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No house hunt
for ‘Lost’ actor

The raft that the "Lost" survivors have been building the last few episodes went up in flames last Saturday as planned during filming at Police Beach in Haleiwa. Lots of photos floating around of the conflagration.

Emilie de Ravin, who plays Claire on the hit series, says the production is using twins as the lone baby she birthed in last week's episode. There was an obstetrician on set to depict the childbirth accurately.

Ian Somerhalder, whose character, Boone, got killed in the last episode, was searching to buy a house here when he got the call that his character would die. He will return, however, by way of flashback in the now three-hour season finale. "Exodus Part 1" will air May 18, and "Exodus Part 2" the 25th, which will make for an unprecedented 25-hour first season's worth of shows.

Former "Lost" writer and co-executive producer David Fury has quit the show to work on two other series, as well as "for numerous personal reasons" ...

Even though some local actors have been called by Disney casting executives for roles in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel, the pic is not filming here. Primary location is the Dominican Republic ...

If George Clooney is going to play Steve McGarrett as rumored in Warner Bros.' "Hawaii Five-0" movie, then it'll have to be after he stars in the same studio's "The Good German," which has a September start date. "Five-0" director Steven Soderbergh also will direct "The Good German"...

Students in Advanced Cinematic Production at the University of Hawaii's Academy for Creative Media have begun their commercial shoots for Scion, guided by instructor Anne Misawa and Servco Hawaii ad and marketing specialists in a unique educational partnership. Students are applying their skills to create audience-specific, market-driven projects, a taste of creative and commercial reality ...

Despite all the reported scout work, Hawaii will not be used as a location in Clint Eastwood's upcoming World War II epic, "Flags of Our Fathers" ...

How important are a state's financial incentives for film and TV productions? Productions have quadrupled in Louisiana and tripled in Illinois since those states' incentives took effect, officials there say ...