Evangeline Lilly

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly, star of ABC's "Lost," is on "Late Night with David Letterman" tonight, May 10, on CBS at 11:35 p.m.

Lilly, who was born in Canada, plays Kate Austin on the popular ABC program. "Lost" is now running its final month worth of episodes before the series ends.

"Lost" was Lilly's big break. She has since been nominated for a Golden Globe and had a supporting role in last year's best picture Oscar winner "The Hurt Locker."

Also appearing on tonight's "Late Night" are Sam Rockwell and the cast of Tony-nominated musical "Million Dollar Quartet."

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The Ten Commandments Movie

Gina Wilhelm Actress - The Ten Commandments Movie

It's an American Easter tradition: The night before Easter, the ABC television network airs Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments."

DeMille was the "archetypical Hollywood director" for 50 years. He acted on Broadway in 1900, but by 1913 had joined the filmmaking group that would eventually become Paramount Pictures.

Although today he is best known for his Biblical epics, DeMille made popular "sharp social comedies," western, and American history films.

DeMille wrote many of his pictures before 1925 (often writing the stage plays the movie would be based on), edited several between 1914 and 1918, and was the producer on most of his films as well.

He was a leading director of "A" movies from 1914 until his final directorial effort, "The Ten Commandments," in 1956.

The epic was in part a remake of a 1923 silent film by the same name. In fact, some of the cast and crew of the '23 movie worked on the '56 picture.

The classic stars Charlton Heston as Moses, Yul Brynner as his adoptive brother Pharoah Ramses II, and Anne Baxter as Nefretiri.

The movie has been hailed by the American Film Institute as one of the ten best epics of all time. It is also one of the most financially successful films of all time.

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Last Chance to Debate Oscar's Good Actress

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Last Chance to Debate Oscar's Good Actress

With The Oscar ceremony mere hours away (5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on ABC), there are also mere hours to debate who will take home the best actress award.

Although the conventional wisdom is that it's between Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock, entertainmentandshowbiz.com advise not counting out Helen Mirren or Gabourey Sidibe.

Of particular import, they point to the fact that Gabourey Sidibe (as well as costar and supporting actress favorite Mo'Nique) were both honored at the NAACP Image Awards.

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ABC News Looks at Elizabeth Taylor

Gina Wilhelm Actress - ABC News Looks at Elizabeth Taylor

The ABC news website has posted a gallery of Elizabeth Taylor photos through the years.

Taylor is undergoing heart surgery to repair a "leaky valve" and requested prayers from her fans via her Twitter account.

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Julie Bowen, Modern Woman

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Julie Bowen, Modern Woman

Julie Bowen, formerly of "Boston Legal" and the winsome Carol Vessey on "Ed," is about to star in the promising-looking new sitcom "Modern Family."

The new ABC show focuses on three couples and their families. In the show, as in her real life, Bowen's character has three children.

Bowen says that she read the script and very much wanted to do the program. However, at the time auditions were being held, she was pregnant with twins, which is very different from the character.

In order to get the role, she had to do the audition and then beg and plead. Finally, they agreed to shoot around her belly.

Bowen went to Brown University and graduated with a BA in Renaissance studies. Her parents felt she should get a truly liberal liberal arts education.

However, they refused to pay for postgraduate studies in acting, so she wound up having to wait tables in order to take acting classes.

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