BY DC CUEVA
This past summer, it was the turn of The Hills to return to the MTV spotlight with New Beginnings, as fans welcomed back Audrina Patridge, Whitney Port, Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt and their assorted friends & significant others, along with Tommy Lee's son Brandon and the lady whose show inspired its predecessor Laguna Beach, The O.C.'s Mischa Barton. Watching the drama unfold there brought us back in time of sorts to when we were ten or so years younger, and we were reminded also about the very place where this show is based: Hollywood and Southern California.
If you watched both the original series with Lauren Conrad (and later Kristin Cavaliari) and its relaunch, something was common: cameo appearances by some of the biggest stars in showbiz -- after all, you can't go anywhere in Tinseltown without perhaps random spotting your favorite stars. Both iterations of The Hills featured Audrina's one-time boyfriend Ryan Cabrera, while LC's passion for fashion saw her work with designer Marc Jacobs. Colton Haynes was seen modeling for Teen Vogue two times on the show before he starred on Teen Wolf, while a deleted scene emerged years ago of Kim Kardashian making a cameo. And two future reality stars -- Scheana Marie Shay and Tom Sandoval -- were spotted at a club and at a photo shoot before they became fixtures on Vanderpump Rules thanks to working for Real Housewife Lisa Vanderpump's SUR restaurant.
But perhaps, the single most significant guest appearance during the six-season original run of The Hills took place during Season 4 in 2008, and provided a harbinger of what was to come for music in the next decade. In Episode 5 of that season, a then up-and-coming singer named Lady Gaga took the stage at an event at Area club thrown by Interscope Records. People's Revolution boss lady Kelly Cutrone saw something about the rising star when Lauren and Whitney were working for her that night, and the ladies were backstage just before the Mother Monster went up on stage. Gaga needed some assistance moments before her big gig when the zipper on her catsuit broke, and LC had to come to her rescue to fix that suit before she performed "LoveGame" that night.Fast forward over a decade later, and Gaga has become a megastar that everyone knows nowadays. It's remarkable considering how she got to earn her way to stardom singing at open mic nights in New York City, being in school adaptations of Broadway plays, working as a songwriter after Def Jam let her go after being signed out of school, and then getting Akon's help to sign with Interscope. A year after her Hills cameo, "Just Dance," "Poker Face" and her debut album The Fame shot Gaga into the stratosphere... and her provocative body of work, her striving to be anything but conventional in her music and being progressive in visualization has helped her to being the global star she is. She has amassed nearly 30 million records sold, almost 150 million sales of her singles and many records and awards - along with headlining a Super Bowl halftime and her own residency in Vegas. Plus, there's her growing acting career with A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper, and the Hotel season of the American Horror Story franchise which netted her an Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe Award. And she has long been an advocate for the LGBT community, and the foundation that bears the name of her song "Born This Way" has advocated in prevention in youth bullying.
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And two of those who were lucky enough to not only see her but also have a moment with the Monster was on this year's season of Are You The One? - the revolutionary season of the love experiment casting an all-LGBT friendly cast of sexually fluid singles. The most notable romance during this summer's season 8 of AYTO involved Ohio State grad turned EDM fanatic Max Gentile and a retired member of the armed forces, New Yorker Justin Palm. Max and fellow castmate, Amber Martinez, had the chance to meet up with Gaga at the Grove earlier this month, and Amber captioned in Instagram, "Such an honor to be in the presence of this iconic legend right here🥰." And Max added, "Gaga for President." Next up for Gaga: her sixth studio album in 2020.
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