Sunday, August 27, 2006 || MTV Couples sing unhappy tune
By Karalee Miller
McClatchy Newspapers
Remember when MTV used to stand for "music television?" Nowadays, it's more like More Torn Vows.
The cable music network recently celebrated 25 glorious years, but its reality TV stars can't seem to make it 25 minutes in matrimony once the cameras stop rolling. Just look at the growing list of celebs who've said "cheese" for the MTV reality show lens, only to turn around and say "irreconcilable differences" in court.
You have Nick and Jessica. Carmen and Dave. Blink-182's Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler. Bet Ozzy and Sharon are glad they kicked those cameras to the curb when they did.
With a heavy heart, we put the remote down so we can assess the losers in love and take an unscientific stab at what televised moment might have been the nail in each couple's coffin.
Lauren Conrad-Jason Wahler
• Show:
"Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" and "The Hill"
• Married:
These two lovebirds lived together, but never married. The wealthy youths, who first hooked up during the second season of "Laguna" in 2005, must have decided to bid adieu now before "spousal support" became their next reality.
• Screentime:
Second season of "Laguna Beach" began in the summer of 2005; "The Hills" concluded its inaugural season Aug. 2
• Split:
August 2006
• Bound for breakup moment:
I n the second season of "Laguna Beach," good-girl Lauren spied bad-boy Jason kissing his ex-girlfriend at a charity fashion show organized by Lauren. His apology? As weak as her qualifications to work at "Teen Vogue."
• Love lesson:
When given the choice between a summer in Paris or shacking up with your partying boyfriend, always say "au revoir, creep" and pack your bags - which Lauren did not do when she declined an internship in Paris to live in Malibu with Jason in the season one finale of "The Hills."
http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/LIVING/608240313
McClatchy Newspapers
Remember when MTV used to stand for "music television?" Nowadays, it's more like More Torn Vows.
The cable music network recently celebrated 25 glorious years, but its reality TV stars can't seem to make it 25 minutes in matrimony once the cameras stop rolling. Just look at the growing list of celebs who've said "cheese" for the MTV reality show lens, only to turn around and say "irreconcilable differences" in court.
You have Nick and Jessica. Carmen and Dave. Blink-182's Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler. Bet Ozzy and Sharon are glad they kicked those cameras to the curb when they did.
With a heavy heart, we put the remote down so we can assess the losers in love and take an unscientific stab at what televised moment might have been the nail in each couple's coffin.
Lauren Conrad-Jason Wahler
• Show:
"Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" and "The Hill"
• Married:
These two lovebirds lived together, but never married. The wealthy youths, who first hooked up during the second season of "Laguna" in 2005, must have decided to bid adieu now before "spousal support" became their next reality.
• Screentime:
Second season of "Laguna Beach" began in the summer of 2005; "The Hills" concluded its inaugural season Aug. 2
• Split:
August 2006
• Bound for breakup moment:
I n the second season of "Laguna Beach," good-girl Lauren spied bad-boy Jason kissing his ex-girlfriend at a charity fashion show organized by Lauren. His apology? As weak as her qualifications to work at "Teen Vogue."
• Love lesson:
When given the choice between a summer in Paris or shacking up with your partying boyfriend, always say "au revoir, creep" and pack your bags - which Lauren did not do when she declined an internship in Paris to live in Malibu with Jason in the season one finale of "The Hills."
http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/LIVING/608240313
posted by Lysandra @ 8:42 PM
"New City, New Drama"
55 Comments:
all of those couples should have keep their lives private and maybe all of them would still be together cuase they were all cute couples, couples we all thought would be together forever
^ I agree somewhat but Jessica and Nick were so much more famous after their show. I think that either way Lauren is better without Jason, I'm glad she FINALLY saw his true colors, people can bash her all they want for dating Jason but i wish they'd get over it, just like they tell LC fans to get over Kristin cheating/her behavior on tv.
Shanta YOU SHOULD STEP DOWN FROM CREATING THE SITE.. You are not good at it. You should just give it to somebody who will be good. Hey it's ok we can't be good at everything we try. This just isn't your thing. PLEASE STEP DOWN!!!
Give it to someone else......
2:52
why would you say something like that? you know some people can be so mean! i think you is doing a good job.
SHANTA IS NOT GOOD AT MAKING THIS SITE.
Plain and simple. It is not something mean to say it is just the truth. I'm not saying I hate her or she herself sucks. It's just that this page isn't working out that well for her. I'm sure she's a great person. However, not everyone can do everything good. This just isn't Shanta's thing. So before she wastes more money on buying items for this site she should hand it over to someone else.
^ shut up! Shanta just started. She is doing a good job and I like the layout! stop whining and bitching and go visit a different site if you don't like it! Plain and simple!!
2:52 & 3:25:
She hasn't even had the site for a week, plus she had a family emergency... great to know people like you care more about a website than your own family!! Do you seriously have this much free time to sit around and complain about this and be rude? Maybe you need a job and "bigger" things to worry about. You should be banned from this site for being so inconsiderate. I feel sorry for your parents because they obviously didn't do a good job of raising you!!
Shanta dont listen to them, they were rude to the last girl too and her husband was overseas. There are just a lot of inconsiderate, immature people that visit this site, people with no life and they are just trying to get on your nerves. I think you are doing a great job! Don't let the brats bring you down.
seriously people, if you criticize shanta like that, she is not going to want to update this site....so unless you want to start your own laguna beach blog you should stop being so mean!! i am sure she would appreciate your criticisms if they were constructive, but you are just downright rude.
I highly suggest if you don't like the way Shanta is running this site you should go to another one! Some people do have a life outside of Laguna! I think she is doing a great job so far. New info isnt available every second of the day. If you have suggestion about the site I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you stated in it a non rude way.
this article is about couples breaking up not about how good shanta is doing, but she is doing a good job, but anyways all of these couples seemed happy on tv but they couldnt make it last not on tv thats kind of lame
^ usually people don't let their 'bad' side through on tv... if people have common sense they are not going to bring up really important problems on tv, especially if they are Married.
How the hell does this info relate to Laguna Beach. Yes there is a small reference to Laguna but, the rest is about other people. I also agree Shanta needs to step down from this site. She is not doing a good job at all. All Shanta is doing is losing people from coming to this site!
Shanta I agree you should STEP DOWN!! The site is not going well.
For all of you people yelling at others for posting their opinions, GET A LIFE!!!
This is a blog we can post WHATEVER we want! If the site is not going well then we can say so. Since, I am saying that Shanta isn't good for this site, it must mean I had horrible upbringing. COME ON... You people who post things like that should be banned. It is not rude or mean, it is an opinion. GET OVER YOURSELF!! Please stop calling people Bitches for saying there piece. I am not calling anyone names I am just stating my OPINION...
Which is this site was good at one time and I think we should find someone else who will continue that trend.
2:52 & 3:25:
She hasn't even had the site for a week, plus she had a family emergency... great to know people like you care more about a website than your own family!! Do you seriously have this much free time to sit around and complain about this and be rude? Maybe you need a job and "bigger" things to worry about. You should be banned from this site for being so inconsiderate. I feel sorry for your parents because they obviously didn't do a good job of raising you!!
^Oh wow, because I am able to voice my opinion I guess my parents didn't raise me right. Your crazy!!! You should be banned from this site for being such a dumb ass!!!! People like you shouldn't be allowed in the world. Your a waste of space.
no offence but what does nick and jess, carmen and dave and travis and shanna have to do with laguna beach?
this is the laguna beach hookup blog spot and all u had under this section was a tiny part about jason and Lauren
thisblog should be for only laguan stuff if i wanted nick and jess news id go to the other celeb blogs for that
shanta is probably fat and fugly
you guys are being very harsh and cruel! SHanta, i think that u should've only posted the lauren and jason part bcuz i didnot read the rest i scanned through it. as im sure others did.
how lonnnng does it take to upload a picture.....NOT long! i have scanned many pictures, with dialup mind you, and it took no longer than 5 min, step down give some a chance who will update(more than once a week)i understand that you had a family emergency, but the quality and layout is just bad. If anyone does not like this it is just a comment, everyone has the right to an opinion.
If you people dont like the blog then dont come on shanta steped up when no one else would you people need to give her a break and let her do the blog if you have a problem with it you create one your self and quit being so horrible to shanta she is doing her best and you people are asses for saying that the site is bad i think its good
I think Shanta should step down. Seriously, it should not take forever to post stuff on this site. When she posts the info it is in very bad quality. I agree with 8:19 everyone has a right to there opinion. Shanta PLEASE give the site to someone else. Someone who has more time to post nicer quality work. If you can't do it then give it to somebody who can... I used to enjoy this site now I think it is horrible.
to all you posting "shanta should step down" and all the people posting insults.. it's funny how you're doing this as anonymous instead of posting who you are.. and another thing.. when I needed a replacement to take over the site i didn't see not ONE of you step up. If you think you can do a better job then by all means volunteer your ass to do it... It sickens me that you have nothing better to do with your life than to stop by this site and insult someone that is updating the site so that it doesn't get shut down.. but that's alright keep posting your rude and snide remarks before you know it this site will not be here anymore because of petty people like you that ruin it for everyone!
to all you posting "shanta should step down" and all the people posting insults.. it's funny how you're doing this as anonymous instead of posting who you are.. and another thing.. when I needed a replacement to take over the site i didn't see not ONE of you step up. If you think you can do a better job then by all means volunteer your ass to do it... It sickens me that you have nothing better to do with your life than to stop by this site and insult someone that is updating the site so that it doesn't get shut down.. but that's alright keep posting your rude and snide remarks before you know it this site will not be here anymore because of petty people like you that ruin it for everyone!
to all you posting "shanta should step down" and all the people posting insults.. it's funny how you're doing this as anonymous instead of posting who you are.. and another thing.. when I needed a replacement to take over the site i didn't see not ONE of you step up. If you think you can do a better job then by all means volunteer your ass to do it... It sickens me that you have nothing better to do with your life than to stop by this site and insult someone that is updating the site so that it doesn't get shut down.. but that's alright keep posting your rude and snide remarks before you know it this site will not be here anymore because of petty people like you that ruin it for everyone!
Yes I do have to agree since you took over this site it has gone down. Sorry Shanta but it takes you too long to post and when you do the articles are already out in the mag's, on E and MTV. Your just too slow. So I will no longer come in and use this site...
Good luck~!!!!!!
^ I'm sorry you feel that way Michelle. In a way I agree with you but, I still think someone else should take over the site. You seem like a very angry person and you take things too personally. Remember Michelle people have the right to post there opinions. Maybe you yourself didn't wait long enough to find someone right for this site. I believe you could have found someone much more suited for this work. So, I don't really blame Shanta or you I just think it wasn't handled the right way. So, if you think by posting comments on this site it will get shut down then let it happen. As far as I'm concerned with the lack of work done on this site it is good as gone anyway!!
6:41, look at what you wrote. Your parents obviously did not teach you manners!
9:30, you need help! If Shanta isn't living up to your standards go make your own site and then give us a link to see how good YOU can do! You people are all AWFUL, she said she had a family emergency... no wonder the youth of America is so messed up, Laguna Beach is more important toyou than your own FAMILY. Where the hell are your morals... anyone that gets so upset as to insult shanta has NO life.
To 7:28... you need therapy. If anyone is ugly it is you because obviously you have no respect for yourself or others and should be locked up in a mental instituation... as do A LOT OF PEOPLE who have posted, but probably that wouldn't even help all of you pathetic losers!
Shanta don't let these assholes discourage you, even though there are a lot of rude people there are also a lot of nice people here that support you. I bet its the Kristin fans that are being rude to Shanta since they are the usual rude ones. GROW UP PEOPLE!
actually i'm not an angry person, but it angers me to see such rude and horrid remarks being made on this site when no one else volunteered to step up.. i'm sorry that my husband fighting a war and losing his buddies is more important to me than updating this site... you know what no I'M NOT SORRY.. I did what was best for me!! Now I've already said Shanta had a family emergancy and she has said it.. if all you "anonymous" commenters think you can do better then please step up to the plate .. make your own site .. let's see what you got? unless you're all talk!
Comments like those that have been posted on this board is what makes me angry.. and usually i'll sit back and ignore them but you people are down right aweful!!
p.s. I'm not sure why that posted 3 times i apologize for that shanta
^ I'm sorry you are angry about your husband in the war. Guess what hun, we all have people we care about that we lost in this war. So don't go getting all political. No one ever held it against you that you had to step down for those reasons. I admit that they are very Important reasons. If Shanta has a family emergency then she should give the site over to someone else.
Oh by the way Michelle I'M NOT SORRY for saying what I feel. Shouldn't you be more concerned with your family instead of posting your nasy comments?
To All the people telling shanta to step down from this site... go get a life. you people sound so ignorant. Are you that obsessed with LB! she's doing a good job, and you stupid little bitches need to go find another site if you have a problem with it, cuz some people have lives outside of LB, ya know! I Love LB, but I'm not gonna freak if there are no new updates every time I check! freaks!!
10:45....just wondering, is your husband in iraq right now? or are you like 15 years old, because it's very stressful! I too have a husband that went to Iraq and was lucky he came home alive, so no, LB updates don't really compare. I am a huge LB fan, as is michelle, and shanta obviously wanted to do this and you need to give her a break and stay the hell off the site if you don't like it!
^ 11:02 Yeah really! To the rude, ignorant people: Ever hear of the saying "if cant say anything nice keep your mouth shut"? I can not believe the amount of rudeness and disrespect given to Shanta... give the poor girl a break she hasnt even had the site for a week yet. If a "laguna beach" website makes you this upset I cringe to think about how you must interact in the "real world". I am a Laguna fan and am embarrased at the lack of classiness in the posts directed at shanta... how about a "thanks for taking over the site" or "thanks for the updates" what the hell is wrong with people?? You should REALLY be ashamed of yourselves. Yes you do have the right to an opinion but if you can't state it with at least an ounce of respect/class you don't deserve the right to it.
I personally give Shanta credit for even stepping up to the plate, we all know this place is filled with demanding people who have nothing better to do than check for updates every 5 minutes. I think Shanta is doing the best she can right now and I think if its not good enough for YOU then YOU should go elsewhere, not Shanta.
And for all the people saying that other websites has a lot more updates than this one, then why are you here?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Hey!
If you don't like the format or the scans or anything else, please exercise your freedom to get the hell off this site!
Shanta, not everyone on here is a spoiled snot-nosed kid.
Some of us older LB fans realize how difficult it must be to pick up in the middle of something and to keep all these whiners satisfied!!
Thanks for your hard work!
I'm here to read about LAGUNA BEACH. not carmen, jess, dave, nick, or anyone else.
it's called LAGUNA HOOKUP. don't post things that aren't related to laguna, it's a waste of time.
^^^ Are you so simple minded that you do not understand that she just printed the article as a whole?
It IS in reference to LB, as well as other reality couples on MTV.
You're being a jerk.
Michelle,
I feel for you with all you are going through. It must be difficult to know that your husband is being forced to fight an unjust war. I'm sorry you have to go through that.
Shanta,
Don't worry about what everyone is saying. You've only had the site a week. It's not going to be perfect the first week. Good luck.
BUT, those of you who are defending Shanta and those who are saying bad things about her are one in the same. You are all insulting each other. It's like the pot calling the kettle black! You can't call someone out on being hateful when you are being hateful as well. It's hypocritical.
^ No, you are wrong! The people who are bitching about updates like little obsessed LB fans with no life don't belong on this site. Go find another one and stop whining! The comments that were made to shanta deserve to be insulted!
1:52, actually the people defending Shanta are not being hypocritical because we are calling them out on their immature behavior, are we being nice to them? no, but the difference is they did something wrong, and Shanta did not. So um yeah don't compare the people sticking up for Shanta to the people that are bashing her and this site until you go back and re read every mean thing said to her. Ok? I agree with 2:03, people were really mean to Shanta and they deserve what was said to them, Shanta did not.
12:03, last I checked Lauren and Jason were related to LB.
If you don't like this site then why are you still here?? Everyone has a different style and way of doing things. If you don't like Shanta's style then go to a different site it will make everyone happier!
If you can't be nice, and don't like this site then please go find another one. There is no need to be so hurtful towards Shanta, I don't care if you love the layout or hate it, she is a person too and has never done anything mean to any of you, this is the exact reason that I think everyone should have to register to a name so people can get "banned" for being rude.
Also to everyone who thinks running a site isn't time consuming, you have to scan pictures, credit your sources, upload images and articles to the site, enter HTML codes, it takes a LONG time... maybe before you judge you should try taking a computer class to realize that normally MANY people run a website, so imagine just one person running it. It takes a LOT of work, and with immature people always bitching about everything I cant even imagine how long it takes.
Keep up the GREAT work Shanta!!
2:41 - I did reread the comments. It just seems to me that you guys defending Shanta believe that 2 wrongs make a right. Have you never heard of calling someone out on immature behavior by using the same hurtful language. You are sinking to their level. No one has the right to say some of the things that were posted on here.
^ I totally agree everyone should stop the bitching. The people defening Shanta are being twice as vulgar and rude. Talk about spoiled rotten you guys should look in the mirror at yourselves..
All of you people make me sick. Start acting like rational people instead of crazy ones. For the person who commented on Iraq, maybe they do have a husband over there like Michelle. Don't call them a 15 year old child when you have no clue who you are talking to. Hell for all of you ignorant people know they could have been over in Iraq themselves. So why don't you ignoran people who are claiming to defend Shanta, Shut the Hell UP!!!!!!!!
^ we will defend shanta. At least she had the balls to take over this site! wHO THE HELL ARE YOU? Some crazy laguna fan who wants updates all the time and bitches, but does nothing! HA. you are lame!
^ Well hello spoiled bratt claiming to defend Shanta! I wish people like you were illiterate. Too bad they made you smart enough to type. Now we have to put up with you. I really hope you are the only one are here so jaded. I appreciate you calling me LAME very justified. Let me tell you who I am. Oh wait, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING TO ANYONE LIKE THAT?
^^^The people that claim that the "spoiled brats" are such whiners aren't posting such a nice comment themselves.
This is a cycle. The defenders are supposedly rude to the whiners and the older crowd is also rude to the spoiled brats.
So basically, this going back and forth will never end.
^ Yes I agree but, they shouldn't post stuff in such an awful manner.
surreal24@wp.pl
This site rocks for anyone who cares to go to a site that updates.
The difference in maturity levels on here makes comprehension of the comments difficult for some of you.
Don't any of you understand the difference between slamming Shanta, who tried to keep this site going after the other two had to drop out, and slamming each other?
Well, you should now, because the site may end since the BITCHING ABOUT THE MODERATOR HAS BECOME MONUMENTAL.
If I call you all a bunch of spoiled snot-nosed kids, which you seem to be, that is because you have displayed moronic behaviour which justified the comment.
All Shanta has done was try to step in quickly to keep this site going. She tried to make some changes and apparently was scrambling to improve the things that were being complained about.
NOTHING she did, or didn't do, was intended to shame, hurt, or malign anyone on here.
Can any of you who have made rude comments to Shanta say the same thing?
BLAH BLAH BLAH. Shut it. You are a waste of time on here. Please stop bitching and stop posting. No one cares what you think you retard...
Hey Michelle you turned into a real Bitch.... LOL!!!!
^ Grow up! and get a life! You must be pretty lame to call people names cuz you're mad about no updates!
Yeah someone else is going to take this over..... I can't wait to see how much better this site is going to get.....
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