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good thread Sandy!

Stack 8 extra minutes on top of 24 episodes... that's over 3 hours of show. Over the course of a season that 4 or 5 episodes. Oh well, that's life in 2005.

If I could wait to watch it, I would tape it, and then fast forward the commericials,

but who can wait? Not I.

Tom Welling & Maggie Grace Join 'The Fog'
[Monday, February 21st, 2005]
Tom Welling and Maggie Grace are set to star in the remake of John Carpenter's classic horror thriller The Fog, says the Hollywood Reporter.

The movie, helmed by Rupert Wainwright, is set in a Northern California town where, about 100 years ago, a ship sank under mysterious circumstances in a thick, eerie fog. The ghosts of the deceased mariners return from their watery graves to seek their revenge.

Welling will play a local boat owner who never left the town, and Grace will portray a college girl who is back in her hometown for the summer.

Maggie Grace plays Shannon.

I don't think it's HUMANLY POSSIBLE to wait to watch an episode of Lost. I think that's where they came up with Spontaneous Combustion.

Director: Rupert Wainwright
Release Date: October 14th, 2005
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Revolution Studios
The Fog

I would like to tape Lost and watch it without commecials. I am getting pretty frustrated with all the commercials.

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/wenn/20051015/10/2387979346.jpg Lost beauty Evangeline Lilly knew she had hit the big time when a young fan stole her knickers off the washing line at her Hawaiian home.

The 26-year-old Canadian was amazed when a close friend recounted how she saw an adolescent snatching the underwear from her back garden.

She says, "I had a friend staying who heard a knock at the door while she was in the shower.

"By the time she got to the door, she saw a 12-year-old boy stealing my knickers off the washing line.

"I never got them back!"

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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Less than six years after exploding into the independent film world as the star of "Girlfight," sultry actress Michelle Rodriguez found herself wading through a dispiriting pile of scripts that cast her as either "the girlfriend" or "the girl who gets captured."
She decided to get "Lost" instead.

Rodriguez, who joined ABC's Emmy-winning Wednesday drama last week, says it wasn't hard for producers to convince her this was a high-quality TV series but she did have misgivings about whether joining a high-profile TV series might send the wrong message to Hollywood.


"TV makes you so easily accessible," says Rodriguez, 27. "You don't want to overexpose yourself in the wrong way, and that's what I was scared about. I didn't want people seeing me every week and not getting the right idea about my career and where it's going -- directors especially. I worried about that, because for an independent film career especially, they don't want someone who is as well-known as a TV star. But I just really trust these guys, and I'm like, 'OK, I'm holding on. Take me for a ride.' "
So far, she's still acting largely on faith. Her character, Ana-Lucia Cortez, was introduced last May in a three-minute flashback scene in the airport lounge, where she chatted with Jack (Matthew Fox), and we learned, among other things, that she held a seat in the rear of the doomed flight.

Ana-Lucia seemed very feminine and flirtatious in that flashback scene, but "Lost" fans are seeing a whole different side of the character this season.

"She's a cornered animal, a total warrior: a fighter, take it down, matter-of-fact, all about survival," Rodriguez says of her character, who is living with another group of people on the island. "These people don't have a lot of the amenities that the people [in Jack's group] do, so they are constantly fighting for their survival."

The actress insists she has very little idea what lies in store for her character, but she looks forward to what may be an inevitable reunion with Fox's character.

"I think that connection [between the 'old' and the 'new' Ana-Lucia] is going to come whenever my character finally meets Jack, because that's the only person she will recognize from the plane," Rodriguez says "That will call into question the whole issue of what kind of person she is really, because this whole barbarian side of her is definitely a self-defense mechanism. How will she feel when she sees Jack, who is someone she trusts? I have no idea what that will be like -- and having said all that, at this point, I don't even know if they are going to meet at all."

In fact, the actress claims to be unsure of whether she even qualifies as a new "series regular" on "Lost."

"It's still kind of up in the air, if only because the show itself is very unpredictable as far as how long anyone is going to last," she says, laughing. "I'm not comfortable suggesting that my character is more important than another one, because 'Lost' isn't that kind of show. Every week you focus on a different character, so it's like there is no 'lead.' Different characters take charge in different situations, but it's everybody's story."

While she waits to see how things play out for Ana-Lucia, Rodriguez is more than content to recharge her personal batteries on the North Shore of Hawaii, where she had spent four happy months while filming her 2002 movie "Blue Crush."

"Living on an island as beautiful as Oahu, I wouldn't want to live anywhere there is clutter or city life," Rodriguez says. "It's so beautiful out here. It's just peace. Even if I have to drive two hours to the studio, when it comes time to film flashback stuff, it's just paradise out here the rest of the time. Strip it all away and this is what you get.

"I love looking at an ocean that's alive, not stagnant. The waves in the winter are just amazing, and they give me energy. This is a place where you can just stop: stop partying, stop living crazy, stop answering your phone, focus on your work and just, like, regenerate. Some people can't stand it for more than two weeks, but they're also paranoid about social interaction."

That sounds a whole lot more laid-back than how she describes herself when she made her explosive big-screen starring debut in "Girlfight," playing driven female boxer Diana Guzman.

"At that time in my life, I actually was way more aggressive than that character," she says. "I had to downtone myself. I was in a very angry stage, didn't like anyone telling me what to do. I hated that I had been spat out into a system where I had to follow rules and guidelines. My teenage years, my misery of existence, lasted a lot longer than it does for most teens. Growing up, I was, 'Why am I here, and why are all these people trying to tell me what to do?' It was anger all the time, like one of those punk-rock kids you see on TV."

She pauses, then laughs.

"Oh, honey, that's gone now. It was all part of growing up."

In her downtime, Rodriguez continues working on what she calls her passion project, a film for kids called "Dreamfighter."

"I have been working on it for about two years," she explains. "Think of it as 'Goonies' meets 'The Neverending Story' meets 'Constantine.' In this industry, most adult stuff just bores me. It always comes down to sex, jealousy, power, and it's just so boring. That's why I've been focusing on kids and wondering why so many kids have gotten so absorbed into this reality of today.

"It seems as if every kid I talk to has forgotten how to use his imagination. That's sad, and it's scary to me that there's only one movie out there for the kids to really lose themselves in a fantasia-land, and that's 'Harry Potter.' That's kind of pathetic. Where is our future going? I'd like to go around the world and talk to kids everywhere."

October 5, 2005 -- 'LOST" stars Dominc Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly keep insisting they are not an item.
A photo - taken a few days ago at a shopping mall in Hawaii - shows the couple doing a real bad job of keeping their affair a secret.

Dominic, the former Hobbitt from the "Lord of the Rings" movies who plays Charlie, the druggie rock star, has been fending off questions about Evangeline - who plays Kate, the cute convict, on the series - since the end of last season.

"I'm not saying yes or no, and you'd get the same answer from Evangeline," he said just before the new...

I will post a picture soon. There is one very recent one that I want but can not seem to get to yet.

Nielsen Ratings

1. CSI
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
3. WITHOUT A TRACE
4. LOST
5. CSI: MIAMI

1 CSI CBS Thu 9:00 PM 17.8/27.0 19,644,000 28,848,000
2 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ABC Sun 9:00 PM 15.9/23.0 17,496,000 26,063,000
3 WITHOUT A TRACE CBS Thu 10:01 PM 13.7/22.0 15,090,000 21,246,000
4 LOST ABC Wed 9:00 PM 13.1/20.0 14,465,000 22,377,000
5 CSI: MIAMI CBS Mon 10:00 PM 12.3/19.0 13,544,000 18,671,000
6 GREY'S ANATOMY ABC Sun 10:01 PM 11.9/19.0 13,063,000 18,116,000
7 COMMANDER IN CHIEF ABC Tue 9:00 PM 11.1/16.0 12,257,000 16,941,000
7 LAW AND ORDER:SVU NBC Tue 10:00 PM 11.1/18.0 12,241,000 16,236,000
9 NCIS CBS Tue 8:00 PM 10.8/17.0 11,941,000 16,868,000
9 SURVIVOR: GUATEMALA CBS Thu 8:00 PM 10.8/17.0 11,894,000 17,924,000
11 COLD CASE CBS Sun 8:00 PM 10.3/16.0 11,334,000 15,877,000
11 NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ABC Mon 9:07 PM 10.3/17.0 11,399,000 15,611,000
13 CSI: NY CBS Wed 10:00 PM 9.6/15.0 10,603,000 14,572,000
14 E.R. NBC Thu 9:59 PM 9.3/15.0 10,269,000 14,151,000
14 FOX NFL SUNDAY-PST GN-NAT FOX Sun 7:26 PM 9.3/16.0 10,244,000 14,944,000
14 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS Mon 9:00 PM 9.3/14.0 10,301,000 14,212,000
17 EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED. ABC Sun 8:00 PM 8.8/13.0 9,695,000 15,310,000
17 LAS VEGAS NBC Mon 9:00 PM 8.8/13.0 9,703,000 13,640,000
19 MEDIUM NBC Mon 10:00 PM 8.6/14.0 9,490,000 12,895,000
19 MY NAME IS EARL NBC Tue 9:00 PM 8.6/13.0 9,527,000 13,229,000

© 2005 Nielsen Media Research, Inc.

I couldn't find a picture I too much liked of this chick. I was trying to find a glam. one. This is the best.
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She's got a real hard edge to her that is just fantastic imo. I find her quite sexy in a rough kinda way. Is smoldering a good word to use for a lady like her?

I liked her in the Fast and the Furiuous.

Yes, she is a tough one.

I really do tape "Lost"...

1. No commercials.

2. I can use slo mo when during Kate's scenes.

Her acting is so fine. http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/_950/hides.gif

No, just x-dressers who steal other people's panties and put em on...

No..... You....... DIDN'T!!!!

There's something about Canadian women that ........................

I've been getting a vibe from her when she does talkshows, that she might have a bit of a mean streak, or possibly a short temper.

Either that, or she's just getting used to interviews and isn't fully comfortable yet in front of live audiences, or appearing on tv to millions of people without a proper script and the pleasant cushion of several takes.

She can keep quiet with me....no questions asked.

I am shy too.

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I feel really intimidated and out of my league," the actress says with a modesty as becoming as it is unusual.

Actually, Lilly almost didn't join the league at all.

Three years ago, a representative of a modeling agency spotted her on the street in Kelowna, British Columbia, and tried to sign her up then and there.

Many would have been thrilled with this twist on the Lana Turner Hollywood myth, but not Lilly. She walked away insulted that a stranger would assume she wanted to build her life around her looks.

Her plan was to get her degree and become a missionary. But she needed a way to finance that plan, so six months later, she signed with the agency and started doing commercials.

What did she think of it? "I hated it."

She was ready to give it all up until "one of my closest friends said to me one day, 'What are you afraid of? ... I think you're afraid of success.' "

Afraid her friend was right, she began taking acting lessons and going to auditions, including one for Lost. She was hoping to land a part as an extra.

Instead, producer J.J. Abrams, who had made a star out of Jennifer Garner with Alias, offered Lilly the lead.

"It totally floored me. I was just enjoying the auditions so much, I forgot there was an end result."

Lilly was hesitant, so much so that Abrams asked her two important questions: "Are you ready for this, and do you want this? Because if you don't, run away."

She's on the air, so you can figure out her answer.

Still, she says, she wasn't sure she had made the right decision until she met her co-star, Matthew Fox. She immediately took to him ("He's such a warm person"), and she quickly figured out that he could do the heavy lifting.

"I am not qualified to carry a show," says the actress, who is single. "This guy has carried two series (Party of Five and Haunted). I can ride on his back a little and let him carry the show, and that was a great relief."

Plus, while she may be an acting novice, she does have one bit of experience Fox can't top.

She once lived in a grass hut in the Philippines while doing missionary work, which helped prepare her, she says, for the physical nature of the shoot on Lost's Hawaii set.

Proud of the show and thrilled to be part of it, Lilly says her biggest surprise was finding that so many of the show-business horror stories she'd heard were untrue, at least for her.

"I was so unprepared. I've been shocked by the warmth and the generosity and the kindness and the giving of all the people. ... I'm still in that enamored stage where I'm in love with the industry."

Let's hope she never finds that love is lost.

i think she plays an awesome kate. just imagine if she didnt.....woah.

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

dom's got 'er sorry beck

Check out Jason vs. Freddy. There's a highschool hallway scene that she's in up against the locker as an extra in the background. In another scene shortly after, or possibly just before, she's an extra walking in the arms of some guy. I watched the movie after I'd already seen Lost, and I was like, "HAH! There's Kate doing extra work!"

Me and Sandy spotted her in an 1-900 number commerical a few months back.

It was on late at night, and it was for some dating service, or call for sex service, I don't remember, I did a thread on it in season one.

hey dont be mad at me!!! it's his fault! not mine!!




ACK i'm off topic again. sorry guys.....

I just posted some new Lost avatars if anyone is interested.

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The Complete First Season DVD Available NOW at Amazon.com!
The Complete First Season DVD set of Lost is now available! It's a gorgeous box set filled with extras that are definitely worth the price. You can purchase the DVD on Amazon.com! It sells for only $38.99, a savings of $21.00! But it NOW!

Download the Dharma Initiative Countdown Clock!
Want to see what it's like to input the numbers ever 108 minutes? Download the Dharma Initiative Countdown Clock for Windows (as mentioned by The Denver Post) and try it for yourself! Kalrac wrote this program that simulates the clock of The Swan. Every 108 minutes, the user has to input the correct restart code. Get it right, and the world is safe for another 108 minutes. Fail to input to the code and... well, it's up to you to try it out. The program needs the .Net Framework to run. Most Windows XP machines should have that. If not, it can be downloaded here from Microsoft. Download the Dharma Initiative Countdown Clock for Windows.

N E W S A N D U P D A T E S

Friday, October 21, 2005
Jorge Garcia to Attend The Florida eXtravaganza on January 2006


Jorge Garcia (Hurley) will attend The Florida eXtravaganza (FX for short) in Orlando, Florida on January 27-29, 2006. He is scheduled to appear to meet fans and sign autographs all 3 days of the event. For more information on this event, check out the official website. Tickets
for the event are currently available at pre-sale prices.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Be the first to own Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk #1 CGC 9.8 signed 'Lost' creator Damon Lindelof

Damon Lindelof, co-creator and executive producer of the hit television series Lost, will bring his creative genius and storytelling talent to Marvel's "Ultimate" universe this December with Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk. And now you can own a CGC Graded 9.8 copy signed by Lindelof himself, courtesy of Wizard Universe!
Not only will Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk mark Lindelof's first comic book writing effort, but a portion of the proceeds from the CGC Graded Signed versions will benefit the charity of Damon Lindelof's choice!
Dr. Bruce Banner (a.k.a. the Hulk) has been presumed dead since his execution following a murderous rampage through Manhattan. But when reports start cropping up of an unidentified creature appearing around the globe, General Nick Fury - head of America's premiere intelligence organization, S.H.I.E.L.D – begins to get worried. Not because Banner can turn from man to unstoppable monster in seconds, but because Banner's existence is the one secret that can bring Fury down. So he turns to the only man he can trust: James Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine of the X-Men, to take care of Banner - by any means necessary. The series will be illustrated by Leinil Yu (Wolverine and X-Men), who recently signed an exclusive contract with Marvel.
"I actually owned Hulk #181 when I was a kid. Then my mom threw it away. I can't believe how lucky I am to have the opportunity to re-introduce these two iconic characters to each other in the no-holds-barred world of the Ultimate Universe. I am truly honored to get a chance to fulfill my life-long dream of writing for Marvel," Lindelof said.
Prior to Lost, Lindelof was co-producer on the popular crime drama Crossing Jordan and wrote for the first three seasons of the show. Last year, along with J.J. Abrams, Lindelof created hit ABC drama Lost. Currently in his position as Executive Producer of Lost, Lindelof shares day-to-day showrunning and writing responsibilities with Carlton Cuse.
Signed copies are available here. Signed & Graded CGC Signature Series 9.8 are available here.
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Overnight Ratings for "...and Found"

Lost once again won its timeslot and Wednesday night with its fifth new episode of the second season, "...and Found." Zap2It reports overnight ratings of 12.4/19, while Mediaweek reports total viewership of 20.72 million.
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Guardian Unlimited - Live chat today with Lost producer Thom Sherman

Lost has been the TV sensation of the year on both sides of the Atlantic, launching onto our televisions with one of the most dramatic opening episodes ever seen (and a mountain of hype off-screen). The show continues to intrigue and enthral.
Thom Sherman is the man behind Lost. He is president of Bad Robot Productions, the US TV company he co-founded with writer/director JJ Abrams and producer Bryan Burk. The company also makes Alias, starring Jennifer Garner. In his previous job with ABC, Sherman oversaw Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy.
Sherman will be online at 3pm on Thursday, October 20.... Read the full story here.
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Digital Chosunilbo - Silly or Serious, Kim Yun-jin Reaches for Stardom

The influential U.S. entertainment magazine People calls her "Korea's Julia Roberts," becoming the latest American media outlet to make a beeline for Kim Yun-jin's door because of her growing popularity in the ABC hit drama "Lost". People ran a wide-ranging interview with the Korean actress, who plays the mysterious Sun in the show.
As for being the Julia Roberts of Korea, the actress responded, "Oh, I don't know about that, but I like the comparison!" She told the magazine she did her first feature film, "Shiri", in 1999. "I played a North Korean spy who falls in love with her enemy. It was very popular all over Asia. (South Korea) was the only country where its own movie beat the record of Titanic.... Read the full story here.
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The Arizona Republic - Island life suits 'Lost's' Grace just fine

Maggie Grace sees a pattern emerging in her young career.
For most of the year, her home base is Honolulu, the location for ABC's popular series Lost, in which she plays the rich, snobby plane-crash survivor Shannon.
But even before Grace completed the series' first season, she was commuting to yet another island - this one off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, - for her role in the remake of the 1980 John Carpenter horror classic The Fog.... Read the full story here.
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New cast members this season.

Spoiler warning
This is just a description of the next episode.
November 2nd
















Episode 06: Abandoned
Sawyer's wound becomes life-threatening as he, Michael and Jin make their way through the interior of the island with the tail section survivors. Meanwhile, Shannon is once again haunted by visions of Walt, and Charlie becomes jealous of Locke's interest in Claire.
Written by: Elizabeth Sarnoff
Directed by: Adam Davidson
Promo Pictures | Screencaps
Spooky's Transcript
Original US Airdate: 09 November 2005
Final Ratings/Share:
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The Korean superstar – who grew up in Staten Island! – dishes on the show and more

Wednesday Oct 19, 2005 6:00am EST
In South Korea, Yunjin Kim is as famous as Julia Roberts, but thanks to ABC's Lost, Americans are finally getting to know this Pretty Woman. And Kim, who was raised in New York and got her bachelor's degree at Boston University, is getting a taste of Hollywood-style celebrity. "I come into the airport now and there's always like 20 people waiting with photographs for me to sign," she says. While on the Lost set in Hawaii, Kim, 31, who plays the dutiful yet secretive wife Sun, talked with PEOPLE about being single in real life, playing golf – badly – and her surprising wild streak.

You grew up in New York City, but went all the way to Korea to become a star?
Funny, huh? I grew up on Staten Island. I was doing theater in New York. I met this producer who cast me in a Korean miniseries. That miniseries did really well – and it was all in Korean.

I hear you are the Julia Roberts of Korea.
Oh, I don't know about that, but I like the comparison! (After the miniseries) I did my first feature film, Shiri, in 1999. I played a North Korean spy who falls in love with her enemy. It was very popular all over Asia. (South Korea) was the only country where its own movie beat the record of Titanic.

What was it like coming back to the U.S.?
You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend – he's there all the time. I took mini-trips over and met directors.

Ironic, isn't it, that you come back to America and you have to keep acting in Korean?
Yes, it is. But you know, the role didn't exist before I met with J.J. (Abrams, Lost's creator). He thought it would be interesting to have a Korean couple on the plane, but only after we met. So that's really flattering.

Your character, Sun, and her husband, Jin, are so serious, but you and actor Daniel Dae Kim are so –
Silly? Yes. We were at this photo shoot one time and I lifted up my skirt and Evie (Evangeline Lilly) was like, "Yunjin, what are you doing? That's not you!" She just didn't expect me to do that.





CREDIT: ART STREIBER / ABC

How is island life treating you?
It's luxurious. I've been learning how to golf. Daniel's wife, Mia, and I took lessons together. I think I need more lessons. I played 18 holes yesterday and it was about my tenth try before I hit the ball! I also bought a condo and I'm spending my days off shopping for furniture.

How has the Asian community reacted to the show?
I know that in Koreatown in L.A., things practically shut down when the show is on because people want to tune in to see these two Koreans go at each other. I heard that people dressed up as Sun and Jin for Halloween last year, too.

What can we expect from Sun in season two?
I don't think they (the writers) even know. They really do keep the actors in the dark.

So you don't know who's next to be killed off?
That's the hardest thing about doing this show, having that dark cloud floating around all of us. When Boone (Ian Somerhalder) died, that was really hard.

You're one of the few single cast members on the show. You must get a lot of guys hitting on you.
No! People are very cautious about coming up to you, like you must be very busy or you must have tons of guys surrounding you. I would really like to make it official that it's not true! Please! God, do I have to make the first move? Maybe.

Sunday, October 30, 2005
The Trades - Scott's Spotlight: Lost Star Harold Perrineau


Normally, it takes numerous auditions for producers to cast one of the leading roles in their television show. When the producers of Lost cast the role of Michael (a father trying to connect with his estranged son, Walt, only to have him kidnapped), they immediately knew Harold Perrineau was the perfect choice to portray this complex character. "Harold was the only actor we brought to the network for Michael," executive producer Damon Lindelof says. "He brings such intense dignity to everything he does. We thought that trait - a sense of honor - was needed since Michael was such a terrible father at first."
Perrineau delivered a particularly moving and memorable performance in this season's second episode during a flashback scene in which Michael had to say goodbye to his son. Perrineau prepared for that intense scene by bottling up his emotions until the cameras rolled. "It took a lot of hours of finding what someone might feel in that particular position, as well as what I might feel in that particular position," Perrineau explains. "It's a really wacky acting thing to do. You actually make yourself feel that bad for hours before, but you keep holding it down until it's actually time to start [shooting the scene]."
These types of poignant performances come as no surprise to Lindelof, who says the acting skills that won Perrineau his role still shine through in every episode. "I believe he's just as genius now as he was when he was first cast," Lindeolf says. "The character, however, has grown and become much more nuanced. What might have been originally construed as a little 'one-note' - at least in our writing of it - became a fully-fleshed out character who is now extremely sympathetic, all of which we credit to Harold's performance.... Read the full story here.
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USA Today - Orlando? Viggo? The sexy search is on At this very moment, several hard-working men and women in Manhattan are sweating over one of the nation's biggest questions:
Who's the sexiest man alive?
That's right — it's almost time for People magazine to declare which celebrity makes our toes tingle and our hearts engorge with lust. Rumor has it the decision is particularly tough this year: For one thing, Brad Pitt, Jude Law and Tom Cruise have been involved in some eyebrow-raising activities; for another, the mag has already crowned these men sex gods before.
Before People makes a major mistake by selecting one of the Desperate Housewives guys or, God forbid, Rod Stewart as the sexiest fellow in the free world, I figured I should weigh in on the challenge....
9. Josh Holloway. To me, Matthew Fox's Jack has always been the cute one on Lost; it's Holloway's Sawyer who's the sexy one. Holloway may not be a household name, but every wipe of his brow and Southern-tinged sentence he speaks oozes sex appeal. I'd take him over last year's honoree, Jude Law, any day. Read the full story here.
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Friday, October 28, 2005
Viewers of the Tony Danza Show Will Be LOST in Hawaii With Exclusive Sweepstakes This November Tony Danza will give five lucky viewers the opportunity to be LOST in Hawaii this November with stars of the six-time Emmy winning ABC series. Buena Vista Television and ABC today unveiled the 'LOST Hawaiian Sweepstakes,' giving viewers of The Tony Danza Show a chance to head to Hawaii this winter to visit the tropical set of LOST and kick up some sand with primetime's hottest stars.
"We are thrilled to be able to offer LOST and The Tony Danza Show viewers the chance to win this incredibly unique prize," said Sal Sardo, executive vice president of marketing for Buena Vista Television. "In addition to a tropical vacation, winners will get a rare visit to the set of this blockbuster TV series."
Each day during the week of November 14, viewers will tune in to The Tony Danza Show for the LOST clue of the day. Participants will then log onto The Tony Danza Show website at http://www.thetonydanzashow.com/ to submit official sweepstakes entries. The more clues viewers catch -- the better the odds of winning.... Read the full story here.
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USA Today - Four series are the ones to watch Looking for the best shows on TV? Look no further than these four, which actually have strengthened in their second year.
Lost (ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. ET/PT). Each week, this brilliant, beautiful, intricate series about life lived in doubt has strengthened its claim as TV's top series. Start with the perfectly pitched season premiere, which ingeniously negotiated the dance a series like Lost must master: doling out enough information to keep an audience involved without depleting the series' store.
From there, it has been one high point after another — all leading to the show's Nov. 9 return and the threatened loss of one of the main characters. It's a testament to the writers and the actors that many fans would no doubt be happy if the network promos proved to be misleading. I can't think of a single castaway I'm willing to lose.... Read the full story here.
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USA Today - Second-year series are the class of 2005 TV So far, 2005 is the season of the sophomores.
Over the first weeks this fall, four second-year series have unexpectedly risen to the top of the TV class — establishing themselves as the best shows on TV at the moment. Seldom if ever has a sophomore group achieved so much in tandem.
Who are these second-season overachievers? ABC's audacious, gorgeous Lost, which uses its complex island mystery as a peg to explore its finely drawn characters; Fox's House, which is driven by intriguing plots and a great central character; UPN's Veronica Mars, which is TV's wittiest, smartest exploration of the teenage class divide; and ABC's ever-improving Grey's Anatomy, which is as endearing and entertaining a TV hour as you're likely to find.... Read the full story here.
(2:23 AM)

Thursday, October 27, 2005
Entertainment Weekly - Darren Aronofsky will direct 'Lost' Who knew cult director Darren Aronofsky was a fan of the boob tube? The Requiem for a Dream helmer has just signed on to direct an episode of ABC's Lost, which will likely air at the beginning of May sweeps. "It was one of those fantastic calls out of the blue," says Lost exec producer Carlton Cuse. "His agents let us know he liked the show, and we jumped at the opportunity. Apparently, he had been watching Lost while up in Montreal shooting The Fountain and got hooked." Speaking of which, won't this interfere with completing Fountain, the director's six years-in-the-making sci-fi epic starring fiancée Rachel Weisz and Hugh Jackman? "I think he will be done," speculates Cuse. "We scheduled it so that [the episode] is coming on the heels of finishing The Fountain. And we will try to put together a story that will be well-suited for Darren's talents and visual imagination." Read the full story here.
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The Boston Globe - Who's running the show? Somewhere around the time he glimpsed the shark with the tattoo, a rabid "Lost" fan named Elan Lee knew there was something different going on: This was a TV show that liked its audience.
Really liked its audience -- enough to reward it with treats that only the most devoted viewers would catch. The shark, which appeared in the season's second episode, had a logo on its fin that showed up elsewhere in the show, a possibly significant clue in the realm of "Lost" mythology. It was the sort of thing you'd only see if you froze the frame and watched very, very closely. If you were looking for just this sort of trick. And if you had a community of fellow viewers doing the same thing....
..."Lost" fans do spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about the show, to the extent that, for some, it's practically a full-time job. Amy Bauer, a music theory professor at the University of California, Irvine, says she spends up to 20 hours a week on "Lost"-related projects, including the creation of a quasi-academic site called www.loststudies.com. Part of her work, she says, involves reading, indexing, and archiving small essays on ever-more-elaborate general theories. Of late, the various boards have seen treatises about existentialism, Greek mythology, cryogenics, and behavioral psychology. On the site Bauer helps run, www.lost-tv.com, the "they're in Purgatory" theory, debunked early by the show's producers, has been dubbed "The Theory That One Shall Not Name.... Read the full story here.
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Final Ratings for "...And Found" Zap2It has final ratings numbers for last week's fifth new episode, "...and Found." As always, the show finished fourth for the week with ratings of 12.7/19, and it was third in total viewership with 21,381,000 viewers.
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Man Arrested in Josh Holloway Robbery

Wednesday Oct 19, 2005 3:00pm EST
http://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2005/features/qa/050516/jholloway.jpg Police in Honolulu arrested a man they believe may be connected to the home-invasion robbery of Josh Holloway, a star of the ABC hit drama Lost.

Authorities arrested the man after a car he and a companion were riding in was pulled over. Police say the man matches the general description of the person who broke into Holloway’s home Oct. 12 and held the actor and his wife at gunpoint, the Associated Press reports.

During the incident Holloway and his wife, Yessica, were rousted from bed at gunpoint by a man who took cash and credit cards and then drove off in Holloway's Mercedes-Benz, which police found abandoned a short time later.

Police described the man who was arrested Tuesday as "a possible suspect" in the robbery. He was arrested on outstanding burglary and assault warrants, AP reports, but he did not come along easily.

When police stopped the car, the men initially refused to exit the vehicle. The officers fired pepper spray and wooden bullets to force the men out. The confrontation was enough to cause the evacuation of the nearby Aliolani Elementary School.

In a statement released after the robbery, Holloway thanked the police, saying, "We are very grateful for the help of the Honolulu Police Department and the support of the local community." He has otherwise not commented on the incident.

Who will be Sexiest Man Alive this year? As PEOPLE celebrates 20 years of sexy heartthrobs, get a sneak peek at this year's hottest contenders before the big reveal on Nov. 16

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Darko's gonna win this one.

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Evangeline Lilly is the ultimate desert-island fantasy
By GAVIN EDWARDS


On an island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, strange things are happening, things not usually seen on network television. We refer, of course, to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, overrun by a marauding pack known as the cast of TV's hottest show, Lost.
"One night, we had all gone bowling," says Evangeline Lilly, 26, who plays the show's female lead, the beautiful but mysterious criminal Kate. "Most people left, so it was myself, Matthew [Fox], Jorge [Garcia] and Dominic [Monaghan] -- three goofy, out-there guys. So we're in the middle of a parking lot in Kailua, daring each other to do things. Jorge turns to me and says, 'I'll give you twenty dollars if you pee in that garbage can.'" Lilly flashes her America's-sweetheart grin. "Thirty seconds later, I've got my pants down and my bum hanging into this garbage can, and he has to give me twenty dollars."

Lilly laughs loudly. "I don't have a lot of inhibition," she adds, somewhat unnecessarily.

With her freckles and curly brown hair, Lilly has the wholesome/sexy good looks of Kate Beckinsale, or maybe a particularly convincing spokeswoman for a dating chat line (one of her past gigs). She also looks phenomenal in a bikini -- a fact that Lost's producers haven't been shy about taking advantage of. Lilly has become the ultimate desert-island fantasy of 2005 -- the tough girl with improbably well-conditioned hair who could kill you a boar but still look fabulous at the end of the day.

Lost is the strange, addictive, highly unlikely hit show that cross-pollinates Survivor, Twin Peaks and Gilligan's Island: an airplane traveling from Sydney to Los Angeles makes a crash landing on a remote island, leaving forty-eight survivors and a lot of luggage. The island has a whole lot of unexplained hazards, including a murderous tribe of "Others," a polar bear, an invisible monster and a weird ******* hatch in the ground. Conjecturing about the show's overarching secrets -- It's a government experiment! It's purgatory! -- has become an obsession among fans, one that's reached a fever pitch going into the second season, which premiered on September 21st.

As if all that weren't complicated enough, every episode features one or two of the characters in flashbacks, showing what their life was like before the island. "Our characters are designed to be enigmatic," says Damon Lindelof, Lost's co-creator and executive producer. "We wanted to populate the island with people who didn't want to talk about themselves." They went on the prowl for likable, little-seen actors with a hint of mystery.

In a large cast filled out by unknowns -- Party of Five veteran Matthew Fox stood as the biggest star -- Lilly was the ultimate novice. She grew up in small towns in western Canada; her only previous acting experience was a handful of commercials and a few jobs as an extra in projects shooting in Vancouver, like Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital and White Chicks. Her father was a grocery-store produce manager, and her mom ran a day-care center out of the house. Raised Baptist and Mennonite, Lilly taught Sunday school for eight years, and one of her first jobs out of high school was as a flight attendant for a "really shitty airline." Not exactly typical network-TV-star material.

J.J. Abrams, executive producer and co-creator of Lost, rejected actress after actress for the role of Kate, insisting that they would find the alluring unknown they were looking for. Just two weeks before shooting was set to begin on the pilot, he saw Lilly's audition tape and proclaimed her to be both beautiful and goofy -- exactly the girl he wanted. But could she handle it? Before Lilly took the part, Abrams looked her in the eye and said, "You have no idea what's about to happen. If you don't really want this, run." Lilly avoided his stare and muttered that she was ready, thinking that if she didn't like making the pilot, she'd just go back to college and finish her international-relations degree. Turns out she may never get that degree after all.

"She's amazing," Fox says. "Stepping into the lead of a show with no experience? Her poise and confidence are remarkable."

According to Lilly, Fox tells her something different. Between takes on location, she'll shinny up a vine or maybe eat a slug on a dare, at which point she will receive a steely Fox gaze: "He's constantly looking at me and saying, 'Evie, do you realize you're really weird?' And then he'll just walk away."

Abrams (currently shooting Mission: Impossible 3 in Europe ) says that Lilly's inexperience kept cropping up in Season One; she'd rehearse her scenes at home and then feel off-balance when actors on the set made choices she hadn't expected. "It reminded me how wildly green she was," he says. "And she had mannerisms she had to unlearn, like crinkling up her forehead in a crazy way."

In a show with one mystery piled on top of another like a teetering Jenga tower, Kate's secrets have been central blocks, if confusing ones. In the course of the first season, viewers learned she had killed the man she loved, knocked over a bank to recover a toy airplane from a safe-deposit box and been on the lam for another, unspecified crime (hopefully one that makes more sense).

"I want to see Kate's psychotic side come out," Lilly says of Season Two. What she doesn't want: any more scenes where she sits on the beach pining for Fox's character, the good doctor Jack. "How many times have you seen Kate staring into the ocean, and suddenly Jack walks up and sits down beside her and they have a heart-to-heart?" she complains. "It became laughable. I would say, 'No, no, no way, not again, I'm not doing it.' And the director would say, 'Come on, do it for me, one more time.'"

Lost is that strangest of phenomena: a cult show with blockbuster ratings. Although it had an annoying habit of alternating excellent episodes with mediocre ones, it finished its first season at Number Fourteen in the Nielsens. But previous shows built around Big Mysteries have a way of going sour: Although The X-Files limped on for nine full seasons, it became tiresome after only five; Twin Peaks collapsed in Season Two, after viewers were told who killed Laura Palmer. The big trick for the Lost producers: Keep things puzzling enough to intrigue the audience, but not enough to frustrate the **** out of them. "That's the tightrope walk," says Lindelof. "Sometimes we get frustrated ourselves and decide it's time to download a big chunk of mythology. And then the audience says, 'I find this confusing and alienating and too weird.' So then we pull back, and they say, 'You're not giving us enough.'"

And the challenge for Evangeline Lilly? After a year that took her from Vancouver to Hawaii, from Sunday school to an international object of obsession, it's figuring out just who she is while the whole world is watching. Lilly doesn't have the most polished acting chops in prime time -- what people react to in Kate is her own personality, vivacious and a little inscrutable. "I really don't want to be mysterious," she insists. "Women in this business are expected to put forth a poised and perfect persona. I want people to see that I'm an ordinary-Joe girl. I blow my nose after work, I drool in my sleep and my **** stinks."

Some areas of her life, however, Lilly emphatically wants to leave obscure. When I ask her about recent British newspaper reports that she was married for one year and got divorced soon after Lost started shooting, she laughs and declines to comment, saying, "I don't talk about that kind of stuff. Wherever they got their information, it wasn't from me." She then abruptly changes the subject to the coral abrasions on her legs.

"She's a Christian, but she's a pottymouth," says cast mate Monaghan, formerly known as a Lord of the Rings hobbit. (The two are reportedly dating, although neither will confirm this.)

"Over and over again," Lilly says, "I've been called a walking oxymoron. I do things that you wouldn't associate with a good little Christian girl. People say I'm half-boy, half-girl." Before I can object that the visual evidence suggests otherwise, she continues, "I love style and dressing up, but I've also got competitive testosterone and I'm incredibly stubborn. When I'm going for a jog and I come up behind a guy on his bike, I try to beat him, even if it kills me."

Lilly is now earning far more than she ever did as a stewardess or an oil-change grease monkey (another early job), but her lifestyle hasn't changed all that much. She lives with two roommates (both of whom worked as her stand-ins on Lost). She relishes the idea of being an actress for five to ten years, then walking away and having babies.

She knows that in many ways her job is a dream, but despite Abrams' warnings she wasn't prepared for how overwhelming it would all become. She managed to put off the Big Meltdown until near the end of Season One. Worn down by her workload, she called her parents in full hysterics. They told her, "Screw Hollywood -- you come home and we'll feed you some chicken-noodle soup."

Instead, Lilly went to Rwanda, where a friend was doing missionary work. "I holed up and read and wrote and prayed," she says. "I just disappeared off the face of the earth." Ironically, the consequence of playing the character of a forgotten person stranded on one of the most remote corners of the planet is that she has to travel great distances to end up someplace where nobody will recognize her.

I meet Lilly in the parking lot of an airfield on Oahu's north shore; she wants to go for a glider ride. Lilly is wearing a white shirt and white shorts. She'd be the perfect tennis-player pinup, except for the smudges on her arms: "dirt" makeup from the show that doesn't wash off easily.

"Want to go for a swim?" she says, and spontaneously strips off her clothes, revealing a green bikini and an extremely well-toned body that looks even better in person than on TV. We run toward the Pacific. The surf conceals sharp rocks, but Lilly never slows down.

Back at the airfield, our pilot reports that the glider is ready. Lilly and I squeeze into a passenger seat that seems better suited to one person; she encourages me to put my arm around her. Another plane tows us into the air, and then we spend the better part of an hour flying around in circles without an engine, riding thermal pockets like a roller coaster. Lilly loves every gut-twisting moment in the air, lamenting only that this particular glider can't loop the loop. The pilot keeps up a running monologue, but when he says, "Youth is wasted on the young," Lilly interrupts him.

"It's not wasted on me."

(RS 984, Oct. 6, 2005)

(Posted sep 22, 2005)

Stunner: ABC's
'Lost' stunt stumbles

Much-hyped death episode fails to rouse a ratings bump By Diego Vasquez
Nov 10, 2005


ABC’s “Lost” took two weeks off to build excitement for last night’s November sweeps death episode, but the strategy looks to have benefited CBS rather than ABC.

“Lost” averaged a season-low 8.3 overnight rating among viewers 18-49 last night at 9 p.m. for an episode that many expected to do well since the death had been rumored for months. That was 11 percent off its 9.3 season average for five episodes.

Spoiler! If you don’t want to know who died, skip this paragraph: Shannon was shot and killed on last night’s episode after Ana Lucia mistook her for one of the Others.

Perhaps too many people had already discovered who the death would be on the internet, or perhaps they've found a new favorite show at 9 p.m.

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” earned a 4.3 overnight rating among 18-49s last night, its highest of the season head-to-head against an original episode of “Lost.”

During “Lost’s” time off, “Minds” began to build. The show earned a 4.9 last week, its highest rating on a Wednesday this season, against a “Lost” rerun. The show improved over the past three weeks after a slow start to the season.

The comparison among total viewers was even closer, with “Lost” attracting 19.97 million and “Criminal Minds” bringing in 15.05 million.

Even a weakened “Lost” boosted ABC to a first-place finish for the night among 18-49s, as the network averaged a 5.1 rating and a 13 share. CBS finished second at 4.5/12, Fox third at 3.3/9, NBC fourth at 2.9/8, UPN fifth at 1.9/5 and the WB sixth at 1.1/3.

ABC led the competitive 8 p.m. hour with a 3.1 average rating for “George Lopez” (2.8) and “Freddie” (3.5). NBC and Fox tied for second at 2.8, NBC for “E-Ring” and Fox for “That ‘70s Show” (3.4) and the season premiere of “Stacked” (2.2), while CBS was fourth with a 2.7 average for the comedies “Still Standing” (2.4) and “Yes, Dear.” (3.0).

UPN’s “America’s Next Top Model” took the hour among viewers 18-34, women 18-34 and women 18-49, while attracting its largest audience of the season, 5.51 million total viewers.

ABC led again at 9 p.m. with “Lost’s” 8.3 average rating. CBS was second with its 4.3 for “Criminal Minds” and Fox third with a 3.9 for “Trading Spouses.”

CBS jumped into the lead at 10 p.m. with a 6.4 average rating for “CSI: NY.” ABC was second with a 3.9 for “Invasion” and NBC third with a 3.6 for “Law & Order.”

CBS finished first for the night among households while averaging a 9.2 rating and a 14 share. ABC was second at 7.8/12, NBC third at 6.1/10, Fox fourth at 4.5/7, UPN fifth at 2.9/5 and the WB sixth at 1.8/3.

It was stupid, to give us 5 new episodes, then show us reruns for two weeks.


It make a lot of people mad.

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HENRY IAN CUSICK.COM: BIOGRAPHY & OTHER INFO

Henry Ian Cusick trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before joining the Glasgow Citizens Theatre where he played his first leading roles including Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray with Rupert Everett, Hamlet in The Marovitz Hamlet with Helen Baxendale and Horner in The Country Wife.

His performances as Tasso in the Edinburgh International Festival production of Torquato Tasso, and Creon in the Citizens Theatre production of Oedipus, earned him a special commendation for the Ian Charleson Award 1995 for outstanding performance by a young actor in a classical theatre role.*

Other theatrical credits include roles as Stolzius in The Soldiers for the Edinburgh International Festival; Cassio in Othello, Demetrius in A Midsummer Nights Dream and Pompey in Anthony and Cleopatra with Alan Bates and Frances De La Tour for The Royal Shakespeare Company; Green in Richard II with Fiona Shaw, Arthur in Machine Wreckers and Dollabella in Anthony and Cleopatra with Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren for The Royal National Theatre; Nick in The LA Plays for the Almeida Theatre, London and Le Vicomte De Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the Liverpool Playhouse. Other notable roles include McCann in The Birthday Party, Jeffrey in The Dying Gaul - Citizens Theatre, Louis Ironson in Angels in America for 7:84 Theatre co., title role in Don Juan for Theatre Babel.

TV and Film credits include playing Jesus in The Gospel of John, Gareth Heldman in Midsomer Murders, Gideon Mantell in Dinosaur Hunters, Dr. Talbot in 2000 Acres of Sky for 3 series; Matt in Carla; Miles (series regular) in the acclaimed BBC TV series The Book Group, Jason (series regular) in Casualty, Sgt. Michael Clark in Murder Rooms, and Dr. Peter Campbell in Lifetime TV's Original Movie, Perfect Romance. He has the leading role of William for the independent film 9/Tenths directed by Robert Degus. (Release info TBA.) His turn as Brian (lead role) in the Craig Rosenberg-directed Half Light with Demi Moore will be released to DVD in the United States in January. Further release info may be found at IMDb.

The new ABC Fall TV season of 2005 brought a whole new group of fans Mr. Cusick's way as his portrayal of Lost's new character, "Desmond" intrigued and delighted both old and new viewers alike.

Born in Trujillo, Peru on April 17, 1969, the son of a Roman Catholic Peruvian mother and a Scottish father of Irish Catholic descent, Henry Ian was raised in Trinidad and Scotland. He now lives in England with his wife Annie (also Scottish) and their three boys -- Elias, Lucas and Esau.

These Lost men made People's sexiest man alive list.
I am going to post the list here and the pictures in the Lost Pictures thread.
#8
DANIEL DAE KIM

Because he plays such a serious character on ABC's Lost, people are pleasantly surprised to see Kim, 37, grin offscreen. "I've actually gotten a lot of compliments on my smile," says the married father of two. Even sweeter, the actor, who came to the U.S. from Korea when he was a toddler, is a romantic. "I've hung onto almost every love letter any girl has ever written me."
JOSH HOLLOWAY

Onscreen: dangerously sexy Con man Sawyer traded barbs – and a steamy kiss – with Kate (Evangeline Lilly). Is Anna Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez) next?
Offscreen: devoted spouse Holloway, 36, only has eyes for his wife of one year, Yessica, 29 – although, he admits, "I love to flirt. I'm married, not buried!"
Fun fact: He'll play a kidnapper in the recently wrapped thriller

NAVEEN ANDREWS

Onscreen: tender-hearted fighter Though former Iraqi soldier Sayid still carries a photo of his true love, Nadia, he romanced spoiled Shannon (Maggie Grace).
Offscreen: open-minded lover British-born Andrews, 36, has been dating Barbara Hershey, 57, for seven years. "Naveen loves women," she says. "He just doesn't exclude older women."
Fun fact: He'll play an Egyptian soldier in ABC's spring miniseries The Ten Commandments.
MATTHEW FOX

Onscreen: conflicted doctor Jack won't say why he's no longer wed to ex-patient Sarah (Julie Bowen) – and blushed when he caught Kate in the shower.
Offscreen: committed nudist Fox, 39, has been married for 13 years – and he's hardly shy. "He'll skinny-dip at any moment with anyone," says costar Lilly.
Fun fact: He and wife Margherita, daughter Kyle, 8, and son Byron, 4, spent the summer vacationing in Italy.
HAROLD PERRINEAU, JR.

Onscreen: luckless seafarer Desperate dad Michael built a raft to escape the island – only to have son Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) kidnapped at sea.
Offscreen: steadfast landlubber Perrineau, 42, can't swim – even though daughter Aurora, 11, gave him lessons. "I love to look at the water, but I don't like to be in it," he says.
Fun fact: His wife, Brittany Perrineau, played a Lotto girl in two Lost episodes.
DOMINIC MONAGHAN

Onscreen: surrogate dad Former heroin addict Charlie helps Claire (Emilie de Ravin) care for her newborn, Aaron.
Offscreen: snuggly dude Former hobbit Monaghan, 28, has been spotted canoodling with costar Lilly, his flame of about a year. A source tells PEOPLE, "He hasn't felt this way about anyone else before."
Fun fact: How does Monaghan get in character? "I think I've only changed (clothes), like, three times on the island," he's said. "We're stinky."
JORGE GARCIA

Onscreen: passes out snacks Hurley delights the castaways by doling out stockpiled food for a celebratory feast.
Offscreen: passing on snacks Garcia, 32, recently lost 30 lbs. "The show has certain physical demands," he says, "so I worked out with a personal trainer over the summer and I started eating better."
Fun fact: He and girlfriend Malia adopted a Chihuahua-dachshund puppy, Nunu. "(She's) so small and fragile, I find myself worrying about her when I'm not home.

TERRY O'QUINN

Onscreen: former dad-stalker Pre-crash, Locke was too obsessed with his kidney-stealing father to commit to girlfriend Helen (Katey Sagal).
Offscreen: former muckraker O'Quinn, 53, met his wife of 26 years, Lori, when she gave him horseback-riding lessons. "I could ride for free if I cleaned stalls," he says. "So I cleaned 50 stalls a day and got closer to Lori."
Fun fact: He loves filming in Hawaii. "If this show stops going in five years, I'm staying."
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Onscreen: wise tracker Man-of-few-words Mr. Eko found an AWOL Michael (former Oz costar Perrineau) in the jungle.
Offscreen: world traveler The actor, 38, grew up in England and Nigeria, studied law at the University of London and modeled in Milan. He's fluent in English, Italian, Yoruba and Swahili. "As I talked to people, I would copy their accents," he's said.
Fun fact: He plays 50 Cent's drug-dealing mentor in Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
Apparently they all made the sexy man list for 2005.

Top Ten Primetime Broadcast TV Programs
For week of 11/07/05-11/13/05


Rank*
Program Network
Household Rating**
Total Viewers***

1 CSI CBS 18.2 29,546,000
2 Desperate Housewives ABC 15.8 25,934,000
3 NFL Monday Night Football ABC 14.3 21,860,000
4 Without A Trace CBS 13.8 20,784,000
5 Grey's Anatomy ABC 12.5 19,737,000
6 CSI: Miami CBS 12.3 18,393,000
6 CSI: NY CBS 12.3 19,225,000
8 Lost ABC 12.0 20,012,000
9 Cold Case CBS 11.1 17,424,000
10 NCIS CBS 11.0 17,792,000
10 Survivor: Guatemala CBS 11.0 18,981,000

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Michelle Rodriguez of "Lost"
Rodriguez Puts Films on Hold for 'Lost'
Sultry independent film star joins cast of hit series

By John Crook
Zap2it


Less than six years after exploding into the independent film world as the star of "Girlfight," sultry actress Michelle Rodriguez found herself wading through a dispiriting pile of scripts that cast her as either "the girlfriend" or "the girl who gets captured."

She decided to get "Lost" instead.

Rodriguez, who joined ABC's Emmy-winning Wednesday drama last week, says it wasn't hard for producers to convince her this was a high-quality TV series but she did have misgivings about whether joining a high-profile TV series might send the wrong message to Hollywood.

"TV makes you so easily accessible," says Rodriguez, 27. "You don't want to overexpose yourself in the wrong way, and that's what I was scared about. I didn't want people seeing me every week and not getting the right idea about my career and where it's going -- directors especially. I worried about that, because for an independent film career especially, they don't want someone who is as well-known as a TV star. But I just really trust these guys, and I'm like, 'OK, I'm holding on. Take me for a ride.'"

So far, she's still acting largely on faith. Her character, Ana-Lucia Cortez, was introduced last May in a three-minute flashback scene in the airport lounge, where she chatted with Jack (Matthew Fox), and we learned, among other things, that she held a seat in the rear of the doomed flight.

Ana-Lucia seemed very feminine and flirtatious in that flashback scene, but "Lost" fans are seeing a whole different side of the character this season.

"She's a cornered animal, a total warrior: a fighter, take it down, matter-of-fact, all about survival," Rodriguez says of her character, who is living with another group of people on the island. "These people don't have a lot of the amenities that the people [in Jack's group] do, so they are constantly fighting for their survival."

The actress insists she has very little idea what lies in store for her character, but she looks forward to what may be an inevitable reunion with Fox's character.

"I think that connection [between the 'old' and the 'new' Ana-Lucia] is going to come whenever my character finally meets Jack, because that's the only person she will recognize from the plane," Rodriguez says "That will call into question the whole issue of what kind of person she is really, because this whole barbarian side of her is definitely a self-defense mechanism.

How will she feel when she sees Jack, who is someone she trusts? I have no idea what that will be like -- and having said all that, at this point, I don't even know if they are going to meet at all."

In fact, the actress claims to be unsure of whether she even qualifies as a new "series regular" on "Lost."

"It's still kind of up in the air, if only because the show itself is very unpredictable as far as how long anyone is going to last," she says, laughing. "I'm not comfortable suggesting that my character is more important than another one, because 'Lost' isn't that kind of show. Every week you focus on a different character, so it's like there is no 'lead.' Different characters take charge in different situations, but it's everybody's story."

While she waits to see how things play out for Ana-Lucia, Rodriguez is more than content to recharge her personal batteries on the North Shore of Hawaii, where she had spent four happy months while filming her 2002 movie "Blue Crush."

"Living on an island as beautiful as Oahu, I wouldn't want to live anywhere there is clutter or city life," Rodriguez says. "It's so beautiful out here. It's just peace. Even if I have to drive two hours to the studio, when it comes time to film flashback stuff, it's just paradise out here the rest of the time. Strip it all away and this is what you get.

"I love looking at an ocean that's alive, not stagnant. The waves in the winter are just amazing, and they give me energy. This is a place where you can just stop: stop partying, stop living crazy, stop answering your phone, focus on your work and just, like, regenerate. Some people can't stand it for more than two weeks, but they're also paranoid about social interaction."

That sounds a whole lot more laid-back than how she describes herself when she made her explosive big-screen starring debut in "Girlfight," playing driven female boxer Diana Guzman.

"At that time in my life, I actually was way more aggressive than that character," she says. "I had to downtone myself. I was in a very angry stage, didn't like anyone telling me what to do. I hated that I had been spat out into a system where I had to follow rules and guidelines. My teenage years, my misery of existence, lasted a lot longer than it does for most teens. Growing up, I was, 'Why am I here, and why are all these people trying to tell me what to do?' It was anger all the time, like one of those punk-rock kids you see on TV."

She pauses, then laughs.

"Oh, honey, that's gone now. It was all part of growing up."