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Star promises ‘Lost’ has hatched great finale
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
OK, “Lost” fans, straight from the mouth of the good doctor, Jack Shephard:
The last two episodes of the season will answer a lot of questions, said “Lost” star Matthew Fox, who is in town filming the movie “We Are Marshall.”
Fox told Buzz on Tuesday that the season finale, a two-hour episode May 24, tops last season’s, which saw a group of creepy pirates kidnap Walt on the high seas.
“A lot of stuff is revealed, much more so than last year,” Fox said. “It leaves the island and a lot of people on the island in some difficult spots.” Of course, Fox wasn’t telling exactly what would be revealed.
One knock on the show has been that it raises questions that never seem to get answered. But Fox said he loves it that way. “When I’m reading a great book, I savor it,” he said. “I make myself read only one chapter a night because I don’t want it to end. ‘Lost’ is like a good book. It’s tantalizing to enjoy. In no way does it try my patience.”
Fox will be in and around town for much of the next month shooting “Marshall.” The movie co-stars Matthew McConaughey and revolves around the 1970 plane crash that killed the entire Marshall football team and all but one of the coaches. Fox portrays Red Dawson, the coach who drove home from the East Carolina game instead of flying.
Most of the football and locker room scenes, as well as the crash site shots, are being filmed in Atlanta. Parts were filmed in Huntington, W.Va., the home of Marshall University. The movie is set to be released in early December.
More talk on FM dial
R&B station 102.5/WAMJ-FM has dropped music during middays for two syndicated African-American talk shows led by Michael Eric Dyson and the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Dyson, an outspoken University of Pennsylvania professor and author, began airing Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. His latest book, “Come Hell or High Water,” is a sharp condemnation of the government response to Hurricane Katrina.
Sharpton, the controversial civil rights activist and former Democratic presidential candidate, is on from 1 to 3 p.m. Both are heard on 20 stations nationwide but mostly on AM signals. Atlanta is unusual because the pair are on an FM station here.
A rival for iTunes
Viacom Inc.’s MTV cable-television music channel is starting a song-downloading service this week, aiming to compete with Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes by offering a monthly subscription fee.
The service, which begins today, will be available through Microsoft Corp.’s new version of its media-player software, Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music, Films and Logo group, said in a briefing. The music service will cost $99 for full-year access or $9.99 a month, he said. Consumers also can purchase songs for 99 cents each.
“Only 5 percent of music is sold digitally,” Toffler said. “We will concentrate on people who don’t have iPods.”
Celebrity birthdays
Actor-director Dennis Hopper is 70. Actor Bill Paxton is 51. Comedian Bob Saget is 50. Singer Enya is 45. Musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 41.
Contributing: Bill Sanders, Rodney Ho and news services. If you have a tip, call 404-526-5688 or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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