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01/2006

Due to lack of spare time available, this site will no longer be updated. Alias will now be ending its run anyway, and I just can't find the time to manage the site anymore... The site, however, will still remain open for browsing but no further new material will be added.  Thanks for your support for the past two years!  :) --> Erin

 

 

 

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11-26-2005

 

 ABC's 'Alias' to end run after 5 years

"Alias," the ABC espionage drama starring Jennifer Garner as a sexy, globe-trotting secret agent, will end its prime-time run in May after five seasons on the air, the network said on Wednesday.  >> read more

 

** from Yahoo! entertainment

 

Alias is moving to Wednesdays after Lost, this December.

- Alias is moving to Wednesdays after Lost, but so far, that isn't permanent. Per the show publicist, "It’s just for December. There’s been no talk of a change in March, but who knows…"

-The temporary schedule switch will happen Dec. 7 and 14, with "Alias" taking the place of "Invasion," which was set for a run of repeats, at 10 p.m. ET both nights.

- "Alias" will air on WEDNESDAYS ON DECEMBER 7 & 14 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET).


 ** from Watch With Kristin (message board) at eonline.com; alias-media.com
 

 

Jennifer Garner to Star in and Produce "Sabbatical"


Jennifer Garner is planning on producing and starring in the erotic thriller, "Sabbatical," for Touchstone Pictures. The "Alias" star and her production company Vandalia Films along wiht Sean Bailey and Chuck Weinstock sold the pitch to Touchstone, which plans to shoot the film in 2006.


According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Sabbatical" follows a married couple who've entered a dull phase in their relationship. To spice up things, they agree to take a two week sabbatical - with a strict set of rules. After the two weeks is over, the wife shows up to reunite with her husband but he's nowhere to be found.

No director or screenwriter have been hired on to the project, which is based on producer Chuck Weinstein's idea.

Garner is currently starring in "Alias" on TV and is also filming "Catch and Release" for writer/director Susannah Grant.
 

** from movies.about.com



11-20-2005

 

- This very week, David Anders is once again back on the Alias set--at least, that's what I'm hearing from a few trusty spies who've never steered me wrong before. And if that weren't good enough news, how's this? Sources tell me he might be doing five episodes--or more!--this season.

 

** from Watch With Kristin (11-18-05 column) at eonline.com
 

11-13-2005

 

- This just in from Fox. They are pulling "Kitchen Confidential" and "Arrested Development" off the air for the rest of the month ... so we'll have to wait for the Bradley Cooper/Michael Vartan Showdown. I'm also told that there are only two Kitchen Confidential episodes scheduled for December, 12/5 and 12/12.

Here's an excerpt of the release from FOX:

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL will be pre-empted these three weeks and will return to the FOX schedule in their regular time periods on Monday, Dec. 5 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). Following its Fall Finale, PRISON BREAK will return to the FOX schedule in 2006 (date to be announced).

Michael Vartan guest-stars on the “French Fight” episode of KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL Monday, Dec. 5 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Vartan plays “Michel,” an arrogant, womanizing French chef who steals from Jack's menu and seduces Mimi, his head waitress, sparking a brutal feud between Nolita and a rival French bistro.  

** from Watch With Kristin (message board) at eonline.com
 

- So far, Michael Vartan is in only one episode of Alias. But they want him to do three.
- I'm hearing Mía Maestro will also be back later in the season, for at least two episodes.
- Mía Maestro and Michael Vartan are on the Nov. 17 episode of Alias.

 - Jennifer Garner is nominated in several categories for the 32nd Annual People's Choice Awards. [ Favorite Female Action Star, Favorite Female TV Star]

 

** from Watch With Kristin (10-31-05 column) at eonline.com
 

Michael Vartan cast in the film "Rogue"

- Alias star Michael Vartan has arrived in Australia to start filmmaker Greg McLean's $25 million follow-up to Wolf Creek.

Vartan will play the lead role of an American journalist in Rogue, a film centered around a man-eating crocodile.

Phone Booth, Melinda and Melinda and former Neighbours star Radha Mitchell, AFI winner Sam Worthington, John Jarratt and Stephen Curry also have major roles.

The film is being backed by powerful Hollywood filmmakers Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

Filming will start today in the Northern Territory and last for three weeks, before the production relocates for the duration of the shoot to Warburton, in Victoria.

Rogue is McLean's follow-up film to Wolf Creek, the low-budget horror flick that has been a surprise box-office smash.  [It will be on limited release in the US on Dec. 25. It was shown in the Sundance Film Festival last January 2005]

Famously made for only $1.3 million, Wolf Creek racked up pre-sales of more than $7 million.
 

** from Northern Territory News
 

10-30-2005

 

Watch "Kitchen Confidential" Already!

- "It's insane how much fun we had. Alias fans are going to die." That's the verdict from Bradley Cooper on his recent reunion with former Alias costar Michael Vartan on an upcoming episode of Kitchen Confidential, in which Michael plays a snooty rival chef. "I think they actually moved it up to the next new episode because it's so good," he told me at the Fox bash. A rep at Fox confirms it's true. Bradley and Michael's episode airs when the show returns Nov. 14.

Can you smell what the Kitchen cast is cookin'? You will watch, won't you? Kitchen desperately needs your support to stick around, and it's just too good to go away!


** from Watch With Kristin (10-28-05 column) at eonline.com
 

- Jennifer Garner is going on maternity leave. They will shoot at least one episode without her. At least that's what I'm told. They're easing the transition by getting Rachel Nichols out there on a solo mission in early November. Syd stays behind.

- I have a sneaking suspicion, too, that Rachel is bad, especially because Sark is going to "knock boots with a blonde." I'm wracking my brain trying to figure out who else it could be? Assuming Melissa George doesn't come back...And Syd doesn't discover peroxide.

- Well, since you asked so nicely. Do not keep your eyes off Dixon. He might not be what he seems.

 ** from Watch With Kristin (10-24-05 transcript) at eonline.com

 

10-22-2005

 

- My on-set Alias spy just told me that Michael Vartan has signed on to return to Alias for one to three episodes after Jen returns from maternity leave.

 

** from Watch With Kristin (10-19-05 message board) at eonline.com

 

 

10-15-2005

 

- I finally had the time to finish and change  the layout! Hope you like it! Feel free to leave your comments/suggestions --> tag me!. :)

- I like Syd/Vaughn together and I've been loving purple lately, hence the theme. I'm pretty busy so I'll be a bit slow updating but it will still be updated regularly, whenever possible. 

- AA is now two years old and going strong!  Thanks for your support!

 

- As we all know, no one ever really dies on Alias. (How many times did Spy Madre come back from the grave? Hmmm?) So, if there's one show on television where you can sustain multiple rounds of a machine gun to the chest, flatline, have a funeral and still come back, it is, of course, Alias! However, at this point, I cannot tell you if Vaughn is dead for good, because in all honesty, I don't think the producers yet know... so far, nothing's coming through.

 

** from Watch With Kristin (09-23-05 column) at eonline.com

 

- Here is what I know: Michael Vartan is definitely no longer a series regular, and when he was written off the show, I don't think there were any plans at that time to bring him back. However, at some point in the past month or so (SLIGHTLY SPOILERISH so read only if you want to know), Alias' producers did ask Michael to come back for one to three episodes later in the season. So far as I know he hasn't signed. But if I were a betting girl, I'd put my money--lots of it--on some kind of return at some point for our beloved M.V. So, bottom line: Sit tight.

- David Anders is coming back in the first half of the season, I believe it will be Episode 8!

- Bradley Cooper is going to be in a Broadway play with Julia Roberts. By the way, Kitchen is NOT cancelled ... Just off the schedule for a few weeks for baseball. And though the play starts in March, I'm told this will not interfere with Kitchen's shooting.

** from Watch With Kristin (10-03-05 -- 10-10-05 column -- message board) at eonline.com


 10-02-2005

 

> Michael Vartan to appear on Fox's "Kitchen Confidential"

- It's a Will and Vaughn reunion!!! I'm told Michael Vartan will play a French Chef who is Bradley Cooper's rival in the kitchen. Should be pretty dang hilarious to watch them go at it .

 ** from Watch With Kristin (message board) at eonline.com

Check out Bradley Cooper in the new series "Kitchen Confidential"

--> Mondays @ 8:30/7:30c on FOX.

- the episode with Michael Vartan will be episode 1.10: "F@#% the French" It will probably air around January 2006. ** from TV.com

 

 

09-29-2005

 

> Alias returns this Thursday for its fifth season, and it has a new time slot--Thursdays at 8 on ABC

- While congratulating executive producer JJ Abrams on his Emmy win for directing Lost (yay!), I asked for a tease of what we can expect this season, and he coyly addressed the rumors some of you have heard about Michael Vartan's status on the show.

"Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year," Abrams said. "The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all I can say, or the writers will kill me. They know where I live."


 ** from Watch With Kristin (09-23-05 column) at eonline.com

 

In their promotional material, ABC insists that Vaughn does survive the crash, but my advice to you is this: Forget everything you've heard from everywhere (including moi) and just watch the first few episodes. I know patience isn't exactly a tuberly virtue, but in this case, it's worth it.



- Aside from the big Vaughn mystery, the fifth season also has some fantastic newcomers, including Rachel Nichols, Balthazar Getty and Amy Acker. "The new castmembers are strong and add interesting new qualities to the show," Abrams said. "It's the fifth year, and it is evolving, hopefully in a way people find compelling."


Acker said she's starring in at least three episodes and said, " I hope there will be more!" She also revealed that although she has met Jennifer Garner, "who was so lovely," most of her scenes have been with Rachel. "I don't know what's gonna happen, but what we did so far, we're friends who work at this agency together. I think the Shed is what they were [calling it]. She's a rookie agent, and I have a little more experience than her, but we're best friends."

You may have heard the speculation going around that these two new lovely ladies may be carrying the Alias torch without Jennifer Garner someday. "It could be a possibility, yes," Amy simply said. "I mean, they're calling Rachel's character sort of the new Sydney."
 

** from Watch With Kristin (09-23-05 column) at eonline.com

 

 

- David Anders is doing two episodes this season, possibly more.