Videos of Monaghan getting a tattoo are below

Dominic Monaghan hasn’t yet been requested for our Hot Guy Friday posts, but I would like to nominate him. There’s something earnest about him, he’s got a super cute accent, and while he’s not traditionally hunky he does have a kind of ruddy appeal. Dom recently played the abusive love interest in the Eminem and Rihanna video, Love the Way you Lie, also starring Megan Fox. A lot of you noted that he was super sexy in that video, and he was – when he was making out with Megan instead of fighting with her. He was so troubled and unhinged-looking when they were fighting, which just goes to show what a great actor he is.

Dom made an appearance on the premiere episode of L.A. Ink, which aired on Tuesday. He had Kat Von D ink a quote from Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back on his forearm, “Luminous Beings Are We. Not This Crude Matter.” The videos of Monaghan on the show are below, and I like him so much after seeing this. You can tell that he’s proud to be a working actor but the guy just seems realistically confident and not arrogant at all. He’s also just the right combination of geek and movie star.

Dom explained his motivation to have that quote permanently inked. “In the past four or five years or so, I’ve gotten more and more into the idea that this [gestures to his body] is essentially just a shell for what we’re trying to achieve.” He later explained that “I think the quote is something that will resonate with me for the rest of my life, because I do think that the body we sit in is a shell for the important thing that’s really happening inside.” He may have been feeling particularly spiritual as he was on crutches after breaking his foot in a surfing accident. Sometimes injuries and close calls help us realize what matters in life.

Dom asked Kat for an optical-illusion type image that made it look like the skin was peeled away to reveal the quote. While he was getting inked, he explained that he’s a “Big Star Wars fan. That is the reason why I became an actor.”

He loved the results and said “It looks kind of knarly… I was blown away by it to be honest.”

This week’s National Enquirer claims that Monaghan is still pining for his “lost” love, Evangeline Lilly. They use his quote that it was “work” to film that video with Megan Fox as evidence that he’s still hung up on Evangeline. Dominic said “It’s work. You have to understand that cameras are being pointed at you and they’re in your face and people are telling you to move this way or move that way. It’s not terrible work, but it is work.” The Enquirer quotes a source who says that Dominic “still can’t get Evangeline out of his head” and that “he is devastated and not even kissing Megan Fox can overcome that feeling.”

I was trying to remember when these two broke up, and reviewing our past stories they split for the first time way back in November, 2007 when Monaghan’s character was killed off Lost, but then got back together by February, 2008 and were said to be engaged last summer. We didn’t cover their breakup after that point, and I’m having trouble Googling it so maybe they kept it quiet. We then heard earlier this year that Evangeline was dating a production assistant.

I hope it’s not true that Dom is still hung up on Evangeline. It would make sense since they were together for so long, but there must be plenty of women he can console himself with. I’m sure that there are all sorts of interesting lovelies who would like to break off a piece of Dom’s luminous being.

Videos via ONTD.

Would you have thought to put Megan Fox and Dominic Monighan together for a music video? I wouldn’t have. Megan Fox, maybe – she has “video girl” written all over her, and that really should have the height of her career, honestly. But, considering she was once the hottest thing in Hollywood, starring in a music video seems like it should be a step down, even if the video is for an Eminem and Rihanna song that will likely be one of the biggest hits of the year. As far as Dominic – well, I love him. He’s a cheeky bugger, and I don’t buy him as an abusive bastard.

Yeah – that’s the whole thing about this video. It’s about an abusive couple. I mean, I guess Dominic isn’t the only one doing the beating…? Megan gets some punches in there too, and they make like it’s sexy to be abusive…?

A couple of things: Megan Fox seems like the one consistently starting the abuse, right? And it has the potential to be disturbing, only Megan is such a terrible actress, and I can’t even buy it. Dominic is good though. Also: the CGI flames are really budget. Meh.

So people are already complaining about the glamorization of domestic violence (and not to mention arson, right?). EW calls the video dramatic and sexy, but still acknowledges that this is maybe not the best way to deal with this subject. I have to admit – Dominic is acting his ass off, right? He’s kind of wonderful in this video.

Evangeline & Dominic in November, 2005. Credit: Bauergriffinonline

Star Magazine and the National Enquirer have very similar stories about Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan this week. Both are claiming that Evangeline and Dominic are engaged again, and this time they’re seriously planning for a wedding. The Enquirer’s version is a lot nicer – they go on and on about how Dominic and Lilly invited his parents to Las Vegas, and announced their engagement all over again:

After an aborted plan to marry two years ago, the on-again/off-again couple is so serious this time about saying “I do” that they recently invited Dominic’s parents to join them in Las Vegas – so they could get their blessing, say friends.

“Dominic and Evangeline have decided that now is the time to make it official,” revealed an insider. “They’ve been through breakups and makeups and feel that their love has stood the test of time.”

Dominic’s parent’s “couldn’t have been happier” with their plans to marry.

[From National Enquirer, print edition, August 3 2009]

I really like them as a couple. I respect that Evangeline, who could be some over-exposed professional “Hot Girl” like Megan Fox, chooses instead to be low-key, with a boyfriend that she seems to have a real connection to. I kind of think their engagement really is back on. They got back together in February of 2008, after a separation of only a few months. Star version of the whole engagement drama is perhaps having a Vegas elopement:

Lovebirds Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly are thinking of taking a trip down the aisle in Sin City! While [hanging in Las Vegas]… “they were in such great moods, they looked really sweet with each other and started talking about how much fun it would be to have a Las Vegas wedding,” a source tells Star. “They seemed tickled by the idea of eloping and marrying at some place like the Little White Wedding Chapel.”

[They] broke off their original engagement in November 2007 after three years together but reunited a few months later. They’re now stronger than ever.

“The distance between them has been a problem, since she’s shooting Lost in Hawaii and he’s in LA. But it won’t be an issue when the show ends. They can be in the same city,” says an insider. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they wed sooner, though. She can’t wait to be his wife!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, August 3, 2009]

Yeah, I’m not sure. Evangeline is supposed to be pretty religious, and I could see her wanting and needing a big church wedding. But then again, maybe not. She’s obviously got a strain of dirty hippie in there too, so maybe a Vegas wedding is where it’s at!

Dominic Monaghan has a soft spot in my heart, because he stars as the hobbit Merry in my favorite movie, The Lord of the Rings, and as the rock star Charlie in one of my favorite TV shows, Lost.

The problem for Dom is typecasting. The quirky and distinctive-looking actor admits he went a little wild after The Lord of the Rings because he couldn’t find work.

On the plus side, it appears Dom isn’t being typecast as a hobbit. Instead, he’s being typecast as a British rock star.

Dom will guest star on the February 2 episode of the NBC show Chuck, playing a British rock star, according to Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly.

“This is a very, very different kind of character,” insists executive producer Josh Schwartz of Monaghan’s metalhead, who makes an in-store appearance at Buy More and ends up entangled in one of Chuck’s spy games. “He’s a lunatic in the best sense of the word. He’s not as dark as Charlie. And there’s no heroin [addiction].” Adds Monaghan, “He’s like Charlie in a hallucinogenic dream.”

Still, Monaghan admits he had some trepidation about channeling someone who, at least on paper, so closely resembles his ill-fated Lost castaway. “I never want to play the same thing twice,” he admits. “But Charlie could never be this person.”

[From Entertainment Weekly, print edition, October 31, 2008]

The episode will air partly in 3-D, just like the Super Bowl half-time show the night before.

Dom dated his Lost co-star Evangeline Lilly for several years before breaking up in late 2007. They may have reconciled this year and may possibly be engaged (take that with a grain of salt).

I’ve only seen one episode of Chuck, and it didn’t grab me enough to keep watching.

Dom will also star as Beak in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, to be released next year. It’s sure to be a huge blockbuster.

Ausiello also has some scoop on Lost.

Brotherhood’s Fionnula Flanagan, who played the omniscient ring-seller who spooked Desmond in year 3, will be back this season to unload a humdinger of a secret: She’s related to a major character. And it’s not Des. Or Vincent.

[From Entertainment Weekly, print edition, October 31, 2008]

Off the top of my head, I’d guess Charlotte.

Lost won’t be back to answer our questions with more questions until early 2009.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Dominic Monaghan is shown out on LA on 10/3/08. They say he had pink nail polish on, but it looks like it’s only on the index finger of his right hand and that he just pained that one nail. Credit: Fame Pictures.

Lost stars Evangeline Lilly, 28, and Dominic Monaghan, 31, are said to have quietly rekindled their romance this February after breaking up three months ago. They met while filming the complicated castaway drama and were often photographed surfing and swimming in Hawaii together where the series was filmed. Monaghan’s character Charlie Pace was killed off the show last season, so he moved back to LA to continue his career. Lilly had to stay in Hawaii to film, and the distance was too much for them. They were reported to have broken up last November after three years together, when Monaghan was seen out with another woman. Neither commented on the relationship at the time.

Now Star reports that they’re back together, and that Lilly flew from Hawaii to Hollywood to attend the opening of Monaghan’s photography exhibit. Maybe they’re just friends and she’s being supportive, but if she traveled all that way they could have reunited:

Just three months after splitting up, Lost lovers Evangelina Lilly and Dominic Monaghan have quietly patched things up. The 28-year-old Canadian even flew from Hawaii, where the ABC show films, to Hollywood for the opening of Dominic’s photography show on March 13.

“They never stopped loving each other,” a source tells Star,. “She remained in Hawaii for the show, and he moved back to L.A. when he was killed off, so the distance took its toll. They decided to take a break, but it was really hard on them both.”

Frequent telephone calls and visits just reinforced to Evangeline and Dominic, that they belonged together. “It was as simple as that.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, April 14, 2008]

I really like these two together and I hope this news is true. Many people commented about this relationship that they couldn’t see what gorgeous Lilly sees in quirky Dominic, but according to at least one study men who are less attractive then their wives make the best husbands, and it’s nice to see people together who aren’t both drop-dead gorgeous.

Still, we have the pictures from that night and Dominic was seen flirting with a cute brunette, while Lilly was chatting with friends. Maybe these two took pains not to be photographed together.

Thanks to WENN for these photos. The one of Monaghan looking flirting is credited “Dominic Monaghan and guest attending a private party at the Hamilton-Selway Fine Art Gallery in West Hollywood,” 3/13/08.

Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan have reportedly broken up. The two actors met on the set of “Lost” and started dating shortly thereafter. They supposedly got engaged last spring, though they never made any public statement and no one seems to have ever spotted a ring. Monaghan played a hobbit in the “Lord of the Rings” and articles about the two were always tagged with some mention of a beautiful girl and a hobbit. Kind of sad. They seemed really happy and passionate and into each other.

“LOST” hottie Evangeline Lilly and her hobbit-like fiance, Dominic Monaghan, have hit the skids. Monaghan, whose character was killed off the show, was spotted crying, holding and kissing a woman who was not Lilly at El Coyote restaurant in L.A. on Saturday, reports entertainment blogger Nelson Aspen. “They were right in the middle of the room, they weren’t interested in privacy,” he said. “They looked very intimate. They were nursing margaritas, leaning in, chain-smoking, having intense conversation.” The two eventually drove off in a Toyota Prius together. Reps for Lilly and Monaghan did not return calls.

[From the New York Post]

Dominic Monaghan is having a bad few months. First he gets killed off from “Lost” and then his girlfriend/fiancée breaks up with him. No wonder he’s a weepy mess. Considering all that’s was said in the article, there are other interpretations for what went on. Though you’d think their reps would have bothered to refute it by now. I can’t say why, but I really liked this couple together. Maybe because they seemed sort of mismatched to the rest of us, but neither of them seemed to be aware of it. It was sweet. Something tells me Evangeline will be spending a lot of her spare time calling LiveLinks.