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LOST star JORGE GARCIA was forced to pull the plug on his Internet blog because his bosses feared he’d give away the show’s plot.
Production on the programme is shrouded in secrecy, prompting die-hard fans to scour Garcia’s online diary for clues.
But the 34-year-old’s blog was soon cancelled.
Garcia - who plays Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes on the hit show - says, "I started a blog at one point, and it kind of scared people involved with the show.
"Anything that I’d write, they knew that people would read into it and try to figure out what it meant."

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Hollywood star DIANE KEATON is launching her own range of furniture.
The actress has been fascinated with design since childhood, when her dad introduced her to the California architecture that inspired her new creations.
The 61-year-old says of her new venture, "I’ve never done anything like this before. I’ve really enjoyed trying to imagine how the California indoor/outdoor lifestyle could be mass-produced.
"The furniture that I’m interested in is what I’ve collected in the past Monterey furniture. Monterey furniture is indigenous to Southern California. It was made and created in the late 1920s.
"My father worked for the Department of Power and Water and when I was a little girl we’d go to downtown Los Angeles and it was like a stunning wonderland to me." The veteran star recently paid tribute to her passion for classic Californian architecture in a new photo book featuring classic Spanish homes. The coffee table book is titled California Romantica.

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Oscar nominee MARION COTILLARD sunk into such a deep depression at the tender age of nine, because she "didn’t want to live" any longer.
The La Vie En Rose star questioned her purpose in life at a very early age and Cotillard admits the truths she exposed along the way left her wishing she was never born.
She says, "I really started to ask myself, ‘What am I doing here? What are human beings doing here?’ I so wanted to understand, and I didn’t.
"What I (wanted) in my mind was something like a perfect world, with a perfect understanding of everything. I thought that people were logical about life and respect and love. And when I started realising it was not that way at all, I felt I didn’t want to live." However, she’s quick to clarify that suicide was never an option: "Oh, no, I deeply love life, but I started searching quite early."

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Fashion designer GEORGES MARCIANO has filed a lawsuit against his former accountant over claims his longtime money manager stole more than $2 million (£1 million) of his cash.
In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday (28Jan08), Marciano - the founder of designer label Guess - alleges Gary Iskowitz "misappropriated, converted, embezzled, lost, wasted and/or diminished" his assets in the 20 years he was employed by Marciano.
The designer also claims he discovered "unauthorized withdrawals" of at least $1.4 million (£700,000) made in February 2006.

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The London stage adaptation of HAIRSPRAY has triumphed at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, picking up two prizes including the gong for Best Musical.
The West End show, which stars Mel Smith and Michael Ball as the cross-dressing Edna Turnblad, also saw actress Leanne Jones take home the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her role as Tracy Turnblad.
Shakespeare play Macbeth was also a double winner at Tuesday’s (20Jan08) awards ceremony at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre.
The production scooped the Best Director prize for Rupert Goold, while leading actor Patrick Stewart was awarded the The John and Wendy Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance along with Othello star Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Ejiofor beat competition from Hollywood actor Ewan McGregor to take the prize the first time the Critics’ Circle Theatre judges have given the Best Shakespearean Performance award to two actors.
Other winners include Simon McBurney’s A Disappearing Number for Best New Play; Charles Dance for Best Actor for his role in Shadowlands, a production about C.S. Lewis’ life; and James McAvoy’s wife Anne-Marie Duff was named Best Actress for her leading role in Saint Joan.

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LATEST: CHRISTIAN BRANDO’s ex-wife is suing the late actor’s lawyers over money she claims she is owed - just days after her former spouse passed away.
Marlon Brando’s eldest son died on Saturday (26Jan08) morning at a Los Angeles Hospital after suffering from pneumonia. He was 49.
But Christian’s former wife Deborah Brando has wasted no time in filing suit against the executors of Marlon Brando’s estate.
In legal papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday (28Jan08), Deborah claims she was made assignee of her ex-husband’s rights in the Marlon Brando Living Trust February 2007, as part of a settlement deal with Brando in a domestic violence case.
She is alleging professional negligence, conspiracy, fraud and deceit, after reportedly discovering in December (07) that the estate’s executors had altered it by forging Marlon’s signature to try and con her out of money and property owed to her.
The lawsuit reads: "The will was forged … designed to separate and alienate (Deborah Brando) from others in Marlon Brando’s close and extended family, friends, and business acquaintances, and to keep them from challenging the will or trust." She is seeking an unspecified amount in damages.
Meanwhile, an autopsy is scheduled to take place on Tuesday (29Jan08) to find out the exact cause of death upon request of the Brando family.
Los Angeles County coroner’s Lieutenant Fred Corral said the family asked for the autopsy "based on his past drug history".

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DOLLY PARTON has written a musical based on her life - but has no plans to have it made until she’s lived a little more.
The country legend, who celebrated her 61st birthday this month (Jan08), hasn’t finished her story yet - so the musical she dreamed up will have to wait.
Parton explains, "I’ve written a musical of my life story.
"I’ve pretty much got it all written. I’m hoping that possibly I may do that as a movie. Then somebody else can take it later and put it on Broadway.
"I want it to be the right time. I’m still living it, so I don’t want to tell my life story yet. I thought it was a little premature." (IG/IV/MT) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2008

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Dance star MOBY hit the streets of west London on Monday evening (28Jan08) to put on an impromptu sidewalk show for fans - but his turn as a street performer only earned him $10 (£5) in tips.
The Honey hitmaker - real name Richard Melville Hall - was joined by singer Joy Malcolm in the British capital’s Sloane Square for a performance of his greatest hits.
But the 40-minute set, which was filmed as a stunt for British TV programme The Culture Show, didn’t prove to be a money-maker for Moby.
He says, "At the most I was given maybe £5 or £6, but that’s fine because I was obviously not doing it for the money.
"When I was at university I used to busk (perform on the streets) all the time to make money to buy liquor."

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The ARCTIC MONKEYS have been honoured with the Best Pop prize at the British South Bank Show Awards in London.
The U.K. rockers won the top music prize for their latest album Favourite Worst Nightmare at a ceremony on Tuesday (29Jan08), following in the footsteps of previous winners like Blur and English singer/songwriter Richard Hawley.
The Best Classical Music prize went to Traced Overhead: The Musical World of Thomas Ades, while the Best Opera gong was awarded to Benhamin Britten’s The Turn of The Screw - an opera based on the novella of the same name by Henry James.
Meanwhile, the BAFTA-nominated movie Atonement took home the Best Film award, London theatre show Saint Joan picked up the Best Theatre prize, and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was presented with the Outstanding Achievement award for the worldwide success of the boy wizard books and movie franchise.

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NORAH JONES is planning to take 2008 off - after working herself to the point of exhaustion last year (07).
The singer released a new album, Not Too Late, in January (08) and spent much of the year touring to promote the disc.
But she also found the time to squeeze in her acting debut in director Wong Kar Wai’s movie My Blueberry Nights - and she admits her heavy work schedule has left her in need of a break.
Jones says, "I’m taking some time off. I worked a lot last year, just between the movie and my new record and the tour."

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JENNIFER LOPEZ’s representative has denied reports the singer/actress has gone into labour, insisting she is still pregnant.
The Latina beauty is due to give birth imminently and rumours circulated the Internet on Monday (28Jan08) claiming the star had been taken to a Long Island, New York hospital to prepare for the delivery.
But her spokesperson tells Usmagazine.com, "It’s not true. We have been getting the same phone calls since last week. Everybody figures it is happening around now so they have started throwing out the story hoping they will be right and be the one to break the news but it isn’t yet." Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony are said to be expecting twins, and reports were further fuelled on Friday (25Jan08) when Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz dedicated a song to their "children" at a concert in New York.

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Pop superstar GWEN STEFANI is expecting her second child with rocker husband GAVIN ROSSDALE.
The happy couple are preparing to welcome another summer (08) baby - a brother or sister for their son Kingston who was born in May 2006.
Stefani, who wed Brit Rossdale in 2002, is 13 weeks pregnant.
Rossdale’s father Douglas says, "They and the whole family are delighted." (GES/WNWCPL/KL) WENN - BREAKING NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2008 —————————————————————

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BRITNEY SPEARS has fallen out with her longtime companion/manager SAM LUTFI after the pair broke into a screaming match outside her Hollywood mansion on Monday night (28Jan08).
Spears was seen arguing with Lutfi while sitting in his parked car at the front gate of the private Los Angeles community The Summit. She later emerged from the vehicle in tears and sat on the street curb for 20 minutes, before calling her on/off boyfriend, paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, to pick her up.
But Ghalib was denied entrance to the complex by the gate’s guards, after they were reportedly instructed by Lutfi to keep the British-born photographer out.
He reportedly text messaged Lutfi to find out why he wasn’t being granted access to the estate, to which Lutfi responded by telling him to leave, insisting his presence in Spears’ life was going to "kill" the troubled star.
Lutfi’s message, captured by Hollywood.tv, reads, "You need to cease all contact with her completely. I’ve tried to work with you helping her but you didn’t do as asked. Only way to help now is disappear. She’s never been this way before." But in a statement released by Ghalib through his photo agency employers Finalpixx, he explains: "The truth is that Sam Lutfi started an argument with Britney and the two ended up in a screaming fight.
"Sam continued to verbally abuse Britney as she sat barefoot on the curb at her Summit home crying holding her dog London.
"Britney called Adnan for help and he heard the distress in her voice and drove to the Summit immediately. While outside the gates he was denied access as Sam Lutfi had informed the guards that he was not allowed entry. When Adnan then tried to call Britney it seems that Sam had turned all of her cell phones off." And the dramatic events of Monday night continued when police were called to Spears’ residence around 7pm after a neighbour reported a swam of paparazzi were "stepping onto the grounds" of the private community, according to Los Angeles police officer Mike Lopez.

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British actor TIMOTHY STETSON has been killed in a fire in a Los Angeles apartment. He was 53.
Stetson recently moved to California to relaunch his acting career after taking time out to work for the Air Transport Association of America for several years, helping to transport troops and supplies to Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of the events of September 11.
He was a regular on U.K. TV, starring in romantic drama We’ll Meet Again in 1982, while he graced American TV screens in a number of episodes of soap opera All My Children.
Stetson also ventured into Hollywood, starring alongside Sir Alec Guinness in 1979 thriller series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and the movie Yanks!, which was released in the same year.
He is survived by his two sisters and a brother, according to industry publication Variety.
Full details surrounding Stetson’s death were unavailable as WENN went to press.

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LINDSAY LOHAN’s friends have defended the actress against reports she has lapsed in her battle with booze - insisting she is in control of her drinking.
The actress is on a pledge to stay sober after a spell in rehab last year (07), following two DUI incidents which resulted in a brief stint in jail.
She relapsed while in Italy on New Year’s Eve (31Dec07) - and was spotted drinking cocktails in New York at the weekend (26Jan08).
But pals insist she wasn’t drunk, telling the New York Daily News, "Lindsay is learning how to work through her addictions and, once in a while, she chooses to have a cocktail. People over-exaggerate her behaviour when in fact on Friday night, many people commented to her on how composed she was." After her New Year drinking session, her lawyer Blair Berk said: "After being handed a champagne bottle while on a dance floor in Italy on New Year’s Eve and drinking from it, the good news is that Lindsay stopped herself, called her sponsor, and got herself back on track.
"There is no magic cure here. The most unfortunate part of this is that Lindsay has to share her ‘one day at a time’ with the entire world."

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Bosses at U.S. TV network NBC Universal are taking LAW & ORDER creator DICK WOLF to court in a dispute over how much he is paid.
Executive producer Wolf - responsible for the original legal drama and its spin-offs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent is arguing his contract guarantees him a certain fee or payment for producing 48 extra episodes of Law & Order, even though NBC has decided not to continue airing the show.
But NBC bosses claim they made no such agreement and their lawsuit - filed late last week (ends25Jan08) with the Los Angeles Superior Court - asks the court to clarify the contract signed by both the firm and Wolf.
Pam Rubem Golum, a spokeswoman for Wolf, says, "NBC Universal is trying to rewrite an existing contract." Law & Order is the second-longest running drama in U.S. TV history, after the 20-year run of Western series Gunsmoke.

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JESSICA ALBA and CASH WARREN have discovered the sex of their unborn child but they’re not sharing it with the world.
The actress confessed she and Warren couldn’t resist the temptation to find out if they are expecting a boy or girl during an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday (28Jan08).
Alba - currently in her second trimester - says, "I might know, but I’m not saying anything."

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American TV star CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT has died in an avalanche while snowboarding in California. The 60-year-old actor is the third person to die after a trio of freak avalanches caused by snowstorms ripped through the West Coast of America.
The veteran actor, who was a huge fan of skiing, was found near the Mountain High Ski resort in Wrightwood, California.
Allport had starred in many of TV’s most popular series, including ER, Felicity and Matlock.
In a bizarre twist, the actor had once warned about the dangers of skiing in a newspaper article, saying, "Any excursion into the mountains requires awareness. Have fun, but be careful." The other two victims were named as Michael McKay, 23, an off-duty member of the resort’s patrol team, and Darin Coffey, 31. Both were allegedly skiing outside the resort’s strict boundaries.

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