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Lauren Conrad on the success of her novel "L.A. Candy": "I am so honored."
Sideshow: First, 'The Hills'; now, a best seller . . .
The Hills alum Lauren Conrad has proven she is a creative force of awesome power: Her first novel, L.A. Candy, is No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List in its second week, after debuting at No. 2. The poetic bildungsroman traces a 19-year-old Hollywood intern who "plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun." Conrad tells People, "if someone said to me five years ago . . . that I would one day make the . . . Best Seller List I wouldn't have believed it. I am so honored that it is now a reality." The honor is all ours, babe.
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Artie in a spot of bother
Speaking of Important Writers, TMZ says Howard Stern lackey Artie Lange, author of Too Fat to Fish, was arrested yesterday in Toms River, N.J., for DUI after he rear-ended a car in a minor accident.
Rachael has surgery
Rachael Ray's rep says the pixie food maven had surgery on her vocal cords last week to remove a cyst. The "procedure was a success," the rep tells People.
Zeppelin rules, dude!
Prince Charles honored Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant yesterday with a Commander of the British Empire. The CBE is a higher honor than bandmate Jimmy Page's Order of the British Empire.
From the baby front
Beverly Hills, 90210 alum Jason Priestley, 39, and his wife of four years, Naomi Lowde-Priestley, welcomed their second child Thursday night in Lalaland. The yet-to-be-named boy joins sis Ava, 2.Youthful funnyman Jim Carrey, 47, is becoming a grandpa. Jane Carrey, 21, Jim's daughter with first wife, Melissa, is pregnant with her first child. The father is Jane's fiance, rocker Alex Santana.
Mel, the hand puppet
How's this for the perfect Steve Carell role: A depressive whose only comfort is to play with a beaver hand puppet. But Variety says The Beaver has been green-lighted to star Mel "Braveheart" Gibson under the direction of Jodie Foster, who will also play his wife. (It's like signing Ingmar Bergman and Max von Sydow to make Dude, Where's My Car?)
Contact "SideShow" at sideshow@phillynews.com. This column contains information from the Associated Press.
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