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Hills Finale Tops Ratings Among Young Viewers

Henry Seltzer — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:45:44 -0400

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2.94 million 12-34-year-olds watched Monday's season closer

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Monday night's season finale of The Hills was watched by 2.94 million viewers between the ages of 12 and 34 and 3.77 total viewers, MTV announced Wednesday.

The ratings made The Hills finale the most watched show in its time period among 12-34-year-olds across both cable and broadcast networks.

The Hills is the top original cable series this year among its demo – and makes up 7 out of the top 10 cable shows among young viewers.

The season premiere of The Hills in March drew an average of 4.7 million total viewers.

This season of The Hills reached over 43 million total viewers and was the highest rated season of an MTV series since Real World XIV: San Diego in 2004.

Check out Usmagazine.com's complete Hills coverage here.

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Lauren Conrad arrives at "Live From the Hills Season Finale" in Beverly Hills on May 12, 2008; Heidi Montag attends the after party for "Harold" New York Premiere at The Boost Mobile Film Lounge on April 30, 2008 in New York City.

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Watch The Hills Trailer for Season 4

Alissa R — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:10:00 -0400

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"It's about time," Lauren Conrad says of dating

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After last night's Hills season finale, the countdown begins to the fourth season of the hit MTV show, debuting in August.

Watch a trailer of the new season above and check out Us' complete Hills coverage here.

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Brody Jenner: "It's All Good" With Spencer

Mandi Illuzzi — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:15 -0400

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The Hills star is putting the famous feud behind him

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After a falling out last year, Brody Jenner and Spencer Pratt's friendship appears on the mend.

"We're cool – It's all good," Jenner told Usmagazine.com at the Hills finale party in L.A. Monday.

A rift had grown between the two – who were buds over ten years – after Pratt made inflammatory comments about Jenner's ex Nicole Richie. Pratt was also angry when Jenner sided with nemesis Lauren Conrad.

But Jenner is now downplaying the drama.

"I love Spencer and I have always said that," he told Us. "It's not about any animosity towards each other."

"I wish Spencer the best," Jenner added. "We took a different path and I respect his path. I do what I do and he does what he does."

So is there any future for him and Conrad?

"Me and Lauren are friends," Jenner told Us. "That's what it is at this point in time and that's where it's going to stay until whenever. I love Lauren and I always have."

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HILLS RECAP: Spencer Pushes His Luck to Win Heidi Back in Vegas

Allison Corneau — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:47:51 -0400

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PLUS: Lauren tries to salvage her fragmented friendship with Audrina

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The Hills third season finale picked up where last week left off: with Heidi in Las Vegas for a new job prospect and homeless and depressed Spencer sulking at her homestead in L.A.

Clued into his girl’s plans to work – perhaps permanently - with boss Brent Bolthouse on a new project in Vegas, Spencer has an a-ha moment and enlists sis Stephanie as his Sin City accomplice. "We're going to Vegas!" he enthuses, clearly on a mission.

Arriving on the Strip, Spencer sneaks up on Heidi as she sips business cocktails at Dos Caminos with her bosses. Embarrassed, Heidi excuses herself from the table and the two duke it out in classic Speidi style. Finally, Spencer puts his cards on the table: "We need to be together – Just come back to L.A. with me."

Without a fight, Heidi succumbs to Spencer's plea, missing her flight home with her bosses to travel with her boyfriend instead. Could things be looking up for these love-to-hate-them lovers?

Back in the Hills, LC desperately attempts toreconnect with Audrina, who decides to make a move to check out other apartments with Justin Bobby in tow. Trouble in paradise? So says Lauren, who is distraught over her faltering friendship with her former bestie. The tipping point? Audrina is a no-show at LC's roommate bonding dinner.

That’s it, Lauren declares, as she makes the long trek to Audrina’s guesthouse, only to find her pal anxious to place blame – on Lo. In a civil-for-the-cameras conversation, Audrina finally admits that she thinks Lo is causing their bond to break. "Everything was fine when it was just me and you living together, and...[with] Lo in the picture, you're distant from me,” Audrina says.

Lauren's response? "Lo has done nothing to push us apart on my side. I never let the opinions of others affect my friendships."

Sometimes, three really is a crowd.

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Hills Finale Preview: Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt's Blowout Fight

Alissa R — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:34:29 -0400

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"What are you doing?" Montag yells after Pratt interrupts her meeting

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"The Hills" Exclusive Clip from the Season Finale!

What happens when Spencer Pratt unexpectedly interrupts Heidi Montag's important business meeting?

Watch a scene from tonight's Hills finale above of the on-again, off-again couple battling it out at Dos Caminos Las Vegas.

Check out the couple's cheesiest moments here and Lauren Conrad's BFF history here.

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Heidi Montag: Not Being Friends With Lauren Is "Weight Off My Shoulders"

Henry Seltzer — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:39:59 -0400

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"She was just always yelling at me and nagging at me," the singer says

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Heidi Montag doesn't miss her once-close friendship with Lauren Conrad

"It's kind of like a weight off my shoulders," the Hills star said of the demise in a taped interview with Ellen DeGeneres airing Monday.

"Towards the end of our relationship she was just always yelling at me and nagging at me because she didn't like my boyfriend [Spencer Pratt]," Montag said.

"She had a boyfriend I didn't like for several years but I didn't really think that was my job [to say anything]," she added. "I was kind of like let's just go our own ways."

Montag and Conrad's friendship – they were once roommates, too – fizzled over their different opinions about Pratt as well as Conrad's claim that Montag and Pratt spread rumors that a sex tape of Conrad existed.

The once BFFs had not been together for about two years until they were photographed for the current cover of Rolling Stone.

"They're all having fun and I'm like let's just get it done," Montag said of the shoot, which also included Hills co-stars Whitney Port and Audrina Patridge. "I mean... awkward!"

For the inside details of the bitter war between Conrad and foes Montag and Pratt, check out the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.

Watch Montag's appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman here.

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Hills' Audrina Patridge Lands a Movie Role

Alissa R — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:25:25 -0400

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She confirms she'll play "the girlfriend of this cocky guy" in her film debut

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Coming soon to a theater near you: Audrina Patridge.

The Hills star, 22, confirmed on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Thursday that she landed a part in an upcoming film.

"I go next week to film it," she said, adding, "I don't know how much I'm allowed to say!"

Patridge said she'll play "the girlfriend of this cocky guy who think he's the s--t ... and I kind of have him wrapped around my fingers.

"It's cool," she added, "because on The Hills, I don't have that."

The role is "giving me the chance to show people [what I can do]," said Patridge, who recently canned her agent for not getting her enough gigs. "This is why I moved to L.A."

It's not Patridge's only project: She just began shooting the fourth season of The Hills, which debuts in August with 19 new episodes.

"The drama is still unfolding," she promised.

She dismissed talk of any tension between her and Lauren Conrad. (On Monday's episode, Patridge felt shut out by Lauren's close friendship with Lauren "Lo" Bosworth.)

"It's not like, 'Boo hoo, feel bad for Audrina,'" she said. "Sometimes on the show, things come across differently." (See Audrina's baby photo here.)

She said she and Lauren address the rift on Monday's season finale.

She added that Lauren wasn't so thrilled about her renewed friendship with Montag.

"Lauren is very big on you-know-what-you-did," Patridge said. "I looked at the whole [sex tape] situation. It's none of my business. I am the neutral one on the show — I can't fight other people's battles."

In its latest issue (on newsstands now), Us Weekly reports on the inside details of the bitter war between Conrad and Montag and Spencer Pratt — and what MTV refuses to show you.

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The Hills Gets Renewed for a Fourth Season

Henry Seltzer — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:08:35 -0400

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Lauren and co. will return in August with 19 new episodes

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The Hills are alive on MTV.

The hit reality show is returning for a fourth season, a rep for MTV tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.

The new season will premiere in August with 19 new episodes.

"They just started shooting," an insider tells Us. "The fourth season will be about what they ended up doing this summer. Lauren and Whitney will still be working at People's Revolution."

The Hills' current season ends Monday, May 12, with a pre- and post- show party in the Hollywood Hills (to air live on MTV). Usher and rapper Young Jeezy will perform their hit "Love in This Club."

Fans will also have a chance to quiz the stars, according to a statement.

And, of course, the drama will ensue.

On Monday's episode (watch a recap here), Audrina Patridge felt shut out by Lauren Conrad's close friendship with Lauren "Lo" Bosworth (she even told Justin Bobby she considered moving out).

"Lauren makes a heartfelt attempt to patch things up with Audrina, but it may be too late," the statement reads. "Meanwhile, Spencer fears he's going to lose Heidi forever when he learns she's taking a job in Las Vegas."

Check out the love lives of The Hills cast here. And don't miss Lauren's 22 years of drama here.

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Heidi Montag: "I Tried to Help" Lauren Get the Sex Tape Back

Mandi Illuzzi — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:25:21 -0400

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"I didn't film it ... how did it come down on me?" she says

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Heidi Montag says she isn't to blame for the Lauren Conrad sex tape drama.

"I tried to help her get it back for, like, a year," Montag said on the Late Show With David Letterman Wednesday. "I was like, 'You gotta get it back, you gotta do something about this.'"

When Conrad's ex Jason Wahler threatened to release it, Montag claimed, "she was like, 'I don't know what to do...' I was like, 'Well, let's get it back.'

"Next thing I know," Montag continued, "it's blamed on me. All of a sudden, I made up the sex tape... I didn't film it, I didn't do it, I'm not trying to sell it. How did it come down on me?"

Asked when the tape would come out, she told Letterman, "I don't know. I'm wondering that myself."

After accusing her of spreading the rumors, Montag said she doesn't think the two could ever be friends again. "Blaming a sex tape on me, making a whole season on it..." she said. "I'm not so sure."

Montag and Pratt refueled the sex tape rumors rumors Tuesday during an appearance on The Tyra Banks Show, where he declared footage exists "for 100 percent fact."

Wahler shot back Wednesday on Usmagazine.com, saying Pratt "is lying ... I do not have a sex tape of Lauren Conrad and one does not exist."

Pratt fired back: "Jason's statement couldn't be more transparent. Notice how he uses present tense, 'I DO not have a sex tape... one DOES not exist.'"

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Lauren Conrad attends her after party at Eleven on March 11, 2008 in West Hollywood, California.; Heidi Montag visits MTV's "TRL" on April 14, 2008 in New York City.

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Spencer Pratt: Jason's Sex Tape Denial Is "Transparent"

Henry Seltzer — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:36:26 -0400

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"We all know" the video of Lauren Conrad "existed," he tells Us

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The sex tape talk just won't end.

Spencer Pratt is sticking to his story that a Lauren Conrad-Jason Wahler sex tape existed.

Wahler told Usmagazine.com Wednesday morning: "I do not have a sex tape of Lauren Conrad and one does not exist. Spencer Pratt is lying again to get attention."

But Pratt countered to Us Wednesday afternoon: "Jason's statement couldn't be more transparent. Notice how he uses present tense, 'I DO not have a sex tape... one DOES not exist.'"

"We all know that it existed, that he tried to sell it and is now covering up to make himself look better," Pratt added.

On Tuesday's Tyra Banks Show, Pratt declared, "I know for 100 percent fact it did exist – 1000%!"

Pratt's girlfriend Heidi Montag also said the tape was "not a rumor" and said Conrad's "ex-boyfriend was going around trying to sell it."

Though they recently posed on the cover of Rolling Stone together, Conrad's accusations that Montag spread the sex tape rumors ended their friendship. (Check out their design war here.)

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