‘The Hills’ not a hit with Hollywood neighbors

A security guard strides toward the house on Orange Grove Avenue in Hollywood that is used by “The Hills” cast and production team. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Quiet street’s residents complain about filming at the home of the young women whose career and life struggles are the subjects of the MTV series. Show staffers say complaints are overblown.

By Bob Pool
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

August 6, 2008

Hollywood is learning that reality bites.

Residents of a quiet neighborhood between Sunset and Hollywood boulevards are in an uproar over the ongoing filming of a popular television reality show that they say has turned their lives upside down. 

The Hills producers and city officials allege that the neighborhood unrest is overblown — and has been fanned in part by a resident of the street who produces a competing TV reality show.  (click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)

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