"Lost" Episode Centers On Juliet And Ben

March 7, 2008 11:22 a.m. EST

"Lost" fans who can read between the lines know that Thursday night's episode about Juliet entitled "The Other Woman" was actually an episode about Ben. The creepy mastermind of The Others, played by Michael Emerson, has control of Juliet as seen in episode six of season four. 

While "Lost" fans learned a few new tidbits on "The Other Woman," such as Juliet had an affair with Goodwin, and Charlotte and Faraday were trying to stop the gas from killing everyone on the island, fans also learned that Charles Widmore wants the island. 

Widmore, the father of Desmond's true love, Penny is somehow involved in the island and Ben claims he is the man behind the freighter. Although by now all islanders should know not to trust Ben, by the end of the episode he had once again convinced Locke to trust him. 

The episode also provided a few laughs for stressed out "Lost" fans. When Juliet encountered her Other therapist in the jungle and Jack questioned her why someone living on a tropical island would need a therapist, Juliet replied "It's very stressful being an Other." 

"Lost" groupies are hoping that next week will provide more answers, especially the answer to who is Ben's man on the freighter. 
 
SOURCE: AHN

  

New Ben Promo Pictures for Episode 4X06: The Other Woman

 New promo pictures in the gallery:

http://michaelemerson.net/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=331

Teaser:

 

Click on the picture to view the larger version.


 

   

Michael Emerson: A sort of New Podcast

I stumbled upon a podcast that I have never heard before. The interviewer was great and I actually learned new stuff about Michael.

Anyway, the podcast was made on Nov. 5, 2006. Hence, the episodes of LOST that are mentioned are old hat; but it's nice to hear Michael describe the character he was then playing.

Have fun listening to it:

http://michaelemerson.net/sounds.html

It's the  one marked SciFiTalk.

Enjoy...

'Lost' Dueling Analyses: The Other Woman

( Meegat of enigmaticlovers posted this tidbit in the community. I thought that it was a nice enough article to post here. )

 

 

Jericho Ranting

Shoshannah Stern

I love watching Jericho. For one, it had a deaf actor. That was so refreshing. So wonderful. I was always sympathetic with the nonhearing world. It started when I was in high school. My high school had a special program for the deaf and one of the programs was to mainstream them with the regular school population.

In my school, the home-school teachers would choose one of the students in his or her homeroom whom they felt was responsible enough to be the notetaker and follower of one of the deaf students. For some reason, my home-school teacher chose me to be one of them. I was a shy girl who did not live in the neighborhood and hardly had any high-school friends. But my teacher felt that I could do the job. So I was the notetaker in every classroom that I shared with one or more of the deaf student body.

My teacher's move was brilliant. I made friends, felt important, and learned another foreign language. As English was my third language, I now added Spanish, Italian, and ASL to my repertoire. By the way, I arrived in the United States fluent in Portuguese and Hungarian. Unfortunately, I no longer speak two of my languages: Italian and ASL.

Later on, I took my high-school experience to college and graduated with a major in Speech and Hearing Science. I was going to be a professor of Audiology. That never happened. I listened to my biological clock and never pursued my studies.

My fascination and respect for the nonhearing world must have rubbed off to my daughter who also befriended a deaf person, who, by the way, became an actor. He performed in a musical on Broadway, in a Hollywood movie with Diane Keaton, another with Aston Kutcher, and in various TV shows.

Now, getting back to the deaf actor in Jericho, Shoshannah Stern, who was born deaf, was a nice addition to Jericho. But writing parts to deaf actors is not easy and the other actors need to learn to sign to make the roles believable. So how do we handle the problem? Why, of course, kill the character. And, that's exactly what Jericho did last week. It killed Bonnie Richards. I was mad. I am still mad. But, giving credit where it's due, the good-bye scene when Stanley comes face to face with Bonnie's body and he signs his goodbye to her was poingnant. I shed some tears.

Kudos for a wonderful scene. But jeers for killing her off.


  

Broadway music star Peters pursues a doggy-dog life

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

By Steve Rothaus, The Miami Herald

Bernadette Peters' book, "Broadway Barks," will be published next month.

MIAMI -- We're not being catty reporting that Bernadette Peters' illustrious career has gone to the dogs.

Peters -- "the great Broadway musical star," according to no less an authority than "Hello, Dolly!" composer Jerry Herman -- devotes herself these days to her pets, Kramer and Stella, and all the abandoned animals of New York.

"What I wanted to do was help shelter animals, to figure out how to solve this problem," said Peters.

Peters, the winner of two Tony Awards and nominated for five others, last starred on Broadway in 2003's revival of "Gypsy."

"She has done every kind of role. And all of them done with consummate style," said Herman, who composed Peters' 1974 starring vehicle, "Mack & Mabel." "She's capable of playing a tough Momma Rose and an adorable Mabel Normand. All coming out of the same woman. That is kind of miraculous. I don't know anyone with the range she has."

After "Mack & Mabel" (in which Peters first sang "Time Heals Everything"), the star spent 10 years in Hollywood making movies, including "The Jerk" and "Pennies From Heaven" with then-boyfriend Steve Martin. Broadway, specifically writer-director James Lapine, called in 1984 and Peters returned to star in Stephen Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park With George." More hits followed, including "Song & Dance" and "Into the Woods."

For years, Peters has contributed to children's causes and AIDS charities. A decade ago while starring in "Annie Get Your Gun," she and pal Mary Tyler Moore began an annual event called Broadway Barks, which raises money for New York-area shelters. Broadway Barks 10 will be performed July 12 in the theater district's Shubert Alley.

Recently, Peters was approached about writing a children's book, her first. She agreed. Then her editor said the book needed a song.

"I never wrote a song in my life," Peters said. "I was in an airplane and I needed a lullaby. Suddenly, the music and lyrics came to me."

Peters' book, "Broadway Barks" (Blue Apple, $18), about a homeless pooch named Douglas, will be published next month. It is illustrated by Liz Murphy and dedicated to investment adviser Michael Wittenberg, Peters' husband, who died at 43 in a 2005 helicopter crash.

Inside the "Broadway Barks" jacket will be a CD of Peters reading the book and singing her lullaby, "Kramer's Song."

Songwriting intimidated Peters, 60, who began performing as a child in the Queens, N.Y, neighborhood of Ozone Park. "I said to Steve Sondheim, 'I wrote a little song.' He said, 'I'd love to hear it.' "

"Kramer's Song" is named for Peters' older pet, an 11-year-old "shaggy dog, Heinz 57 variety," she said.

Peters' other pooch, Stella, is a 10-year-old pit bull.

Several years ago, Peters had a home in northern Miami Beach. Then she discovered a big problem: Pit bulls are illegal in Miami-Dade County.

"That's why we moved to Vero Beach," Peters said. "We were worried about Stella. ... We were afraid they'd take her."

The pit bull law infuriates Peters. "You can take any breed and wreck it if you say 'Fight, fight, fight.' They're lap dogs. They're very loving."

First published on March 11, 2008 at 12:00 am

SOURCE:  Post-Gazette