Lauren Conrad On The Wendy Williams Show

Lauren Conrad dropped by The Wendy Williams Show earlier this month during her NYC book promo tour. This episode aired yesterday, October 25, 2010.

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Lauren Conrad & Kyle Howard: Still Going Strong

Enjoying a leisurely afternoon together, Lauren Conrad and Kyle Howard were spotted out at the Malibu Market yesterday (October 24).

The “LA Candy” bestselling author and her handsome boyfriend looked cool and casual as they carried their purchases out to their car.

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Lauren Conrad: on LA Candy, Stephanie's Dui and Life after 'The Hills'

Lauren Conrad claims she was simply kidding when she recently stated that friend Lauren "Lo" Bosworth should star in the film adaptation of her best-selling book "L.A. Candy."

"I jokingly said, 'Oh, Lo is going to star in it,'" Conrad told Us Weekly on Tuesday. "People reported that Lo was going to star in the movie, and I was totally kidding!"

Late last month, Temple Hill Entertainment acquired the screen rights to "L.A. Candy" -- Conrad's debut novel that was released in June and subsequently topped The New York Times Best Seller list in July.

Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will produce the film, with Conrad serving as executive producer through her Blue Eyed Girl production company.

"It's my new hat," Conrad told Us about being an executive producer. "I like hats, and I get to wear lots of them!"

Conrad -- who inked a deal with HarperCollins Publishers for a three-book young adult fiction series last September -- added she never imagined her first novel would wind up on the big screen.

"I was just hoping that the book did well," she told Us. "It's a little surreal, but it's cool!"

New The Hills fifth-season episodes are currently airing on MTV sans Conrad, who announced she was leaving the show to focus on other business endeavors earlier this year.

She told Us that life without The Hills is "nice."

"I'm a different kind of busy. I have more stress and deadlines at work than I do in my personal life," she told Us, adding she "barely watched it" when she was on it and hasn't watched any of the new episodes.

Conrad is currently working on the third book for HarperCollins and put the kibosh on the idea that she'll return to reality television for a show focused on her personal life.

"I closed that door," she told Us before coyly adding a return to reality television isn't completely out of the question.

"We have been talking about some different stuff that's more fashion-related, so we'll see."

In addition, Conrad also addressed the weekend arrest of The Hills star Stephanie Pratt for suspicion of drunk driving.

"I just sent her well wishes," Conrad told Us. "She is doing fine."
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Is Lauren Conrad getting the last laugh?

Judging by recent ratings of MTV’s reality show “The Hills,” Lauren Conrad is getting the last laugh.

Conrad, who had been the focus of the series since its debut in 2006, apparently took a good chunk of its audience with her when she left the show earlier this year.
Her replacement as star of “The Hills,” Kristin Cavallari, who constantly bested Conrad when both of them were high-school romantic rivals on MTV’s “Laguna Beach,” isn’t the ratings draw MTV hoped she would be.

Viewership for the season premiere on Sept. 29 were down 30 percent from the previous season premiere last April, to 2.36 million total viewers, according to Nielsen’s live-plus-same-day ratings.

MTV pointed out then that the show was still the highest-rated cable show in the channel’s target audience, viewers 12-34, as well as the highest-rated program on television in its timeslot in that demographic.

But since then ratings have fallen some more, tumbling to 1.72 million viewers for the season’s third episode last Tuesday.

That episode, which aired at 10 p.m., averaged 1.06 million adults 18-34, the demo "Hills" dominated during its first few seasons. That's less than half the 2.3 million who tuned in to the show at its peak two years ago.
It's also down a third from what the show averaged last June, during its most recent season with Conrad, though it remains MTV's second-most-watched show in the key demo and still ranks in the top 15 on cable.
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Lauren Conrad: Denim Diva

Continuing to expand her presence in the fashion industry, Lauren Conrad was spotted at the Fall 2009 Denim Tour with Lucky Magazine last night (October 20).

The “L.A. Candy” bestselling author looked to be in good spirits as she arrived at the Bar Marmont located inside the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood.

And of course Miss Conrad was looking top-notch, sporting a black blazer with a white blouse, grey skirt, and black and white strappy heels.

With the overwhelming success of her novel (and soon-to-be-movie), as well as her penchant for fashion, it looks like Lauren’s days of television are far behind her.
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