Matthew Fox has a lot to smile about this week. He just received a $75,000 per episode pay raise for his work on “Lost”.

Matthew isn’t the only one who has been negotiating a pay raise recently. Evangeline Lilly has also been trying to get a pay bump for her role as “Kate” on the series.

Currently, the remaining series regulars earn $80,000-$90,000 per episode…and chances are they may be a little upset that Fox is worth (basically) 3 of them.

SPOILER ALERT! The title asks a question - the post gives the answer. If you don’t want to be spoiled, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!

The answer to the question is yes. In an October episode of the series there will be a wedding for Ted and Stella. One of two things are going to happen…either Stella really is the Mother, or one of them is going to no-show the wedding.

It’s possible, I suppose, that Ted and Stella could get married and it just not last…but somehow that just doesn’t seem like it will fly with the series.

What we know for sure is that HIMYM creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas don’t have a problem keeping us on our toes. We’ll just have to wait until October to find out for sure.

Sunday night was the WWE’s “Summerlsam” PPV. This is one of the tent pole WWE pay-per-view spectaculars, so anticipation is always high for the event.

Unfortunately, this year the card was pretty lack luster (and that’s coming from a guy who’s seen every Summerslam, every Wrestlemania, and is the proud owner of the complete Royal Rumble Anthology). Almost every match on the card was predictable, and the few that weren’t were not unpredictable in an interesting or…you know…good..way.

Here are the results - match by match.

Jeff Hardy vs. MVP

Jeff Hardy and MVP have a decent opening match that ultimately ends with Shelton Benjamin appearing on the outside. Jeff jumps on him, then tries to swanton a down MVP. He misses and MVP hits the “drive by kick” for the win.

After the match Maria interviewed Santino and Beth Phoenix. They spent the interview getting “Glamarella” over as their celebrity tabloid name.

Glamarella vs. Mickie James and Kofi Kingston “Winner Take All Tag Team Match”

The match starts off with the ladies going at it, they do a great job in the ring, but when Santino gets in and starts pulling his shtick the match goes in a totally different direction. This guy is seriously one of the funniest “comedy wrestlers” of all time.

Santion ultimately gets DDTed by Mickie James. Beth comes from behind and strikes Mickie in the head and gets the pin, making Glamarella both the Women’s and Intercontential Champions.

Shawn Michaels Announcement

This went on forever, but I’m going to sum it up quickly. Shawn said the doctor’s told him to walk away and he was going to do that with no regrets. He went through a retrospective of his career, and his wife, who was with him, was in tears.

Jericho then came out and started talking trash. They went back and forth and Jericho went to punch Shawn but accidentally hit Shawn’s wife - knocking her out cold. (Yes, that’s right, WWE is reusing the Booker T/Robert Rude angle from TNA from just a few months ago).

BTW - it looks like Shawn’s wife was actually struck. Her lip on the left side of her face was swollen after she “recovered” from being knocked out.

Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry

The match starts, Hardy puts a twist of fate on Henry almost immediately, and Tony Atlas pulls Hardy off before the 3 count. So Jeff Hardy comes out and attacks Atlas, then both Hardies double suplex Henry.

Hardy wins by DQ. You have to wonder if the Shawn Michaels segment just ran too long and they had to bump this match. It went by WAY too quickly.

JBL vs. CM Punk

This was a pretty average match. The only notable thing that really happened was that the two opponents butted heads, and Punk was bleeding profusely from the back of his head. Punk wins clean after hitting the GTS.

Great Khali vs. Triple H

This was a very old school wrestler/giant match. It should come as a surprise to no one that Triple H ultimately got the 3 count and the clean win.

John Cena vs. Batista

Decent match. Batista ultimately gets a clean pin after 2 Batista Bombs. This match was ok, but there are hints here and there that it could lead to a much needed Cena heal turn. We’ll know for sure on Raw tomorrow night. I doubt Vince will do it since Cena plays so well to the kids, but who knows?

Edge vs. The Undertaker

This match had me interested and engaged all the way to the end…then it completely lost me. This ended up being a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Hell in a Cell, which had some really great spots in it. The spear from the Smackdown table to the ECW table was clearly the “Foley” moment of the night.

The match completely lost me right at the end though, when Taker came back into the ring, set up two ladders, then Taker choke slammed Edge into the ring. Edge went through the ring into a crater, then said crater burst into flames.

So The Undertaker sent Edge to Hell…or killed him…or something. I don’t know. Whatever.

I love the WWE - but the creative slum that I was hoping would be fixed after the Draft still seems to be going on - and its driving me crazy. I really want all the shows to be top notch, but shows like this just aren’t worth paying $49.95 for.

She’s killed aliens, she’s been possessed, and she’s even co-starred in Baby Mama (but we’ll let that one go)…now she’s heading to TV to help Eli Stone figure out his problems.

Sigourney Weaver is joining the cast of “Eli Stone” for a few episodes in its second season to help give the show the boost it needs to catch on with audiences. Katie Holmes has already agreed to drop by as well, and its likely others may end up dropping by before its all said and done.

TV Guide reports that Angel wannabe Alex O’Loughlin will be staying with CBS despite the cancellation of his cult series “Moonlight”.

He is scheduled to star in a new series that will be developed by Mark Gordon (who’s credits include Grey’s Anatomy, Army Wives and Criminal Minds).

There is no word on exactly what his new role will entail, but it is safe to say that he won’t be playing a vampire. At least, I sincerely hope not.

I love the IT Crowd. I first saw the show online a few years ago, and I have really enjoyed what I’ve been able to watch of it over the years. Now - FINALLY - the original series is coming to the US thanks to IFC.

On September 29th, 2008 you’ll be able to tune into this amazingly geeky world for the first time on US Television. NBC shot a pilot for a US version of the show (and it even featured original cast member Richard Ayoade) but the series was, unfortunately, not picked up.

I would have loved to have seen a US version of the IT Crowd as a companion piece to the US version of The Office. Still, it’s much better to have the original anyway, and I can’t wait to DVR it.

In one of the best home-spun viral marketing campaigns I have ever seen, Rainn Wilson, who is currently on set shooting the 5th season of “The Office” with co-star Jenna Fischer has started a website and released a YouTube video of himself having kidnapped America’s sweetheart.

He is committed to keeping her locked in his car until “The Rocker” his new feature film, makes $18.7 million dollars on its opening weekend.

This is FAR better marketing than anything else related to the movie…and I may actually end up seeing it now because of this. Rainn has also taken over Jenna’s MySpace page and is refusing to relinquish control on until “The Rocker” is a success.

You can see “The Rocker” trailer right here. It hits theaters on August 20, 2008 - do you part to set Jenna free and go see it.

Jamie Lynn Spears is busying being a new Mom…so Nickelodeon needs a new leading lady, and they have found her in 15 year old Victoria Justice.

Victoria appeared on Spears’ show “Zoey 101″, but the new deal she has signed with Nick is setting her up to be their answer to Hanna Montana. Justice has signed a new deal to star in a series about a music and performing arts high school. She is also the co-star of an upcoming TV movie called “Spectacular!” which focuses on the competitive world of show choirs.

Is she up for the job? Only time will tell…

Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black have a new pilot at Comedy Central titled “Michael and Michael Have Issues”. The team previously worked on “The State” as well as “Stella” and they pop up all over the place…including VH1 quite a bit.

The Hollywood Reporter describes the series like so…”a half-hour project with segments addressing issues that the two men have with themselves, each other and the world at large.”

That sounds…broad.

It will be interesting to see what they come up with.

“How I Met Your Mother” is a stand-out comedy on CBS. It is, in fact, the ONLY show that I currently watch on the network, and it seems like it belongs more on an NBC Thursday night than a CBS Monday night.

Which is probably why it has had constant ratings struggles. Last year the show reached deep down and pull “Britney Spears” out of its hat for a few episodes in a gloriously blatant stunt casting attempt. There are some that speculate the ratings boost from her appearances saved the show and gave us the upcoming fall season.

If so - I’m fine with that. Whatever it takes to keep this show going, is ok with me. The HIMYM creative team is going back to the stunt casting well again in September, with Regis Philbin guest starring in an early “hamburger-centric” episode of the series.

There is no word right now as to what role Regis will play, but it is assumed he will somehow fit into the quest for Ted to find the first place he ever bought a hamburger in New York.

Yeah…seriously.