There’s nothing like a tropical island filled with sun, sand, a doomsday hatch and some homicidal Others to bring two people closer together. The London Mirror claims “Lost” lovebirds Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly, who have been quietly dating for about a year, are engaged. According to the paper, the proposal took place last week in Hawaii, where the ABC smash is filmed, with the erstwhile Hobbit going the traditional route by getting down on one knee to slip a cornea-searing bauble on the up-and-coming starlet’s finger (feel free to insert the inevitable “Lord of the Diamond Ring” joke here). [More]

Like a lot of stylishly persuasive thrillers, Flightplan is more fun to watch than it is to think about. There’s much to admire in this hermetically sealed mystery, in which a propulsion engineer and grieving widow (Jodie Foster) takes her 6-year-old daughter (and a coffin containing her husband’s body) on a transatlantic flight aboard a brand-new jumbo jet she helped design, and faces a mother’s worst nightmare when her daughter (Marlene Lawston) goes missing. But how can that be? Is she delusional? Are the flight crew, the captain (Sean Bean) and a seemingly sympathetic sky marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) playing out some kind of conspiratorial abduction? [More]

Sean Astin was a guest on ‘The View’ today (Jen 23rd). The short interview mentioned his role on 24, and the very “Hollywood” type meeting that lead to his being cast. Take a look! (25.6MB MOV) [More]

Sean Astin made his “24” debut last week as CTU Director Lynn McGill, a by-the-numbers agent who doesn’t mind ruffling a few feathers to get the job done. You can check him out every week on “24”, Monday nights on FOX.

Tobias writes: Live chat with Thomas Robins (Deagol)! In cooperation with the FedCon on Wednesday the 25th. We ask you to post a short news on your Webseite. You can find more information on this webpage. [More]