'Laguna Beach' star Lauren Conrad gets own 'The Hills' MTV spinoff
  							
 							 							By Steve Rogers, 11/14/2005
MTV has announced that it has picked up 
The Hills, a new 
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County spinoff series that will follow 
Laguna star Lauren Conrad.
 
   First rumored since cameras crews were spotted following her around Condé Nast's West Coast offices back in August, 
The Hills will follow "L.C." as she moves to Los Angeles, attends college, and works as an intern at Condé Nast's 
Teen Vogue magazine.  The 19-year-old is currently a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in downtown Los Angeles. 
 
 "The way I look at it is, 
The Hills is to 
Laguna Beach what Melrose Place was to 
Beverly Hills, 90210," Tony DiSanto, an executive producer for both series, told the 
New York Post (wait a minute, does that make L.C. the new Grant Show? And is Heather Locklear going to have to show up and save the show in Season 2?) 
												  
    											 
 "This is the story of Lauren from 
Laguna Beach bursting out of that bubble, moving to L.A. and trying to juggle school, a career and relationships -- you're going to get a good mix of the three different avenues of her life and how she's trying to keep it all together," DiSanto explained to the paper. "It's a nice change from 
Laguna -- you're sort of living this with her -- it's a progression from 
Laguna Beach." 
 
 But although 
The Hills' "story" might be from that of 
Laguna Beach (which, as 
MTV previously announced, has been renewed for a third season), the new show's editing style won't be.  "Like 
Laguna its going to shoot in a cinematic style," said DiSanto. "But you'll notice subtle differences that are more classic cinematic devices for storytelling." 
 
 As for why 
Laguna's producers chose to feature L.C. in the new spinoff, DiSanto was frank: they simply think that the emotional blonde makes for good TV. "She wears her emotions on her face, she's so expressive and this dynamic, amazing kid who's doing a lot of great, cool stuff -- and we thought this would be great TV," DiSanto explained. 
 
 The formal announcement of 
The Hills begins the total number of MTV reality shows produced by DiSanto and the rest of 
Laguna's team to three.  In addition to renewing 
Laguna for the third season, last month the network also 
announced plans for 8th & Ocean, a 
Laguna-like series that will follow  aspiring young models living in Miami's trendy South Beach area.