Hours after a massive 8.8 earthquake hit Chile, the residents of Oahu, Hawaii, have been bracing for a predicted tsunami, and the stars of Lost, who live and work on the island, are among them.

We’ve just from star Daniel Dae Kim –whose trip to Los Angeles today for a fan event was derailed because of the tsunami warning–and also Lost boss Damon Lindelof, and here is the good news they shared…

“All our cast and crew is accounted for and safely away from coastal areas,” Damon tells me this afternoon. Jorge Garcia continues to thrash me in Scrabble via iPhone from Ken Leung’s house. Our entire team in Hawaii appreciates all the positive energy being sent their way.”

Daniel decided not to fly to Los Angeles this morning for tonight’s Paley Festival fan event to stay with his family druing the tsunami warning. “My family and I are doing fine,” Daniel told me less than an hour ago. “We’ve moved to high ground and are staying with friends who generously opened their home to us. All that’s left to do is wait. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who sends their thoughts and good wishes.”

According to the show’s ABC rep, the other cast members expected at tonight’s Paley event— Michael Emerson, Terry O’quinn Nestor Carbonell and Zulheika Robinson—are already in Los Angeles, so Daniel is the only cast member whose plans have changed because of the tsunami warning. The rest of the cast is still in Hawaii and were unable to attend tonight’s event because they were working on Lost, according to a rep for the show.

Best Drama
Lost

Drama Queen
Elizabeth Mitchell as Dr. Juliet Burke, Lost

Drama King
Josh Holloway as James “Sawyer” Ford, Lost

Best Baddie
Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus, Lost

Best Fight
Sawyer versus Jack, Lost

Moment That Made You Want to Throw Your TV Out the Window
Juliet gives up, Lost

Best Tearjerker
Juliet’s final scene, Lost

What do you think of those results? Did your team kick ass, or were you shut out by mean ol’ Lost? Post your reaction in the comments!

source : EONLINE

Just like the rest of us, MDK is a hard-core Lost fan, which means he is dying to know more about what makes Walt so “special,” and he even has some ideas about where Walt might fit in season six. We just spoke to MDK exclusively, and he shared his pitch for Walt’s future and what he knows about the kid’s superpowers.

Read on for the inside track about the future of WAAALT!

After last night’s brief but tantalizing return engagement, Malcolm is ready and willing to go another round with Lost. “I would like to come back for a long stretch, but it’s not up to me. It’s up to the writers.”

In fact, after having been a recurring character for seasons two through five, he’d be down with returning to regular-castmember status for season six. “That would be cool.”

Like the rest of us, MDK is intrigued by the hints about Walt’s “special” qualities and wants to know more. He says that Walt is man with a mission; he just needs to find his jumping-off point: “He knows something’s going on because he has those magic powers, and he didn’t get to fulfill his purpose of being on the Island, and now he’s back home, but I think he knows what’s going on. I think if he had the chance to [go back] he would, but I think he feels he wants somebody to ask him or to feel like they need him.”

Attention, Darlton: Would someone please call Walt back to the Island? Please?

As for those “magic powers,” MDK personally has no doubt that Walt is indeed a human with special abilities: “I am really convinced he has those magic powers. I think he can make anything happen that he wants to. Remember with the polar bear? He brought the polar bear out of the book. I think [his abilities] are totally independent of the Island, but I think it is a place where he can really use his powers. At home he can’t really do anything with his powers, ’cause he’d be just kind of a weird kid—on the Island is where he can be free.” Awww, no wonder he gets along so well with Terry O’Quinn‘s medicine-man character John Locke.

MDK even has some ideas he’s been working up for actual scenes where Walt makes his triumphant return: “I’ve actually been thinking about this so much! I’ve been wanting to write my own episode and send it to Damon [Lindelof] and them. Like, I’d pitch it myself. One episode, the opening is me sitting in a chair on the phone on the Island and just talking business and stuff. I don’t know. I’ve just been reading so much into it.” Hey! Us too! Lost high-five!

source : kristin eonline

Happy Monday, tubers! If you were just as shocked about Jin hopping out of the Dharma V-dub bus as I was, you’d track down Daniel Dae Kim to get some answers, right? Well that’s just what I did!

Not only is Jin alive and jumping through time, he’s just flashed right on over to our set. But will he be flashing to his true love, Sun (Yunjin Kim)? Daniel Dae Kim is here to dish on that and more coming up on Lost, including secrets about our good friend Smokey.

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Lost is back in less than a week!

And to promote the best little island show since, well, ever (sorry, Gilligan and Ricardo Montalban) the show’s big bosses Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse just showed critics episode three of the new fifth season, and ponied up scoop!

So what do you need to know? Well, for starters, the time travel-kookiness is off the charts in season five.

But that’s OK. They’re making it up to us.

How? Well, according to Carlton: “It’s the season of Josh.” Yes, to counteract the hard-core sci-fi/physics/time-travel-loop-the-loop stuff this year (Daniel Faraday knows all and boy does he tell all), the writers making sure that Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and his time-travel-loathing testy redneck temperament are front and center to soften the blow. His shirtless chest will also be featured prominently, but let’s focus, shall we?

So what extra Sawyer goodness are we getting this season? Read on for that, a sneak peek at episode two and some tease-y goodies about episode three!

According to Carlton, “Sawyer has a lot to do this year.” Given that there is so much heavy mytharc development going on, they felt it was important to balance that out element with some character-centric stuff.

“It’s important that Sawyer is not a huge fan of time travel,” says Carlton, noting that Sawyer will deliver many lines throughout the season criticizing time travel as a concept in general and as an influence on his own life. ”Josh is doing a lot of amazing work this year. You could say this was the season of Josh Holloway.”

And, yes, the season of time travel. “It is a veritable mine field to do time travel,” Carlton admits. “But it’s also incredibly exciting. We didn’t want to have season five just be a stall. We’re going to take some risks, but if we make some mistakes, that’s okay. We would rather take the risk and continue to do exciting storytelling.”

“Hopefully as season five unfolds you’ll realize that time traveling was in the DNA of the show for quite some time,” Damon explains. “This time travel reflects a plunge toward the [series] ending.”

Meanwhile, when asked if we’ll see more of Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert) this season, Carlton says “You will,” while Damon reveals, “He does not wear mascara. No eyeliner.” “The true mystery of Lost,” adds Carlton, “is Nestor wearing makeup.” (Hee.)

And what about the always intriguing and haunting Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson)? “Who Ben works for is probably Ben,” Damon says. “But the fact is that he is obviously involved with other people, as you’ve seen in the first three episodes.”

“You will see more of [Charles] Widmore,” adds Damon, “and part of what we hoped to give the audience this year is some greater sense of the island’s history.”

So what about the Losties that appear to be no longer living? “You will definitely see Jin this year,” promises Carlton. “Claire is not a series regular this year, but her story is by no means over. You will see more of her in season six. Jin will be back. We’re not saying he is currently alive, though.”

As for episode three, here’s what we can spill:

• This episode is an Oceanic Six-free zone. There are no appearances by Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, Sun or Aaron.
• The title of the episode (“Jughead”) refers to a thing not a person.
• One Islander declares his love and the object of his affection seems surprisingly elated about the announcement. Guesses?
• Charles “Big Bad” Widmore pops up three times in the episode and each appearance is more surprising that the last.
• Is Desmond your hero? If yes, you will be greatly pleased with this outing of the show, in which he totally kicks ass and takes names, even while he largely fails to achieve his declared goals.
• At least two new foreign languages are used in this episode, which means more subtitle funtimes. Apologies in advance to all the dyslexics out there.
• The following is not a line from the episode, but it could be: “Did you come back for your bong?”

Only five days left! (Lost returns this Wednesday.) Can you stand the excitement? Post your joy in the comments!

source : http://www.eonline.com