Archive for 2005

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.”

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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.”

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LORD OF THE RINGS star DOMINIC MONAGHAN’s burgeoning romance with his LOST co-star EVANGELINE LILLY appears to be getting serious.

The British actor and Canadian beauty were romantically linked back in January (05) when they attended the GOLDEN GLOBES together and were “inseparable” all night.

Friends claim Monaghan is so loved up he’s actually thinking about marrying the former missionary and model.

A source says the star recently told him, “I can’t believe how lucky I am – here I am on this fantastic television show, filming in Hawaii and going out with the most beautiful girl in the world.”

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