Lisa Berg/NBC• Kate Plus Ratings Stunt: What could the world possibly need more of than more Gosselin drama? Nothing! That's what TLC seems to believe, as they are milking the current national obsession with a new one-hour special called Kate: Her Story. NBC's Natalie Morales will sit down with Kate Gosselin for Kate's "most intimate interview to date." It airs Monday, and eight new episodes of Jon & Kate Plus Eight begin Nov. 9.
• Paula Found! While Nigel Lythgoe was putting out a Jesus chair for Paula Abdul on last night's So You Think You Can Dance, we tracked down Paula across town at the Rock the Casbah charity gala, where she explained: "I'm quite busy, flying all over the place. I'm getting back to my roots and being a creative soul." She then added, "Stay tuned and you will hear that announcement…You will see me on television soon."
• No Jennifer Aniston Talk Show: Despite the New York Post report that Jennifer Aniston will be doing her own weekly show on Oprah's new cable channel OWN, Jen's rep tells us: "Completely false. She has no plans for a talk show."
• New Lost Regular! Executive Producer Damon Lindelof tells USA Today: "Yeah, Lapidus is defintiely a series regular this season. Jeff Fahey was just a recurring character up through last year. Now, whether Lapidus makes it until the end of the season is anyone's guess, but he's defintely one of the A Team this year." Lindelof also says there is no premiere date yet for the new season, and it's possible the show could move from Wednesdays to another night.
Matthew in Seattle: Kristin, Did you see that Maggie Grace is returning to Lost? Was she the holdout you were talking about? It seems like she said no at first (because she was shooting movies) but now changed her mind and they are going to insert her into previously shot scenes.
Whaaaaa? That's a crazy theory! On another (totally unrelated, of course) note: Remember that time Michael Cera resisted joining the upcoming Arrested Development movie (because he was too busy with other movies), but then some diehard fan posing as a TV columnist outed him and he end up signing on? All I'm saying is, you're welcome, TV fans! In all seriousness, I'm just happy we get to see Shannon/Maggie again. Flight 815 would not be the same without her. Here's hoping this time around she'll get to grow old with Sayid and have some ridiculously hot babies.
Anyone else counting the minutes till Lost returns?
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Guess which Lost star won't be back?
Harold Perrineau sets the record straight on whether he'll return to Lost.
Kate Gosselin talks remarriage...in about 40 years.