Feb. 4th, 2008

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Barrack Obama, you must be something else. Even my favorite author is endorsing you:

Keillor Endorses Obama

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, Obama's campaign announced Sunday.

"I'm happy to support your candidacy, which is so full of promise for our country," the best-selling author and humorist wrote in a letter declaring his support. "Seven years of a failed presidency is a depressing thing, and the country is pressing for a change and looking for someone with clear vision who is determined to break through the rhetorical logjam and find sensible ways to move our country forward. That's you, friend."

Obama's campaign provided excerpts of the letter; Minnesota holds its caucuses on Super Tuesday.

In the letter, Keillor, whose books are set in the fictional town of Lake Wobegon, said seeing Obama and his family in front of the U.S. Capitol next January is a happy prospect that would "bring an end to a long sour chapter in our history."

"And of course it will be exciting to have a president who can speak with grace and power to the American people," Keillor wrote.

Obama addressed a crowd of nearly 20,000 at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday. A poll by Minnesota Public Radio and the Humphrey Institute released last week showed slightly behind rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, 40 percent to 33 percent.

"I've been entertained and inspired by Garrison Keillor's work through the years," Obama said in a statement. "As president, I will wake up every day thinking about how I can help make life better in places like Lake Wobegon all across the country."

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Ryan Ozawa sent this message  via twitter at  7:07 pm EST  on 02/04/08

"Confirmed! You heard it here first, LOST fans! Filming has resumed! Details coming soon to Hawaii Blog!  http://www.hawaiiweblog.com/ "


Hip, Hip, Hurray.  



 http://www.hawaiiweblog.com/
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An Exclusive Q&A With "Lost" Star Michael Emerson

Rolling Stone

Posted Feb 04, 2008 2:37 PM

1. TELEVISION
Lost Returns!

After enough red herrings to feed all the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, Lost concluded last season with the mind-blowing revelation that Jack and Kate eventually make it back to civilization, presumably with some ­others (and maybe some Others). But who? Oceanic Air shut down after the crash, but on December 28th, the makers of Lost announced on flyoceanicair.com that the airline would soon resume flights, all to cities that happen to be characters' hometowns: Los Angeles (Jack, Hurley); Miami (Juliet); New York (Michael); Ames, Iowa (Kate); Tustin, California (Locke); Knoxville, Tennessee (Sawyer); Portland, Oregon (Ben); Seoul, South Korea (Jin, Sun); and Sydney (Claire, Walt). This may hint at who will get off the island in the end — and where the new season might be headed when it ­begins January 31st — but questions remain. Why is Oceanic flying to Tustin, a city with no airport? Do the ­survivors share a secret so enormous that Oceanic is building airports for them? Or will Locke get left behind?

Wait, there's more! Read a bonus exclusive Q&A with Lost's Michael Emerson, who plays Ben Linus, on the next page, where he discusses his character's fate and perceptions that the show has fallen off.

Michael Emerson is getting to a lot of theater these days. Emerson, who plays Lost villain Ben Linus, is waiting out the writers' strike at home in New York City, having left the show's Hawaiian set in November with no clear return date in sight. The actor, who in front of the camera specializes in outwardly mousy actors who lie and get their asses kicked a lot (he was a villain in Saw, too), got his start in what he calls "straight plays" on Broadway and elsewhere. Now that his "wonderful Christmas break" has extended well past the holidays, Emerson dishes on the new season.

Rolling Stone: So, how can I believe anything you tell me?

Michael Emerson: Heh-heh. [Long silence follows]

RS: Do you ever bristle at getting compliments like, "You're so believably weaselly!"?

ME: People seem to enjoy the character and my portrayal of him. I'm lucky I have a part that is so well-written and so sort of nicely ambiguous and mysterious.

RS: Do you like Ben?

ME: I do. I do. I like how precise he is, his demeanor, his confidence. I like that he's a good listener. I like that he's a character who is from the cool end of the palette. He's not excitable.

RS: Now he's kind of a castaway, too.

ME: Yeah, everyone is kind of a refugee. No one has a home anymore, no one even has a camp. Everybody's on foot, running around the island, and here we're expecting the arrival of this mysterious third group, I'll call them an army, maybe. They're certainly going to be armed and dangerous. So everything's up in the air. No one has resources anymore. Ben in particular, he no longer has henchmen, he doesn't have weapons or resources of any sort, so we're gonna have to see how he lives by his wits.

RS: Which we saw he was good at when he was first taken prisoner.

ME: He continues to be the master improviser on the island….It's been interesting to me lately, because you see how often Ben gets beaten. And I'll tell you, there's more to come. And I think, God, why does he put himself out there for it? He's such a smart cookie. So I have to think it's purposeful. It serves his purposes to take these beatings. And you notice he's never that angry about it. He doesn’t hold a grudge that much. He takes it with equanimity, and I think it's because he gets what he wants out of the beating, and that is, he provokes the other person into exposing themselves.

RS: Do you feel that the show's fallen off?

ME: No, not at all. People used to say that in the second season, and in fact, I made it a project for myself to go back and watch all the episodes over again, and I don't believe there ever was a falling-off. I believe the show is stronger now. There is a kind of dark momentum in the show now that I think is superior to it had previously, and I think if you polled the cast, the cast would tell you to a man that the show is now fulfilling the promise it always had. A lot of that has to do with the business of the flash-forwarding. It's like a stroke of genius on the part of the writers. Not only does it complicate the telling of the story, it introduces this new dimension of the not-happy ending and the regret and recrimination that may exist even if one gets off the island. Because of what one had to do to get off the island.

RS: Are we gonna see a flash-forward for Ben?

ME: I don't know. I'll be curious to see it myself. There was a suggestion last night, there was that talk about the Oceanic 6. I think people are gonna start counting now, we've got Jack, Kate, and Hurley — who else gets off? And if only six made it, what happened to everybody else? I don't think Ben can be included even if he did survive…because he's not a castaway. He's something else. Whatever happens to Ben, it will be different from any of the Lost-aways.

RS: I hope you're not off of work too long.

ME: I hope so, too. You know, ABC still maintains that we're gonna finish the season. But as you might guess, there will be a magic date somewhere in March, probably, where they'll have to say, "This is it, we're gonna scrap it" and "See you next year." And eight [episodes] is better than zero.

— Andrew Beaujon


Source: Rollingstone.com


 

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Apparently, the crew and staff with whom Ryan was talking to, punk'ed him. Here's Ryan's blog entry:



The writers strike may not officially be over, but I’m thrilled to report firsthand that “LOST” was filming today in Kahala. I was so stunned, I had to ask three people to make sure it wasn’t just a local car commercial. If true, it’s the best news to come out of the show since… well, since the spectacular ratings for its Season 4 premiere last Thursday.

“LOST” production has been stilled since November, when shooting was completed for the eight full scripts that were locked before the strike began. Fans have lamented the very likely prospect that they’d only get half of the already abbreviated 16-episode season as a result.

Even with a signed deal, it’s been said, it could take some time to get production back up to full speed. It would depend on the availability of the cast and crew, as well as adjustments that may have to be made to the storyline. There’s no chance at this point that we’re going to see the last eight episodes scheduled for Season 4 this year. But if production has indeed restarted, there’s a good chance we’ll get a few more. And that’s great news.

LOST

The scene involved a black Lincoln Navigator being driven by a white-haired man, who was talking to a dark-haired woman in the back seat as they drove (they were being towed behind a camera truck, actually) along Diamond Head Road. Neither character looked familiar, though there were cast trailers labeled for an “Alice” and a “Max” (and their stand-ins). Between those trailers, one familiar trailer labeled “Bender.”

UPDATE: Was this a pick-up shoot? (Thanks, Lostpedia Blog.) Possibly. But considering shooting for Episode 4×08 already went long for pick-ups back in November, that sounds unlikely. Was it a shoot for the Lifetime Channel’s “Special Delivery” made-for-TV movie? (Good catch, DocArzt.) Hmm. I admit, the “Alice” and “Max” character names are quite the coincidence. If it was for Lifetime and not ABC, they’re using quite a bit of the same crew, equipment and vehicles that crowd the streets for “LOST,” right down to the T-shirts and parking placards.

UPDATE 2: Looks like it was a shoot for “Special Delivery.” Apparently it’s not unusual for one production to use another production’s staff and assets, even leaving vehicle signage and trailer placards in place. As for the crewmembers who said “LOST” was back? I’ve obviously been punk’d. And I probably deserved it. So the bad news is, “LOST” production has not resumed, after all. The good news is, Jack Bender is not working on a Lifetime Channel flick. Sorry, all.


SOURCE: Hawaii Blog


 

 

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Thanks to [profile] meegat, we now have beautiful screencaps of Michael in Without a Trace: Victory for Humanity:




More to see here:

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