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Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag: OMG, we, like, totally hate each other!

POSTED April 28, 2:43 AM

What happens in Hollywood never stays in Hollywood.

The biggest catfight at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was between Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag, both of whose 15 minutes of fame came courtesy of MTV’s reality show, “The Hills.” The former best friends have been feuding ever since Montag started dating America’s biggest loser: Spencer Pratt.

The New York Post reported last week that Montag would not make the dinner, but there she was, much to the surprise of Conrad.

“Oh, she’s here?” Conrad asked us. Indeed, Lauren, indeed. So any chance that the evening’s bipartisan vibe could help bring the two of you together? “Uh, no,” Conrad said. “Not a chance. Thank God it’s a big room.” Rowr. (Then again, Conrad could have just been grumpy. When asked about the whole WHCA weekend she said, “I

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won’t miss it.”)

What about you, Heidi? Might you reconcile with Conrad? “No, I don’t think so,” she told us at the Bloomberg afterparty.

Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton, what say you? “I don’t know if a reunion is possible,” he told us. “But we should try.”

After hearing about Conrad’s earlier rants, Capitol File magazine thought it best to create a separate VIP area for Pratt and Montag when they arrived at the Newseum afterparty. But the bitterness apparently remained. After potty-mouthed celebrity DJ Pete Wentz (of Fall Out Boy) gave multiple shout-outs to the couple, Conrad called it quits and headed out.

Other priceless moments from W.H. correspondents weekend:

- Fitness guru Denise Austin accosting “Wedding Crashers” star Bradley Cooper during the dinner. “Why aren’t you drinking?” Austin asked the water-consuming Cooper. “Are you an alcoholic or something?” she joked. Said Cooper: “Actually, I am.” (Cooper’s drug of choice? Charlie Rose and Condoleezza Rice. One Yeas & Nays spy said that Cooper was starstruck when he met both of them.)

- How do you get a drink in this place? It was a question that no one — and we mean no one — could answer after the Washington Hilton staff cut off the bar at the Atlantic Media party before dinner. Former supermodel Cheryl Tiegs was lamenting her empty glass, so radio host Bill Press stepped in with what he thought was the perfect solution: He called over Atlantic Media President John Fox Sullivan, the man who effectively wrote the check for the event. “I’ll take care of it,” Sullivan said. But even Sullivan’s money was literally no good, as he returned a few seconds later with his palms up.

- Kal Penn was a surprise late addition to the guest list, as his movie, “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay,” opened nationwide over the weekend. He said he got all of the red-carpet duties out of the way the week before, so he was cleared for the dinner. “Now, I’m a policy wonk,” he joked. An Obama supporter, he said he was “trying to sway a couple superdelegates” while in town. Despite the potheaded roles he’s played, Penn confessed to a partygoer: “I don’t even smoke weed.”

- Martha Stewart got frustrated when she asked for wine but got a wine spritzer instead. She made the wait staff go to the back room and find her a drink fit for a queen.

- This year’s no-shows: Harvey Keitel, Clinton Portis, Hayden Panettiere and Lisa Ling were among those on the guest lists who never made it to the dinner.

- Conservative family values guy Ralph Reed double-fisting drinks at the Bloomberg after party. Let’s hope they were non-alcoholic, Ralph. Meanwhile, party organizers had to beg actor Colin Firth not to leave the party as he grew frustrated with the long lines and poor weather.

- At Capitol File’s after-party at the Newseum, the crowd was happily warm, dry and dancing, but it did have to deal with Wentz’s unexpected dive into the crowd (so unexpected, in fact, it almost dropped him).

- Hey Johnny Knoxville: Are you excited to see Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff? “The only person I’m excited to see is the bartender,” the “Jackass” star said. Maybe it’s because, as he told us, “I don’t really like crowds.”

- Hey, Donatella Versace: What do you make of Washington fashion? “It’s not bad,” she said. “I like how every one uses strong colors.” And President Bush’s fashion sense? “It’s so-so.” Cheney’s? “He’s OK.” Best fashion pol? Barack Obama. “And I think Michelle Obama’s just beautiful.” Versace told us that she would love to help design a potential Obama inauguration. Contrary to her diva reputation, Versace actually handled her own bags (considerable ones, too) and transportation as she commuted to the dinner from Paris.

- Hey, Eric “McSteamy” Dane: How many phone numbers were you given over the weekend from adoring fans? “Absolutely none,” he told us. “Want to be the first?” Swoon …

- Hey, Christopher Hitchens, how’s life after smoking? “I miss it so much that I can’t even talk about it.”

- Hey Katie Couric: How's Kathie Lee Gifford doing on the "Today" show? "I think she's doing well," said Couric, later telling us that "you should probably get a job!" since we're bothering to watch Gifford as the workday starts at 9 a.m.

-Hey Colin Powell: Any chance you'll run for office? Using wildly expressive arms that made criss-crossing X's, Powell told one party-goer, "No, no, no! Absolutely not! No, no, no! Not a chance!" We get the point.

-Hey Lauren Conrad: Whom will you support in 2008? "I'm not ready to endorse anyone," she told us, adding this deep thought: "But I do endorse voting."

- In a virtual "meeting of the fatwas," Ayaan Hirsi Ali made a beeline to meet Salman Rushdie at the Vanity Fair party. The Somali-born former Dutch lawmaker made "Submission," a film that shows a Muslim women being abused by the men in her family, and subsequently received countless death threats. And you'll recall that Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Rushdie following his 1988 publication of "The Satanic Verses."

-What did all these celebrities think about the weekend? "It's overwhelming," Pam Anderson told us, adding that she hopes that Sen. Barack Obama will be the president on stage at next year's dinner. "I love it!" declared Rosario Dawson. "It's kind of crazy but I like it," declared Eric "McSteamy" Dane. "I've dealt with some Hollywood types before, but nothing like this!" said Tracy Ullman, amazed at some of Washington's egos.

- Radio host and pundit Bill Press checking in at the McLaughlin brunch's registration table. "Hi, what's your name,sir?" the intern asked. "George Bush," joked the famously anti-Bush Press.

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