News April 12-20, 2006

April 12, 2006

Lost, Desperate for free Internet Walt Disney Co. will offer primetime ABC television shows including Lost and Desperate Housewives free on the Internet as it seeks ways to boost advertising revenue -- a move that Canadian broadcasters may soon follow. Read More Cocaine smuggled in Virgin Mary statues Two men suspected of helping smuggle cocaine to New York from Mexico inside statues of the Virgin Mary were arrested Thursday, U.S. authorities said. Read More

April 13, 2006

S.O.S.!! The Last New LOST Till May!! Libby’s a nut. Hurley can beat up Sawyer. Henry Gale is not Henry Gale. No one is certain Michael and Walt are are still regulars. Ana Lucia may not be training an army. Eko may be building a rocket ship. Claire named her baby "Aaron." Sun carries miracle seed. Lane despises her wedding dress. That last part may have been from “Gilmore Girls.” Read More Lost Before 'Lost' What is it about people getting trapped on remote islands? Why do we love to watch TV shows about tattered nomads stuck in the middle of nowhere, building basic tools out of coconuts and bamboo? . Read More

April 14, 2006

Analysts Say ABC's Streaming TV Idea Is Bad Analysts are saying ABC and Disney may have bitten off more than they can chew by announcing free, streaming video tests over the Internet. Read More Beautiful Evangeline Lilly Hated the Way Men Leered at Her Lost star Evangeline Lilly was so uncomfortable with her beauty when she was a teenager she would plead with God to make her ugly. Read More

April 17, 2006

"Lost" star collects donations for sex abuse treatment center No one had any trouble finding Lost star Daniel Dae Kim today. Kim was at the State Capitol collecting money, clothes, books, stuffed animals and coffee mugs for the Sex Abuse Treatment Center at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children. Read More Internet's power play In the US, the media giant Disney has made the bold decision to provide several big shows - Desperate Housewives, Lost, Commander-in-Chief and Alias - as free streaming video through the ABC network's website. Don't get too excited about it - the website will be configured to block access from outside the US, a concession to protect the established fiefdoms of conventional television distribution. But for how long? Read more

April 18, 2006

"‘Lost’ hottie almost cast away Hollywood hopes “Lost” hunk Josh Holloway was ready to chuck show biz to sell real estate just before he was picked to play devious con man Sawyer in the ABC mega-hit. “I was actually waiting for my real estate license to come in the mail,” Holloway told Stuff maggie for the new issue. “I was going to say (bleep) off to acting. After years of getting your ass kicked . . . you know. ” Read More 'Lost' star receiving geriatric love letters 'Lost' star Josh Holloway recently admitted he receives funky fan mail from women of every age. "Strangely enough, it's not all hot girls sending me pictures," confided hot Holloway. "It's women over 60. The grandmothers are really aggressive too." Read more Holloway considered dumping his fiancée Actor Josh Holloway, who stars in the TV show 'Lost', has confessed that he thought of dumping his fiancée when he started becoming famous. Read More

April 19, 2006

Shomex, Variety And The Walt Disney Company Announce More Than 4,000 People Attended Premiere Of The Entertainment & Media Career Expo For the second season in a row, ABC's "Lost" ranks a strong No. 1 in its Wednesday 9 o'clock time period among Total Viewers and across each of the key adult demos (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54) Read More Aloha to Bonnie Covel, About's New Guide to LOST 'Our features on filming locations for ABC's hit series LOST are some of the most popular I've ever done and I am delighted to let you know that About.com now has its own site devoted to LOST. Read more

April 20, 2006

'Lost' actress Cynthia Watros to make CBS 'My Ex-Life' sitcom pilot Actress Cynthia Watros of the ABC hit show "Lost" is guest-starring in the pilot for CBS' comedy "My Ex-Life," starring Tom Cavanagh.) Read More Lost Star Could Be an Ex Star Although nothing is official, the future of Lost's Libby could be up in the air as Cynthia Watros signs on for a comedy pilot. Read more Lost love found Two former stars of hit "mysterious island" series allegedly dating on the mainland. Read More

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