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EOnline.comLost won its 8-9 p.m. time slot with 18.7 million viewers...... Lost's premiere is the biggest for a new ABC drama in nearly a decade, the network said.

Depp Hands Over Viper Room to Missing Partner's Daughter imdb.com Johnny Depp reportedly gave up his co-ownership of trendy Los Angeles nightclub The Viper Room following the controversy of his missing ex-partner. Depp has been caught up in the scandal surrounding the disappearance of businessman Anthony Fox , who went missing two years ago, and hasn't been heard of since. Now, as part of a legal settlement, Depp has quietly handed over his ownership of the trendy club to Fox's daughter, who plans to sell the Sunset Strip club. Sources close to Depp claim the movie star lost interest in the club in recent years after his friend River Phoenix died outside The Viper Room in 1993. Wow. Wonder what will happen to the Viper Room now.

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER Now that's one proud mama: Melanie Griffith looks on lovingly at daughter Dakota, 14 (dad is Don Johnson), at a Teen Vogue Young Hollywood party in West Hollywood on Thursday. Dakota is following in her parents' footsteps ? she's an aspiring actress. Holly crap, I haven't seen a pic of Dakota in years, she sure has grown up! Melanie looks lind of scary-mom in this pic! :ph34r:

Hey, I missed that was Gaven from Angel! NO Spoilers below: Kristin of E! Lost is about survivors of a plane crash stranded on a deserted island, so naturally, at the premiere, the Gilligan's Island jokes were running wild. Castmember Daniel Dae Kim (Angel, 24 ), God bless his silly soul, said he's working on his "coconut bike." He also suggested I wash ashore as a guest star and fashion a microphone out of bamboo. Evangeline Lilly thought she and I could shack up in a hut as the new Ginger and Mary Ann. But Lost is slightly different from Gilligan's Island (insert: sarcasm), and I think Yoon-Jin Kim (who plays Sun) describes it best. "In each episode, we'll discover layer upon layer to each character. This is about a bunch of people who've lost something. And on this mysterious island, we hope to find whatever it is we lost, whether that's forgiving someone or moving on or finding ourselves." ...Evie, as they call her on set (Matthew Fox is Foxy), was nearly the sole lead on the series. In the original pilot, Matthew Fox's character, Jack, was killed off halfway through the episode in a jaw-dropping twist. "Apparently," Fox explains, "people reading the script were like, 'You can't do it, you just can't do it.' So, Jack got to live, and I got to stay." (And I think I speak for ladies everywhere when I say: Thank you, J.C.) The entire first season of Lost takes place in the span of only one month. And in the first ep, we learn the island is not what it seems--there's something, well, monstrous, living on it. "I don't have any idea [what it is]," Foxy tells me when milked for spoilers, "and I don't even use the M-word for it, because I'm not sure it is a monster. I just know it's fast, and it does serious damage."

Ford Dumps Flockhart ? In Garbage Canimdb.comHollywood legend Harrison Ford stunned onlookers in the Spanish city of Barcelona when he attempted to dump his girlfriend Calista Flockhart in a waste disposal bin. Indiana Jones star Ford and his Ally McBeal actress lover engaged in the high jinx as they made their way back to their hotel, following dinner at a restaurant in the city, where Flockhart is filming upcoming movie Fragile. An onlooker, who witnessed 62-year-old Ford's bizarre stunt, says, "They were laughing and joking like a young couple in love. She was squealing and begging him to put her down, but he kept saying he was going to put her in the bin. Harrison was showing off like a crazy teenager rather than a guy approaching his pension."

Martha Stewart Plans Her TV Comeback Wednesday Sep 22, 2004 6:15pm EST By Serena Kappes and Sharon Cotliar people.com She's due to start her jail term Oct. 8, but Martha Stewart is already planning her post-prison career: The domestic diva will premiere a new syndicated daily show in 2005 with help from Survivor creator Mark Burnett. Burnett, described as a "good friend" of Stewart's, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that he will update her now-canceled Martha Stewart Living TV program. "We will explore new ways to communicate that unique combination of teaching, usefulness, quality, style and impeccable taste that millions of viewers have enjoyed for over a decade," Burnett said. Though it will be a reality show, it won't focus on her prison time, he told New York's Daily News. "Mark and I have forged a bond based on similar creative visions and common respect for strong and distinctive programming," Stewart noted in the statement. Before she can begin production on her show, Stewart will have to serve her five-month sentence for lying to federal investigators about a stock trade. On Tuesday, Judge Miriam Cedarbaum ordered Stewart to surrender by 2 p.m. Oct. 8 and recommended that U.S. officials send her to a prison camp in Danbury, Conn., or Coleman, Fla. (Stewart will receive 72 hours notice of where she will serve her time, her legal team told PEOPLE.) Stewart will then be under house arrest for an additional five months. In a press conference last week, Stewart spoke about her desire to "put this nightmare behind me" and be released in time to plant her spring garden. "I want to reclaim my good life," she said. "I must return to my good works and allow those around me to do the same."

people.comSET: Alicia Keys, 24, is set to rock China when she headlines an unprecedented "Wall of Hope" charity concert expected to bring 5,000 fans to the Great Wall on Saturday, reports Reuters. "It's so much more historical than America," the Grammy-winning R&B star told a news conference. "I am very much inspired by my surroundings." This first-ever Wall concert, which will raise money for the China Children's and Teenagers' Fund, will also feature Cyndi Lauper and Boyz II Men.

Anyone else watch it?? So far all I can think of is Tropical Wooly Mammoths. I'll be watching again next week. Will be interesting to see if they can stretch this out for an entire season though. And the dog was already on the island, it wasn't on the plane with them - right??

SEXUAL POLITICS Ashlee Simpson's tee might just be the right motivation for some Total Request Live fans. The singer-actress was on the show Monday to promote her album Autobiography and the upcoming second season of her MTV reality show.

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RENEE MISSES SNOW ACTION sfgate.com Movie star Renee Zellweger has been banned from one of her favorite winter pastimes -- because insurance bosses won't let her hit the slopes. The actress' most famous character, Bridget Jones, hits the mountain for the upcoming "Bridget Jones's Diary" sequel, but Zellweger, a once keen skier and snowboarder, admits she hasn't had fun on the slopes for seven years. She explains, "The insurance company on films won't let you do those things. They don't like you to do sports where you might break all your limbs and potentially your neck."

EOnline.com HER SHOW WILL GO ON: Canadian diva Celine Dion extending her Las Vegas extravaganza at Caesars Palace for another year through 2007.

Some minor spoilers about characters on the show. LAND OF 'LOST' LOOKERS By LINDA STASI TV Guide.com A planeload of incredibly good-looking yuppies and Gen-Xers crashes in the mid-Pacific, killing everyone who isn't a model. We assume this to be true right off because all the survivors on ABC's "Lost" look like they fell out of the Ford model book - not an airplane. Only four survivors are not perfect, demographically speaking - a woman who looks to be mid-40s; a man in his 50s who may or may not be a pervert, but is for sure a weirdo; and a kid. (There's also the kid's dog who, even though he isn't a Gen Xer, is a labrador, which is demographically desirable.) Despite the fact that the plane breaks into three pieces, all the dead are conveniently stuck inside the fusilage so we don't have to look at them. Better yet, none of the Gen Xer's injuries are serious. Yes - it's a miracle. As luck would have it, all have survived the crash without having broken bodies, ripped off limbs or burnt faces. I don't know about you, but I love a neat crash. Most of the injuries appear to be restricted (thank God again!) to really attractive gashes on the left sides of faces. The setup after the clean plane crash is good, too. There's handsome doc Jack (Matthew Fox); Kate (Evangeline Lilly), a mystery woman; Charlie (Dominic Monaghan, formerly a Hobbit); and Hurley (Jorge Garcia), the one fat guy. (Will he turn out to be doomed like "Piggy" from "Lord of the Flies"? Nah. It's TV!) The other passengers, particularly Sayid (Naveen Andrews, the great actor from one of my favorite movies, "The English Patient"), add some spice to the stew. Sayid is a former Iraqi soldier who fought in the first Gulf War. This brings up all kinds of prejudices - as does the Korean married couple (Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim) who don't speak English but definitely don't like to be around the African-American guy and his kid (Harold Perrineau and Malcolm David Kelly). There's one seemingly bad guy (Josh Holloway) who must be unredeemable because he is - oh God, no! - a chain smoker, although we never see any smoke come out of his mouth because, well, it's TV after all. At any rate, while they've had the damn bad luck to have crashed on the only Pacific Island with neither luxury hotel accommodations nor the cast of "Survivor" already camped out, there is a monster that eats people. (I'm not kidding.) It sounds dopier than it is. In fact, it's actually scary and kind of riveting. The flashbacks to the crash from various the survivors' viewpoints are harrowing and the storyline, once the dopey non-injury plane crash is gotten through, is very good. What's missing is any real diversity in the cast. I mean, seriously, have you ever been on a plane with only gorgeous, young people? Neither have I. "Lost" Tomorrow night at 8 on ABC

Barrymore: I Look Like a Zombieimdb.comDrew Barrymore is finding it more difficult to cope with her insomnia as she gets older, and she's worried she's beginning to look increasingly exhausted. The actress has been fighting the sleep-depriving disorder for years but recently the constant tiredness has started to get to her. She says, "I'm getting older so those dark circles are really starting to show. Before, it was just evident like inside in the feeling. Now I'm starting to look like the Night Of The Living Dead . I sit there at like four in the morning and I'm like, 'Why can't I sleep, why?' I'm just nuts, so basically I'm crazy and I'm a workaholic and I think that has an effect on my insomnia." Barrymore has discovered that reading is the best way to combat her insomnia: "My greatest tool is a book. When I read, even if I read for two hours, eventually I will get to sleep."

Former 'Friends' Stars To Play Struggling Actresses imdb.com Former Friends co-stars Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox are heading to American cable network HBO to play troubled actresses in separate projects. Cox recently received the green light to executive produce and star in the drama Rehab, formerly known as The Fall And Rise Of Taylor Kennedy. The show follows a recovering alcoholic actress. Bosses at HBO have also begun casting the pilot for Kudrow's show The Comeback, a comedy written by the actress and Sex And The City producer Michael Patrick King . The show, executive produced by Kudrow and Patrick King, follows a faded actress as she struggles to make a career comeback. Kudrow's production company Is Or Isn't Entertainment and Cox and husband David Arquette's Coquette Productions both have a number of their own projects currently in development.

Macaulay Culkin Faces Two Drug Counts Tuesday Sep 21, 2004 8:00am EST By Stephen M. Silverman CREDIT: AP PHOTO/OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF Oklahoma City prosecutors charged Macaulay Culkin Monday with two misdemeanor drug counts stemming from his arrest late Friday afternoon for alleged possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane tells the Associated Press that his office would insist that the New York-based actor, 24, receive drug treatment as part of any plea agreement. No court date has been set. The former Home Alone star, who most recently was seen in Saved!, was a passenger in a car being driven by 22-year-old Brett M. Tabisel of New York City, CNN reported. The driver was pulled over for speeding, and he allowed police to search the car. Police confiscated about 17 grams of marijuana, eight Xanax pills and 16 pills police identified as a drug prescribed for anxiety and seizures. Culkin, who reportedly told police he didn't have a prescription for the medications, posted $4,000 bail right away, Oklahoma County Sheriff's Sgt. Gary Furrer confirmed to PEOPLE. It's not yet known why Culkin was in Oklahoma.

celebritybabies.blogspot.com This is the first photo I've seen of Julia Roberts' actual belly. In all the other photos, she's hiding it with a bag or wearing extremely baggy clothing. She doesn't look too excited. She's only 5 months here- you can only imagine how enormous that belly will be in another few months. According to Star, she will be naming the fraternal twins Tyler and Ella. http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielle/427546/ (click link above for larger picture)

EOnline.com GET REAL: Mark Burnett telling the New York Daily News that he has been in heavy talks with Martha Stewart about reinventing her lifestyles show once she's out of prison.

people.comSpotted Recently:Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, in New York, buying their daughter, Beatrice (who turns 1 next month), a CD of Beatles songs sung by kids.

people.comChristina Ricci, Billy Crudup, Amanda Peet, Fisher Stevens, Anna Paquin and Brooke Shields were among the stars who took to the stage for The 24 Hour Plays, a collection of short plays that are conceived, written, rehearsed and performed within a 24-hour period to benefit the Working Playground, a nonprofit group that brings the arts to New York City public schools. The audience, including Claire Danes and Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay, watched the star-studded cast perform love stories, dramatic tales and comedy.

people.com He may be Hollywood royalty, but at heart, Matt Damon is just a down-to-earth guy. "I think right now my life is pretty manageable and pretty normal," says the actor, writer and producer, 33. "I just kind of work and when I'm not working, I'm living at my house in New York, and it doesn't feel out of control and kind of crazy. I understand people who say success is dangerous. But if it hasn't screwed me up already, I don't think it will." Well, okay, but isn't he one of those thrill-seeking actors who insists on doing his own stunts? "Actors are always talking about how they do their own stunts. That's total bull----," he says. "I mean, they don't let us do anything that's dangerous. They let us do things only that are very safe, so they're not really stunts."

World Music Awards 2004

MOST RECOGNIZED MUSICIANS Topping the list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees were Bono and the boys of U2, who've been at work on their 11th studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (due Nov. 23). But the real bombshell: The list of nominees, including the Pretenders, Buddy Guy and Conway Twitty, for the first time recognized a rapper, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five.