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<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>'Alias' date has a fishy end</span>
By William Keck, Special for USA TODAY
Enough with Bennifer already! It's officially open season on "Gartan"-watching, and Night One couldn't have been more intriguing as Alias star Jennifer Garner looked on in bewilderment as (newly confirmed) boyfriend and co-star Michael Vartan nearly collapsed after consuming bad sushi.
Garner, 31, who has filed for divorce from Scott Foley, made her first professional appearance with Vartan, 34, as a couple Tuesday night. They attended an event that previewed the new Alias video game and promoted next Tuesday's release of the show's complete first season on DVD.
It was apparent something was not quite right with Vartan the minute he took his place at a news conference dais alongside Garner, producer J.J. Abrams and several other cast members, including Victor Garber and Ron Rifkin. Midway through the question-and-answer session, Vartan began perspiring profusely "pouring sweat," as co-star Merrin Dungey described it. He quickly shed his black pinstriped jacket before excusing himself and dashing off. Moments later, a series of loud clunks were heard backstage, prompting Abrams to joke that Vartan had taken a tumble down the stairs. Everyone laughed but Garner.
Downstairs at the after-party, the actress told USA TODAY that "Michael went home" and wouldn't be coming back. Garner, looking like a candy striper in a white and pink striped dress, soon hightailed it, too.
Garber, Garner's TV dad, arrived late to the after-party after driving Vartan home. "Michael told me he started feeling (sick) right after he walked on and thought, 'Oh no, it'll go away,' but if he had stayed one more minute it would have been all over," Garber said. "But he'll be fine. Just a bad piece of fish."
During the party, guests sipped from Alias martini glasses and sampled appetizers served by women wearing the bright red wigs Garner's Sydney Bristow routinely sports on the show.
Though the subject of her off-camera relationship with Vartan had been taboo at the news conference, Garner did say she's looking forward to the love triangle heating up on-screen between Sydney, Vartan's Vaughn and newcomer Melissa George, who debuts in the upcoming third season's second episode as Vaughn's new wife, Lauren. "I'm loving the aspect of this triangle," Garner said. "They both love this man, and Sydney loves him enough to let him go."
Abrams didn't mind opening up a bit more about art imitating life: "It's interesting that Michael and Jennifer's dating coincides with a story line where they're not together on the show."
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>'Alias' date has a fishy end</span>
By William Keck, Special for USA TODAY
Enough with Bennifer already! It's officially open season on "Gartan"-watching, and Night One couldn't have been more intriguing as Alias star Jennifer Garner looked on in bewilderment as (newly confirmed) boyfriend and co-star Michael Vartan nearly collapsed after consuming bad sushi.
Garner, 31, who has filed for divorce from Scott Foley, made her first professional appearance with Vartan, 34, as a couple Tuesday night. They attended an event that previewed the new Alias video game and promoted next Tuesday's release of the show's complete first season on DVD.
It was apparent something was not quite right with Vartan the minute he took his place at a news conference dais alongside Garner, producer J.J. Abrams and several other cast members, including Victor Garber and Ron Rifkin. Midway through the question-and-answer session, Vartan began perspiring profusely "pouring sweat," as co-star Merrin Dungey described it. He quickly shed his black pinstriped jacket before excusing himself and dashing off. Moments later, a series of loud clunks were heard backstage, prompting Abrams to joke that Vartan had taken a tumble down the stairs. Everyone laughed but Garner.
Downstairs at the after-party, the actress told USA TODAY that "Michael went home" and wouldn't be coming back. Garner, looking like a candy striper in a white and pink striped dress, soon hightailed it, too.
Garber, Garner's TV dad, arrived late to the after-party after driving Vartan home. "Michael told me he started feeling (sick) right after he walked on and thought, 'Oh no, it'll go away,' but if he had stayed one more minute it would have been all over," Garber said. "But he'll be fine. Just a bad piece of fish."
During the party, guests sipped from Alias martini glasses and sampled appetizers served by women wearing the bright red wigs Garner's Sydney Bristow routinely sports on the show.
Though the subject of her off-camera relationship with Vartan had been taboo at the news conference, Garner did say she's looking forward to the love triangle heating up on-screen between Sydney, Vartan's Vaughn and newcomer Melissa George, who debuts in the upcoming third season's second episode as Vaughn's new wife, Lauren. "I'm loving the aspect of this triangle," Garner said. "They both love this man, and Sydney loves him enough to let him go."
Abrams didn't mind opening up a bit more about art imitating life: "It's interesting that Michael and Jennifer's dating coincides with a story line where they're not together on the show."
