Lauren Conrad "Happy" Pal Audrina Patridge Dating Chris Pine

USMagazine, Thursday, May 21, 2009, 12:39pm (PDT)

Lauren Conrad couldn't be happier that her Hills costar is finding romance with Star Trek leading man Chris Pine.

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"He is a really cute guy, and I'm happy for her," Conrad told Usmagazine.com exclusively at a Havaiana's and Details event honoring her boyfriend -- My Boys actor Kyle Howard, 31 -- in Hollywood Wednesday.

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Does Conrad think the two would make a cute couple?

"Sure!" she tells Us.

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Patridge, 24, first met Pine, 28, in early April at ShoWest in Las Vegas, a source tells Us. On Friday, two weeks after the reality star was photographed outside sci-fi actor's L.A. apartment building, the two met up for cocktails.

"They text a lot and are in regular contact," a source says.