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The cast of “Lost” is about to get a fatter paycheck. People.com picked up a Hollywood Reporter dispatch that says that for signing on to an extra year on the ABC ratings hit, Touchstone Television offered all the original members of the ensemble — Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O’Quinn, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim and Harold Perrineau — nearly $80,000 each per episode next season.

Currently, the actors are said to be earning between $20,000 and $40,000 per show. Fox, however, reportedly earned a bonus of at least $250,000 for playing the pivotal role of Jack. Reps for Touchstone and the actors declined comment.

‘Lost’ stars Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly have reportedly got engaged.

The British-born actor - who plays rock star Charlie in the hit show - is said to have proposed to stunning Evangeline in Hawaii last week.

The happy pair are now planning to jet to the UK to share their happy news with Dominic’s family.

A source is quoted in Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper as saying: “They want to spend the rest of their lives together.”
Earlier this month, 26-year-old Evangeline - who plays bad girl Kate in the show - revealed she was so worried about filming nude scenes TV bosses had to re-write the script.

The stunning brunette admits she is a bit of a “prude” and was determined not to strip naked in front of the cameras.

She said: “When I got the first draft of the pilot episode there was a nude scene in there. So before I got the job I said to JJ (’Lost’ creator JJ Abrams), ‘You need to know I’m a bit of a prude and nudity is something that I’m going to be adamantly opposed to’.

“When we came to shoot the scene it had been re-written for me to be in a tank top and underwear and I really appreciate that they made it more modest.”