Lauren attends Nicole Richie's baby shower -

Nicole Richie celebrated her pregnancy with a Wizard of Oz-themed baby shower at the Beverly Hills Hotel Sunday. It was hosted by her mother, Brenda, her sister, Sophia, and her long time pals, Paris Hilton and Masha Gordon.

Richie, 26 — who is due in January — arrived in a blue-trimmed white dress around 1:30 p.m. She was greeted by life-size replicas of all of the Oz characters — Dorothy, the tinman, the lion, the scarecrow and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Party planner Mindy Weiss threw the bash, a source told Usmagazine.com.

“The shower was really cute,” Hilton told Us. “We had a Wizard of Oz cake.”

The 90 guests — including Lauren Conrad, celeb DJ Samantha Ronson and Aussie singer Sophie Monk (Benji Madden's fiancée ) — noshed on “little burgers and pasta,” Hilton added.

The bash ended around 4 p.m.

“The shower was great,” Conrad told Us. “It was really cute."

It was the first of five baby showers Richie plans to hold, sources tell Us.

It's Really Really Real Really

Lauren Conrad, one of the people on that show "The Hills" is sick of hearing that the show is fake. Lauren is really pissed about the rumors that her show is faker than Spencer's teeth.

She said, "There have been some rumors in the press about The Hills being fake. Many of you have been asking me if the rumors are true. There are false rumors every week about me and I can’t address every rumor out there, but I feel like this was important for me to respond to. The show is not fake and this is really my life."

She can't address every rumor, because the publicists only wrote this statement and she can only memorize so much at a time.

Fake or not, it's still vapid cheese. I only watch it, because I love seeing Whitney say "What did you do last night?" to Lauren during every single episode.

The show's not fake guys! They just tell us what to say, because we're too stupid to come up with things to say on our known.

Lauren Conrad: ‘’The Hills’ is Real, It’s My Life

Lauren Conrad and BFF roommate Audrina Patridge hit up the black carpet at the launch of the “Blackjack II phone by Samsung” held at Hollywood restaurant Beso on Wednesday.

Lauren, 21, just released a statement defending the integrity of her MTV reality series, The Hills.

“There have been some rumors in the press about The Hills being fake,” she says. “Many of you have been asking me if the rumors are true. There are false rumors every week about me and I can’t address every rumor out there, but I feel like this was important for me to respond to. The show is not fake and this is really my life. I have addressed these rumors in an interview with InTouch Magazine’s Nov.26th issue.”

LC and Audrina @ the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2007

The Hills stars Lauren Conrad (plus a Victoria’s Secret pink dog) and Audrina Patridge walk the VS pink carpet in matching pointy black heels on Thursday at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre.

LC, 21 wore a sheer chiffon-y black dress with ruffled straps while Audrina, 22, opted for a shorter off-the-shoulder LBD.

Catch the full fashion show broadcast on December 4 on CBS.

Hills Hotties At Victoria’s Secret Show

There must’ve been a buy-one-get-one sale on black dresses when Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge went shopping for their night at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Or maybe their BFF status helped them coordinate their outfits via ESP. Either way, these two ladies looked hot on the red carpet last night in Los Angeles.

Conrad rocked a sheer black dress with ruffled straps, accented by very minimal jewelry and topped off with a pair of classic black heels.

Audrina, meanwhile opted for a shorter, above-the-knee number with an off-the-shoulder strap style and black pumps. Both ladies made this classic style look good.

Beverly Hills Hotel Immune to Lauren's Charm

Don't expect to see reality TV riff-raff like The Hills star Lauren Conrad at the Beverly Hills Hotel's newish Nineteen 12 bar anytime soon. According to a recent guest there, doormen at the bar—where a vodka tonic will set you back an unsavory $18—have been given a strict edict by management: No trash.

"When the guy with the guest list was giving someone in our party a hard time, he said, 'I'm sorry, but we're trying not to let in people like Paris Hilton and Lauren Conrad,'" laughs Radar's source. (For the record, neither was present at the time). "They've actually hired a ton of security guards to enforce it." Finally, the great city of Los Angeles is home to a place where A-listers like Russell Crowe can sip on $96 glasses of champagne without being bothered by the hoi polloi!

-radaronline.com

Lauren Conrad helps shine light on Darfur crisis

Lauren Conrad, best know from MTV reality shows "Laguna Beach" and "The Hills," is trying to raise awareness of the crisis in Darfur.

LC, along with Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Desmond Tutu, Barak Obama, Jessica Biel and many others, each star in their own 30-second public service announcements on Darfur.

The PSAs are part of a social action campaign for the feature film documentary "Darfur Now," which follows six people who are trying to bring an end to the crisis.

For more details, visit http://www.participate.net/darfurnow.

Lauren & Heidi's Secret Meeting: Are They Friends Again?

It seems Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag have put their differences aside and ended their celebrity feud. The Hills stars were seen together the weekend before Halloween getting into Lauren's black Mercedes convertible, which was parked in the garage of Lauren's building, a source tells Star. "They were laughing, hugging and being very affectionate with one another," says the source.

"There were no MTV cameras around," the source adds. "This seemed like the real deal. I saw Heidi coming to visit Lauren at her apartment without her fiancé Spencer Pratt.

"So why the low-key meeting? "I think Lauren and Heidi made a secret pact not to tell anyone," the source says. After all, The Hills thrives on drama from their falling out. Things will heat up on Monday's episode though when Lauren and Heidi have a face-to-face talk. Considering that Lauren tells Heidi, "I want to forgive you, and I want to forget you," in a video preview of the episode, it doesn't seem like an on-screen reconciliation is imminent.