L.A. boutique Kitson just dropped Lauren Conrad’s line. How surprising, right? “Sales were lackluster,” Kitson owner Fraser Ross told us. “Initially it was great.” Ross tried to get Conrad to do a personal appearance in the store but said her people couldn’t figure out a date. “They need to realize it’s no different than selling your album, your TV shows, your movies. You have to keep promoting it.”

Ross also confirmed the store will not carry Victoria Beckham’s dVb menswear line because of dwindling demand. So although yesterday a dVb rep sent us a statement that read, “The dVb men’s collection is on target to launch in stores for holiday 2008 as scheduled,” they won’t launch in Kitson. And when we called the rep back today to find out what stores the line would land in, she was unsure. She nervously said the line is being shopped around to retailers right now. That means it’s unclear which stores will wind up buying it and selling it. That also means it’s possible no stores will buy it at all.

TMZ just reported, “dVb is stripping any mention of Victoria off the [men’s] jeans actually to help sales.” But the dVb rep asserts the line will still be called “dVb by Victoria Beckham,” remaining unchanged. Huh. It all smells a bit fishy, no?

It seems the house of dVb is spending a lot of time these days trying to bury negative press. It’s a shame because it sounds like they could use that extra time and man power to get these pants on a sales shelf somewhere.

It’s amazing what a little bit of promotion could’ve done, huh? It’s a shame that she put all of kinds of work into her clothing line and lets it die like that. Maybe she’ll convince them to restock if she makes an appearance?

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I cannot wait to see this movie! It’s going to be sad, and dark…but I’m gonna love it!

Pictured: Maggie Gyllenhaal & Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Bale and wife, Aaron Eckhart, Emile Hirsch, Gary Oldman, Penn Badgley & Blake Lively, Edie Falco, Ethan Hawke, Patrick Wilson, Lauren Conrad and Morgan Freeman.

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Audrina Patridge has laughed off online reports the police were called to her apartment after a screaming match with co-star and housemate Lauren Conrad.

Patridge was allegedly preparing to move out of their shared flat, which features in the hit reality show, when a bitter argument broke out between the two beauties, according to gossip blogs.

But Patridge, who has previously denied having a turbulent real-life relationship with Conrad, insists the rumours are all untrue - because she wasn’t even at home the day the fight reportedly broke out.

She tells Usweekly.com, “I wasn’t even there today! I have been gone all day. I still haven’t even been home. There are rumours all the time. I just laugh at it!”

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Lauren Conrad has no doubt Whitney Port can carry her own reality show.

As Us Weekly reports in its new issue, MTV is prepping a Hills spin-off in which Port becomes bicoastal while working for fashion PR firm People’s Revolution — and befriends a group of NYC gals (including socialite Olivia Palermo).

“I think that Whitney will do really well with it,” Conrad told Usmagazine.com at the Grand Opening Gala of Bowlmor Lanes West Coast Outpost, STRIKE Orange County, in Tustin, Calif., on Thursday. “She is a very likable person.”

Conrad’s tip?

“I would just tell her to have fun with it,” she said. “She’s always made it very clear on The Hills that she doesn’t want her personal life involved on the show, so it would definitely mean that she would have to come out of her comfort zone.”

She added, “I hope they do the show.”

Port was mum when asked about the spin-off.

“As far as I know, I’ve just been filming for a fourth season of The Hills,” she told Us. “Everything is just kind of hearsay at this point.

“The thought of it sounds a little scary because I’ve always tried to keep things a little bit private,” she admitted. “I just have to take everything day by day.”

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