Hey there guys and gals.

It's been much too long since I've posted here. Despite rumors to the contrary, I have not left the business, the country, or the planet. I've just been really busy with acting and all other facets of my life. Thanks to all of those who have emailed. Why 99% of you think I need viagra or hoodia is a mystery though.

What's been going on acting-wise? I've shot a recurring role on a show called LA Forensics for Court TV. The episodes should be airing sometime in the next couple months. I've also done a couple of commercials one for Nabisco and a cool anti-drug PSA with Super Bowl commercial director Jeffery Plansker. The former has aired while the latter should be airing now.

I had a fun callback on Thursday for a Home Depot spot. In the audition, I played a Dad tied up and playing cowboys with his two young sons. When I'm reminded of a big sale, I ask the boys to untie me. The boys really got into it and always refused and threw in the ad-lib of calling me a "mama's boy" each time. That totally cracked me up. "Hey! Who have you been talking to?!?"

Well, I'm off to an audition for a Disney spot. Wish me luck and I'll keep you posted.

Of course it's way too early to tell but this young lady sure has talent. Now, I'm sure it's already been overhyped so, if you haven't seen it already, it can never meet expectations. That being said, try to watch this little clip of last night's last American Idol performer with no expectations. I had dozed off on the couch and woke up in time to see this...

Forgive my deviation from the usual topics but this is a weird one I had to share. As many of you know, I run a couple other websites -- one being TVSeriesFinale.com. It's devoted to the endings of television shows. It's kind of a guilty pleasure and something I really enjoy.

As part of promoting the site, I Digg the articles that I think are worthwhile. Digg.com, in case you didn't know, is a really interesting site that helps you find interesting content on the web. Once an article is submitted, readers can vote on it. The more people that like the article (by "digging" it), the higher it rises on the site's pages, causing even more people to see it. It's like a newspaper whose pages are determined by votes of the masses.

Yesterday, I came across a really cool video of the last episode of Lost. It was made by the official people at Disney & ABC but was actually a very funny short that played at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. No spoilers. I posted a short Lost article on TVSeriesFinale.com and submitted it to Digg.

I checked Digg during the day and was happy to see the article rise in popularity. Around 10pm last night, the article was "Made Popular" and showed up at the top on the front page of Digg. Considering the huge amount of articles submitted to Digg, this is very cool for a web author. It means that a ton of people will see what you've done and will be exposed to other articles on your site. Very gratifying. Then something weird happened.

I checked Digg a few minutes later and the post was gone from the front page. It was gone from the Entertainment section as well. What the…? The posting still exists but it doesn't show up anywhere else on the site. Amazing. I emailed the Digg folks who are usually very responsive but haven't heard anything back.

My conclusion? I don't really have one but it seems like someone at Digg stomped on it. Not sure why. The clip was played in public and is widely available. I've seen many cases of similar material being posted and made popular. Anyone else have any ideas?

In the end, it's very disappointing (aside from the obvious reason). We're led to believe that the visibility of articles is basically controlled by the popular vote, unlike in the mainstream media. Apparently, that isn't the case. I wonder if there are similar services out there… cause, I think Digg might be broke.

On the day of the premiere of season six of FOX's 24 series, here a few quotes about the acting and performance ethics of its star Kiefer Sutherland.

"He is absolutely adorable and generous. There was this one incident that sums up his character completely. We were shooting in Long Beach - that's where the assassination attempt on Dennis (Palmer) takes place - and some of the actors and crew stayed over because it's a bit of a schlep from where we usually shoot. Someone was looking for Kiefer because we were all hanging out and enjoying each other's company. He was finally found in the laundry room with the maids... folding laundry. He was having a great time just hanging out with the entire help - the maids and the busboys. That's him. He's cool."
-- Penny Johnson Jerald (Sherry Palmer)

"Kiefer's great. He's so professional on the set and he's so much fun off the set. He sets the bar for the cast and crew. We all look to him to set the standard. It's the best set I've ever worked on and I think a lot of that is due to Kiefer. He comes in - even if he's not supposed to be on camera that day - and does off-camera work with the actors. A lot of actors won't do that, especially if they're... well, Kiefer. It's really funny, because you read what's posted on all of these websites and you'd think they'd have to have smelling salts on the set to revive all the "ladies" but it's not like that at all...I'd actually never seen any of his movies. Or what I'd seen, I'd seen so long ago. But I knew he was a really good actor. Although I had no idea how good he was until I got this job and started working with him."
-- Reiko Aylesworth (Michelle Dessler)

"I had to shoot up until Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so there was no way I was coming home for Thanksgiving. Kiefer's last scene was before lunch, but mine didn't happen until the very end of the day. My last two scenes were my two phone calls that Alberta had with Jack. It's about 6 o'clock, I go onto the set and get ready to pick up the phone, and Kiefer walks in. I'm like, 'What are you doing here?' And Kiefer says, 'I'm doing my phone calls with you.' I was like, 'Kiefer, you know I really appreciate it, but if it were me, I would be on that airplane outta here,' because he lives in Toronto with his family. And he said, 'No, you wouldn't.' So we did the scenes together, even though his part was off camera and the script girl could have easily stood in for him - which I despise, but that's what happens. After we wrapped, he got into his car, drove to the airport, and flew home. After that I said, 'Nobody can give me the excuse that they can't be off camera with another actor ever again. That is a class act."
-- Tamara Tunie (Alberta Green)

"On screen, he certainly has an edge, and he has a dark side to him. He's played a lot of villains. You get a guy like that and you put him in a role that's essentially heroic and he naturally takes on the heroism of the role. But Kiefer brings that sort of dark side with him and it's a tremendous sense of three-dimensionality and layers and complexity. He's a good guy, you root for him, but you know he has demons."
-- Robert Cochran (executive producer)