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Hmm..interesting.  Here's an article I just read from E! online.  Looks like the the guy in and out of rehab and the one who hit a girl is Jason, which is what I figured...

Laguna Groupie Tells All: The name Korbi Ghosh should sound familiar to those of you who frequent this column--she's the one with that "additional reporting" credit at the end, who serves as my most trusted right-hand couch potato. What you don't know is no one has better connections, or scoop, on TV's most addictive guilty pleasure. That said, it seems only right that I should hand over the reins so Miss K.G. can share her Laguna goss, 'cause it's that good. Take it away, Korbi!

Beach Scoop You Won't Believe: Korbi here. And, you should know, I've long considered myself to be a champion of quality shows like 24, Gilmore Girls or Arrested Development. But lately, I've been in grave danger of ruining that reputation, for I've developed a full-on addiction for a little show that may or may not have the word Laguna in its title.

Okay, fine. I'll say it. My name is Korbi, and I'm a Laguna-holic.

Since the season finale aired last week, I'm experiencing some serious withdrawal symptoms. So, I went on a fact-finding mission, pumping my friends on the show for the inside dirt, and what I uncovered...well, let's just say, a few names had to be changed to protect the (anything-but) innocent.

Whom can I name? Jessica, Alex M. and Alex H., for starters. Sources tell me that although MTV's season-three preview focused a whole new crew of Laguna kids, those three ladies are definitely returning. Of course, MTV also desperately wants Stephen and Kristin. However, Stephen's busy trying to jump-start his acting career (and a relationship with a girl in his acting class), and Kristin is also hesitating, given her fancy new role in that Al Pacino flick. Not to mention the fact that, according to sources, her friendships with the Laguna gang are rapidly dissolving.

As of two weeks ago, Kristin and Alex H. were sharing an apartment, but Alex H. left to move into another posh L.A. building with Alex M. It's a building that happens to be one of Kristin's dad's developments. Show insiders tell me their relationship soured because Kristin insisted that everything be about her, expecting Alex to be on call. The last straw went down at a San Diego event for Dieter's charity, when Alex refused to drive Kristin back to L.A. early for an audition.

Meanwhile, Talan Torriero is working on a CD and a film, not to mention getting engaged to Kimberly Stewart, getting into car wrecks with Paris Hilton and partying with Ryan Cabrera (they're good friends).

Stephen is sharing a downtown L.A. apartment with Dieter and Jason. They aren't in school right now, but while Stephen has acting classes, and Dieter has his charity, I'm told Jason's concentrating on cleaning up his act, though it doesn't seem to be happening. Says a source who works with the Laguna Beach crew, "Promoters are constantly calling them and sending them to different L.A. clubs every night of the week. Jason is always getting kicked out of clubs for getting into fights...He's wrecked a lot of cars, too. That's why you always see him driving different ones on the show." Same goes for Stephen. Word has it that last week he crashed a brand-new car the very same day he bought it!

Lauren, meanwhile, has cut ties with every other castmember except Jason, whom she's still dating. According to insiders, she and Kristin did make up months ago, but they're back to being enemies, maybe, I'm told, because they both hooked up with Stephen again over the summer.

Lauren's spinoff is supposedly similar to MTV's PoweR Girls, except that it follows her and friend Heidi (who is hated by all of Lauren's other friends) around Los Angeles. The spinoff is being called The Hills--as in the Hollywood Hills--and MTV plans to show the exterior of some random Hollywood Hills home as if it's really hers. The truth? She's living in an apartment by L.A. shopping complex the Grove!

As for Laguna's next installment, one well-connected spy says, "It isn't centered around a boy or a love triangle, like the last two seasons have been. It'll revolve around a couple of girls who can't stand another girl. One of the girls, who's in the 'we don't like you' group, is the chick Jason took to prom this year. Also, there are twins who actually moved to Laguna from Texas just to be on the show!"

Laguna Beach Blind: And now, the dirt so dirty, we can't name names...

Beach Boozers: According to one spy, these castmembers are "supposed go to events [to promote themselves], but if they even show up in time for the red carpet, they're too wasted to pose for pictures."

Beach Bum: This castmember has been in and out of rehab many times, which is also the reason he or she wasn't even around for the first season of the show.

Beach Baddie: This castmember got into a knock-down, drag-out fight with a castmember of the opposite sex, bashing his or her head against a wall.

(Hint: Beach Bum and Beach Baddie are the same person.)

jacL wrote:

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Wow, all that is crazy. I totally believe all of it, though I was sad to read the LC is a bitch, I liked her on the show so much!

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