The Hills

The novelty of The Hills wore off about about 300 stares ago, and even the stars of MTV’s uber-hit know it. Wonk-eyed brunnette Audrina Patridge recently told People that, “At one point, all of us were like, ‘No, we don’t want to do another season,’” she says. “I wanted to do more movies, and Whitney moved to New York and she’s doing her own spin-off. And Lauren’s dating [My Boys actor] Kyle [Howard] but he can’t be on the show because he’s on another show, so that makes it hard.”

Despite their reservations, the ladies have been sucked into a fifth season, probably swayed by the promise of more exclusive internships and loads of cash that affords them all those Christian Louboutin heels. “We have fun with each other and we’ve stuck it out this long, so we might as well do another one,” rationalizes Audrina. Right.

What do you think: Will audiences tune in or has their tolerance for Heidi and Spencer’s fake drama (and faker boobs) worn thin?  [People. Photo: MTV]

The Hills hottie Audrina Patridge graces the cover of lad mag Maxim this month, and she dishes the dirt on dating, LC and Heidi, and how she ended up in this crazy, MTV-created parallel universe in the first place.

Sorry fellas, if you don’t do reality television, Audrina doesn’t do you: “The producers try to get me to persuade guys I’m interested in to be on it. If the paparazzi shoot me out on a date and it’s not on the show, it makes the show look fake. If the guy won’t do it, I’ll just be like, ‘This isn’t a good time.’ And I’ll start dating someone else.”

While most girls work for years to break into the industry, Audrina just got lucky: “I was lying out by the pool in the apartment complex Lauren and Heidi were living in, and a producer started talking to me. He liked that I just moved to L.A. to break out into the industry, like the other girls on the show.”

She’s like Switzerland, in more ways than one: “[Heidi and Lauren] really don’t like each other, but I’m friends with both of them. When we hang out, I don’t talk about the other. I’m like Switzerland. ” [Photos: Stephan Wurth]

Hills frenemies Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag supposedly hugged it out at Los Angeles restaurant STK this week, where they were both dining. What a happy coincidence! Lauren was there celebrating another mediocre fashion show with friends and family, while Heidi just happened to be there, dining with her pet monster, Spencer Pratt. We’re surprised Lauren even recognized Heidi – the last time they talked that chick had an entirely different face. The girls embraced, smiled and chatted, and perhaps made peace after two years of not speaking. The truce comes just after Lauren announced that she’s ready to “walk away” from the hit show, so she can drive her Mercedes and wear her Louboutins in private. What good timing! Now that ratings don’t matter, they can finally be friends again.  [Us. Photo: WireImage]

Please, please let this be true. Nothing would make our little lives better than for Lauren Conrad to betray her wonk-eyed BFF Audrina Patridge by hooking up with her man-boy Justin Bobby. On the show, Lauren loathes the mute-but-hot hairdresser/model, but spies are whispering that she actually hooked up with him behind the brunette’s back, and now their friendship is officially dunzo. Their gal pal break up is apparently playing out on their MySpace pages: each has removed the other from their Top Friends, and Audrina’s mood is listed as “betrayed.” Lauren herself is “busy” – maybe she meant to write “gettin’ busy…with Audrina’s mumbling boyfriend. Suckah!” [E! Online. Photo: WireImage]