The Hills (TV Show)

L.A. Versus New York Fashion: Elle's Joe Zee Weights In

L.A. and New York are both known for their unique fashion -- and fashion disasters. And in the latest season of his Sundance Channel show, All on the Line, Elle magazine creative director Joe Zee has to deal with it all. More like Gordon Ramsay on Kitchen Nightmares than Project Runway mentor, Tim ... More >>

VIDEO: Stephanie Pratt's BF Julien Chabbott Runs Over Cop's Foot

New Yorkers say L.A. is the home of the shallow, vacant, star-struck millionaire. Well, Manhattan is starting to look a lot like Beverly Hills. Over the weekend the boyfriend of The Hills star Stephanie Pratt was videotaped making a douche fool of himself as he ran over the foot of a New York City ... More >>

Patrick DeWitt, Screenwriter Behind Terri, On Literature, Hollywood, Booze and Fiction Writing in L.A.

To many, Patrick DeWitt is best known as the screenwriter behind this year's critically-acclaimed portrait of adolescent angst Terri. Literary types may know him as of author of the much-lauded novels Ablutions and The Sisters Brothers. But a few years ago, languishing as a bartender at Three Clubs ... More >>

Top Five '90s Shows MTV Should Bring Back

True Life: I used to play music.​MTV turns the big 3-0 today. You know what that means: No more twin beds, Froot Loops or takings shots on a weekday. It's all back pain, fiber cereals and apple-picking trips from here on out. But seriously though -- the "music" channel hasn't aged well. It on ... More >>

Surprise: Six Of 10 Highest-Earning Reality-TV Stars Are Based In Los Angeles

The $6 million talent​Not that we didn't know this already. Or that we're very proud of it, in the end. But for better or worse, the Daily Beast has compiled a list the top 10 reality-TV earners, and over half are living (at least part-time) right here in the entertainment capital of the worl ... More >>

Bristol Palin Receives 'DWTS' Death Threats, White Powder In Envelope

ABCDancing with the devil​And here we were all worried about Obama. Turns out the real (debatably) political celebrity in danger of civilian attack is Bristol Palin, currently among the remaining three finalists at the "Dancing With The Stars" studio in Los Angeles. According to TMZ, Palin an ... More >>

Valley Girl Rachel Lee, Accused Of Robbing Lindsay Lohan's Hollywood Home In 'Bling Ring' Spree, Gets Off As Easy As LiLo Herself

Lee's got the "Talk to my lawyer" princess glare down​The young Calabassas hoodlums known as the Bling Ring -- who glamorously raided the homes of equally young, unequally loaded celebrities for whatever their hearts desired in 2008 and 2009 -- just saw their ringleader skip off scot-free. As ... More >>

Lauren Conrad's Exciting Stuff

How Many Shoes Does Lauren Conrad Have? Brief Interviews With Beautiful Women

​Lauren Conrad, The Hills reality star-turned-fashion icon-turned-authoress, spoke with me on the phone yesterday about clothes and stuff. She'll be signing her new Style book tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles. Do you have any favorite items in ... More >>

The Last of The Hills

Remembering what Spencer said to Brody about Lauren, and all that crazy drama

Fun and Games. Then, the Monster

Why neither the ignorance nor the bliss could last

Music Picks: Neil Innes, Korean Music Festival 8, Avi Buffalo, Lupe Fiasco, Coheed and Cambria

Also, No Age, Sheila E & the Escovedo Family, Greg Laswell and others

Nightranger: The Rest Is Still Unwritten

5 Best Line Readings in The Hills Final Season Trailer

As you may have heard, The Hills, the glossy MTV "reality" series set in an alternate universe version of LA, that spawned the "careers" of celebusomethings Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Lauren Conrad and Brody Jenner, will come to an end at the end of its upcoming season. MTV has just released a tra ... More >>

Real Life Robin Hoodie? Teen Charged In Audrina, Lohan Burglaries

Prosecutors today charged an 18-year-old Calabasas man with burglary not once but twice. It isn't clear if Nicholas Prugo stole from the rich to give to the poor (you know, those Range Rover drivers in the far West Valley), but the district attorney's office believes he targeted well-heeled stars Li ... More >>

Remembering The Roxbury, Plus Playhouse Hosts BPM's Biggest Bash

In this week's Nightranger, we toddle around Hollywood's newest super-club, Playhouse, a gorgeous mega-production-geared space opened by club impresarios Elie Samaha and Rob Vinokur. Samaha, also a movie big-wig, is best known for famed '90's hotspot The Roxbury nightclub on the Sunset Strip, and d ... More >>

Plot Twists for Whitney in The City

Whitney Port's new solo reality show finally debuts next week (Dec. 29). I hate to admit it, and I'm throwing up just a little bit into my mouth as I write this, but I'm really looking forward to it! Of all The Hills girls, Whitney is the one you most want to be friends with. She's also the pretties ... More >>

The End of Fashion Week as We Know It: Wailing Outside Lauren Conrad, the Dead Ferret Con and Other Scenes From L.A.'s Last Smashbox Catwalks

With IMG and Smashbox parting ways, L.A. Fashion Week's Culver City era comes to a close

Fashion Week Diary: Lauren Conrad Shows Us The Ropes

The velvet ropes, that is. I was prepared to give "The Hills" reality telvision star-turned-designer LC a fair shake. Evaluate her designs on their own terms. Nevermind the rumors that she doesn't do any of the actual designing herself. Nevermind the lackluster critical reaction to the previous seas ... More >>

MTV Video Music Awards: Keeping Up With the Vamps

VIP = Very Irate People

So X-Cited

X Games, Gibson guitars and Crash Mansion's woes

Foxtail Wagging

Bolthouse unlocked; playing out; reel rock & roll

HOOCHIEWOOD

Heidi Montag may be the most annoying person on television (and that includes Donald Trump, Dr. Phil and the entire cast of every dating/singing/dancing/cooking "reality"/contest on the tube right now). Still, we were willing to give her new clothing line for Anchor Blue a chance. After all, we wer ... More >>

Rock & Roll Power Outage

Few and hard between; Kitty come home; Bra Boys roll in

Tabloid Takeover: L.A. Fashion Week's Celebrity Overdose

Is there a designer in the house?

It's A Wrap- LA Fashion Week Trend Report

Another LA Fashion week has ended and now that we’ve recovered –from the clothing cacophony and that nasty cold that’s been going around- it’s time to survey the overall style statements. Yes, there actually were some, and not surprisingly, many came from the crowds not the runway (remember ... More >>

Chills, Hills and (Cheap) Thrills

Catching the fashion bug takes on new meaning during flu season, or so we've discovered. The collections and presentations at Mercedes Benz fashion Week at Smashbox Studios the past few days have been fairly interesting, but nobody should have to cram into stuffy rooms filled with bitchy fashion fi ... More >>

FASHION NIRVANA?

LA Fashion week is in full swing, and though it's too early to make judgments about the season as a whole, some definite trends are already emerging. Hello again grunge! Yes, the plaid flannel is flapping in the breeze once again, along with Chris Cornell hair, motorcycle boots, Indiana Jones-styl ... More >>

Bonded by the Beats

Fonda the dance; Metromixin' it up; more of Morganne

Rock Picks: Siouxsie Sioux, Iron Maiden, Maceo Parker

Plus other Feb. 14-21 shows

Monsters of Reality

Nightranger: Role Model in the Brown Bottle

And glamour ghouls

Indie Spin

Are you ready for this jelly?

High Rollers, Humbled Harvey and The Hills

Why is nothing in show biz as it seems?

Savage TV

From freak shows to freak accidents to freakin’ mayhem. Reality goes wild

Kids in the Mall

Cell-Noir Tales

War and Peace in Watts

A gang treaty implodes and the killing resumes

Frozen Entrée

Hope Sandoval wants to make you cry

Welcome to the Nuttwerx

Around the bend and back again with Fishbone