Lauren Conrad recently made an appearance at the University of Rhode Island where she was interviewed as part of the Student Entertainment Committee’s Fall Frenzy. However, according to one angry student, Lauren was anything but interesting or polite.

Apparently she walked on stage without introducing herself and seemed uninterested and detached during her talk.

“As bored as the crowd seemed during this segment of the program, their boredom could not even come close to that obviously felt by Conrad herself. There was no energy, no personality, no life. It was as if, in a moment of existential anguish at the emptiness of her life, she was having second thoughts about pursuing such vapid goals. Hell, as I sat there, trying in vain to feel a bit of interest as she talked about what it’s like to live in Los Angeles (“I love it, it’s a really cool place to be and do the things I do”) or what her favorite things to wear are (“during the day, skinny jeans, and at night, mini cocktail dresses”), I wondered what more productive things I could be doing with my time, such as curing cancer, volunteering my time to help orphans, or clipping my toenails,” said student John Holmes.

There was also a big fuss about no cameras during the interview. I don’t really understand this part because Lauren is used to being filmed 24/7 by millions of cameras, what are a few college kids’ digital cameras to her?  When it was time for her to sign autographs at the end, a few kids whipped out their cameras and started taking pictures> But as soon as the cameras were taken out, security guards ushered Lauren out of the auditorium. What does she have to hide anyway?

Lauren continued to answer questions like “what is your favorite drink?” and “what is your favorite thing to shop for?” Although she did refuse to answer anything having to do with Spencer and Heidi. At the end of the interview, she was asked where she saw herself in 40 years and responded:

“I don’t know, to be remembered you have to do something really great,” Conrad said. “I haven’t really done anything groundbreaking.”

Although one student seemed extremely disappointed for what he got for 12$, I’m sure many students were pleased enough with just seeing Lauren in real life. Click here to read more of the article.

Taryn Manning wore a Whitney Eve jacket and belt to the Katy Pery/Samsung party in LA. It looks great on her – and also something that I could definitely see Whitney wearing. Whitney was very excited about her celebrity fan:

Hi guys,
It’s so cool to see that out of all the designers available for a celebrity to wear on a red carpet someone would choose my line, Whitney Eve! Taryn Manning, who was in 8 Mile and Crossroads, wore my champagne jacket with bow belt on the red carpet for the Katy Perry/Samsung party a few nights ago! Also look for her soon in LAX magazine cause she wore Whitney Eve for that too!! How cute does she look?!? Yayyy. Thanks Taryn!!

xoxo,
Whit

- Whitney Port on Celebuzz

Laguna Lovers

We usually don’t think that celebrities, like Lo Bosworth, go shopping at Target. But these pictures clearly prove us wrong, as we see Lo buying toothpaste. A little odd that she took a whole basket and only walked out with one tube of toothpaste though.

Laguna Lovers

Despite the cold November weather, Jayde Nicole is somewhere warm and sunny posing in a cute bikini. As always, the Playboy model is looking gorgeous.

“TheCity” Season 1: Part 2: Episode 8: “If You want Something Done Right…”

This week, Whitney and Roxy leave the boys behind to return their focus to work.  Let’s recap.

Fresh off Kelly telling Whitney she needed to get moving on her clothing line and finish her sketches, Whitney has her whole collection completed.  The samples have even arrived.  The magic of television.  The next step: a look book.  Kelly names a million things that need to be done but says People’s Rev will take care of most of it, Whit just needs to focus on the casting.  Whitney surmises that she can get Roxy on the casting.  “She’s never done a casting”, Kelly aka the voice of reason warns.  Whitney says maybe it should be Roxy’s first.  “You need to put your best foot forward because if you don’t the other one doesn’t get to follow”, Kelly again warns.

Fast forward to the casting.  Whitney has on an amazing blue sleeveless top with a blue skirt that we must source later, while Roxy has on a cute green dress.  Roxy’s job was to call the models to the shoot, but the one’s she chose were all wrong for Whitney’s fairytale look.  Kelly suggests that if Roxy wants to be “Superflying Ranger in Redemption” she needs to pull some magic because Whitney put herself on the line for Roxy.  She needs some Fairtytale Tea Party girls, not Gothic Nightmares.

Over at ELLE headquarters, Erin tells Joe that they have his Fall A to Zee column ready, but there’s still a ton of things that need to be done and they need help.  Guess who Joe recommends?  Olivia of course.  Erin laughs and says of all the people here you choose Olivia?  Translation: I’m sick of this fake camera and fake show and I wanna go back to doing my real job with real people.  Nonetheless, Erin’s not the boss so she really has no say in this.

Next, Roxy transforms into the Superflying Ranger in Redemption and brings some magical girls into casting.  They have fresh faces perfect for Whitney’s Fairytale la la land theme.  Whitney is very pleased.

Back at ELLE.  Can Olivia become a Superfly Redeemer?  Erin doesn’t think so.  She gives her the task for the A to Zee job.  It’s a “He said, She said” theme.  Olivia has to pull two looks that a guy would want to see his girl in and two that the girl would want to wear.  Olivia actually takes notes, but Erin is still condescending the whole time.  Olivia tells Erin not to stress; Erin says snarkily that the fact that Olivia is not concerned worries her.  We understand Erin’s frustration, but her remarks are crossing over from frustrated supervisor to rude snark.

After the break, we’re finally at Whitney’s Look Book Photo Shoot.  Roxy is hands on as always.  She seems to think she’s her father, Ken Olin, for a moment as she totally tries to take over the shoot and direct the models.  The shoot is all about the light and airy, pretty and natural.  There’s cakes, cupcakes, and champagne.  Roxy aka the Idea Machine is spewing off ideas a mile a minute.  One is to have the model scream.  Not sure what that has to do with a Fairytale Photo Shoot, neither does Whitney.  She is finally able to tell Roxy no.  Then Roxy suggests that the models have a cake fight.  Novel idea if this wasn’t a photo shoot for clothing, which means you can’t have the clothing ruined or covered in food.  With this, Kelly has to pull the Idea Machine to the side and ask her to press stop, after all this is Whitney’s shoot.

Roxy can’t press stop, but presses pause.  But as soon as she gets another opportunity, she dances to the beat of her own drum.  No one will stop Roxy from moving forward with this one.  She’s been shut down twice but will not be denied thrice.  She suggests one last shot of popping champagne.  Kelly says not to do it because champagne will go all over the place.  “Kill me for being young and spontaneous,” Roxy says.  Maybe that’s not such a bad idea after this debacle.  The model does pop the champagne and it does spill all over her.  Whitney just walks away in dismay.

If we could combine Whitney and Roxy into one person, they’d be the perfect business person.  Whitney is just not assertive enough and Roxy lacks discretion. If they met somewhere in the middle, we’d hire them!  Whitney is upset for a half a second, then Roxy makes her forget all about it.  Roxy throws some food at her, and they have a food fight and some laughs.

Then Olivia meets up with Bryne, an intern at ELLE, to collect the four looks for A to Zee.  Bryne pulls a dress but Olivia “is only concerned that it hugs in the wrong area”.  “I couldn’t pull it off, I don’t know about everyone else,” Olivia boasts.  Now, we all know Olivia has impeccable fashion taste, but the bragging makes her a prime target for critiques.  She doesn’t have the world’s best body where she can pull of anything, so let’s not brag as such.  Then Olivia asks Bryne if a pair of pants are skinny enough for the skinny look they needed.  Bryne says no and Olivia dances to the beat of her own drum and says “well, I like it” so she uses it.  Bottom line: don’t ask if you don’t plan to listen.

It looks like Olivia’s dance was off beat once again, because Erin hated her pulls.  No surprise.  Erin thinks the size 16 model’s size 14 black dress is too small.  In fact, all the sizes are off.  Olivia doesn’t care.  “It’s fine”, is her response to everything.  How is it fine when the model looks like she’s wearing her little sister’s clothing?  Olivia tries to justify her incompetence by saying that she went to two stores and they didn’t have the sizes.  So she should’ve went to a third store, Erin told her.  Olivia asks Erin if she would talk to Joe likes she talks to her.  That’s so irrelevant because Olivia is not Joe, nor is she on Joe’s level.  Totally illogical comparison. These two are a total mess.  We don’t know whose worse anymore.

Back at the Revolution and Roxy has already gotten the champagne dress dry cleaned.  Roxy may make a mess, but she knows how to clean it up.  Kelly tells Whitney the look book is ready. Roxy is excited and starts to get out of her seat, before Kelly says she’s doing it with Whitney alone first.  Roxy can see it later.  The looks turned out great, but Roxy did not.  Kelly says Whitney needs to rethink Roxy’s involvement in her career (again) because it seems like Roxy wants to learn the hard way.  Regardless of what you tell her, she’ll do what she wants to.  “I don’t think that’s true though”, Whitney says.  Looks like Whitney is the one who wants to learn the hard way.

Photo credits: MTV

“The Hills”: Season 5: Part 2: Episode 9: “Mr. Right Now”

The past couple of weeks we’ve watched the Kristin, Brody, Jayde love triangle get out of hand. Finally, the love triangle broke down last week, and Jayde and Brody are a happy couple again. After dealing with all that drama and a sad phone call from Justin, Kristin and Stacie decide they need some time to unwind in Vegas.

Of course, the girls have boys on the mind as they arrive in Vegas. Kristin thinks Stacie’s chances of hooking up with someone are much more than her chances. Why? Because she says she’s got “strings attached at home.” Kristin says they should both find one guy to flirt with for the entire night. Stacie trashes that idea, wondering why Kristin wants to stick with just one guy. If things go Stacie’s way it could be quite an interesting trip.

Speidi Update: Spencer and Charlie go to the carwash, and Spencer is very chatty about the special dinner Heidi made for him on last week’s episode. “I had the best night of my married life,” he says. Lingerie at the dinner table blinded him from her scheme to make a baby, but not Charlie. He was on to this little plan as soon as Spencer finished telling the story about dinner. Spencer thinks the birth control is keeping things under control. But Charlie warns that she could be “hiding them under her tongue, and you’ll find a pile of them in the corner under your bed.” Just a tip for Charlie, Heidi may be sneaky but she’s not a dog, she won’t be hiding her birth control pills and then stashing them. He says to watch for “after sex stuff because girls can do things that increase their chance of conception.” He sure does know a lot about this.

Spencer makes good with some of Charlie’s advice and takes Heidi to get some sushi. He figures if she really is trying to get pregnant without him knowing she won’t eat sushi or have alcohol. Immediately, things aren’t going well for Spencer. Heidi says no to saki and says she’s more in the mood for meat, not tuna. With every episode I watch, and every public appearance these two make, I realize these sneaky characters are perfect for each other.

Back in Vegas, the girls toast to Vegas boys, and agree what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. They also agree not to talk about LA, Brody or Justin. On to more important things, Stacie wants to make sure her outfit “doesn’t say one night stand, but maybe.” Very classy.

Kristin and Stacie head to Ghost Bar to get their night started, and it doesn’t take long for a couple of guys to begin flirting with the girls. One of the guys says he was a backup dancer for the Backstreet Boys, but Kristin isn’t impressed. Not excited with the club scene, Kristin steps outside to make a phone call. We didn’t get to hear who she called, but it’s obvious it was Justin. She leaves a voicemail saying she can’t get him out of her head and she’s putting herself out there.

A little room service full of champagne and ice cream for breakfast the next day get the girls gossiping. But before the convo gets too far, Stacie hears the shower running and Kristin has a guilty look on her face. It’s confirmed that Kristin made a “booty call” the night before, and then the lucky man is revealed. Did anyone honestly have any doubts that it would be Justin?

As one girl is drawn in to the Justin drama, one girl tries to leave it behind. In LA, Audrina meets up with Derek. But before she can leave the Justin drama behind, she’s got to tell Derek about the disastrous dinner from last week. After she’s done, he breaks the news that Justin is in Vegas with Kristin and Stacie. Audrina takes the news a lot better than we’d expected. She seems sure that she’s ready to move on, and claims that was the last time she’d mention him.

You can’t go to Vegas and not gamble, so Kristin, Stacie and Justin hit the tables. Rather than let Justin ruin what was suppose to be a girl’s trip, Stacie is glad he joined them. Kristin’s more concerned with the competition with Audrina, and asks if he’d ever gone to Vegas for her. He quickly returns this comment by asking her about Brody. The girls and Justin head to a strip club, where everyone is having a good time and getting a little crazy. The girls even share a little kiss, but what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right?

In La La Land, Spencer has more worries on his mind, and continues to entertain us with his notions of birth control and having a baby. He tells Charlie that he tested Heidi with the sushi and alcohol, but she turned them both down. Things are getting serious, and Spencer says he’ll have a “serious meltdown” if she’s pregnant. He says it’d be “game over” if they had a baby. He thinks he’ll have a kid that just wants to kill him. We wonder if those were the thoughts Spencer’s dad had before he had his wonderful son. Charlie suggests he just talk to Heidi about the baby situation. Finally, a good idea.

Kristin wakes up from their crazy night with no voice, but says she had a good time. As she and Justin lay in bed, the two basically stare at each other like third graders with a crush. Then she asks what everyone wants to know, will they talk when they get back to LA? She says it’s easy when no one is around, and he says they’ll just see when they get back. This sounds like the typical answer we’ve heard him give Audrina for four years, but Kristin thinks the “we’ll see” answer is legit.

We’ll have to wait for next week’s finale to see how both love triangles (Kristin, Justin, Audrina and Kristin, Brody, Jayde) play out.

MTV

While shaggy fur gilets are tres fashionable this fall, they lack a certain practicality (cold arms anyone?). However, this has not stopped the reality ladies of MTV, getting snugly in these winter warmers. First Kristin Cavallari stepped out in her fuzzy black vest, and now the unfeasibly fashionable Olivia Palermo has followed suit.

I have to say Olivia’s attempt at the furry trend moults all over Kristin’s. Firstly, Kristin clearly doesn’t need to be sporting fur in the sun, hence she looks totally fashion victim. Olivia on the other hand in printed knitwear (so this season it hurts) and wet look leggings is ready for fall and fabulous. Not into the shoes though. They’re a tincy bit dull, I want to see a shoeboot Liv please.

Fashion Spot

Liv was spotted out in the city, continuing to live up to her socialite status. Opting for an all black ensemble, she looked like a chic New Yorker at the welcome dinner for the Sydney Theatre Company at Armani Ristorante last night.

Woops! Kristin left her car in a no-stopping zone on Sunset Boulevard yesterday.  After lunch, Kristin returned to everyone’s nightmare- her BMW on a tow truck, ready to be hauled away.

She ultimately convinced the police officer to let her car go.  He let her off with a ticket citation for the infraction instead.

What do you think Kristin did or said to get her car back?  Doesn’t look like there were tears.  Did she yell?  Did she flirt?  Did she flaunt her fame?

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