New Lost sites pop up everyday, and we here at Lost-TV would like to promote the community by affiliating with these sites. So, for the first time in nearly a year, we've added some brand new affiliates: So-Lost.com, Jate Fate, Lost Daily, and Dharma Station Zer0. Check those sites out! (3:35 AM)

   It's noteworthy when fans in the middle of the Pacific Ocean aren't the last ones to get hot new entertainment. Which means it's cause for celebration whenever Hawaii residents are ahead of the establishment.
   That's exactly what will happen Saturday night at Sunset on the Beach, where you can join 15,000 of your closest friends for the first glimpse of the Season 3 premiere of "Lost." Of course, that's after all of the stars walk the media-packed red carpet and -- with any luck -- sign autographs.
   Food booths open at 4 p.m. and include Ba-Le, K Restaurant, Leo's Taverna, M & N's Treats, Pizza Hut, Royal Hawaiian Hot Dog, Time 2 Grind, and World's Greatest Funnel Cake. Live entertainment by Pohaku will run until 5:15 p.m. The cast arrives for red carpet interviews at 5:30 p.m., and the premiere starts at 7 p.m. At 8:15 p.m., following "Lost," ABC's new series "The Nine" also will premiere. Read the full story here. (12:50 PM)

   Lost lovers rejoice: a puzzle (or four) could be the key to the, well, puzzle that is the hit ABC show.
   Lost, Mystery of the Island Jigsaw Puzzles are a new way to find out more about the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. Putting the thousand-piece puzzle together is just the beginning. Look closer and discover deep secrets. In fact, the games even come with a warning: "Spoiler Warning: Secrets are revealed. Do not assemble these puzzles unless you want exclusive new insight into TV's most puzzling drama series."
   Three of the four puzzles have been released to the public thus far – The Hatch, The Others and The Numbers. The fourth and final puzzle, Before the Crash, will hits stores during Lost's third season, which premieres October 4.
   "Tens of thousands of fans have become Lost information junkies," Larry Balsamo, president of TDC Games, said. "If they just keep studying them, our puzzles will actually satisfy some of their cravings." Read the full story here. (12:48 PM)

   Lost's second-season finale - "Live Together, Die Alone" - might be a good motto for the men who wrote it.
   Longtime friends and executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof are at the center of the success of the third-season ABC drama (which returns Wednesday at 9 ET/PT). Their spinning of the tale of plane-crash survivors in an isolated world, and their miserly parceling out of clues to the island's mysteries, enthrall millions.
   The creative partnership - forged by a call to Cuse when Lost's co-creator J.J. Abrams had to ease away to direct Mission: Impossible III - works because of, rather than despite, their contrasts on many levels.
   Cuse, 47, who gave Lindelof his first TV writing job on Nash Bridges, is the mentor - tall, wearing a crisp oxford shirt and jeans, with an authoritative voice made for voice-overs. Lindelof, in Cuse's office as they review a script, is younger (33) and shorter - the protégé in jeans, purple T-shirt and Yankees cap. He has what he calls a "hyperbolic" nature, tempered by Cuse's calm.
   Cuse, father of three, is the early bird, ticking off his tasks as the sun rises. Night owl Lindelof, sleep-deprived as a new first-time father, works in the wee hours. Both write, frequently together.
   Lindelof enjoys spending three hours breaking down scenes in the editing room. Cuse is the problem solver, working out details with producers in Hawaii, where Lost is shot.... Read the full story here. (4:56 AM)

   Henry Gale wasn't supposed to survive this long.
   The cunning, bug-eyed character on ABC's castaway drama "Lost," played by Michael Emerson, was hired for three episodes midway through Season 2. But once producers saw Emerson in action, he was made into a key character and is now leading The Others in the highly anticipated third season.
   "The reason The Others seem so frightening is like everything in the real world — it's frightening when it's unknown," Emerson told The Associated Press. "Their agenda is unknown to us; therefore we fill it up with terrible imaginings."
   The former Broadway actor is best known to TV audiences for his Emmy-winning performance as a serial killer in "The Practice." Damon Lindelof, co-creator and executive producer of "Lost" (season premiere Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST), said the original plan was to have Henry escape after the three episodes. But Season 2 ended with Henry and his armed cadre on a dock, holding plane crash survivors Jack, Kate and Sawyer captive.
   "Who are you people?" asked Michael, who had betrayed his fellow castaways in exchange for his son.
   "We're the good guys," Henry replies.
   "I think he means it," Emerson said of his character (actors are typically kept in the dark about future plot developments). "We may not agree with him, but I think he believes it.... Read the full story here. (4:52 AM)

   Those "Lost" writer-producers are a secretive bunch. How difficult could it be to give a hint about to expect next season? Apparently, very. A little digging, however, turned up some clues on the gripping ABC drama.... Read the full story here. (4:48 AM)

   After watching the special Lost episode, head on over to NBC at 11:35/10:35c to catch Evangeline Lilly as the featured guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Let's see if she discusses anything about the show. Other guests are Magic Johnson and Aaron Neville. (1:22 PM)

   With one week to go before the third season premiere of Lost, ABC will air a special episode that promises to keep potential viewers up to speed with the goings-on in the show, as well as give fresh tidbits for loyal fans. From ABC: "Feeling lost? Having a hard time keeping up with what's happening on the island? ABC has the remedy for what ails you by inviting both new and avid "Lost" viewers to take an insider's look at the most talked about, critically acclaimed show on television. "Lost: A Tale of Survival" will explore the series in a way that will bring new viewers up to date, but which current viewers will also find illuminating. From the back stories of some of the most compelling characters on television to the mysteries of the island, "Lost: A Tale of Survival" will provide an insightful glimpse into the lives of the survivors of Oceanic Airlines flight 815."
   The special airs on the show's usual timeslot tonight at 9/8c. After catching the show, go ahead and talk about it at the message board. (12:58 PM)

   As the second season of ABC's hit "Lost" concluded last spring, it left fans of the drama about plane-crash survivors on a mysterious, deserted island with the usual batch of questions to answer:
   What do The Others plan to do with Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway)?
   Now that the island's existence has apparently been made known to the outside world including to Desmond's (Henry Ian Cusick's) girlfriend does that actually mean anything?
   After killing two Lostaways and selling out three others in order to retrieve his son and get off the island, will Michael (Henry Perrineau) return for an encore?
   What exactly did that cacophonous light show borne from the bowels of the hatch do, anyway?
   And what happened to Locke (Terry O'Quinn) and Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoy-Agbaje)?
   Most importantly, is ABC going to do anything about those annoying repeats?
   As you might imagine, the producers are keeping mum regarding those first five questions. But we can tell you that steps have been taken to minimize the jerking around of the fans with all the repeats and recap episodes.
   Fans came close to the breaking point last season when new episodes proved vexingly slow in coming between repeats and recap shows and, when they did air, they failed to advance the story line or provide deeper insights into the island's mysteries.... Read the full story here. (12:39 PM)

   The traffic case against actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was dismissed yesterday after it was proved he had a driver's license.
   The actor, who plays Mr. Eko on the ABC TV hit series "Lost," was arrested Sept. 2 in Waikiki for disobeying a police officer and driving without a license.
   But in Honolulu District Court yesterday, his attorney, Scott Collins, was able to prove Akinnuoye-Agbaje had a California driver's license at the time of the arrest, said Jim Fulton, a spokesman for the city Prosecutor's Office.
   The other charge was dismissed because it could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, said Fulton, adding the actor was not in court yesterday.... Read the full story here. (12:28 PM)

   There are no simple answers when it comes to Lost. When we left the addictively weird serial about the survivors of a plane crash on a desert island, we had just made a startling discovery: the island is linked to the world outside. That revelation, while it seems small, was momentous for fans. It destroyed a whole bunch of theories--for instance, that the characters were dead and in purgatory. So as Season 3 opens, the question on most viewers' minds is, Will there be more present-day glimpses of the outside world?
   Yes, says executive producer Carlton Cuse. But executive producer Damon Lindelof interjects that he might not use the term present.
   Adds Cuse: "The context of time is something you can't take for granted."
   Uh-huh. TV has seen plenty of shows with Lost's geek appeal, but their stories usually end with "... and it was soon canceled, to the dismay of its hard-core fans." The Prisoner, the first Star Trek series--even Twin Peaks went from phenom to flame-out faster than you can say, Who killed Laura Palmer? Lost is different. An unapologetically knotty, mass-market commercial hit, it demands commitment--and gets it. How did Lost escape the cult-show graveyard? Partly because it's just TV genius. But also because TV has changed--and because Lost changed TV. Many of the changes that threatened old-fashioned TV--the rise of the Internet, new technologies, a fragmented audience with new entertainment options--have made Lost successful. It won over Internet-centric viewers who are supposed to be bored with TV, and it benefited from technologies like iTunes, DVRs and DVDs that some were worried would be the end of TV. It took the attributes that would once have made it a cult failure--eccentricity and complexity--and used them to harness the power of obsessive, evangelical fans. Like the story told in Lost, the story of the series' success is one of careful design, science and a little faith.... Read the full story here. (1:13 AM)

   Once upon a time, the media stood next to the red carpet at Queen's Beach and asked all of the "Lost" actors to spell their names and the names of the characters they played, because nobody was sure who they were. The crowd was manageable; security was an afterthought.
   Fast-forward to Season 3 of the ABC television hit, with the first episode to premiere Saturday at Sunset on the Beach. The actors are now stars who need no introductions. Thousands are expected to seize the opportunity for an early look at the first episode, ahead of a rabid worldwide fan base that stays connected through myriad Web sites and Internet chat rooms that analyze every nuance of the plot and set.
   Streets near the event are likely to be shut down, and security will be pervasive.
   Two years ago "it was pretty casual," said Honolulu Film Commissioner Walea Constantinau. "But this is a full-on red-carpet, world-press-in-attendance kind of event. It's day and night."
   Approximately 10,000 people showed up for the Season 2 premiere last year, which received attention around the world.... Read the full story here. (1:11 AM)

   The UK's biggest celebrity event returns for a tenth time, and it's bigger, brighter and better than ever!
   It's that time of year again when some of the biggest Film and Television stars from around the world descend on Milton Keynes for the greatest movie and media event in Europe.
   On the 29th September to 1st October 2006, Showmasters will be holding their bi-annual COLLECTORMANIA event in the centre of Milton Keynes, and joining them to help celebrate their 10th event in the city will be a host of stars from around the globe, including James Bond himself George Lazenby! We also have star of Lord of the Rings and Van Helsing star David Wenham and Lost stars Ian Somerhalder and Maggie Grace - as well as Sam Anderson - coming to sign autographs for all you fans out there.
   There will be over 30 stars, including some of the most recognised people from the big and small screen appearing over the three days. Superheroes, secret agents, alien hunters, vampire slayers and even ghostbusters will all be signing autographs and meeting fans throughout the weekend.
   Other attractions include a traders area with 300 stands and specialist companies from around Europe and the USA selling a wide range of merchandise from replica lightsabres and wands to original posters from the greatest classic films ever made, toys, autographs, movies, comics and cards. In fact everything to keep the big kid in all of us happy!
   A new element to the show this year is the opportunity to have a professional photograph taken with some of the guests. Stars from Aliens, James Bond and Firefly with Amber Benson, Juliet Landau, Ian Somerhalder, Maggie Grace and Lance Henriksen are taking part, giving you the chance to have an extra special keepsake to take home and make your friends jealous!
   Collectormania is unlike anything else ever staged in Europe, not just an excellent weekend out but an essential one!

EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October 2006
Venue: Middleton Hall, thecentre:mk, Milton Keynes
Website: http://www.collectormania.com
E-mail: info@showmastersonline.com
Telephone: Info-line 01908 671138 (9:26 AM)

   While the rest of us are counting down the days to the "LOST" Season 3 premiere on Oct. 4, Honolulu will once again have an early look. As part of the city's Sunset on the Beach event on Saturday, Sept. 30, the season premiere of "LOST" will be shown early to thousands of local and visiting fans. Cast members will stroll down the red carpet starting at 5:30 p.m., and the long-awaited episode will hit the really big screen at 7 p.m. Read the full story here. (6:25 AM)

   Yunjin Kim, who plays Sun on Lost, is the covergirl for the October issue of Stuff Magazine, which hits newsstands this week. The cover also touts The Women of Lost: Evangeline Lilly, Emilie De Ravin, and Michelle Rodriguez.
   According to TMZ.com, Yunjin Kim talks about how closely guarded Lost's secrets are: "Actors are the last ones to get the scripts. Sometimes we get them a couple of days before the shoot. If there's a really big secret, they leave it out of the script, and we have to call the producers and hear it over the phone. Each page of the script has my name on it, so if they see it on eBay, I'm going to get a phone call."
   For a sneak peek at her Stuff pictures, check out the Stuff Magazine official site. (12:44 PM)

   Apple's U.S. iTunes Store now features the Million Hit Lowdown, a special promotion from ABC that offers free season finales and recaps of three of its biggest hit shows — at least until they've been downloaded a million times.
   "Fans or first-timers, now is the time to catch up on television's biggest hits," reads the info on the Million Hit Lowdown page. ABC is offering for free the first million downloads of Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy, three of its most popular dramas from the past television season.
   What's more, the company is offering unlimited downloads of special highlight shows helping viewers who may have missed episodes (or perhaps never watched) to get up to speed with what's happening, in time for each series' season premier this fall. The highlight shows feature commentary from show producers and editors of People magazine and Entertainment Weekly. Read the full story here. (12:40 PM)

   Josh Holloway's Emporio Armani shirt from last year's Emmy ceremony and a shirt he wore on LOST as "Sawyer" are currently up for auction at www.clothesoffourback.org along with other celebrity items. Proceeds benefit children's charities. The auction ends September 15. (10:21 PM)

   On a Thursday morning in August, on the fourth floor of the nearly deserted Science Hall at William Paterson University, Barry Smith stares into a DVX 100 camcorder and delivers a lengthy "Lost"-inspired "orientation" speech written for him by student filmmaker Jeff Heimbuch.
   Wearing a starchy white lab coat and a badge bearing the "Dharma Initiative" logo, the 55-year-old Smith, a sometime-actor and recently retired air traffic controller, then brings his palms together, nods, and says "Namaste," moments before Heimbuch yells, "Cut!"
   Heimbuch's epic, tentatively titled "Lost: Off the Island," is a fan film based on the popular ABC series - one of a growing number of "Lost" homages that college-aged fans have produced for Internet release and small, independent film festivals. (Heimbuch expects his finished film to run 30 to 40 minutes and will offer it on YouTube and at his own Web site, bamferproductions.com.)
   Between shots, Heimbuch explains that his movie is about Scott, a minor character killed off in the series' first season. But that is about all he will say, because Heimbuch is a tried-and-true "Lostie." And Losties - unlike their more pragmatic Trekkie counterparts - have an almost masochistic aversion to too much information....
   ...As Heimbuch was shooting his film, a full three months after the Season 2 finale of "Lost," fans of the show were STILL posting daily on the fan site losttv-forum.com, sharing their tales of separation anxiety, rehashing the May finale's concluding moments, commenting on Conan O'Brien's controversial "Lost" takeoff on the Aug. 27 Emmy telecast and weighing in with theories about the show that were so convoluted, it was hard to tell if the authors were nuclear physicists or demented 12-year-olds.... Read the full story here. (1:24 PM)

   Lost returns for Season 3 Oct 4. Are you ready?
   Have you:

• Reviewed the boxed set of Season 2 frame by frame, with special attention to unaired flashbacks and conspiracy theories?
• Kept up with updates at the unofficial Web site www.lost-tv.com?
• Visited abc.go.com/primetime/lost to read Chris Dobson's diary about her brother's death on Flight 815 and burial on the island, listened to podcasts featuring the series creators and visited the message board to see others' theories about what is happening on the island?...

   ...No? Did you just plan to turn on TV and enjoy the program at 8 p.m.? That's so old-school. So Law & Order.
   "The whole landscape has changed for all of us, but it hasn't changed overnight. We've had quite a lot of time to get used to this," said Toby Miller, a professor of media studies at the University of California, Riverside. "It's changed both because of the Internet and also because of cable.... Read the full story here. (7:31 AM)

   Depending on how you look at the richly detailed mythology of the ABC hit series "Lost," it's either a monstrous glop of fanboy silliness or the case of a fiercely creative production team reveling in the joys of multimedia.
   We vote for the latter.
   The release of "Lost: The Complete Second Season -- The Extended Experience" (Touchstone Television and Buena Vista Home Entertainment/$59.99) has the usual components expected in a TV DVD set: assorted bloopers, cut scenes, audio commentary and all 24 Season 2 episodes. There are also plenty of digital gewgaws, including a fun featurette examining the "Sawyerisms" that one smart-mouthed castaway (Josh Holloway) uses to irreverently address fellow survivors.
   What sets the DVD apart is its embrace of multimedia. Much as Web fan sites have become must-see supplemental material for the series' die-hard fans, "Lost: The Complete Second Season" throws more ingredients into the stew pot. Ultra-obsessive fans will undoubtedly flip over the new Dharma video footage, part of the larger experiment that the characters -- much like the viewers -- are attempting to decode on the show.... Read the full story here. (7:21 AM)

   Of course, it started with a plane crash.
   That's the first, most obvious way that ABC's "Lost" has become TV's most prominent nod to our menacing new world. The tale of disparate characters, crashed on a tropical island, is full of overt references to the world we live in now. Through "Lost," we get war-in-Iraq wish fulfillment: Sayid, the noblest survivor, fled the Republican Guard due to his conscience and flogs himself emotionally when he tortures someone. Through "Lost," we meet our enemies in the form of "Others," elusive and far more sophisticated than they look. They hide as sleeper agents, awaiting the moment to strike. They view the castaways as invaders.
   But what really makes "Lost" a post-9/11 parable is mood. This is a show about uncertainty and indecision, about learning that a beautiful world is actually full of threats. It's a paranoid fall from paradise.... Read the full story here. (9:43 AM)

   The quality of Asian Pacific Islander (API) roles in network television is up, but the quantity is down says a study on APIs in narrative series. The study does not reflect reality show, documentary or news programming.
   "Asian Pacific Americans in Prime Time: Setting the Stage" is a report conducted by University of California at Los Angeles for the Asian American Justice Center, a Washington D.C.-based civil rights organization. Though the report says that shows like "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Lost" feature somewhat more complex API characters than have been seen on TV in previous years, in terms of sheer numbers visibility is down....
   ...The Emmy Award-winning "Lost" was the only show surveyed to feature three API actors identified as regular cast members by network Websites or program credits. As with every show in the study, the researchers analyzed two episodes. They found the characters were all involved in friendships with other regular characters and romantic relationships.
   The "Lost" characters played by Yunjin Kim and Daniel Dae Kim were the only monoracial APIs romantically involved with one another in the study. Naveen Andrews, a South Asian playing a Middle Eastern character, was nominated for best supporting actor for both the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.... Read the full story here. (9:40 AM)

   In the next few weeks, Meredith Grey will return to the surgery ward of Seattle Grace Hospital, a clique of wealthy Orange County kids will head off to college, and the survivors of Oceanic Air Flight 815 will struggle to stay alive on their mysterious island.
   Teenagers are waiting with bated breath.
   Television networks will pump out episodes of new and returning series in the coming fall season. Among Cape teens, there is resounding enthusiasm for popular dramas and comedies. Although advertising of never-before-seen series is in full swing, little buzz has been generated among the teenagers surveyed: Most were just awaiting the return of old favorites....
   ..."ABC has me hooked, because I'm excited for 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Lost' to return," Casey Guerin, 18, of West Falmouth says. "Also, they have a new show, 'Six Degrees,' coming out by the same director as 'Lost,' so that should be good, too.... Read the full story here. (9:37 AM)

   When Lost fans saw Michael motoring away from the island in the season-two finale, it might have been for the last time.
   Harold Perrineau, the actor who plays Michael in the ABC show, has been cast in three upcoming movie roles. The flurry of acting activity casts a question over the character's fate on the supernatural hit series.
   28 Weeks Later is the sequel to the cult zombie hit 28 Days Later, which told of a virus that kills most people in London, then reanimates the corpses into violent monsters. The movie redefined the zombie genre by making the creatures cunning and fast rather than slow-moving and unalert.
   In the new film, Perrineau will play an American soldier helping London residents return home.... Read the full story here. (9:34 AM)