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Campaign to Save Alias Star Gathers Steam | Michael Vartan

Campaign to Save Alias Star Gathers Steam

Originally posted 08/23/2005 02:25PM

Michael Vartan isn't going anywhere if his fans can help it.

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Monster-in-Law's Michael Vartan | Michael Vartan

Monster-in-Law's Michael Vartan

Originally posted 05/13/2005 06:00AM

Michael Vartan knows a little something about sharing the screen with strong women. He's played opposite Drew Barrymore (in Never Been Kissed), Madonna (in The Next Best Thing) and, on ABC's Alias, Jennifer Garner – whom he also briefly dated last year. Now, in Monster-in-Law, he gets caught between two of Hollywood's most powerful leading ladies, Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez (as his mom and fiancée, respectively). So what has Vartan, 36, learned from it all? He recently filled us in on playing with the "divas," working with his ex, and more.

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Michael Vartan's Alias Sneak Peek | Michael Vartan

Michael Vartan's Alias Sneak Peek

Originally posted 12/08/2004 06:00AM

We caught up with Michael Vartan (he was finger-painting. Yes, really. More on that later ...) and got a special peek inside Alias, returning Jan. 5. What can we expect this season? A lot more drama. All of the characters are definitely all going through something that's a lot more traumatic – and a lot of action. We've been shooting a lot of great action scenes and fight scenes.Are you having fun doing the fight scenes? Yeah. But it gets to the point where it's kind of like, 'All right guys,' because fighting, as fun as it is to do for the first hour, when you're on your 14th hour and it's 6 a.m. on a Saturday, you just want to go home. But it's fun. It's kind of like when you're a kid (and) you dream of being James Bond. What are you doing to prep for the fight scenes? Are you working with trainers? No, not really. I play a lot of sports so I'm kind of always in relatively good shape. Our fight coordinators are so good and they make fights on camera that look so elaborate that they are actually pretty easy to do. And we have great stunt doubles when things get a little too complicated. Like, on Monday, I'm fighting this guy who's 6'6", 240 lbs. and, in real life, he could crush me with his hand. But I'm going to take him out and throw him across the room and it's going to look real – well, relatively real.Has this made you feel like you could take someone on in real life if you had to? No. The one thing, if I ever get into a fight, is I run very fast. You know, I'm 36. My testosterone levels are lowering. Fighting's just a waste of time. Best case scenario, you don't get hurt and you don't get arrested, right?

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Apprentice Bill & Jen: An Item? | Bill Rancic

Apprentice Bill & Jen: An Item?

Originally posted 04/23/2004 01:05AM

Real Romance? Is Apprentice winner Bill Rancic dating The Bachelor's Jen Schefft, or not? Perhaps the two of them should set up a toll-free number and let us vote on it. "I've been to dinner with Jen a couple times," Rancic told us at a party at New York hotspot Marquee this week. "People are blowing this way out of proportion." What might be stopping the two of them? "She has her own career and I've obviously got a big task in front of me," he said. "We'll see what happens." Well, okay, but he likes her, right? "Any guy would be lucky to have her," he told us. "She's a great person. She's probably one of the most genuine women I've ever met." Hmm. Meanwhile, we wanted to know if success on The Apprentice has gone to his head. "My feet are firmly planted on the ground and I know I've got a lot of hard work ahead of me," he said. "I'm not losing perspective on reality." Though he's having "the time of my life," he expects his newfound fame to add to the challenge of overseeing the new Trump building in Chicago. "I've got a lot to prove," he said. "I'm going to be living in a fishbowl for the next year. People are going to be watching everything I do."

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