Lost actor Naveen Andrews credits former Sex Pistols wild man Steve Jones for his sobriety. Naveen admits years of heavy drinking had taken their toll on him when he first arrived in Los Angeles - and guitarist turned-DJ Jones helped him realize he was a closet alcoholic.

Andrews reveals, “Coming to America for the first time, especially LA… I started to question it, like, `Maybe I do have a problem.’ When I first got here I met a guy who was the Sex Pistols guitarist, Steve Jones, at a party and I remember the evening going very well and I was getting drunker and drunker and he wouldn’t drink or smoke anything.

“He told me he was sober and I thought, `If he can do it, maybe I have a chance.’ I don’t think I would have had any kind of future if I had continued to go that way and I certainly wouldn’t be able to be a parent or a human being.”

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The talented Henry Ian Cusick, his wife Annie, and their two sons, were spotted a few days ago going for a stroll in Hawaii.

Josh Holloway calls it the ‘Lost Curse’: Three cast members on his hit ABC show have been arrested for auto-related incidents and another six cited. The actor, however, says there may be other factors explaining the rash of police activity.

“We’re easy targets,” Holloway, 36, laughingly complains in the British edition of Glamour’s April issue.

Holloway, who received a speeding ticket in Hawaii in September, says: “First of all we’re on an island which means it’s very easily patrolled. And we happen to be famous. I told ‘em they should be embarrassed about giving me a ticket for doing 53 in a 35 zone. I mean, come on! Go catch real criminals!”

Lost star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who played Mr. Eko, was arrested in September for disobeying a police officer and driving without a license. He posted $500 bail and was released after spending just over six hours in jail.

In December 2005, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros were arrested within minutes of each other on drunken-driving charges. Both pleaded guilty. Rodriguez is currently wearing an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet after serving 65 hours in an Oahu jail for the DUI arrest and then another four hours and 20 minutes behind bars in Los Angeles after violating probation due to her arrest.

In a post on her Web site last month, Rodriguez complained the bracelet “is like a freaking VCR, and why do they care if I drink, what am I gonna do, drink and walk over someone, I have no license.”

Six other Lost cast members have been cited for car-related incidents, but not arrested. Besides Holloway’s speeding ticket, Dominic Monaghan has been pulled over twice for speeding and was also cited for driving without a license. Naveen Andrews has received two speeding tickets and Ian Somerhalder (who is no longer on the show) has one. And during a safety check in Honolulu, Harold Perrineau Jr. was ticketed for having no motor vehicle insurance.

[People Magazine]

At the risk of sounding like raving conspiracy theorists, we have to ask, is the cast of Lost cursed? First, Michelle Rodriguez gets busted with a DUI. Then Evangeline Lily and Dominic Monaghan’s piece of Hawaiian paradise burns to the ground. And now this: Columbia students publicly humiliate Matthew Fox by calling him too irrelevant to speak at the Columbia College Class Day. Ouch.

The 40-year-old actor (and alum) was chosen to speak because of his “achievements as an actor, his commitment to Columbia, and his ability to represent the diverse group of students who graduate from Columbia,” according to class president, David Chait.

But The Columbia Spectator reports that other students—who also protested Senator John McCain’s speech last year because he voted in favor of the Iraq war—were upset after today’s announcement. One student was overheard saying, “They obviously couldn’t find anybody. He must have been 29th on the list.”

Another one muttered, “The years before got a Pulitzer Prize-winner and a potential presidential candidate. I suppose that after what happened last year, they wanted someone less controversial.”

Fox may want to consider remaining lost for this one. We’d hate to see what a bunch of angry Ivy Leaguers could do to a simple Hollywood star when they don’t get their way.

[Us Weekly]

Two crew members of the ABC series “Lost” died of apparent heart attacks last week, according to the studio.

One crew member died after collapsing on the set and the other died while driving home from work. The series is filmed in Hawaii.

The studio confirmed the two deaths but declined to discuss details.

“We are saddened by this tragic loss of life and our thoughts are with their families,” said an ABC spokeswoman, who declined to be named.

The show was smart and intriguingly spiked with supernatural and sci-fi twists. It featured hot new stars who graced glossy magazine covers — until the ratings tumbled. So much for “The X-Files,” which enjoyed a nine-year run before misguided plots and a time slot change eroded its appeal. Flash forward to today and you’ll find its counterpart in “Lost,” another spooky, cerebral, sexy show — which may end up killed off before its time.

“`Lost‘ is the tragedy of the season,” said Marc Berman, TV analyst for Media Week Online as well as a fan aggrieved by what he considers ABC’s bungled handling of a favorite show. “They really prematurely put the nail in the coffin. It’s too late to save it.”

The saga of plane-crash survivors stranded on a dangerous and surreal island once drew an impressive 20 million-plus viewers as it helped raise ABC from ratings purgatory, gained cultural-phenomenon status and won the 2005 Emmy for best drama. But eight episodes into its third season, “Lost” has taken a painful nosedive, with an audience of 14.5 million for its Feb. 7 episode and 12.8 million — its lowest ever — for this week’s show.

“Lost” will return for one more season, Berman predicted, and then likely sink from sight. (ABC declined requests for comment.)

Like Fox’s “The X-Files,” “Lost” has been pelted with viewer complaints (especially on many formerly adoring Web sites) about confusing plots and dangling mysteries — who the ominous “Others” are; whether the survivors are part of an elaborate scientific experiment; what is real, imagined, important or trivial. It has endured scheduling changes that were intended to help but ended up hurting, including a prolonged midseason absence that Berman called “suicide” and a move to 10 p.m. EST Wednesday.

Also like “The X-Files,” “Lost” proved that offbeat tales and characters can mean a limited shelf life.

“Whenever you get outside one of the big three franchises — cops, doctors or lawyers — and into the more high-concept shows, they tend to burn bright but burn out faster,” said veteran network executive Tom Nunan, now a TV and film producer (”Crash,” “The Illusionist”).

“Our expectations are higher, they’re expected to reach greater milestones in a more original fashion,” said Nunan, a follower of the show who believes it still deserves hit status.

“The X-Files” managed to maintain ratings growth into season five and didn’t crash until its final year, 2001-02. “Lost” is slumping badly in year three.

“Viewers have become very unhappy with the show because they’ve left people hanging for too long,” Berman said. “They’ve opened up too many cans of worms and haven’t resolved enough issues.”

Taking the focus away for long stretches from lead characters including Hurley (Jorge Garcia), Locke (Terry O’Quinn) and Sayid (Naveen Andrews) is another fan grievance, voiced even by those who feel warmly toward “Lost.”

“You won’t see characters for a bit, then you see them again and you have to recollect what was going on,” said Chris Becker, 43, of Newport Beach.

But Becker, who admits to a fondness for science fiction, said he intends to stick with “Lost” to the last: “You’re this far into it, you want to see how it ends.”

That final chapter should have been years off for a property which, along with “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” helped ABC (owned by Walt Disney Co.) regain ratings traction and buzz. The network tried to protect “Lost,” moving it out of the way this month of returning Fox juggernaut “American Idol” at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Switching “Lost” to 10 p.m. also created a stronger lead-in for lucrative local evening newscasts, important for ABC and its affiliate stations.

“The networks own a lot of affiliates. Strategically, as a business plan it’s a little more clever than some people are giving it credit for,” said Nunan, who was president of the now-defunct UPN network and worked at ABC, Fox and NBC.

But he dings ABC for failing to provide a strong lead-in for “Lost,” which now follows either its own reruns or sitcoms. Another challenge: There’s a smaller pool of viewers available during the 10 p.m. time slot than earlier in prime-time.

The series’ producers said earlier this year they don’t want to outstay their welcome, as they believe “The X-Files” did, and that they were talking with ABC about setting an end date for “Lost.”

Certainly, however, no one had anything immediate in mind.

[Source: AP]

“Lost” crashed in the ratings this week, hitting an all-time low for a new episode. ABC’s drama about plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island drew an estimated 12.8 million viewers Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research. That’s well off the peak of more than 20 million for the drama that became an instant sensation when it debuted in September 2004.

ABC has worked hard to try to protect a show that helped turn the network’s fortunes around, moving it to 10 p.m. EST Wednesday this year to steer clear of Fox’s blockbuster “American Idol” and CBS’s increasingly strong “Criminal Minds.”

After “Lost” fans complained about reruns interrupting the show’s serial flow last season, the network tried an experiment: It split the current season in two, airing six episodes before an extended break and then resuming with 16 additional episodes.

The show’s Feb. 7 return was heavily promoted and drew nearly 14.5 million viewers. But the bounce didn’t last, with the show slumping this week.

Although protected from top-rated “American Idol” in its new time 10 p.m. time slot, “Lost” now has the disadvantage of trying to draw viewers at an hour when fewer people are watching television. This Wednesday, Valentine’s Day put a 7 percent dent in overall TV viewership.

In the show’s defense, ABC noted that it beat the competition among the advertiser-favored young adult crowd, drawing 7.3 million viewers age 18 to 49 compared to the 5.8 million that tuned in to CBS’ “CSI: New York.”

“Lost” also handed ABC nearly 4 million more viewers in the time slot compared to last year, when short-lived drama “Invasion” aired, the network said.

But there’s no question that “Lost,” once riding big ratings, buzz and cachet, has lost significant ground.

Some fans and critics complain that the story has gotten confusing and unsatisfying. The show, named best drama at the 2005 Emmy Awards, was shut out at the 2006 ceremony.

[Source]

Actor Dominic Monaghan believes he should have been a homosexual - because he loves make-up, painting his nails and wearing skirts.

The British star, who is dating his Lost castmate Evangeline Lilly, freely admits to being a “metrosexual”.

He says, “I wear make-up and I paint my nails. I wear high heels. This is all true. I like wearing skirts. I should probably be gay but I like women too much. I am kind of metrosexual in the sense that, if I do get lost, I do ask for directions. I pull over to gas stations and ask. So I don’t know. I guess guys have a lot of pride.”

Haha — that’s so random, and funny.

I know that Evangeline and Dominic have always kept their relationship very private — in fact, they have never even confirmed that they are an item, but I thought this was worth a post. If they are indeed getting married, then I think congratulations is in order! They seem very happy and it wouldn’t surprise me if they got hitched. How does Evangeline Monaghan sound?

Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan are getting married this summer, it has been claimed. The Lost stars are planning to tie the knot when the cult TV series breaks from filming in July.

A source told America’s Star magazine: “They’re planning to get married during the show’s summer hiatus in Hawaii. It will be a beautiful but low-key wedding.”

Lord of the Rings star Dominic, 30, and 27-year-old Evangeline refuse to publicly speak about their relationship. They have been together for two years since meeting on the set of Lost.

British actor Dominic was reported to have proposed in Hawaii last month. A source said: “They want to spend the rest of their lives together.”

[Source]

Lost actor Dominic Monaghan is fearful the never-ending turns in the plot have made the series uninteresting - and dreads an army of disappointed fans.

The actor - who plays castaway Charlie - says the show’s executives are ruining the content of the TV drama.

He said: “They (the writers) had a beginning and then they had an ending and the studio says, ‘Can you expand the middle?’

“That kinda gets you to a point where it’s not as exciting,” reports contactmusic.

Dominic - who is dating co-star Evangeline Lilly - added: “I’d like them to do four or maybe five great seasons and then we’ll do, like, a couple of movies and it’ll be like a big event. Stringing it out and losing the quality is not what we want.”