Funny Photo of the Day

March302009
From talent network, inc
By Jesse Marshall
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Here is today's Funny, Cool, Odd photo of the day as chosen by talent network, inc's Jesse Marshall. Today's Photo from "Fail Blog"

Breakfast Cereal Bracket Tournament. Tony the Tiger Stung by the Bee.

March302009
From ESPN Radio
By The Herd w/Colin Cowherd
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After a week of voting, the winner of the Herd Breakfast Bracket is... Cheerios/Honey Nut Cheerios. The No. 2 seed from the healthy bracket defeated Frosted Flakes, the No. 1 seed from the Sugar Bracket, with 51 percent of the vote. View the bracket below to relive the historic journey of Cheerios/Honey Nut Cheerios.

CLICK BRACKET TO ENLARGE AND VIEW

Even though Tony the Tiger is Thumbs Up Frosted Flakes wasn't Grrreat! enough to beat the Bee.

Listen or watch The Herd with Colin Cowherd every day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio, ESPNRadio.com and ESPNU.

CASTING CALL: NBC Reality Series.

March302009
From Cynthia's Cynopsis
By NBC
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Casting Call: NBC seeks outgoing, fun-loving families to participate in its new series The Great American Road Trip. Families of all kinds with at least two children aged 10-16 years and available around early May to late June 2009 are encouraged to apply. Family type examples include: Clean Fanatic Family, Slob Family, Cheap Family, All-American Family, Hippie Family, Rancher Family, City Slicker Family, Musical Family and Animal Family to any other fun family type.

Send an email to Twinsworld1@aol.com and include full names of family members and who they are (i.e. mom, dad, etc.), family photos, contact information, where the family lives (city/state) and interests of each family member and why you would be perfect for the show.

"HollyBeej" Entertainment News & Notes for Monday March 30, 2009

Live From Hollywood.. News From Inside The Hollywood Machine
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Hollybeej is your one stop shop for all of Hollywood's TV, Film and Celebrity gossip news and notes. Spot-on entertainment news from inside the Hollywood machine delivered from a Pittsburgh native and Hollywood insider. Enjoy!

Monday, March 30, 2009

From Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis...

Season five of Deadliest Catch begins April 14 at 9p preceded by the two-hour Best of Season Four recap special on April 7 at 9pm.

No foolin' - Fox Reality Channel's new original series, Busted & Disgusted debuts April 1 at 9p and promises viewers a collection of the most tasteless human acts caught on surveillance video. Busted & Disgusted, from Busted Productions and clip show producer Danny Wolf, offers up 10 total episodes including one showing an angry hospital patient using a bedpan as a tool for revenge and another showing a bartender using a swizzle stick in a creative way.

Logo ordered a second helping of RuPaul's Drag Race, the first-ever reality series featuring drag queens. Season two will launch in early 2010 and is produced by World of Wonder Productions.

Action sports lifestyle network FUEL TV approved a sixth season of Drive Thru its surfing adventure series featuring a group of pro surfers in a particular location. Production begins next month on six new episodes Down Under as cast and crew head to both the East and West Coasts of Australia.

From TV Week.com...

MTV Plays Early Morning Music NYTimes
MTV is launching a block of music videos called "AMTV" that will air from 3 a.m. till 9 a.m., the New York Times reports. The block won't be rated and the network will use it to experiment with programming and different forms of advertising partnerships, the paper says.

Fox to Create Overweight Dating Show THR
Fox is working with "The Bachelor" producer Mike Fleiss to create a dating competition program that casts overweight and average-looking contestants, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, called "More to Love," will follow a "Bachelor"-like format with a group of women competing for one man, the trade paper says. "Why don't real women—the women who watch these shows, for the most part—have a chance to find love too?" Fox president of alternative Mike Darnell tells the Reporter.

'Cupid' Makes Comeback on ABC AP
ABC is taking a second shot on "Cupid," a new version of a show that lasted only 14 episodes back in 1998-99, the Associated Press reports. The do-over is a TV rarity. "A lot of people feel like there must be some sort of stigma attached," said Kim Rozenfeld, ABC's senior VP of current programming, tells the wire service. "If you tried and didn't succeed, you shouldn't touch it again."

From Asylum.com...

• Rihanna is not dating Frankie Delgado from "The Hills" and "Bromance." At least she has some standards. (Popeater)
• T.I. was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on weapons charges. (The Blemish)
• Madonna is in Malawi to adopt a baby girl named Mercy James. (I'm Not Obsessed)
• Nic Cage in his"Sorcerer's Apprentice" outfit looks like "The Matrix" meets some crazy dude on the subway. (FilmDrunk)
• Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell were spotted sporting new looks for "Iron Man 2." (Bam! Kapow!)
• John Mayer is claims he's so over Twitter. Now that he's gone, it's officially safe to use Twitter again. (Anything Hollywood)
• "Bruno" scored an NC-17 rating on its first MPAA submission. (The Wrap)
• Harold Ramis confirmed that all of the original Ghostbusters will return for "Ghostbusters 3."We just want to know if Gozer is back. (/Film)
• Chris Brown and the "Octo-Mom" are in the final eight of the biggest douchebag of '09 tournament. (Holy Taco)

3-Minute Pizza Machine

March302009
From The Raw Feed.com

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Italian company invents 3-minute pizza machine

An Italian company unveiled today a pizza vending machine. But unlike the American variants, which heat a frozen pizza, the "Let's Pizza" machine makes pizza from scratch, mixing and kneading the dough, spinning into a pizza shape, and adding sauce and toppings. It's then baked right there in the vending machine -- all in three minutes. The machines are planned to appear throughout Europe and the United States.

Box Office Results for Weekend of March 27-29, 2009.

March302009
From Rentrack
By talent network news, Frank Murgia
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Once again and to no surprise an animated film opens big. These movies are gold.



Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: March 27-29, 2009

• Monsters vs. Aliens (Paramount) $58.2 million opening weekend
• The Haunting in Connecticut (Lionsgate) $23.0 million opening weekend
• Knowing (Summit Entertainment) $14.7 million 2 wk total $46.2m
• I Love You Man (Paramount) $12.6 million 2 wk total $37.0m
• Duplicity (Universal) $7.6 million 2 wk total $25.6m
• Race to Witch Mountain (Disney) $5.6 million - 3 wk total $53.3m
• 12 Rounds (20th Century Fox) $5.3 million opening weekend
• Watchmen (Warner Bros.) $2.8 million - 4 wk total $103.3m
• Taken (20th Century Fox) $2.7 million - 9 wk total $137.1m
• The Last House on the Left (Universal) $2.6 million - 3 wk total $28.5m

Source: Rentrak

New Guitar Hero Commercial Features Bobby Knight, Coach K (Video)

March302009
From YouTube.com
By Guitar Hero/Activision
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The commercial spot for the upcoming "Guitar Hero: Metallica" video game features NCAA Basketball coaches Mike Krzyzewski of Duke, Rick Pitino of Louisville, Roy Williams of UNC and the legend Bob Knight. Once again in the vein of the Tom Cruise Risky Business scene, the coaches slide around in pink shirts and underwear. Good Stuff!

ShamWow Guy Punches Hooker, Both Arrested. Doesn't use a Shamwow to Clean up Blood.

March282009
From TMZ.com
By TMZ Staff
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BREAKING NEWS FROM TMZ.COM

ShamWow Pitchman Beats Hooker to the Punch

The pitchman for the super absorbent ShamWow has been arrested for not having good clean fun ... unless you consider hiring a hooker who almost bites your tongue off fun.

Vince Shlomi was arrested in Miami Beach last month after cops say he allegedly hired a hooker, whom he took back to his hotel. According to the arrest affidavit, obtained by The Smoking Gun, Shlomi began kissing the hooker when she allegedly "bit his tongue and would not let go."

According to cops, Shlomi then punched the prostitute several times until she released his tongue. Both the prostitute and Shlomi were arrested for felony aggravated battery.

Excuse us for living, but it seems justified to punch a hooker when she bites your tongue. Apparently, prosecutors agreed, because they declined to prosecute either one.

ShamWow Parody

The Slap Chop

MUGHSHOTS and more on this story including the arrest documents @ the The Smoking Gun.com

I'm Growing a Mustache - Day 24 & 26 (It Stopped Growing - WTF?)

March272009
From talent network news
By Frank Murgia
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No video today folks. Just a photos from day 24 and day 26 of the mustache growth. This thing has kind of stalled out in many ways. The stache itself is not getting much longer or bushier. It seems to have stalled out and I am also out of handy friends to film this stuff. My friends and co-workers have real lives unlike myself who lives in an Internet fantasy world. Shaving Day is near. I need to step up my mustache game and come hard with two final videos. Stay tuned I am feeling some growth. I will not disappoint.

Day 24 Mustache Photo

Day 26 Mustache Photo

Back Story...
I have decided to grow a mustache for a month.
I am going to document the growth and post it to this site and to you tube.
The videos and photos will be posted every other day or so.

The Mustache Video Archives
Day 1 - The Beginning
Day 3 - Pilates
Day 5 - Colonoscopy
Day 8 - Frank Nicotero, Street Smarts, Yahoo TV
Day 9 - St. Patty's Day, more Frank Nicotero
Day 12 - Tennis the Menace
Day 14 - The Dentist
Day 20 - Rise and Shine

See them all @ www.GROWINGaMUSTACHE.com

Funny Photo of the Day

March272009
From talent network, inc
By Jesse Marshall
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Here is today's Funny, Cool, Odd photo of the day as chosen by talent network, inc's Jesse Marshall. Today's Photo from "Fail Blog"

All-Time Best Pittsburgh Penguins Tournament Bracket

March272009
From Faceoff-Factor.com
By Jesse Marshall
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Jesse Marshall from the popular Pittsburgh Hockey web site, Faceoff-Factor is putting penguins hockey into March Madness.

32 of the best Penguins of all time have been seeded and placed into four brackets: The Patrick Bracket, the Leonard “Red” Kelly Bracket, The Baz Bastien Bracket, and the Ray Shero Bracket.

From Briere to Stackhouse – from Stackhouse to Francis – from Francis to Malkin – you get to vote on your favorite.

Mario Lemieux has been omitted, simply because it’s no question that his prowess would carry him to the top.

MARSHALL MADNESS is happening now at Faceoff-Factor.com. The puck has dropped on the "Ray Shero" bracket and you can now vote on the best Pittsburgh Penguin to ever lace em’ up.

Funny Photo of the Day

March262009
From talent network, inc
By Jesse Marshall
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Here is today's Funny, Cool, Odd photo of the day as chosen by talent network, inc's Jesse Marshall. Today's Photo from "Picture is Unrelated.com "

LOST: "He's Our You" - Episode Theories, Recaps, Breakdowns.

March262009
From the Internet
By Lovers of Lost
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Here are this weeks "Lost" episode thoughts, theories, breakdowns and recaps for the episode tilted "He's Our You." Each link has a wealth of information. We hope you link to read then come back for more.

We lead off with great stuff from Kulturblog.com. Geeg does a fantastic job each week breaking it down.

From KULTURBLOG.com
Spoilers, Observations and speculations from tonight’s episode and other stuff below.

1.The bar that Sayid is drinking in when he meets Ilana looks an awfully lot like the bar where Jack was drinking in the episode “316″ when he gets a call on his cell phone about his grandpa Ray.

2.Check this out: in the mess hall scene, there’s a purple Geronimo Jackson poster on the wall. But that’s not all, check out the other guy working behind the lunch counter—the one with the huge Afro. Is it the same as the guy sitting down wearing bluejeans on the cover of Geronimo Jackson’s debut album “Magna Carta”?


MUCH MORE...Read in Depth
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From LOST TIDBITS
Lost 5.10: The Impossble Cannot Happen

1.Something caught my eye in the clothing Christian Shephard wears. Are the shirt colors some kind of clue as to the date? If so, Sun and Frank may not be in 2007.

2.Ben said that Charlotte was born in 1979, but there was that red-haired girl bouncing along in Othersville in 1974. Another lie? It seems so

3.REWRITING HISTORY -While the cliffhanger doesn't confirm it, is Ben dead now?

4. There is speculation on whether the Swan Hatch is already built, in progress or soon to be started.

5. ANOTHER REASON SUN DIDN’T FLASH US-Someone suggested Sun didn’t flash because she was holding Jin’s ring…sort of a constant thing. Not sure I buy it but one of the best out there so far.

MORE...Read in Depth
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From E! ONLINE.com (Watch W/Kristin)
Lost Redux: Holy Flaming Volkswagens Batman!

What We Learned:
1.Chicken-Salad Sadness
2.Who's our common enemy again?
3.Mark One Up in Locke's Column
4.Where is Desmond?!!

MORE...Read in Depth
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From TV SQUAD.com
Hands down, no doubt about it - best episode of the season.

"He's Our You" was much more of a traditional Lost episode, in the sense that we had regular ol' flashbacks.

1.Is Kate really so dense that she didn't realize Sawyer and Juliet were an item?

2.Anyone else notice that Sayid was drinking McCutcheon scotch? A favorite of Desmond, Charlie, and Charles Widmore

MORE...Read in Depth
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From INFINITE REGRESS.tv
Lost 5.10: The Impossble Cannot Happen

A taut, perilous episode 5.10 of Lost tonight, in which we retrace some of the key elements of Sayid's life

MORE...Read in Depth
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From THE BIG LEAD.com
LOST: Only Six Episodes Left in the Season

The book Little Ben handed Sayid: A Separate Reality, by Carlos Castaneda. A line from its wikipedia entry: The main focus of the book centered around Don Juan’s attempts at getting Carlos to See, a practice best described as, in Castaneda’s own words, “perceiving energy directly as it flows through the universe”.

MORE...Read in Depth
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From EW.com (Entertainment Weekly)
'Lost' Recap: A Will of Their Own

The trippy episode with many time-travel implications plays up the concept of free will as Sayid makes a stunning decision

MORE...Read in Depth
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MORE LOST LINKS

From EW.com (Doc Jensen)
'Lost': 3 Theories, 1 Mystery
Doc Jensen is in the dark about tonight's ''He's Our You,'' but sheds light on a trio of new angles: the Sun-For-Claire Substitution Theory, the Phantom of the Orientation House, and the ''Wrinkle In Time'' Connection. Plus, a new ''Totally Lost''

MORE...Read in Depth
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From EW.com (The Ausiello Files)
'Lost' exclusive: War erupts over Charlotte's real age!
An ugly dispute between Rebecca Mader and her former Lost bosses over the correct age of her late character, Charlotte, appears to have been settled.
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From THE TAIL SECTION.com
1.Episode Discussion: “He’s Our You”
2.Is Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) Leaving Lost?
3.Easter Eggs for “Namaste”
4.Entertainment Weekly Posts Lost Finale Spoiler
5.Episode Discussion: “He’s Our You”

MORE...Read in Depth
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ALL OF OUR ARCHIVED & UP-TO-DATE LOST POSTINGS HERE ON OUR 'LOST' PAGE

Funny Photo of the Day.

March252009
From talent network, inc
By Jesse Marshall
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Here is today's Funny, Cool, Odd photo of the day as chosen by talent network, inc's Jesse Marshall. Today's Photo from "Picture is Unrelated.com "

TV Producers Running Out Of Types Of People To Have Dance With Each Other. Ha-ha

March252009
From The Onion
America's Finest News Source
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LOS ANGELES—Frustrated TV producers announced Monday that they have nearly exhausted every combination of people that can be made to dance with each other in televised competition. "We've had professional dancers performing with everyone from movie stars to former NFL players to people from other reality shows, and we've had amateurs who thought they could dance but more often than not discovered otherwise," producer David Celino said. "Take any kind of person you can imagine, and I guarantee we've had them dancing on TV. We're running out of options here, and we're desperate. Help." Celino said that television producers were exploring several new variations on dance-based reality programming, including one show in which naked people are filmed having sex with each other.

READ The Onion {LINK}

Fake Sports News from The Onion. Always Funny

March252009
From The Onion
By The Onion Sports Network
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Once again The Onion does not disappoint. Very funny Headlines and Stories from The Onion Sports Network. Enjoy!

Click Photo to Enlarge and View

READ each of the full sports stories from the photo above HERE at The Onion, It's Hilariuos. {LINK}

Pittsburgh Turned Into a Wasteland in New Video Game

March252009
From Examiner.com
By Benjamin Gill
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Feel like going to downtown Pittsburgh, but don’t feel like leaving your couch? Bethesda has solved your problem with the upcoming release of The Pitt DLC for Fallout 3.

Bethesda Game Studios is known for their role-playing game quality, story and character development, and their geographic and architectural accuracy in Fallout 3. This makes the March 24, 2009 release of The Pitt so exciting. Answering a mysterious radio transmission from Wernher, an escaped slave, you learn of a raider town in Pittsburgh, PA where the raider leader claims to have found a cure for mutation. Faced with Fallout style, morally gray situations, you must decide how to best deal with this evil plot.

Beyond the story surrounding The Pitt, screenshots released already show the accuracy of Pittsburgh’s skyline as seen from the Fort Pitt Bridge. No clue yet as to the depth of area you can explore, but imaginations can run wild with thoughts of fighting super mutants in the Fort Pitt Tunnels or at The Point.

For full details on the plot, as well as seeing that handy “AutoAxe” in action, you’ll have to have your copy of Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360 or Games for Windows in hand by March 24, 2009 and have your 800 MS Points ready.

New Screenshots of Fallout 3's The Pitt

VIDEO Trailer

Comedian Tammy Pecatelli Live in Beaver, PA This Weekend

March252009
From talent network, inc
By Frank Murgia
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Standup Comic Tammy Pescatelli will be perfroming this Saturday night in Beaver, Pennsylvania at Jeffries Landing.

Since beating out thousands for the enviable spot as part of the Final Five on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing 2,” Tammy’s current schedule is jam-packed with headlining appearances at top comedy clubs and venues across the country, as well as adding her comedic observations to specials on VH1, E!, G4, CMT and TV Land. She is also featured weekly as part of the “Fashion Police” panel for US Weekly. And giving pros a run for their money in the poker department, you can catch Tammy participating in the GSN poker series “Poker Royale: Comedians Vs. Pros”.

Jefferies Landing
1440 Riverside Dr. - Bridgewater
Beaver, PA 15009

Web Site
724-728-7878


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Funny Photo of the Day.

March242009
From talent network, inc
By Jesse Marshall
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Here is today's Funny, Cool, Odd photo of the day as chosen by talent network, inc's Jesse Marshall. Today's Photo from "Picture is Unrelated.com "

How to fix what ails network TV. The Doctor is in.

March242009
From The Boston Globe
By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff
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Found this in our inbox. It is from this past December 2008 but not much has changed with network ratings.


Cough. Cough. Sputter. Network TV's not feeling very healthy these days. The current ratings for the Big Five - Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, and the CW - are down 13 percent from last year in the all-important 18-49 demographic. Most of the fall's great hopes have come down to nothing, especially on NBC. Tonight marks the end of the line for Christian Slater's failed "My Own Worst Enemy," as well as the finale of the latest volume of "Heroes," the hyped show's lowest rated arc so far.




Meanwhile, ABC's "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone," and "Dirty Sexy Money" are on their way out the door, casualties of writers'-strike disruptions and disinterested viewers.

The hit of the season? CBS's "The Mentalist," a competent, unremarkable procedural that isn't about to revive collective interest in network programming.

It has been nearly 10 years since "The Sopranos" first pushed cable TV into creative dominance. Now it's time for the networks to let viewers know that the old-school outlets still have the potential to wow us. They need to take bold, unconventional steps, such as NBC's decision last week to give Jay Leno a nightly 10 p.m. talk show. That's the only way to revive network-TV culture, before everyone dismisses it as the convalescent home for the "Law & Order" franchise.

The time has come for network TV to get the circulation going again, to regain the respect of viewers. The doctor is in, with some advice on how to get healthy.

NO MORE OVERINDULGENCE

1. Follow "Lost" (below) into the limited-run business. Start a series, and if it catches on, announce an end date. Viewers are weary from shows that run until they're limping. If finish dates were announced for "The Office," which is losing its oomph, or "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," which is losing William Petersen next month, or "Prison Break," which is losing its mind, I bet the writers and actors - and the viewers - would perk up for the remaining tenure.

Sure, it stinks when networks start serial dramas such as "Dirty Sexy Money" and then cut them down too soon. But the greater evil is the overstaying guest, the show that won't go away. Leave us wanting more, and we'll want more.




A STAY AT THE CURRENT-EVENTS SPA

2. Capitalize on the public interest. Was anybody talking about anything other than political humor on TV during the election? Are all eyes not on the incoming administration and the economy? Cable has long had Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert; give prime-time network viewers a half-hour news-related comedy - not a "Saturday Night Live" rip-off, but a tightly written nonfiction satire that will attract politically active guests. And put a substantive personality like Stewart at the helm, one who has a brain and some nerve. No, Jay Leno won't do the trick.

HAVE A WEEKLY PLAY DATE

3. Blow the Saturday-night schedule wide open. Right now, the networks fritter away this weekly block on reruns and movies. It's the equivalent of throwing up your hands and retreating. Instead, the networks should be using Saturday as a playground, a sort of TV repertory house. Put up the original UK version of "The Office." Run some of the DVD extras that found their way onto TV-on-DVD sets. Take a series such as "Freaks and Geeks" or "Arrested Development" (above) that have gained cred after cancellation and rerun 'em. A lot of viewers might get a kick out of seeing James Franco or Michael Cera before they became movie stars. Or give us a second look at a show such as "Watching Ellie," the real-time comedy with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Steve Carell that was ahead of its time. Program with an eye to surprise.

MORE SELF-REFLECTION

4. I really, really, really want a scripted TV comedy about a reality show. I know, TV shows about TV shows don't always work ("Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"), but sometimes they do ("The Comeback," "The Larry Sanders Show," "30 Rock," below). And when they work, they are a gift to viewers who resent being treated as if we don't know what's really going on behind the scenes in entertainment. It's time for the networks to acknowledge - and celebrate, and exploit - the fact that we all know about just how fake reality shows are. Remember the "MILF Island" bit on "30 Rock" last season? It killed.

REST YOUR PITCHING ARM

5. Toy with new commercial models. Fox has been experimenting with a new approach - they're calling it "Remote-Free TV" - during the sci-fi series "Fringe." The idea is to run fewer but more expensive ads with fewer interruptions. An hour of "Fringe" (below) may contain only 10 minutes of ads and Fox promo, compared to the usual 20-plus. This tack evokes a less cluttered, more pay-cable-like atmosphere. At a time when we're becoming used to watching commercial-free TV courtesy of DVRs and cable, breaking up the momentum of a drama too many times feels irritating and disrespectful. Give us the sell before and after a show, or once or twice during.

BUILD A RESISTANCE TO BUGS

6. Clean up the screen. Why do you position those little promo "bugs" - in the bottom corner, but sometimes all over the place - during the content of an episode? I know, you want to push your other series as often and as conspicuously as possible, to get the viewers of "CSI" (below) over to "Eleventh Hour" and to force promo onto DVR users. But it's degrading. We expect to find pop-up ads on the Internet; make network TV a step up from Web surfing.

GATHER YOUR STRENGTH

7. Please. Cut back on the awards shows. You're blowing one of your signature resources. Between the Grammys, the Emmys, the Oscars, and the Golden Globes, there is more than enough public back-patting and self-love on the networks for any given year. Let the niche cable channels pick up the rest, so that the networks' major award shows will have a chance to become special again.

INCREASE THE DOSE OF FUNNY

8. Fix the comedy situation, stat. Seduce A-list comedy stars and writers, and go out on a limb by creating unstereotypical characters for them. No one needs to watch another chubby hubby and his beautiful, shrewish wife. If more sitcoms had the pizzazz and relevance of "30 Rock," or the originality of the early years of "The Office" (below) more distinctive comics might be willing to visit or - as in the case of Will Ferrell - revisit the small screen. A reputation for mediocre comedy has dogged the networks for years, while network dramas have maintained a degree of respect; that needs to change fast.

USE DIFFERENT MUSCLE GROUPS

9. Don't become a tacky, utilitarian strip mall of crime procedurals. You're already on the verge. OK, so "The Mentalist" (below) is a hit, and the "CSI" shows perform really well, and so do "Criminal Minds" and "NCIS." Bravo. Don't go any further into clone mode and deluge the market, as you did with reality TV. If scripted network TV is solely identified with one genre, it will be ever-more useless when that genre is exhausted.

I'm Growing a Mustache - Day 20 (Rise and Shine)

March242009
From talent network news
By Frank Murgia
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This Day 20 'Growing a Mustache' video is of my morning ritual. Shave it down and shine it up.

Day 20 Mustache Video

Back Story...
I have decided to grow a mustache for a month.

I am going to document the growth and post it to this site and to you tube.

The videos and photos will be posted every other day or so.

The Mustache Video Archives
Day 1 - The Beginning
Day 3 - Pilates
Day 5 - Colonoscopy
Day 8 - Frank Nicotero, Street Smarts, Yahoo TV
Day 9 - St. Patty's Day, more Frank Nicotero
Day 12 - Tennis the Menace
Day 14 - The Dentist
Day 16 - Blackjack, It's Money
Day 20 - Rise and Shine
Day 28 - Ultimate Fighter
Day 30 - Shave Down (Coming Wed April 8)

See them all @ www.GROWINGAMUSTACHE.com

Funny Female Comic - Maryellen Hooper (Video)

March242009
From talent network, inc
By talent network news.com
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America is falling in love with female comedian Maryellen Hooper... and it is easy to see why. With her unique brand of storytelling and quirky physical humor, she is one of the brightest stars in comedy. Known for providing non-stop laughter, Maryellen describes her material as "...just plain silly, fun stuff everybody can appreciate." She deftly comments on the travails of being a woman as she takes the audience on a delightfully loopy ride. Her persona has been described as "...if Lucille Ball and Dick Van Dyke had a baby girl," which Maryellen jokingly explains is "because I have red hair and trip over ottomans." A true original, Maryellen is a favorite at venues across the country. Whether you see her headlining at a Las Vegas showroom or your local comedy club, her patented style of silliness will have you falling out of your chair.

More Info & Corporate Appearances contact talent network, inc.
http://www.talentnetworkinc.com/maryellen-hooper.php

"HollyBeej" Entertainment News & Notes for Tuesday March 24, 2009

Live From Hollywood.. News From Inside The Hollywood Machine
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Hollybeej is your one stop shop for all of Hollywood's TV, Film and Celebrity gossip news and notes. Spot-on entertainment news from inside the Hollywood machine delivered from a Pittsburgh native and Hollywood insider. Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

From Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis...

Tonight's Premiere:
BET: College Hill at 10p

Tonight's Finale:
Oxygen: Bad Girls Club at 10p


President Obama's appearance on Jay Leno gave The Tonight Show a significant boost - the show had its largest audience since January 2005 when Leno paid tribute to the late Johnny Carson. This was the first late night TV show appearance by a sitting POTUS. The show earned an 11.2/26 household rating in metered markets for Leno. The numbers also filtered thru to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon which drew a 3.9/13, the highest rating since Fallon took the hosting reins.

Fox has ordered up a second season of Kitchen Nightmares feature Gordon Ramsay's visits and fixes of restaurants in dire need of help. Kitchen Nightmares is a co-production of Granada America and Optomen in association with A. Smith & Co.

Get our your calendars, here are dates/times for NFL Kick-Off Weekend and Thanksgiving:

• Thurs, September 10: Tennessee at Pittsburgh on NBC at 830p
• Sunday, September 13: Chicago at Green Bay on NBC at 830p
• Monday, September 14: Buffalo at New England on ESPN at 7p; and San Diego at Oakland on ESPN at 10:15p
• Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, November 26: Green Bay at Detroit on Fox at 1230p; Oakland at Dallas on CBS at 4:15p and NY Giants at Denver on NFL Network at 8:20p

From Buzz Sugar.com...

The matriarch of '90s television comedy wants to make another run at TV: Roseanne Barr is developing a sitcom concept about a family in which, yes, she'd play the mom.

Meanwhile, a couple of other quick casting tidbits:

Julia Ormond has joined the cast of Three Rivers, the CBS drama pilot also starring Alex O'Loughlin. "Rivers," from CBS Paramount, is about organ transplants seen through three points of view: those of the doctors, the donors and the recipients. Gersh-repped Ormond will play the head of surgery at Three Rivers Hospital. She co-starred in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and has been recurring on CBS' "CSI: NY."

Elle Macpherson has signed up for a role on the CW's The Beautiful Life pilot, which also stars Mischa Barton.

Amanda Bynes will play one of the leads in Canned, an ABC comedy pilot about friends who are all fired on the same day.

Brian Austin Green and Gabrielle Union are the latest additions to the CW's Body Politic, joining Minka Kelly and Jason Dohring.

The Coen Brothers are planning a remake of the John Wayne film True Grit. — Zap2it

Mary McDonnell is joining The Closer for several episodes to go head-to-head with Kyra Sedgwick's character. — Entertainment Weekly

Speaking of which, here's a rundown of what's coming up at Sci Fi – er, Syfy — post-Battlestar Galactica. — The Hollywood Reporter

Two Jimi Hendrix albums and some live DVD footage are expected to be released later this year. — Billboard

DirecTV will begin airing more canceled shows, including Smith and The Nine. — Variety

A biopic of Steve McQueen is in the works. — The Hollywood Reporter

Drummer Jimmy Chamberlain has reportedly left Smashing Pumpkins. — New York Times

Chad Michael Murray says One Tree Hill doesn't want him anymore. — E!

The Big Bang Theory has been renewed for two seasons and Two and a Half Men for three. — TV.com

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke will direct a film adaptation of Gayle Forman's upcoming novel, If I Stay, for Summit Entertainment. — Zap2It

Universal has picked up a romantic-comedy script titled Merman about a merman who comes to land so he can win back his mermaid fiancee, who has left him for a real man. — Variety

The widower of the late Adrienne Shelly (writer-director of Waitress) will develop and produce The Morgan Story, a screenplay for a family drama that Shelly left behind. — AP

In Treatment will return to HBO on April 5. — Zap2it

Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones will join Ben Affleck in the dramatic movie The Company Men. — ComingSoon

Lily Collins, daughter of Phil, will guest-star on 90210 at the end of the season. — The Hollywood Reporter

Justin Long will star in the romantic-comedy Going the Distance, which will be directed by American Teen director Nanette Burstein. — ComingSoon

Mary J. Blige has signed on to star alongside Taraji P. Henson in I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Tyler Perry's upcoming film. — Variety

I'm Growing a Mustache - Day 16 (BlackJack It's Money)

March232009
From talent network news
By Frank Murgia
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The company I work for, talent network, inc. brokers a variety of entertainment to the corporate and college markets. One of our most successful events are Casino Night Parties. Besides growing a mustache I also deal Blackjack. This Day 16 mustache video is from one of our recent casino parties.

Day 16 Mustache Video

Back Story...
I have decided to grow a mustache for a month.

I am going to document the growth and post it to this site and to you tube.

The videos and photos will be posted every other day or so.

The Mustache Video Archives
Day 1 - The Beginning
Day 3 - Pilates
Day 5 - Colonoscopy
Day 8 - Frank Nicotero, Street Smarts, Yahoo TV
Day 9 - St. Patty's Day, more Frank Nicotero
Day 12 - Tennis the Menace
Day 14 - The Dentist
Day 16 - Blackjack, It's Money
Day 20 - Rise and Shine
Day 28 - Ultimate Fighter
Day 30 - Shave Down (Coming Wed April 8)

See them all @ www.GROWINGAMUSTACHE.com

Funny Photo of the Day.

March232009
From talent network, inc
By Jesse Marshall
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Here is today's Funny, Cool, Odd photo of the day as chosen by talent network, inc's Jesse Marshall. Today's Photo from "Explain the Image.com "

"LOST" A Wedding Planned for Season 5 Finale this May 13th.

March232009
From EW.com
By Michael Ausiello, The Ausiello Files
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An ABC insider confirms that Lost will begin filming a wedding ceremony later today that is slated to air during the show's two-hour finale on May 13. Who's getting hitched? Here are a pair of clues: Actors of Asian-American descent are being sought to play extras, and the wedding will take place on the mainland, not the island. That pretty much rules out Jack/Kate or Sawyer/Juliet. "One theory is that it's a flashback to Sun and Jin's wedding," whispers a Lost insider. "But the wild rumor is that Sun and Jin's daughter will marry Aaron in the future."



READ More of "The Ausiello Files" HERE at EW.com

READ ALL OF OUR LOST STORY ARCHIVES AND THEORIES ON OUR LOST PAGE HERE

Box Office Results for Weekend of March 20-23, 2009. ZZzzzz

March232009
From Rentrack
By talent network news, Frank Murgia
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Pretty marginal box office results even with big names like Nicolas Cage and Julia Roberts opening pics.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: March 20-23, 2009

• Knowing (Summit Entertainment) $24.8 million - opening weekend
• I Love You Man (Paramount) $18.0 million - opening weekend
• Duplicity (Universal) $14.4 million - opening weekend
• Race to Witch Mountain (Disney) $13.0 million - 2 wk total $44.7m
• Watchmen (Warner Bros.) $6.7 million - 3 wk total $98.1m
• The Last House on the Left (Universal) $5.9 million - 2 wk total $24.0m
• Taken (20th Century Fox) $4.1 million - 8 wk total $133.1m
• Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight) $2.7 million - 19 wk total $137.2m
• Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (Lionsgate) $2.5 million - 4 wk total $87.2m
• Coraline (Focus Features) $2.1million - 7 wk total $72.9m
• Paul Blart Mall Cop (Sony) $1.9 million - 10 wk total $141.1m

Source: Rentrak

Chris Browns' Mystery Woman he Cheated on Rhianna With Revealed. Wow! Pretty Hot.

March232009
From Hip Hop Crunch
By Castina
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Chris Brown Cheated On Rihanna With Natasha Ellie

The 19-year-old singer, who is facing charges felony assault and making criminal threats following his alleged assault of Rihanna last month, has reportedly been having an affair the 27-year-old beauty.



According to an OK! Magazine insider: “Rihanna has been having problems with this girl for a long time. Rihanna even reached out to Natasha, but she denied everything.”

It has been claimed that Natasha sent the three-page text message which sparked Chris and Rihanna’s argument, during which the R&B crooner allegedly punched, bit and choked the singer until she was unconscious. Natasha, who lives in Los Angeles, and has worked as a runway model and R&B music video model for artists like R. Kelly and Akon.

“Have you heard the song ‘Emergency Room’ by Rihanna? In the lyrics she mentions finding Natasha’s number in Chris’ jeans. Rihanna didn’t write the song, but she met with the songwriter and told her how she felt and what she was going though and they came up with it,” the insider adds.

“‘Emergency Room’ includes the lyrics: “I was pickin’ up your clothes in the closet/ I was bout’ to throw your jeans in the washer/ ‘Til I saw a piece of paper sayin’ “Tasha”/ I gotta say I found this a bit shockin’/ And some reciepts here that say you went shoppin’/ You bought some Nike shoes/ But why you buyin stockings?/ Boy how could you lie to me?/ I thought you would die for me/ I’m not accepting another apology.”

A rep for the model denies she had a relationship with Chris, but confirmed that the pair met in Miami two years ago.

"Emergency Room" by Rhianna. Video Includes Lyrics about Tasha (1st Verse)


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Ciara (Feat. Justin Timberlake) “Love, Sex, Magic” (Video)

March232009
From Hip Hop Crunch
By Castina
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Ciara has released the official music video for “Love, Sex, Magic,” the second single off of her upcoming third studio album, Fantasy Ride.

The video features Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Timberlake.

Source: Hop Hop Crunch

I'm Growing a Mustache - Day 16 (BlackJacK)

March222009
From talent network news
By Frank Murgia
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This Day 16 Growing a Mustache' Video features me dealing blackjack at private event in Pittsburgh. A little moonlighting for talent network inc.

Day 16 Mustache Video

Back Story...
I have decided to grow a mustache for a month.

I am going to document the growth and post it to this site and to you tube.

The videos and photos will be posted every other day or so.

The Mustache Video Archives
Day 1 - The Beginning
Day 3 - Pilates
Day 5 - Colonoscopy
Day 8 - Frank Nicotero, Street Smarts, Yahoo TV
Day 9 - St. Patty's Day, more Frank Nicotero
Day 12 - Tennis the Menace
Day 14 - The Dentist
Day 16 - Blackjack

See them all @ www.GROWINGaMUSTACHE.com

Have a Casino Party at your next event. Contact talent network, inc

I'm Growing a Mustache - Day 14 (The Dentist)

March202009
From talent network news
By Frank Murgia
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This Day 14 Growing a Mustache' Video is of me visiting my Dr. Joseph Skoff, my Dentist. I was in real need of a cleaning and buffing.

Day 14 Mustache Video

Day 14 Mustache Photo

Back Story...
I have decided to grow a mustache for a month.

I am going to document the growth and post it to this site and to you tube.

The videos and photos will be posted every other day or so.

The Mustache Video Archives
Day 1 - The Beginning
Day 3 - Pilates
Day 5 - Colonoscopy
Day 8 - Frank Nicotero, Street Smarts, Yahoo TV
Day 9 - St. Patty's Day, more Frank Nicotero
Day 12 - Tennis the Menace
Day 14 - The Dentist
Day 16 - Blackjack, It's Money
Day 20 - Rise and Shine
Day 28 - Ultimate Fighter
Day 30 - Shave Down (Coming Wed April 8)

See them all @ www.GROWINGAMUSTACHE.com

"HollyBeej " Entertainment News & Notes for Friday March 20, 2009

Live From Hollywood.. News From Inside The Hollywood Machine
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Hollybeej is your one stop shop for all of Hollywood's TV, Film and Celebrity gossip news and notes. Spot-on entertainment news from inside the Hollywood machine delivered from a Pittsburgh native and Hollywood insider. Enjoy!

Friday, March 20, 2009

From Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis...

Pilot Casting News, per THR:
ABC gained Freddie Prinze Jr. for its comedy pilot No Heroics about four B-list superheroes living among us. Prinze joins Paul Campbell, Eliza Coupe and Arielle Kebbel in the ABC Studios' project, playing Bradley aka Ultimatum, an A-list cocky, ambitious Alpha male with lots of women, fame and money.

Sherry Stringfield (ER) landed a co-starring role on the CBS drama pilot Back from CBS Paramount. Stringfield will star opposite Skeet Ulrich who plays Richard a guy who returns home after disappearing in the 9/11 attacks. Stringfield will play Richard's former wife, who after a grieving period, has moved on and is remarried.

NBC is launching The Sing Off, described as the first completely a cappella singing competition series. The network has not specified when the eight-episode series will premiere, though it will likely open this summer or next fall when FOX's American Idol is on hiatus. The winner of The Sing Off will receive a Sony Music recording contract. Judges and host are also to be determined. Producing The Sing Off are Joel Gallen, Outlaw Productions and Sony Pictures Television.


From TV Week.com...

Locklear Won't Return to 'Melrose Place' EW
Entertainment Weekly says Heather Locklear won’t be on the CW's new version of "Melrose Place." The network wanted Locklear, who played Amanda Woodward on the original, to be in the update, but she turned down its offer.

NBC Cancels Batch of Reality Shows FutonCritic
Days after announcing its new schedule, NBC has pulled the plug on a slew of reality shows, the Futon Critic reports, citing unnamed sources at the network. Among those shows not returning will be “Celebrity Circus,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” “Fear Itself,” “The Baby Borrowers,” and “American Gladiators.” Additionally, “Most Outrageous Moments” will no longer produce new episodes, and Thom Beer’s “America’s Toughest Jobs” and “Momma’s Boys” will not be getting renewals. Beers’ other shows that were part of his contract with the network have been pulled as well, the site adds.

Elle Macpherson Nabs 'Beautiful' Role THR
Supermodel Elle Macpherson has been tapped for a recurring role on The CW's pilot "Beautiful Life," the Hollywood Reporter says. On the show, about a group of models living together in New York, she'll play the owner of top modeling agency Focus Models, the trade paper says. The pilot has also tapped Sara Paxton, Ben Hollingsworth, Ashley Madekwe and Nico Tortorella in lead roles, the publication says.

HBO Buys Neistat Series Variety
HBO has bought eight episodes of "The Niestat Brothers," an autobiographical
series that focuses on on the lives of New York filmmakers and brothers
Casey and Van Neistat, Daily Variety reports. The project, which lists
Nantucket Nectars beverage company founder Tom Scott as executive producer,
was made with consumer-grade cameras and edited with iMovie software, the
trade paper says.

VH1 Brings Back 'Behind the Music' THR
VH1 has ordered 10 new episodes of "Behind the Music," the music documentary series that aired for several years on the network beginning in 1997, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network has signed Lil Wayne and Scott Weiland and is close to scoring agreements with other musicians, the trade paper says.

McCormack Tapped for ABC Pilot THR
Eric McCormack, the star of "Will & Grace," has been hired in a starring role in ABC's untitled pilot from Tad Quill, the Hollywood Reporter says. McCormack is currently a lead in TNT's "Trust Me," which is not expected to be renewed, the trade paper says. In other ABC casting news, "Pulling" has tapped Lindsay Sloane, Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Charlie Finn as leads, while "The Bridget Show" has hired Holly Robinson Peete and Josh Braaten, the Reporter says.

'Dog Whisperer' Renewed for 6th Season THR
"Dog Whisperer" was renewed by National Geographic Channel for a sixth
season, the Hollywood Reporter says. Thirty new episodes starring dog
trainer Cesar Millan will debut later this year, the trade paper says.

Maria Sharapova Developing Drama for MTV Sports Business Journal
Professional tennis player Maria Sharapova is working on a drama series that may find its way to MTV, the Sports Business Journal reports. Sharapova is developing the project with writers and her agent, and will present a pilot to MTV, the Journal said. If the show was picked up, Sharapova would work as executive producer for the one-hour drama based on her off-court life, the Journal explains.

LOST "Namaste" - Episode Theories, Recaps, Breakdowns.

March192009
From the Internet
By Lovers of Lost
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Here are this weeks "Lost" episode thoughts, theories, breakdowns and recaps for the episode tilted "Namaste." Each link has a wealth of information. We hope you link to read then come back for more.

We lead off with a cool piece of video below and a bit of WTF? sneakiness by the producers. I love it though. This video from a great site about lost and other cool mystery shows. Dark UFO.blogspot.com

From THE BIG LEAD.com and DARK UFO
Lost: Who Was the Mystery Woman In the Cabin?
Yep that is right. There was a woman in the cabin with Sun, Frank and Christian. It has to be Claire, right? While we’re on the cabin, we couldn’t find a decent theory as to why Sun, the Pilot, Ben and Locke ended up in 2007, and Jack, Kate, Hurley and Sayid ended up in 1977.

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From PUBLISHERS WEEKLY-THE BEAT
LOST: Uh…What?
Well, we got some answers tonight.
1.The baby is Ethan.
2.Young Ben is indeed on the Island.
3.more...
But more questions as well
1.Where’s Faraday?
2.This guy Phil. He’s going to be a problem, isn’t he?
3.Can Jack really handle not being “the man with the plan?”
4.more...
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From E! ONLINE (Watch with Kristin)
Lost Redux: Welcome, New Recruits!
1.Sayid, Desmond and the Swan Station
2.Is Sun the New Ben?
3.Sawyer's lecture to Jack
4.more...
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From EW.com (Jeff 'Doc' Jensen)
'Lost' Recap: The New Long Con
Sawyer continues to take the lead by hiding Jack, Kate, and Hurley in plain sight, and finding a way to keep Sayid alive.

Let me begin by guessing what most of you were thinking at the very end of last night's Lost: Harry Potter. Right? Add a lightening bolt scar and a British accent to that bespectacled pasty white cherubic mug, and young Benjamin Linus would have totally been the spitting image of J.K. Rowling's boy hero. Which is a rather provocative connection to make.
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From EW.com (Jeff 'Doc' Jensen)
'Lost': 'Namaste' Thoughts
Doc Jensen previews tonight's episode, including the presence of a figure of great interest to Dharma mythology mavens. Plus: Imagine if the Dharma/Others war is a scam, THE burning question from ''LaFleur,'' and more
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MORE LOST LINKS

From TV SQUAD.com

Matthew Fox says he's done with TV after Lost

Lost wants YOU to name the season finale cliffhanger

2 Death's coming to Lost, other shows

Lost: Should Sawyer be with Kate or Juliet?

A great ending scene from 'Namaste'

ALL OF OUR ARCHIVED & UP-TO-DATE LOST POSTINGS HERE ON OUR 'LOST' PAGE