The Hills star Lauren Conrad shows off her new short do at the Us Weekly Hollywood 2007 Party at Sugar on Thursday in Hollywood, Calif. She paired her Phillip Lim halter bubble dress with Steven Madden peep-toes.

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MTV has just renewed The Hills for a third season — ten new episodes will air this summer.

The Laguna Beach spinoff is the network’s top-rated show, pulling in 2.7 million viewers every week. Congrats, Lauren!!

Will Heidi be back? Does Lauren get screwed over by another best friend? Does Spencer finally get the boot? Ohmigosh!

Pictured: Lauren Conrad and Lance Bass pitch it at the EMA and E! Tree Planting Event at Tree People in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday.

And it’s a wrap!

Lauren Conrad is joined by The Hills co-stars and pals Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port at “The Hills: Live Finale Party” on Monday night at NYC’s MTV Times Square Studios. The festivities continued at New York City hotspot Butter.

Noticebly missing from the finale party was Lauren’s former best friend The Hills roommate Heidi Montag. Friendship gone sour. But it was a good season overall, was it not? Good drama, love Lauren!

Tidbit: Since Lauren started interning at Teen Vogue, newsstand sales for the teen title have increased by double digits over last year.

For 40+ pictures from “The Hills: Live Finale Party,” CLICK HERE!

Since MTV’s The Hills, based on Teen Vogue intern Lauren Conrad, returned in mid-January, newsstand sales for the Condé Nast teen title have increased by double digits over last year, reports Women’s Wear Daily.

Pictured: The Hills star Lauren Conrad and BFF co-star Audrina Patridge attend L.A. Fashion Week in Culver City, Calif. The pair attended the opening celebration for the new Lisa Kline boutique and helped support designer pal Melina Solnicki.

At the Lisa Kline party, Lauren, 21, shared what life is like post-The Hills:

• On being friends with her ex’s: “I’m friends with almost everyone I’ve dated. I mean, you liked them in the beginning, [so] as long as they didn’t do anything.
• On ex-boyfriend Jason Wahler: Jason a different story. I tried. I do talk to him every once in awhile, just to check in on him. I think he’s doing a little better. He’s got a lot of demons to work out, but he’s a good person. He’ll figure it out eventually.”
• On ex-boyfriend Brody Jenner: “We’re friends. We all just went to Cabo!”
• On the Details article in which Brody and his pal Spencer Pratt made some unflattering remarks: “Honestly, I was nauseous reading it. I do feel a little bad because if you read almost every quote, it’s Spencer. He’s a better person without Spencer.”
• On having a good relationship with The Hills roommate Heidi Montag: “Yeah, yeah. I mean, these are all things I didn’t know. You have to understand when you watch things, this is our first time seeing it, but it happened months and months ago.”

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In light of the awards season (the Oscars are this weekend), General Motors throws its annual GM “Ten” event — a charity-driven celebrity couture fashion show. It’s where fashion, cars, and Hollywood join forces for one special night.

With 2007 marking the 6th annual, this year’s event hosted an all-star lineup including Demi Moore (with daughter Rumer), Penelope Cruz, Dreamgirls‘ Jennifer Hudson, Emmy Rossum, Denise Richards, Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl, Mary J. Blige, Prison Break’s Sarah Wayne Callies, Heroes‘ Hayden Panettiere, The Hills‘ Lauren Conrad, Without a Trace’s Roselyn Sanchez, Christina Milian, Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos, Bai Ling, Stacy Keibler and Scientology postergirls Leah Rimini and Jenna Elfman,

The event was held on Tuesday night at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.

UPDATE :: I added 40+ pictures of the 2007 GM “Ten” Women from the red carpet — CLICK HERE!

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The Hills star Lauren Conrad sat front and center at many of Fashion Week’s runway shows including Luca Luca, Betsey Johnson, and Monique Lhuillier. Joined at Lauren’s hip as of late has been co-star The Hills co-star Audrina Patridge. More pictures of Lauren and Audrina after the jump!

Noticably missing was volatile vixen Heidi Montag, Lauren’s best friend who helped her through her break-up with Jason Wahler. Audrina explains Heidi’s absence: “She just wanted to stay in L.A. and hang out with Spencer. They’ve worked things out. He’s even, like, helping her out on this album she’s trying to do. Wait. I mean … you’re just going to have to watch the rest of the season!” Can’t… wait… for Heidi’s album! … … …

Lauren was also recently named Avon’s new spokesperson.

Also pictured: Vanessa Minnillo

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