Our slags over at ladysite Jezebel caught Lauren Conrad of "The Hills" "reality" show semi-fame rocking the name necklace a la Carrie Bradshaw. Proof positive of our "The Hills" is the new "Sex And The City" theory. What's more, we hear from inside MTV that "The Hills" is "the only thing holding up the channel at the moment. The online ratings/# of streams are THROUGH THE ROOF. But everything else is in the shitter. All of the programming meetings are about doing 'triage' on the programming schedule/lineup, and how 'America's Next Top Model' marathons are helping to 'stop the bleeding.'"

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