I'm gonna live forever

Recently, I caught up on the first few episodes of Taking the Stage, which is essentially a reality television-version of the show Fame. It follows five students at a performing arts high school in Ohio who sing and dance their way through the episodes and some hook up with each other and others hate on each other.

Since it's on MTV, it's has a healthy dose of Laguna Beach teenage angst and manufactured drama, reminiscent of The Hills. But what these high schoolers have that the Laguna Beach crew didn't is talent! I've really enjoyed watching them pull their performances together and the fact that they haven't spent the past few years on camera hearkens back to Laguna Beach's first season.

Add a Nick Lachey cameo (he is an alumnus of the school) and you have my newest guilty pleasure.