about her nude pictures.

Obviously this was a good idea, as I'm sure those were the only types of questions Audrina would be asked, and I bet she didn't want to have to talk about the photos. Do you think this press escape plan upset her? Do you think she was embarrassed? Or is it all just part of the job? Leave your thoughts in the comments section!

It's the time we've all been waiting for -- The Hills premiere!

When we last saw Lauren and Whitney, they were off to Paris for Teen Vogue. When the girls arrive they squeal over the Eiffel Tower and head to pick up their ball gowns for their big fancy party. The girls screw up their first work task when they arrive at a boutique after it's closed and can't get shoes for their models. Seems they should have went for the shoes before their gowns. Live and learn, girls, live and learn.

In Colorado, Heidi is trying to take her break from Spencer by skiing and hanging with her family. She gets counseled by her mom, who tells her to concentrate on herself. Back in Cali, Spencer's sis comes to visit him and he moons over Heidi. Stephanie tells him it's a bad idea to follow Heidi to Colorado but Spence has his own plan. He lands in Crested Butte (I kid you not -- that's the name of the town -- it sounds like Crusty Butt to me) and heads to Heidi's house. He has a stressed conversation with Heidi's stepfather who, basically, told him he should have tried calling before catching the next plane.

Lauren and Whitney help out at a photo shoot for Teen Vogue and, while working, Lauren's cell rings. It's Audrina calling from home to tell Lauren that Brody has a new girlfriend! Um, didn't Lauren just kiss him goodbye like, five seconds ago? Lauren tells Whitney who sort of laughs and says, "Well that took two days." Very sensitive. In her own Marcia Brady way, Whitney encourages Lauren to look for a new love while in France. "I'm sure Paris full of guys cooler than Brody," she says, while I snicker.

Heidi (who looks like she's had some major work done) and her mom return home to find Spence in the living room. Heidi berates him for just showing up, accusing him of only caring about himself. Ya think? Heidi, Spencer and the fam go to dinner where Spencer just gets thrown under the bus. Spence tries to apologize but Heidi doesn't give an inch. Later Heidi and Spencer spend some alone time where Heidi continues to push him away. She tells him she wants him to move out of their L.A. apartment. She sends him packing.

In Paris, Lauren and Whit meet up with the band Rock N' Roll, who Lauren had met back in L.A. One of the band members ogles Lauren over drinks and suggests they go see the Eiffel Tower. They invite them to go to a club later, where LC is the center of attention. The next morning Lauren notices that her dress for the ball has been burned by her curling iron and is ruined! Oh no! While she cries it out Whitney makes a phone call and gets Lauren a substitute dress.

At the Crillon ball, the girls get all dressed up to work. I have to say, the both look gorgeous. Lauren's admirer from the band, Matthias, picks her up from the ball to drive her around Paris on his scooter. He looks all sexy and brooding while he waits for her. They drive off and see the sights, but 'ol Matthias gets a nothing out of Lauren but two pecks on the cheek -- he so wanted a real French kiss.

Lauren and Whitney head to the airport and head home.

What will happen when the whole crew is back in the same little town? It's gonna get good! Meet me back here next Monday for more!

Whitney Port, aka Lauren's friend on The Hills, has been busy making people happy. Last weekend she worked with Clinique to spread "Random Acts of Happiness" around NYC. She started off her day by taking kids from Big Brothers and Big Sisters ice skating. We always knew Whitney was the nice one on the block.

It's finally here -- and with an emotional mix of excitement, relief and sadness, I give you The Hills season finale recap.

The first scene starts off with Whitney being offered the Teen Vogue trip to Paris, which she's psyched about, but when she asks the boss lady if Lauren will be coming along, the Lisa says Lauren had her chance to go to Paris last year, but chose to stay with Jason. And we all now how that turned out. Whitney breaks the news to Lauren, who seems devastated for being looked over.

Spencer shows up at Heidi's office, but Heidi has her assistant say she's not there. Burn!!

Back at Teen Vogue Whitney prepares for her trip, inadvertently rubbing salt in Lauren's wounds, when Lauren gets a call from Lisa. L.C. heads into the boss' office where she gets the awesome news that she will be joining Whitney in the City of Lights!

Brody and Lauren meet for dinner and Lauren tells Brody she's leaving. They talk about what they want out of a relationship and Brody says he's afraid a serious romance between them would end badly -- like all of his other relationships.

At Heidi and Spencer's apartment, Heidi is packing when Spence shows up. She says she's going home to Colorado to give them "space". Heidi says the wedding isn't happening anytime soon, and she and Spencer share an emotional goodbye. I almost, I repeat, almost felt bad for Spencer.

Lauren packs 500 pairs of shoes for her trip and says goodbye to Audrina. Brody's outside waiting for Lauren and teases her about leaving him. They share a decent kiss goodbye -- but it could have been better. Lauren and Whitney board the plane and head off to Paris.

And that's it. Over and done.

Not a lot of closure -- but, have no fear, just heard our little show has been picked up for another season -- The Hills in Paris and so on, so all the drama will continue, and I look forward to sharing it with you. It's been real, guys.

Well, as real as reality TV can be.

Much love,
Tracy

Did you watch The Hills retrospective this weekend?

As a Hills junkie, a two-hour look-back was more than I could ask for. I had completely forgotten about the Lauren-Stephen-Kristin triangle (it seems like years ago!). Seeing the Jason-Jessica kiss at the fashion show made me hate Jason even more -- who knew it was possible?

But there was one part of this "Lauren Looks Back" episode that had me jumping for joy... seeing Heidi and Lauren on Laguna Beach. During the Laguna days, we had no idea that a girl named Heidi Montag even existed. Now, as this two-hour special showed, Heidi was at that fashion show where Jason and Jessica shared their infamous kiss. In fact, Heidi even strutted down the runway with Kristin Cavallari. As Lauren said in her narration, she should have known then that trouble was ahead.

Heidi looked so... normal. First of all, she was as flat-chested as could be, and her hair was a disaster (I guess fame really does help with that). But those flaws made her seem like a regular gal.

I had interviewed Heidi back in the day when she was nice. She didn't come off as the smartest girl on the block, but at least she was a great friend to Lauren. She told me, "I have a good heart. I'm not all jokes. I'm a pretty serious person sometimes. I'm very very hardworking. I'm very academic."

Then later in the interview, she said, "I've always been this way. This is who I am. Take it or leave it. You'll either hate me or you'll love me. I have a strong personality, which isn't necessarily good or bad. I really don't mind what people in Oklahoma -- who I don't know -- think of me. I really only care about the people in my life."

The problem is that this sentiment used to be okay for Heidi. But now that's she's trying to launch a singing career and a fashion line (to compete with Miss Conrad?), it does matter what us little folk think.

Did you like Heidi in her pre-Spencer days? Do you like her now? Has Spencer ruined her completely? Is there any hope for her future?

Lauren and Brody go to eat and Brody has a wandering eye problem that's quite noticeable. Lauren wonders if the chemistry she and Brody have could turn into something serious.

Heidi chats up Spencer's sis about the fight she and Spencer had about eloping. Heidi says that she thinks they might be better off waiting to get married -- then tells Steph not say anything to Spence.

Um, right! Those two are like twin demon seeds who feed off of each other.

Lauren and Audrina throw a Halloween party at their apartment and the girls make fun of Frankie and Brody, who come as Batman and Robin. What's even more embarrassing is that Lauren and Jen Bunney smoke the boys in a game of beer pong. Love it! Audrina's new man, Corey, shows up dressed as a sailor. He seems nice and is hit with the crowd. Brody bails on the party early, which bums out Lauren.

Lauren and Lo have dinner and Lo counsels Lauren on her relationship with Brody. Lauren admits that she wants Brody, but only if he only dates her. Lo encourages Lauren to be honest with him.

Audrina goes on a date with Corey and they seem to have a nice time. They make plans to spend the winter learning to snowboard. The next morning Lauren gets the juice on the date and compares Corey to Justin Bobby. "So, he returns your calls, which Justin didn't," she says, "He likes to kiss, which Justin didn't. He bathes, which Justin didn't. Upgrade!"

Hilarious.

As expected, Stephanie spills the beans to Spencer, that Heidi may want to postpone the nups. Spence confronts Heidi and accuses her of dragging out the planning as a ploy to stall. Heidi and Spencer get nasty and he leaves.

Lauren and Brody go to dinner and she goes through his phone filled with girls' numbers.It almost looks like we are going to get somewhere with this relationship, but both Lauren and Brody chicken out and make no headway.

Next week: Season Finale -- be there!

The "She-Pratt' surfaces!

Spencer's evil sister Stephanie shows up and causes all kinds of chaos this week. First, she offers to marry Spencer and Heidi, as she is an ordained minister via the internet, but Heidi puts the kibosh on that idea in a hurry. Later, at Opera (that's a club), Lauren and the gang hang with Brody and Frankie, when Brody spots Stephanie. She makes a beeline for the table where she accused Brody of hanging with the enemy. Then Stephanie's drunk friend tells Lauren to stop messing with Heidi. Brody sticks up for his peeps and tells the "She-Pratt" to mind her own business.

Audrina complains that Justin-Bobby isn't attentive enough -- especially when he's staring down other girls. He actually gets up from his table with Audrina, picks up another girl and kisses her -- right in front of everyone. The girls storm out and Justin walks out after, hanging on the other girl! Justin follows Audrina and total works her over. He says all the things the scum bag boys say, so that you'll forgive them. Audrina buys it all and goes home with him -- leaving Lauren in the parking lot. So wrong.

I HATE JUSTIN BOBBY!

Stephanie reports back to Heidi and Spencer about her showdown with the enemy, and Heidi looks like she wants to crawl into the cabinet, while Spencer and Steph gloat like they've actually done something to be proud of.

Audrina tells a co-worker about her night with Justin and says she dumped him after they drove away. She vows to really, really end it later, when he comes over. At the apartment, Justin shows up looking clean and cute (though it pains me to say that). He tries to convince her that she imagined him kissing that other girl. Audrina manages to stand her ground and give him the 'lets just be friends" line. She cries when he leaves but, we all know, she's so much better off without him.

Next week: Another Heidi/Spencer fight and more flirtation between Brody and Lauren.

Heidi and Spencer talk about their wedding plans and Spence says they should elope to Cabo. Heidi stresses that a traditional wedding means a lot to her and makes him go see a church. The church's wedding package comes with premarital counseling, which Spencer is none-too-thrilled about.

Why is Heidi marrying him again? He's just plain awful.

Whitney, Lauren, and Audrina go to a sports bar with their trainer, Jarret, who Whit has a crush on. Whitney and the stud play pool and he offers to give her a private training session, which she accepts. They meet at the park, go hiking and flirt. Jarret asks Whitney out for drinks that night. It's a date, but both say they don't want anything serious. It's too bad because they are super cute together. Whitney reports back to Lauren about the date, concluding that, though she and Jarret had a good time, it was more of a friend thing. And there was no kissing -- womp, womp.

Spencer "surprises" Heidi with a trip to Vegas to get married. Heidi gets mad and says that Spencer's disregard for her feelings makes her think that maybe they should rethink the whole marriage thing. Heidi drops his ring on the table.

It's too bad we're still seeing these two all over the place because I would maybe have a glimmer of hope that Heidi comes to her senses and ditches him. But, no such luck. Spencer comes crawling back and says he'll do whatever Heidi wants. She puts the ring back on.

Next week: Spencer's sister arrives to cause trouble and Audrina and Justin Bobby have it out.

Lauren and Whitney get assigned a big party to cover for Teen Vogue, with a fancy red carpet and lots stars -- and Heidi -- in attendance. Heidi goes up to Lauren to say hello and Lauren says if Heidi is ready to apologize, she's open to talking. Heidi, once again, stands her ground and says that she had nothing to do with the sex tape rumors. Lauren tells Heidi, flat out, "You're a bad person." Heidi storms away.

Audrina and Justin Bobby go out on a date, where he barely listens to a word she says and burps like a truck driver. Justin is such a loser! I still can't figure out why Audrina keeps looking at him with those puppy dog eyes.

The next day, Audrina takes recording artist Sean Kingston to Jimmy Kimmel Live, as part of her new position at work. The rehearsal runs late, so she has to cancel her date with Justin, but Audrina's loving her promotion and the added responsibility at Epic.

Heidi instant messages Lauren and asks her to meet up after work to talk -- Heidi says she wants to put everything behind them. Spencer is pissed that Heidi wants to make up with Lauren and warns her to be careful. Heidi goes to Lauren's apartment -- with flowers! -- and tries to make nice. The girls have it out -- Heidi swears he had nothing to do with the sex tape, but refuses to admit that she knows Spencer did. Lauren can't handle the denial and tells Heidi that she wants to forgive and forget. She'll forgive her -- and then she'll forget her. A defeated Heidi tells Lauren to have a good life.

I'll be honest -- it was a little heartbreaking to watch.

Next week: Spencer and Heidi hit a snag while planning the wedding and Whitney has a date!

In typical Spencer fashion, Heidi gets over the top roses, at the office, from Spencer for her 21st birthday. Heidi goes to lunch with a co-worker and says that she's celebrating that night just with Spencer -- because that's all that matters. Can you say brainwashed? Spencer and Heidi go to dinner and he gives her the most ridiculous Chanel bag, which she's thrilled about, but, other than that, Heidi looks bored and a bit upset. Maybe it's because she no longer has any friends to celebrate with?

Audrina and Justin Bobby go to The Viper Room to see a new band, The Ruse. Audrina introduces herself to the band, asks for a CD to give to Epic, and gets invited to the after party. The band seems to like Audrina, which doesn't go over well with Justin. One of the band members actually asks Justin if he can ask Audrina out and I think he said "no", but he just kept saying "she's good, she's pretty good." Okaaaay.

Lauren and Whitney prepare for Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood party. Whitney is under pressure to seat 390 people in 15 minutes. As the celebs arrive, the girls seem overwhelmed by the task at hand. Whitney takes the initiative and gets it done. Hilary Duff arrives at the last minute, which throws a kink into the start of the show, but all ends well. The girls do an awesome job and get praise from the bosses.

Next week: Heidi and Lauren come have a pow-wow!!

Lauren and Whitney are off to New York to meet with the Vogue editors over there. The girls don their New York best and meet with Amy, the head honcho. Amy tells Lauren she set up a meeting for her to meet the Marc Jacobs people. When she gets there she is actually working their model casting -- probably not what she thought -- but she does get to meet Marc, who is her fave designer.

Whitney presents the location for the Young Hollywood party and struggles. The editorial staff is pretty unforgiving and bashes most of Whit's ideas. I felt so bad for her!

The girls head back to LA, where they go to a food tasting for the party. Whitney's boss says the people in New York were happy with her work -- could have fooled me -- but commented that her prom-style dress was a tad dressy. That woman is a cold fish!

Spencer and Frankie run into each other and Spence whines that Brody dissed him for Lauren. Their reunion is short-lived when Frankie realizes he's not getting anywhere with his former friend. Time out! Is Frankie cute? Lo was making out with him Vegas a couple of weeks ago and I might finally be seeing why. Spencer insists to Heidi that he doesn't care that he and Brody aren't friends anymore, but it's obvious he does. Later, Spencer leaves Brody a message to call him.

Brody talks to Lauren about the Spencer call and says that he doesn't want to make up with him -- for his own reasons. The friends cuddle close on the couch.

How cute are they? I think I just fell a little bit in love with Brody.

Next week: The Young Hollywood party!

Lauren and Whitney get the tough job of casting male models for Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood issue. One of the guys catches Lauren's eye, and the two realize they know each other from a previous shoot. It seems Lauren tried to set Gavin up with Heidi, way back when. Before he leaves, Gavin grabs Lauren's number and promises to call.

Spencer whines that Heidi has to work again, on a night when he was planning a make up dinner for their botched anniversary. Heidi finally says something smart -- as she's walking out the door she hits Spence with, "I'll be at work -- why don't you try it?" Burn!!!

At the NASCAR event Heidi is working, the new girl (Elodie's replacement), Kim, rocks. Heidi is all preoccupied with Spencer being mad, while Kim is like, "Talk about it when you get home." She really wants to tell Heidi what we're all thinking -- that the world does not revolve around her and Spencer. The next day, Spencer shows up at Heidi's work and tries to take her to lunch, but Heidi is too busy. Spencer continues to kick and scream that he's not getting any attention.

Lauren invites Gavin to a BBQ at Brody's beach house. Everyone seems to like Lauren's new guy, but Brody gives him the third degree. Brody tells everyone that he just wants to make sure the guy is good enough for Lauren, but he's clearly jealous. Lauren and Gavin go for sushi and have a nice time. When Lauren gets home from the date she calls Brody and tells him that she feels no spark with Gavin, and invites Brody over to watch a movie.

Verrrry interesting...

Next week: The girls go to NYC!

The Hill's Heidi Montag wants the whole world to know one thing: the Monday post on her web site admitting she and fiancée Spencer Pratt were the ones behind rumors about a Lauren Conrad sex tape was actually posted by a hacker… or so she says.

Lauren has always maintained there has never been a sex tape and blames Heidi and Spencer for starting the rumor that just won’t die.

When asked about the posting yesterday Heidi played dumb so her knight in shining hair gel defended her: “I don’t think [Heidi] would even know how to log in to her Web site,” he joked.

I think that is what’s called the: “some of my best friends are gay defense.”

But don’t worry, the ridiculously annoying Spencer is so on it. After basically calling his girlfriend a moron to reporters he reassured them that he has assigned Jack Bauer to the case. Oh this guy is such a hoot, what fun he must be at parties!

Here’s my take: They started the rumor. They made the post. These two would sell their grandma into sex slavery if they thought it would get them press.

Lauren apologizes to Audrina for hating on Justin Bobby and the girls smooth things over. Lauren and Lo go shopping and Lauren tells Lo that she plans on meeting Jen Bunney to talk. Lo warns her against the evils, but Lauren goes anyway. At lunch, Jen drops the bomb on Lauren that Heidi thinks Brody started the sex tape rumors. Lauren says she doesn't believe it, yet our girl seems slightly perturbed by the news.

Audrina and Justin Bobby hang out and play pool. Basically, Justin Bobby (who's the king of the cliche) says he hates the drama and just wants things to be "mellow" like they are when he and Audrina are alone. At work, Heidi gets busted for the whole Elodie fiasco last week. Brent warns her that she's better start living up to her hype.

Lauren meets Brody for dinner and tells him that Heidi is blaming him for the rumors. He adamantly denies it but Lauren pushes him to tell her that Heidi and Spencer are responsible. Finally, he looks her in the eye and says that he knows, for a fact, that Spencer and Heidi spread the trash talk.

Jen and Heidi then have lunch and Heidi gets all defensive when Jen asks her if she or Spencer are the culprits. It's pretty obvious that Heidi's friends are slipping away one by one, and I am so believing that Spence is dropping some brainwashing pills into her coffee every morning. And maybe, just maybe, Spencer did spread those rumors sex tape rumors about Lauren -- without Heidi knowing.

Next week: Lauren dates a model -- and Brody gets jealous!

MTV’s hit “reality” show The Hills might not be so real after all. Not that any of us thought it actually was, but now we’ve got proof: photos on celebslam.com.

The photos show Spencer Pratt dropping off his fiancée Heidi Montag at LAX the other day. Hug. Kiss. Goodbye. Then more photos showing Heidi running through baggage claim to greet Spencer after her supposed weekend away.

Here’s the catch: the photos were shot just moments after each other with a quickie wardrobe change in between. (shirts only, wow MTV really IS cheap)

When asked about the staged LAX scene, an MTV spokeswoman said, “it was a pickup shot that in no way affected the storyline.”

Oh, well thank God it didn’t affect the storyline!

"This is no different from any other reality show," said the MTV spokeswoman.

So I guess if another reality show jumped off a bridge you guys would too?

If you were looking for a new juicy episode of The Hills, join the club. Instead MTV copped out with a "mid-season cram session," basically recapping all that's happened in the first half of the third season.

So, we'll just have to wait for next week's episode to see what is actually going down with Lauren and Brody and get a look at what obnoxious stunts Spencer continues to pull. See you then!

Vegas -- the home of quickie marriages, legal prostitution and Britney Spears's disastrous VMA performance. But last night, it was also the backdrop of The Hills.

Lauren, Audrina, Jill and Lo went to the casino capitol of the world to surprise L.C.'s friend Brody Jenner for his 24th birthday. Oh yeah, and Audrina brought her weirdo boyfriend Justin, who was seriously in need of a haircut and shave. Honestly, the dude looked so much like L.C.'s rumored hookup Cisco Adler, it was incredible.

While in Vegas, sparks flew between L.C. and Brody, and the two ended up playfully kissing at a club. All of their friends confronted them about not being together, but both sides swore they were... wait for it... just friends. And they said that the one time they hooked up, all they did was fight. Sounds like a rational reason to me not to get back together, but later in the episode the pair was all about the cuddling. I like them together, but I can't decide if I think Brody is a hottie. Sometimes I think his facial features are too big for him, and other times I'm drooling.

Lauren meets Jason for another "date" when he blind sides her with "I want you to meet my girlfriend." Obviously, Lauren had no idea she wasn't his girlfriend but happily accepts an invite to Jason's housewarming party -- the house that he shares with his girlfriend.

Heidi takes new nose Jen Bunney to go wedding dress shopping and Heidi reiterates that she's sure Spencer is "The One." Heidi and Spencer go to register and Spencer couldn't be less interested. He drops the bomb that he hasn't told his parents that he and Heidi are getting married.

Lauren and Whitney meet with a band for a fitting for their photo shoot and the girls invite the rockers out to a bar. I was just happy to see them at a bar other than Les Deux -- this place, The Dime, actually looked cool. The girls do shots with the guys, but Whitney (who finally looks like she's having a good time) reminds the band that they have to be at the shoot the next day.

The next morning, while the girls nurse their hangovers, the band arrives almost 2 hours late. They tend to be a little touchy about what jeans they will wear for the pics. Whitney worries that her job will be in jeopardy. When she meets with Lisa, Whitney gets reprimanded for entertaining the band the night before. She's told to "step it up".

Lauren drags Audrina to Jason's housewarming, where he introduces her to Katja, his girl. Then the stunning announcement comes that Jason and Katja have actually just gotten engaged! Lauren makes a beeline for the door and Jason follows. Lauren tells Jason that she thinks he's making a mistake. Katja comes outside and is totally hating on Lauren. L.C. manages to mutter a "congratulations" to the couple.

Lauren tells Whitney about the party the next day and admits that, as much as she loves Jason, she's happy she's not the one he's engaged to.

Next week: The girls go to Vegas for Brody's birthday!