Archive for 2005
POLICE are hunting a Lord of the Rings look-a-like who stole a woman’s handbag.
A 27-year-old woman who was knocked over before having her handbag stolen said her attacker was “A 20-year-old white male, under six foot tall and looked like the actor from Lord of the Rings and hit TV series Lost.”
The robber bore an uncanny resemblance to actor Dominic Monaghan who played hobbit Merry in the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy and is currently starring in the big budget Channel 4 show Lost.
She also described the suspect as gaunt and pale and wearing a blue hooded top.
The woman was attacked at 9.30pm in Well Walk, Hampstead.
She was walking along the street when she was pushed to the ground from behind and felt someone pulling at her bag.
As the woman got to her knees she saw the robber standing over her and pulling her bag from her shoulder.
She shouted at him to stop but he ran off with her handbag. A mobile phone, cash, keys and a Sony Discman were among the items stolen.
Anyone who may have witnessed the robbery or have any information about it should call police on 020 7404 1212 or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Australians are the most honest people in the world, according to Lost star Dominic Monaghan.
Monaghan, who was in Melbourne recently, arrived back in the US to discover he had lost his wallet.
Not knowing where he had mislaid it, Monaghan called Channel 7 asking if someone could check the suits he had borrowed to see if he had left the wallet in a pocket.
A quick check by the network wardrobe chiefs discovered the wallet in a jacket.
Monaghan was suitably impressed when the wallet – complete with cash and cards – was express posted to him in LA.
Herald Sun
Dominic Monaghan is lost in paradise. Currently residing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, he is enjoying his time on the tropical isle surfing, but this is hardly a vacation. Instead he is starring as Charlie, a washed-up musician who survives a plane crash and must start a new life on a deserted island in one of AXN’s most anticipated drama series, Lost. The brainchild of Alias creator J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, Lost features a large ensemble cast and some ongoing mysteries that are sure to keep viewers guessing.
Little is initially revealed about Charlie–the bass player in a one-hit-wonder band whose members, he insists, are still together and due for a comeback–and early hints indicate he’s hiding a pretty big secret.
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The stars of Seven’s worldwide hit Lost declared Melbourne’s welcoming party better than Berlin or Paris.
The classically beautiful Evangeline Lilly and Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan have spent the past few weeks circling the globe promoting the show and attending parties. The exclusive event on Wednesday night was held in St Kilda’s Prince Hotel with a Hawaiian beachy theme.
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He plays a druggie castaway on a blockbuster television show.
But in real life, Lost star Dominic Monaghan is a keen environmentalist who bought an Indian mango farm to save it from destruction, and was even upset when his pet spider died last year.
“All these supposed problems that we have are going to pale in insignificance when we all die because of how we treat our planet,” said the 28-year-old actor, who bought the farm in Bangalore, India, in 2003.
“It seems really bizarre that people are hung up on other issues when essentially we’re kind of careening out of control with our world.
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The world is Lost. The TV hit of the year commands 20 million viewers in the US and 2 million more in Australia. In less than a year it has beaten all comers, including this year’s other cultural juggernaut, Desperate Housewives, and is shown in 180 territories around the world.
From the first episode, in which Oceanic Airlines flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles crashed on a mysterious Pacific island, viewers have been spellbound by polar bears, unexpected twists and a still unseen “monster” in the jungle.
The internet is buzzing with theories: of a Dr Moreau-esque experiment, for example, or that the survivors are dead and the island is purgatory.
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LOST stars Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly were kept busy dodging questions of their rumoured relationship as they arrived in Australia yesterday.
On the last leg of a whirlwind promotional tour for the show, the pair were in Sydney yesterday and arrive in Melbourne today.
They make their only appearance in Melbourne tonight at a private Channel 7 gig.
Off camera, the pair are rumoured to be dating, but both yesterday refused to either confirm or deny the speculation.
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Ask Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly, stars of the hit TV show Lost, and they’ll tell you straight out – Sydney is to blame.
It is this Australian city from which the show’s characters hop aboard an aeroplane bound for Los Angeles.
The plane eventually crashes on a mystery island.
Monaghan, famous for playing a hobbit in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, plays drug-addled rocker Charlie Rose in Lost.
He says that the connection between Sydney and their fate is impossible to ignore.
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Lost star Dominic Monaghan plays a rocker on his hit show, but in real life you’re more likely to find him behind the turntables. The actor recently put his deejaying skills to good use at Helping Hands, an event organized by actor Greg Grunberg to raise funds to fight epilepsy (the Alias star’s 8-year-old son, Jake, has the disease).
Monaghan ? who along with other Lost and Alias cast members helped bring in $300,000 ? is an old pro. “I’ve been deejaying for my friends since I was about 15,” he told us. “We’d get so tired of being in a club and the music getting me down. So I started my own music, which is a lot more fun.”
So, what kind of mixmaster is he? “The style tends to be kind of old-school rap with a lot of party pleasers. Like ‘ABC’ by The Jackson 5, ‘O.P.P.’ by Naughty by Nature, some Justin Timberlake. I got it all,” he says. “You don’t have to twist my arm too much. I love playing music.”
People
THE LORD OF THE RINGS star DOMINIC MONAGHAN has developed a new habit since moving to Los Angeles – walking around naked.
The German actor, who spent a large portion of his life in Britain, admits that the Californian heat he now experiences leaves him with no other option than to shed his clothing.
He says, “I enjoy a little naked time in my house. It’s so hot in LA that I sleep with no clothes on and then I go and have my breakfast – if it’s not cooked – naked. If you have cooked breakfast you can’t be naked.
“I enjoy my nakedness.”
