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Lauren Conrad's Roosevelt Hotel Birthday Party

Lauren Conrad wanted fireworks to go off on her birthday – and we’re not talking the kind that come from the brand of drama that only former Hills co-stars Heidi Montag, 23, and Spencer Pratt, 26, can create. So she did what any smart woman would do – she didn’t invite them to her shindig at the Roosevelt Hotel Jan. 30.

“Heidi, Spencer and Audrina simply weren’t invited, but why would they be?” one partygoer tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “Instead, Lauren wanted to celebrate with the people she loved.”

Namely, that person is boyfriend Kyle Howard, 31. He and LC (who actually turned 24 on Feb. 1) as well as about 20 of her friends, dined at The Dakota inside the Roosevelt before her big bash inside the hotel’s penthouse. “Lauren and Kyle were laughing and enjoying themselves. He’s so sweet and attentive with her, and he so obviously wanted her to have a great night,” says our spy.

After the dinner, Lauren – who’s second novel Sweet Little Lies hit shelves today, Feb. 2, partied to the tunes of DJ Cobra with 75 friends including Lauren “Lo” Bosworth, The City starlet Whitney Port, nightlife impresario Brent Bolthouse, members of the indie band Phoenix and even Glee’s Matthew Morrison (this guy gets around)!

But Kyle and Lauren’s relationship wasn’t the only thing to set off sparks on her big night: her cake literally was covered in fireworks. “The cake was in the shape of a giant chocolate-ycupcake with real live sparklers! It was super cute,” the source says, adding that when the dessert was wheeled out, “Lauren immediately called for Kyle to come over and stand next to her while she blew out her candles!”

But there WAS one small hitch in the icing on Lauren’s cake: apparently some of her party guests had slightly sticky fingers. “As the bash was winding down, people were leaving and trying to take bottles of liquor with them. Let’s just say some were successful and some weren’t!” chuckles our insider.

Heidi: My Mom Looked at Me 'Like a Circus Freak'

Nine weeks after undergoing 10 plastic-surgery procedures in one day, an anxious Heidi Montag finally headed to her hometown of Crested Butte, Colo., to face her mother, Darlene Egelhoff, for the first time since the transformation.

"I was nervous, but also excited … I never thought in my wildest dreams she was going to react the way she did," Montag, 23, tells PEOPLE.

The reunion – which was filmed for The Hills – was less than joyous. "She was looking at me almost like a zoo animal. It wasn't like I was her daughter anymore. She was looking at me like I was a circus freak," says Montag.

"I think she was most upset that Spencer was there for me and she wasn't. She was saying how sad it is that my confidence is gone because of the music industry I'm trying to get into."

Montag, who still struggles with daily pain but has no regrets about what she's done, says, "I wanted to be the most beautiful, inside and out. It's part of being a pop star."

So where does her relationship with mom stand? "I tried to leave it as best as I could, but my heart was breaking."

Credit: People