I am feeling Lost-algic so I decided to repost the following on Lost that was written on January 16, 2007 on Dressed, the blog I used to write when I was at the Bay Area News Group. It was a fashion-centric blog, so that’s why I sound like a 15-year-old girl towards the end.
Please forgive this late blog post. I was extremely busy hobnobbing with celebrities of late into the night – not really. It was more like gawking rather than hobnobbing. Plus I went home around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday after all celebs crawled into their alternate universes of stardom to hibernate before the following evening’s Golden Globes.
Nonetheless, let’s start at the very beginning – a very good place to start. In the morning, I was taking full advantage of the breakfast buffet. However, I still had remnants of a high-school “I am eating alone” complex, but then I got over it fast.
As I sat there, waiting for the first session with ABC president Stephen McPherson, I did what I do best: people watch. The dining area was sparse, so I definitely got more than my fair share of scrambled eggs made from a powder concoction and breakfast pastries suitable for Atkin diet cheaters.
But as I sat there, I noticed Henry Ian Cusick (who plays Desmond on Lost) taking advantage of the buffet like me. There he was. Desmond – scooping scrambled eggs on his plate.
As I continued by breakfast gluttony, I saw more Losties flood in for the session after the president’s panel: Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), Michael Emerson (Ben) and Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet). As a fan of the show, it was surreal. Unlike Susan, I haven’t grown numb to the celebrity factor of the TCA press tour. Call me unprofessional – I don’t care. I am a spazz and I am not scared to admit it.
But before the Lost session, I was very interested to hear what the ABC president had in store for TV’s most valuable network of the year. Its primary players include: Lost (of course), Ugly Betty (a fave), Men in Trees, Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters. The network also includes some family and Disney stuff – isn’t really my cup of cocoa, but it broadens ABC’s demographic – but if want to hear more about all the TV end of things, visit Susan’s blog because that’s her beat and she would probably strangle me if I would go into an in-depth commentary about these shows. I’m telling the truth – she would kill me. Okay, I’m joking – but not really.
After the informative session with McPherson, it was what I had been waiting for all weekend: the LOST panel. Practically all the cast was there minus Naveen Andrews and Terry O’Quinn and plus executive producers Damon Lindelof, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse. Of course, I paid VERY close attention to what they were saying about the show’s future (again, refer to Susan’s blog), but I also had to look at the style. The popularity of the revealing a little cleavage wasn’t only apparent with the women…but the men as well.
There is certainly NOTHING wrong with a little man-cleavage.
Afterwards, I got to talk with Yunjin Kim and she looked absolutely stunning in jeans and the casual blouse. Throughout the day I constantly saw Elizabeth Mitchell walking through the halls – and she was constantly well dressed – very poised and beautiful.
Did I mention that I almost hit Josh Holloway with the door when I was exiting the hotel? This was the previous day and he was trying to be incognito in this really “rough and ragged” look via a leather jacket, cap and torn jeans. It wasn’t very flattering. Nonetheless, I wasn’t paying attention when I was opening a door and it barely grazed him. I should’ve “accidentally” hit him with the door so that I could’ve had a conversation with him. But he certainly cleaned up nice:
This panel had to be the best dressed! Actually, I have a slight bias, but that’s okay.
All photos by:Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
- Excited
- Fascinated
- Amused
- Bored
- Sad
- Angry
