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"It's official. I'm running for Mayor of LA." After a year of calling out Democrat leadership for its handling of last year's devastating Los Angeles wildfires, Spencer Pratt is offering Angelenos an alternative: himself. Pratt, who shot to fame playing a villainous version of himself on hit MTV reality show "The Hills," lost the Pacific Palisades house he shared with wife (and former castmate) Heidi Montag and their children in the January 7, 2025, conflagration. Since then, he has emerged as one of the most prominent critics of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom, both Democrats. Fired...

"I got more water coming outta my eyes than DWP had in both of our reservoirs" -@spencerpratt Television personality Spencer Pratt, who lost his home in the Palisades Fire and has been a vocal critic in the months since of the city's and state's preparation for and response to the conflagration, announced Wednesday that he is running for mayor of Los Angeles. Speaking at a "They Let Us Burn" rally held by the Palisades Fire Residents Coalition to mark the one-year anniversary of the fire's start, the 42-year-old Pratt again repeated his complaints about authorities' handling of the blaze, then...

The Hills star Spencer Pratt unleashed on California Governor Gavin Newsom. “The second round of $50 million funding, guess who took a FireAid grant? Let me tell you… Gavin Newsom and his Cal Vols office took a FireAid grant,” Pratt fired off in an Instagram video. “So that’s cool; we’d like to know how much you took and exactly what you did with the money. And I mean, dollar for dollar, what you did with it. Thank you!” After the three-week wildfires ceased, two concerts were held to raise money for victims. According to the official website for FireAid, contributors...

(snip) As photos of the destruction of the Pacific Palisades have surfaced, TMZ reports homes of stars like Adam Brody and Leighton Meester have been destroyed. The site also notes Anna Faris lost her home in the fires. Diane Warren shared on social media that her beach house was lost in the fires and posted a picture she had taken days before. “This is the last pic I took of Leah’s rock from my beach house. I’ve had this house for almost 30 years. It looks like it was lost in the fire last nite,” Warren posted on Instagram. “There’s...

Heidi Montag has reportedly stopped denying the existence of a sex tape, at least privately. Sources close to Heidi tell TMZ that the reality TV star is now willing to sit down and talk business with the porn purveying folks at Vivid Entertainment. Vivid head honcho, Steve Hirsch, plans to journey to Costa Rica next week with an offer to Heidi. According to TMZ, he will go armed with sales figures for Kim Kardashian's sex tape. In case Vivid's upfront offer, reportedly $5 million, doesn't win over Heidi, Vivid will try and tempt Heidi with a profit sharing option. TMZ...