VAUGHN GONE

Michael Vartan
Following weeks of very strong — yet never, ever officially validated — buzz, ABC has all but confirmed that
Michael Vartan's character of Michael Vaughn is being killed off on
Alias. In response to a
New York Post article about scurrilous rumors being spread online by Vartan's more militant fans — including the allegation that the name of
Jennifer Garner's onetime beau can never be uttered on set! — a rep for the spy series says, "[This] is
so not true! Of course people say [his] name. He was loved very much on the set, and [cast mates] remember him fondly. All this misinformation is being put out by fans who are angry about what happened with [Vaughn]." OK,
Mr. Affleck, slowly step away from your keyboard....