Kristin Cavallari

Kristin Cavallari and boyfriend Brody Jenner are ready to lay some rumors to rest. After a rough split a couple months back, TMZ.com reports that the two have gotten back together, and have been seen hand-on-ass… er, hand-in-hand.

While she's all smiles these days, Cavallari admits the media attention put on the split (and her rumored hook ups with Nick Lachey, among others) was daunting.

"It's hard reading about it, your ex-boyfriend hanging out or hooking up with these other girls, it's just like a stab in the back. I read that I was dating Joaquin Phoenix and I've never even met him," she said.

Jenner says he initiated the reconciliation while Cavallari was shooting a film in Oklahoma. His recollection:

"While she was on set I was thinking about her… I hadn't talked to her, we ended on very sour terms, I just kind of got over it, sucked it all up and texted her ‘I love you' … her text message back was ‘beep you!'"

Safe to say, that wasn't the response he was looking for. But, unlike Kristin's feud with Lauren Conrad on last season's Laguna Beach, this ended well. The hottie and her beau have certainly worked out their differences since then.

Many thanks to TMZ.com capturing this image of Kristin Cavallari locking lips - among other things - in Malibu on July 4 with boyfriend, Brody Jenner. Watch that hand, mister ...

Lauren Conrad, a.k.a. "LC," made a big splash on MTV's Laguna Beach last summer. After graduating from Laguna Beach (the high school and the show), she landed the lead role in a new spin-off, The Hills, which just made its debut. The series chronicles LC's efforts to break into a career in the fashion industry, starting with an internship at Teen Vogue, as well as her drama-filled personal life.

Lauren was recently interviewed by TV Guide, where she gave viewers the scoop on the new series, the return of Jason (that dick), her feud with Kristin Cavallari (that bitch), her future plans, and more. Here's the complete interview…

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TV GUIDE: With issues such as taking the NYC job versus staying in school, are you torn between advising Heidi as a best friend and doing something else that might offer more drama for the show?
LC: You know what, especially with this school? You can always go back. Like, I can take a year off and go back and it's not a big deal at all. That's how that program is set up. So it's not a huge deal that she didn't go. I was bummed because she had moved out here [to Los Angeles] to [attend the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising] with me and didn't even give it a chance, but….

TV GUIDE: But by and large, do you ever find yourself playing to the cameras?
LC: No, I don't like it when people do that. It's almost insulting when you fake it because people can tell, and you're making them think you think they can't tell.

TV GUIDE: Why'd you hang up on Heidi last week if you're supposed to be best friends?
LC: I actually didn't hang up on her; our phones disconnected, and then my phone rang when I tried to call her back. I did not hang up on her. I would never hang up on Heidi.

TV GUIDE: What did she think when she saw you guys singing "Beauty School Dropout"?
LC: I've sung that to her face! I sang that for, like, a month, as a joke! [Laughs]

TV GUIDE: You mentioned getting a message from Jason. Is there some romantic drama to come?
LC: Yeah, it's us getting back together, and then the beginning [of the reunion], and how it ends up… all that fun stuff. [Sheepishly] But I don't know what they're going to show. I do know he comes to my office [at Teen Vogue] to surprise me with flowers.

Katie Cassidy must be in 7th Heaven. The star of that show has somehow beaten out Jessica Simpson - and former Laguna Beach star/Nick Lachey sex slave - Kristin Cavallari - for the role of Lucy Ewing in the upcoming film version of Dallas.

Cassidy (pictured) is the daughter of former teen idol David Cassidy. She's currently starring in the Adam Sandler vehicle, Click.

"Producers wanted to steer clear of the drama and also thought Katie was simply better for the role," a source told Us Weekly.

Jennifer Lopez has been cast as alcoholic Sue Ellen and is very spoiled. She also allegedly didn't want Simpson as a costar in the upcoming movie because "she's hoping for a no-name actress, said our source. "Jennifer doesn't want a diva on the set."

In that case, we assume she'll soon be removing herself from it.

Even the original Lucy, Charlene Tilton, 47, didn't want to see Simpson in the role, actually preferring 19-year-old Lindsay Lohan.

"Jessica is beautiful, but too old," said Tilton. "I had just turned 17 when we started filming. It's more exciting if Lucy is doing all of these things…out of high school. [Lindsay Lohan] is a great choice."

And a very thin one.