Lost may be over, but fans are still as zealous about the show as ever. Props from the show were auctioned off over the weekend, netting over $1.8 million.

Someone shelled out $47,500 for the Dharma van Hurley drove in season three, while another super-fan paid $27,500 for the Lighthouse Wheel that linked the castaways and their numbers.

See the full list of auction items and what they sold for: http://tinyurl.com/28s4wry

It was 41 years ago today — August 18th, 1969 — that the Woodstock Music and Art Fair wrapped with Jimi Hendrix’s incendiary set after more than three days of music in Bethel, New York. More than 450,000 people converged upon the small upstate town to hear rock’s biggest bands perform. Although Woodstock was neither the first nor last major festival concert, the fact that the youth of America were able to congregate in one place with no violence during one of the most turbulent years of the decade, gave birth to the notion of the “Woodstock Nation” and gave a voice — and a face — to the hippie ideal.

The Bands who TURNED DOWN the chance to play Woodstock: http://tinyurl.com/lldm5h

FRIDAY THE 13th SUPERSTITIONS:

The curses that surround Friday the 13th range from sailors and fishermen being wary of going out to sea to beliefs that hearing any piece of news on the day would add a wrinkle to your face.

In 1913, New York pastor Charles Reynolds even offered to marry couples for free, if they dared to challenge the superstitions.

An extreme superstition is that if you have 13 people who sit down to a meal together, all will die within a year.

Throughout history, many of the world’s most notorious killers have had exactly 13 letters in their names, such as Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Charles Manson.

Throughout history, May 13th has seen Pope John Paul II shot and seriously wounded in Rome in 1981, Vice-President Richard Nixon attacked in Latin America in 1958, and Winston Churchill promising Parliament “to wage war, by sea, land and air with all our might and strength that God can give” in 1940.

Finally, in 1993, a study in the British Medical Journal concluded that the “risk of a transport accident on Friday the 13th may be increased by as much as 52% and that staying at home was recommended.”

(Source: Mail & Guardian Online)

FRIDAY THE 13th ODDITIES:

More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
Many airports skip the 13th gate.
Some airplanes have no 13th row of seats.
Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil’s luck. Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.

Are you kidding?? 5 million bucks a year, to sit on glamorous TV set, and ask cream puff, softballs questions to celebs??? WOW!

MARY HART TAKES A PAY CUT: Mary Hart reportedly took a pay cut of up to 50 percent in order to keep her job as co-host of Entertainment Tonight for one more season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. But here’s the astonishing part. Hart was apparently making $5 million a year! Which might explain why they’re looking for a new host to replace her after 29 years on the syndicated show. CBS Television Distribution declined to comment. With syndication and advertising revenues falling, there may be few such superstar salaries in the future, on ET or anywhere else.

I think I’ll sleep better knowing that she’s only making 2.5 million… Great!

The Betty White empire keeps growing. Usmagazine.com reports that the 88-year-old “It Girl” is partnering with Jerry Leigh Apparel to produce a line of T-shirts and hoodies using her image. A company executive said, “With Betty White’s star continuing to be on the rise, she was a natural fit for Jerry Leigh Apparel, as we pride ourselves on offering the most cutting edge developments in the apparel industry.” A portion of the proceeds will benefit White’s favorite charity, the Morris Animal Foundation. The clothing is currently available for $48 at HoodieBuddie.com.

Check out the website:

http://shop.hoodiebuddie.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=103

The new Sex and the City 2 trailer shows glimpses of Miley Cyrus, Penelope Cruz, John Corbett and Liza Minnelli. Check out the extended trailer here! http://bit.ly/bRVAW9

Teri Hatcher is launching a new website this spring with the goal of empowering women. Variety reports that GetHatched.com, which is in conjunction with Disney, will “provide, with humor, insight and vulnerability, solutions to the needs and obligations of today’s modern women.”

The actress plans to give advice in cyberspace via articles, blogs, and webisodes. Hatcher, along with a staff, will oversee the creative and editorial content. DisneyFamily.com will produce the website.

• This is not Hatcher’s first foray into professional advice-giving. The actress also authored a book in 2006 called “Burnt Toast and Other Philosophies of Life,” which provides family and career advice to women.

So, what do you think?  Here are some internet comments already in:

Out now is a new book focusing on the Beatles‘ session work for outside musicians. While researching Beatles Deeper Undercover author/historian Kristofer Engelhardt discovered two unknown early-’80s Paul McCartney songs recorded by an obscure band from Barbados called, Ivory.

Well, I guess that means, Paul wasn’t exactly thrilled with the songs.  Sorry, Sir Paul Mac- they found em!

CHECK IT OUT: To order Beatles Deeper Undercover, log on to: http://tinyurl.com/ya2muqx

The cast of Glee is covering Madonna songs for a new EP, due out April 20th, featuring seven tracks, including “Like a Virgin,” “Like A Prayer” and “Vogue,” among others. The set coincides with a Madonna-themed episode.

How in the WORLD do you pick the best 7  Madonna songs??  I wouldn’t want that job!

Here’s what they chose:

The Power of Madonna Track Listing

1. Express Yourself

2. Borderline/Open Your Heart

3. Vogue

4. Like A Virgin

5. 4 Minutes

6. What It Feels Like For A Girl

7. Like A Prayer