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Fastweb helps viewers get Lost

Disney-ABC-ESPN Television continues to demonstrate a progressive approach to its VOD deals. The House of Mouse has announced a new deal with the Italian provider Fastweb that includes a dedicated interface for the international hit Lost.

The agreement, which also includes Criminal Minds and Alias, was negotiated by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s Edward Humphrey, director, New Media distribution, Stefania Severini, senior manager, Programme Distribution, EMEA (South), working with Claudio Bellinzona, Fastweb’s Head of content and programming.

Maria Kyriacou, Senior Vice President, New Media Distribution, Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, said in a statement: “We are pleased to be working with Fastweb to offer consumers in Italy some of our most popular series on demand, for the first time. Making our content available to international viewers to access in a variety of ways, when and how they choose to is an important commitment for us, and this agreement brings us even closer to achieving this.”

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=8968

Chuck�s Zachary Levi Loves Lost

The blog Scott's Spotlight talks to Chuck star Zachary Levi about being a fan of Lost.

Here is an excerpt:

It’s not surprising to hear Levi profess his Lost fandom considering that in an episode last season, Chuck referenced Lost’s Oceanic Flight 815. “I literally peed my pants with glee when I read the script,” Levi joked. “I was like, ‘Thank you. I’m so glad we’re making a reference to it.’ I just love [Lost] so much.”

Read the full article here.

Top Up TV partners with Disney-ABC-ESPN

NEWS BRIEF: UK digital terrestrial platform Top Up TV has agreed a library deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television that will add more than 400 hours of programming a year, including shows such as Lost and Ugly Betty.

Other shows to be included in the line-up are the first seasons of the ABC Studios series Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Ghost Whisperer. The deal was brokered by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s UK programme distribution manager Holly Blackham and new media distribution director Edward Humphrey, and by Top Up TV's Dianne Walker.

http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=44709

Video firm helps ABC promote series

Friday, September 26, 2008
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by Katharine Grayson Staff Writer

In 1983, Michael Benson called Kent Hodder to plead for an internship at WCCO-TV. More than 20 years later, Benson now phones Hodder for a different request: Develop quirky, video-marketing strategies to promote ABC shows like Lost and Grey’s Anatomy.

Top Five Worst TV Romances

By Kelly West And Katey Rich
2008-09-24 21:36:34

Ok, I'll admit I have a tendency to get caught up in TV romances. If the chemistry is there and the acting and writing is good, there's nothing like seeing two great characters get together. Even those dragged out on-again-off-agains can be fun to watch when done right. But let's face it; not all TV relationships are great. In fact, Katey and I came up with a handful of ones that were downright terrible.

Some relationships are doomed for failure. Take Andy and Angela in The Office. I don't think the writers ever intended for us to fall head over heels for these two. And given the way the last season ended (with Angela and Dwight getting busy in the almost-deserted office shortly after Angela accepted Andy's marriage proposal), I'm guessing that it's only a matter of time before things fall apart for Andangela (yeah, that's the best I could come up with). Anyway, looking back at some of our favorite shows, we came up with our five least favorite romances. These are the ones that weren't supposed to be humorous side-plots. The ones we thought the writers really wanted us to buy into and instead, made us cringe everytime they were on screen together. Without further introduction, here they are:

SpoilerFix News

There are tons of new bits of info on SpoilerFix from various sources. But, it's not called SpoilerFix for nothing. So don't click on the link if you don't want to know. If you are, as I am, hungry for Lost tidbits, go for it. It's interesting stuff! It doesn't ruin the story for me at all. It just makes it a little easier waiting for February. http://www.spoilerfix.com/lost.php

Interview: Michelle Rodriguez Of Battle In Seattle

By Katey Rich: 2008-09-19 22:51:46

Fair warning: Michelle Rodriguez is about to get political. You can't really blame her, given that the movie she's out promoting, Battle in Seattle, is a pretty thrilling drama as well as a wholesale attack on the main group that governs our world economy, the World Trade Organization. In Battle in Seattle, which dramatizes the four days of protests that surrounded the WTO conference in 1999, Rodriguez plays Lou, a veteran protester who fits right in with the actresses past "tough girl" roles.

Unafraid to talk about pretty much anything, Rodriguez talked about the violence she saw growing up in Jersey City, her many lives "like a cat," and her own real-life protest experience. Oh, and she's got plans for writing a children's movie that she describes as Jurassic Park meets Goonies. Yeah, and you thought she was just the badass from Lost.

Continue here: http://www.cinemablend.com/

The 2008 Screenwriting Expo to Host "LOST" & "HEROES"

Entertainment Desk
September 20, 2008

Four-Day Expo Includes Screenwriting Workshops, Guest of Honor Speakers, Golden Pitch Festival, Screenwriting Contest and Exhibit Hall.

Los Angeles, CA – Three panel discussions will focus on writing for the hit TV shows Lost and Heroes at the 2008 Screenwriting Expo Nov. 12-16, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Panels hosted by Lost writer/producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindeloff and Heroes writer/producers Tim Kring and Jeph Loeb will offer an inside look at the day-to-day business of writing for a long-running TV series. A third panel, hosted by writer/producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz of Lost, will focus on one fan-favorite episode. Registrants will have the chance to vote for their favorite episode on the Screenwriting Expo website prior to the event.

More information here.

Video Available of Evangeline Lily on THE HOUR

About this Video Not many people think of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta as a hotbed for Hollywood talent, but that didn't stop Evangeline Lilly from rising to the top - and taking an unconventional path along the way. Evangeline grew up all over the world traveling with her Christian missionary family, before settling down in Vancouver to study International Relations at UBC. A chance encounter led to a modeling career, which in turn created a few acting opportunities and in 2004 Evangeline landed the gig of a lifetime, starring as 'Kate' on J.J. Abrams epic TV series, "Lost". Since then there's been no looking back. Kate has been nominated for a Golden Globe and is now starring opposite John Malkovich in the new film "Afterwards".

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/videos.html?id=859945977

'LOST' HITS BIG ON THE SCI FI CHANNEL

Released by Sci Fi

New York, NY September 16, 2008 SCI FI Channel's newly acquired hit series Lost scored with audiences last night averaging a 1.0 HH rating and 1.266 million total viewers (P2+) across the 7-11pm stack in Live + Same Day Nielsen data. In addition the telecast delivered 719,000 P25-54s and 658,000 P18-49s.

In 8pm-11pm, SCI FI was the #6 cable entertainment network for P25-54s and ranked #8 for P18-49s.

The 8-11pm prime average of 653,000 P18-49s is the Network's best Monday prime performance with series programming since January 1, 2007.

Compared to the June 2, 2008 Monday stack debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 7-11pm Lost stack is up +42% in P18-49s and +46% in P25-54s

Compared to the full summer 2008 average for Star Trek: The Next Generation Lost's 7-11pm average is up +39% in P18-49s and +29% in P25-54s.

Source: http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080916scifi01

A Night Out With Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse - The Beat Goes On

By SHAWNA MALCOM

Published: September 12, 2008

Los Angeles

“IT’S kind of hypnotic, isn’t it?” said Carlton Cuse, an executive producer of “Lost,” as he thumped his fingers against the head of an African ashiko drum.

Beside him, Damon Lindelof, Mr. Cuse’s fellow executive, was carving out a complementary beat on a goblet-shaped djembe with mallets that looked like rainbow-dipped lollipops.

Free from their day jobs as the creative force behind the intricately plotted ABC drama, Mr. Lindelof and Mr. Cuse were letting their guard down in a Tuesday night drum circle at the REMO Recreational Music Center, a nondescript warehouse in North Hollywood. In the midst of an increasingly frenzied groove, Mr. Lindelof closed his eyes and let loose a cathartic howl. Mr. Cuse responded with a ringing endorsement by rapping a cowbell.

Evangeline Lilly - On The Hour Sept 17

Evangeline Lilly will appear on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
September 17 on CBC TV

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/upcoming.php

Ken Leung: A Ghost Whisperer�s Lost Story

By Deni Rose M. Afinidad

Lost, one of American television�s critically-acclaimed television series, recently aired its season-four finale on AXN Beyond.

Lost Season 4 has garnered a total of seven Emmy nominations this year, including Outstanding Drama Series. The season focused on the escape of the Oceanic Six and the survivors� ordeal with the people from the freighter Kahana.

One of the season�s highlights is the addition of Ken Leung to the cast. Leung is the only new Asian face for the season, joining the ensemble of Lost S4 as a psychic medium named Miles Straume of the freighter crew.

The Effervescence of Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly, star of the hit TV series 'Lost,' returns home to Canada with not one but two films at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival.

By Karl Rozemeyer

Evangeline Lilly's starring role in the addictive TV drama Lost has brought many opportunities to her door, but since the series began in 2004, the former model has remained choosy when it comes to movie scripts. However, this year the native Canadian returned to the Great White North for the Toronto International Film Festival with not one but two films.

The first film is The Hurt Locker, a violent drama about a bomb squad in Iraq directed by Kathryn Bigelow that was snapped up by Summit Entertainment during the fest. Lilly took the cameo part because of her instant rapport with the famous director. Lilly is taking on her first starring role in the indie thriller Afterwards, which also premiered at TIFF. Adapted for the screen by director Gilles Bourdos and Michel Spinosa from the novel by Guillaume Musso, Afterwards is the story of a couple, Nathan and Claire, who lost one of their children to sudden death syndrome. Claire (Lilly) lives alone with their remaining child and is estranged from Nathan (played by French breakout actor Romain Duris, star of The Beat That Skipped My Heart and Dans Paris), who's a high-powered lawyer in New York City. Things take a turn for the strange when he meets Dr. Kay (John Malkovich), a mysterious man who claims he is a "messenger" who can predict when people are going to die. According to Dr. Kay, Nathan's life was spared as a child because he still has much unfinished work to do.

From a quiet room overlooking a sun-dappled garden in Toronto, a radiant Evangeline Lilly talks exclusively with Premiere about why she chose to avoid many of the opportunities afforded her by the success of Lost, how she has struggled to shed the persona of her character Kate, and why she considers herself an oddball.

Continue reading here.

G4 To Debut �Lost� With Interactive Pop-Ups

By Larry Barrett -- Multichannel News, 9/11/2008 2:06:00 PM

G4 will debut its latest programming acquisition, the popular ABC series Lost, on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 9 p.m. with interactive pop-ups that give viewers character profiles, show trivia and commentary from the hit show’s creators.

Interview: Ken Leung on "Year of the Fish"

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | 9:38 AM
By Aaron Hillis

38-year-old New York actor Ken Leung ("Rush Hour," "Saw," "The Squid and the Whale") may have only gigged on a single episode of "The Sopranos" (as Junior Soprano's violent protégé in a psychiatric hospital), but it was enough to inspire producers to write him into another TV pop phenomenon, "Lost." As brooding spiritualist Miles Straume, one of the elusive strangers to parachute onto the island, Leung brings to the role both quiet menace and caustic wisecracks.

Leung can also be seen in writer/director David Kaplan's rotoscope-animated indie "Year of the Fish," a contemporary retelling of the Cinderella fairytale set in a seedy massage parlor and the streets of Chinatown. Leung costars as Johnny, an accordion player who may also be the Prince Charming to disillusioned immigrant Ye Xian (An Nguyen). Notoriously shy, Leung graciously offered up a phone interview from Hawaii while preparing to shoot his next puzzling episode of "Lost."

'Lost' star talks up movie at TIFF, recalls ill-fated stint as fligh

TORONTO — Evangeline Lilly has become a bona fide TV star playing a feisty castaway on "Lost" and has been at the Toronto International Film Festival this week talking up her starring role in the brooding new movie "Afterwards."

Lilly follows her moral compass

GAYLE MACDONALD

September 10, 2008

Before agreeing to a small cameo in Kathryn Bigelow's gut-wrenching film The Hurt Locker, Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly picked up the phone and dialled the director's Los Angeles home. The two women talked for hours - about the Iraq war (grittily explored in this movie), politics and life in general.

LOST: 25 Greatest Escapes in...TV

LOST (2004-)
THE ESCAPEES Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly), Sun (Yunjin Kim), Hurley (Jorge Garcia), Sayid (Naveen Andrews), Locke (Terry O'Quinn)
FLED FROM A mysterious island and its inhabitants, the Others
HOW THEY DID IT Seven castaways made their way onto the helicopter from the freighter (a.k.a. ''Not Penny's Boat!'') in season 4's finale, but when it got too heavy, Sawyer (Josh Holloway) sacrifices his freedom for the rest of the gang (sigh!). But we'd bet our biggest box of Apollo Bars that they'll all be back soon enough....

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20223811_10,00.html

From Lost to the Oval Office: Ben Linus for President!

Fri., Sep. 5, 2008 11:51 AM PDT by Ted Casablanca

At the Towelhead premiere, we also spoke with the fab Maria Bello (more on her latuh), as well as Lost’s Michael Emerson, who’s married to Towelhead’s Carrie Preston. Dude plays the deliciously devilish Ben on the hit show, but, of course, you know that. Don’t you think he’s easily one of the best babes (we use the term liberally, natch) on the sandy nighttime soap, which is about to start back up shortly? Here’s what M.E. had to say:

Stand Up to Cancer

Several of the LOST cast members participated in the Stand Up to Cancer benefit yesterday. Photos are in the gallery and you can watch a video clip here at Matthew Fox Net.

'Lost' Recruits 'New Amsterdam' Alum

Her name isn't exactly a household one, but something tells me that's all about to change. In what reps the first major piece of casting for Lost's fifth season, sources confirm to me exclusively that Zuleikha Robinson has been tapped to play the pivotal role of Ilana. Couple things: Before you ask, it's pronounced Zoo-Lika. And she's done stuff. Some high-profile stuff. Like Fox's short-lived New Amsterdam, where she played Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's partner in crime. Prior to that, the London-born actress slaved away as Gaia on HBO's Rome and, in her first big break, had a regular gig on another ill-fated Fox drama, the X-Files spin-off The Lone Gunmen. Robinson's Lost deal calls for her to start off as a recurring player with an option to become a series regular in season 6 (a.k.a. the farewell season). As I first reported last month, Ilana is described as a European female who possesses great intelligence but who's also dangerous as all get out. She's alluring and apparently used to getting her own way. At the time, EW's Doc Jensen mused that Ilana "sounds exactly like the kind of lethal lady Sayid would fall for. So I’m wondering if the dashing Iraqi is due for a new love interest, yet another lady whose true motivations will be in question." Team Darlton's not commenting on Doc's theory, or Robinson's casting for that matter (this radio-silence thing is going to be the death of me!), so I guess we'll just have to wait until the new season kicks off in (ugh) five long months to see if he's right. In the meantime, go ahead and weigh in on Lost's first big season 5 casting and, while you're at it, feel free to toss out your own Ilana theories.
Source: EW.com

Get 'Lost' again

While we're waiting for another season of Lost -- and we still have a really long wait -- G4 is replaying the series starting Sept. 15.

"Lost 2.0" will showcase every episode from the beginning and include commentary, on-screen facts and other enhancements. If you've forgotten some of Sawyer's reading material or a few of those long-gone characters (Shannon and Boone are such distant memories, aren't they?), then now might be the perfect time to refresh your memory.

Check the official site for a trailer and updates.

Update: Note that the Sci Fi Channel will begin airing Lost reruns Sept. 15 as well, starting with a four-episode block at 7 p.m. ET.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2008/09/get-lost-again.html?csp=34

LOST on Space Channel in Canada

New additions to Space this fall include Lost, Ghost Hunters International, Rabbit Fall and Flash Gordon.

LOST – Seasons 1 to 4
Mondays through Thursdays at 7p.m. ET, beginning September 8
Every mystery. Every secret. Every episode. Viewers can catch-up on the critically-acclaimed award-winning series that follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. Stars Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, and Josh Holloway.

Note: To view Space's fall schedule, please visit Space's page on falltvpreview.com.

http://www.channelcanada.com/Article2431.html

Michelle Rodriguez returns to Lost.

Michelle Rodriguez will appear for one episode in this season, EW.com reports, most likely the second episode. Also it seems Rodriguez is in talks with Resident Evil 3's ' Russel Mulcahy in Give Em' Hell Malone also starring Thomas Jane and Ving Rhames.

The 30 year old actress is still going strong and will heat things up in Fast And Furious, starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster in theaters June 5th, 2009.

Is JJ Abrams going to nuke the fridge with Fringe?

August 28, 2008 3:53 PM

Let's hope JJ Abrams' new show, Fringe, has the some of the warm-hearted feel of Felicity - and not just the cold, clever, chess match plotting of Lost

A plane crash lands at an airport in Boston, all the passengers and crew mysteriously and gruesomely dead.

Within minutes we've met the FBI, an eccentric professor who has been in an asylum for decades and may or may not be suffering from paranoid delusions, and the professor's roguish son who - surprise, surprise - has issues with daddy.

Welcome to Fringe, the hotly anticipated new show by JJ Abrams, the man behind Lost, Alias, Cloverfield and the upcoming Star Trek reboot.

Continue reading here.

Lots of new things from SpoilerFix

SpoilerFix has several new items posted about season 5 episodes and casting. Here's the link: http://www.spoilerfix.com/lost.php

LOST: The Sci-Fi 25: The Genre's Best Since '83

11. LOST (2004-Present)
Created by J.J. Abrams
and Damon Lindelof

A mysterious island that's home to a shape-shifting smoke monster, a weird science project tasked with saving the world, and a secret society of sinister ''Others'' who can't make babies � yes, Lost certainly has its fair share of sci-fi stuff. And yet, like the best examples of the genre, this unfolding saga about plane-crash survivors trapped in a tropical twilight zone doesn't wallow in its genre elements, but uses them to embellish an exploration of identity, community, and reality itself. Coyly sublimating everything from Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to Star Trek and Star Wars, Lost aspires to be an important entertainment for a pop-soaked, soul-searching age. Now, at the risk of missing the point, how about some damn answers?!

POP CULTURE LEGACY Building on pioneers The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost helped to usher in a new era of serialized storytelling and showed Hollywood how cult-pop TV can be leveraged into cashcow franchises. Heroes, say hello to Daddy.

THE BEST BIT The Emmy-winning first season, with its perfect pilot and getting- to-know-you character flashbacks, is an object lesson in capturing the imagination. �Jeff Jensen

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20037541_15,00.html

Video of Damon Lindelof

Wanted to let you know about this video of Damon Lindelof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7vLMXk22Zg

Jorge wins ALMA award!

Here's the complete list of winners:

Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Jorge Garcia, Lost

A two-hour version of the show, featuring performances from the Black Eyed Peas and the Cheetah Girls, will air Sept. 12 on ABC.

http://www.eonline.com/