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Evangeline Lilly is writing a children's book.

The 30-year-old actress is planning to carve out a career as an author now she has more time on her hands since the ending of her TV series 'Lost'.

She said: "I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to give that a go; I'd like to try to be a writer."

When quizzed on her literary endeavours by US TV talk show host Craig Ferguson, the brunette beauty currently revealed she is working on a children's novel called 'The Squickerwonkers' and went on to recite seven lines of the text from memory.

The extract ended with "There's a secret that lies behind the Squickerwonkers' name, a horrible secret that give Squickerwonkers shame."

Evangeline Lilly is "homeless and unemployed".

The actress admits she has found herself at a loss since filming her final scenes for US TV drama series 'Lost' in Hawaii but has only just realised the extent of her situation.

She said: "I did live in Hawaii and now I am essentially homeless. I'm a gypsy a bit, living out of my suitcase, and I'm unemployed.

"I was filling out a form at the dentist the other day and I realised when they said 'Put your address and your occupation' that I was homeless and unemployed."

Evangeline Lilly thinks people have to stop having babies to save the planet.

The actress - who is been dating her co-star Dominic Monaghan since they met on the set of 'Lost' in 2004 - believes people are procreating at an alarming rate and must slow down their baby-making or adopt to "protect" the Earth.

She said: "For a very long time, I have had intentions to adopt. We have a huge population problem on Earth. We're not going to protect the Earth the way we need to protect it if we don't stop making so many babies."

Despite her views on adoption, the 30-year-old beauty is desperate to experience the "gift" of pregnancy and will "allow" herself one baby of her own.

Evangeline - who plays fugitive Kate Austen in 'Lost' - said: "I have always wanted to have a child of my own and I will always want to go through the gift that women have been given to experience that, so I hope to be a mother at some point. I think I can allow myself one child - and from then on, I think I would have to adopt. It makes sense not to add to the population problem."

Evangeline Lilly is happy to go to the toilet in front of her co-stars.

The actress had to overcome her inhibitions when she started filming TV drama 'Lost' - about a group of people stranded on a tropical island - in Hawaii, and claims she loses her dignity "all the time every day".

Evangeline is quoted as saying by the National Ledger website: "I'm the type of person who, when I'm in the jungle working with Matthew Fox, will just crouch beside a bush three feet away and take a pee."

The 29-year-old US actress also revealed she nearly turned down the role of Kate Austin in the programme - currently filming its sixth series - because she thought the script was poor when she first read it.

She added: "I kind of didn't want it. I actually said, 'That seems like a really c**p script'. Because we never saw the entire script, just little pieces.

"It was a plane crash on a desert island, I thought, 'Oh give me a break - dramatic Gilligan's Island'. Turns out it was f***ing brilliant."

Evangeline also added she is not interested in her hunky co-stars Matthew and Josh Holloway - who are locked in a love triangle with her on the show - in real life.

Evangeline Lilly is happy to squat and pee a stone's throw away from her Lost co-star Matthew Fox, the actress says. The 29-year-old makes her cheeky revelation saying that she loses her dignity 'all the time, every day'. Lilly says: "I'm the type of person who, when I'm in the jungle working with Matthew Fox, will just crouch beside a bush 3ft away and take a pee."

The actress, who plays Kate Austen in the hit TV series, says she almost snubbed the role.   “I kind of didn’t want it,” she says. “I actually said: ‘That seems like a really crap script’. Because we never saw the entire script, just little pieces.

She adds, "“It was a plane crash on a desert island, I thought: ‘Oh give me a break – dramatic Gilligan’s Island’. “Turns out it was (effin) brilliant.” And the actress says that, although it may grip fans, she’s not preoccupied with which hunky co-star her character ends up with on screen.
Either Jack, the doctor played by Fox, or Sawyer, the con man played by Josh Holloway, will do. “I’m not invested one way or the other,” she says. “Matt and Josh are like my brothers. I love them, but I could never go there. It’s like if you had two brothers and had to decide which of them you’d like to do.”

Pop-country star Shania Twain tops HELLO! magazine's 2009 list of the 50 Most Beautiful Canadians.

The publication's special issue features numerous celebrity interviews and 50 pages of photos. It also marks the first "most beautiful" magazine compilation in Canada, Hello! said in a news release.

"What was hugely surprising is how many beautiful Canadians there are in the world," HELLO! Canada Editor-in-Chief Ciara Hunt said in a statement. "We wanted to celebrate individuals who have succeeded here and on the international stage. At one point, we had 150 beauties to whittle down to 50. No easy task, but so very exciting."

Twain's photo graces the cover of the special double issue.

"She has an alluring beauty that women warm to and men simply adore. Following the shocking news of her marriage break-up, she handled herself with grace and dignity. Shania has proven herself a great woman and for this we applaud her," Hunt noted.

Some other Canadians who made HELLO!'s Most Beautiful list include Dr. Ruby Dhalla, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Cattrall, Evangeline Lilly, The Four Tenors, "90210" stars Shenae Grimes, Jessica Lowdes, Dustin Milligan and Jason Priestley, Adam Beach, Avril Lavigne, Sidney Crosby and Measha Brueggergosman.

Spinning around town, Ashley Tisdale was spotted grabbing her regular cup of java at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Los Angeles on Thursday (February 26).

After purchasing her morning pick-me-up, the Disney starlet headed out to her new Mercedes-Benz G 550 SUV parked nearby.

Looking ahead to life after "High School Musical," Tizzie is awaiting the release of her new movie called "They Came From Upstairs," which hits theaters on July 31st.

Set in Maine, the John Schultz directed film tells about "a group of kids who must protect their vacation home from invading aliens."

Evangeline Lilly wanted to be a flight attendant.

The 'Lost' star dreamed of travelling the world and thought working for an airline would be the perfect way to do it. However, the job didn't quite live up to her expectations.

She said: "I had no money. I was living on tea and peanut butter when I was a university student. I just wanted to travel so desperately that I would have done anything. I did the flight attendant training, which is gruelling and hectic.

"I did the job for one month and then I quit. I hated it so much. I didn't really get to see anywhere - I would go to Germany, and I'd be flying out the next morning. What's the point of that?"

Evangeline is grateful she became an actress because it has allowed her to travel.

She added to movie website Dark Horizons: "Now I can see the world. Last summer, I went to seven different countries on two different sides of the Atlantic, in two different hemispheres, in two months.

"I went to South America, to Argentina and Peru. And I went to Europe. I've also been to Japan and all sorts of other places."