EVIL PUPPET MASTERS

Just wanted to remind everyone that TODAY is the last day to bid for the LOST items in the Fans4Writers Silent Auction. The bidding ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. - so get to it!

The Fans4Writers site has finally opened up the new auction items. Along with the LOST S1 Card Set and autographs I told y’all about HERE, my good friend BOBBAAYYY has donated his Shannon Action Figure by McFarlane, still in the box, that was signed by the lovely Maggie Grace at the LOST Weekend Fan Party held last Spring.

To start bidding, go HERE.

Bid high and bid often. Bidding is live now and ends next Monday, January 21st.

I wanted to give y’all a heads’ up on an auction item that I am donating/arranging for the Fans4Writers Silent Auction. All the proceeds are now going to the Writers Guild Foundation Industry Support Fund - can’t beat that cause, so I am coughing up a piece of swag that was given to me a couple of years ago.

I am donating a COMPLETE set of LOST Season 1 Trading Cards, still in the Inkworks shrink wrap. And if that isn’t enough to make you want to bid, I contacted a few people and managed to arrange for personalized autographs for the winning bidder from JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.

Cool, huh? The next round of the auction starts Friday, January 11th and the bidding will go for 7 days.

Bid high and bid often. And don’t say I never gave you anything

Like LOST? Like to meet other LOST fans? Like to bid on LOST-related swag that will benefit one of JJ’s fave charities? Like the possibility of rubbing elbows with some LOST VIPs? Well, then have I got a party for you!

LOST Weekend 2007* is this year’s LOST fan party and is open to any and all LOST fans, but reservations are on a first-come, first-serve basis - so DON’T DAWDLE!! There is a cap on the number of attendees!

The event will take place from March 30th through April 1st, 2007, at the Hollywood & Highland Renaissance Hotel (aka “The Ren”) located in L.A. LOST fans from all over the country (and a few other countries) are making the trip — YOU SHOULD, TOO! We’d love to have you there!

The main party will be held on the evening of March 31st at the Ren, which will include a silent auction on LOST swag, the proceeds of which will go to benefit the Children’s Defense Fund. Though VIP attendance is NOT guaranteed, in years past we have been honored with the presence of such notables as Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, William Mapother, Harold Perrineau, Daniel Dae Kim, Carlton Cuse and JJ Abrams, just to name a few.

So.. COME ONE, COME ALL!! Go to the official LOST Weekend 2007 website and register, as well as to get further details. In the meantime, here are some pictures to entice you, courtesy of myself and other partygoers (DO NOT STEAL!):

*This event was previously known as Destination: LA.

The wonderful Greg Grunberg has coercedconvinced his new Heroes family to pick up the mantle and help him raise money for the Pediatric Epilepsy Project. There will be an auction held from November 6 thru 27th with a lot of cool Heroes-related items up for bid. The proceeds will benefit the P.E.P. The website addy is www.heroesauction.com.

What an awesome way to help teenage girls fight back against potential abductors! Two teens from Vancouver, Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage, wrote and produced a 45-minute self-defense video for other girls their age. Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly got involved through a cousin of Catherine’s that works on the Lost set.

You can download the video for FREE from the “Just Yell Fire” website.

Jennifer Garner is participating in GAP’s new ad campaign, which features limited edition clothes from the retailer. Half of the proceeds from the selling of these garmets will go to benefit the charity known as “Red” — which gives money to women and children in Africa affected by HIV/Aids. One of Garner’s ad photos is featured with the article.