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In other world shaking news, Lauren Conrad's new show was passed on by MTV They said it wasn't a great fit, but what she says they said: "We agreed going into the project that this show would be an aspirational one, focusing on my career and my goals and not my personal relationships. We delivered the show that we sold and are sorry MTV didn’t feel their viewers were savvy enough to appreciate it." Um, has no one told Miss Conrad that the only reason she even sort of has a career is because she allowed MTV to film her relationships? [Perez Hilton]