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Garner | Jennifer Garner's next alias : mommy.
The Alias star is expecting her first child, E! Online and E! News have
confirmed.
Multiple sources close to Garner and beau Ben Affleck say the actress
is three months along. News of the pregnancy comes just two weeks after
several published reports claimed the couple were engaged.
According to E! Online columnist Ted Casablanca, Affleck flew
Garner's kin from West Virginia to California in April for his leading
lady's 33rd birthday party. The question was subsequently popped in
private, Casablanca reported.
At the time Affleck's rep, Ken Sunshine, described said reports as
"garbage." On Saturday, Sunshine declined to address the baby news, saying
"I never comment on [Affleck's] personal life." There was no immediate
word from Garner's camp on either the pregnancy or on whether a wedding
ceremony might be in the offing .
Despite having a baby on board, Garner is still keeping to her schedule
this summer. Her next big-screen project, Columbia Pictures' romantic
drama Catch and Release, begins its two-month shoot next week in
Vancouver. The film costars Kevin Smith, Juliette Lewis and Timothy
Olyphant and marks the directorial debut of Erin Brockovich screenwriter
Susannah Grant.
But Garner's November due date could prove tricky for the Alias brain
trust. While ABC's spy thriller is wrapped for the season (the finale airs
May 25), the show has been picked up for the fall and is slated to resume
production in July. Producers must now decide how to deal with Garner's
pregnancy, either by incorporating it into the show's storyline (remember,
Sydney's eggs were harvested last season) or by simply hiding it. Then
again, considering the show's sky-high slinky outfit-to-episode ratio, a
burgeoning belly would be hard to conceal. Further complicating matters,
Garner performs most of her own stunts.
Affleck, 32, and Garner costarred onscreen before coupling up offscreen--he was Daredevil to
her Elektra in 2003's Daredevil. (His cameo in this year's Elektra wound
up on the cutting-room floor,
but is preserved for posterity on the DVD.)
They finally went public with their much-rumored romance last fall at
the World Series, when she was spotted snuggling Red Sox die-hard Affleck at Boston's Fenway
Park. Their pairing has been alternately dubbed Garfleck and Bennifer II.
Unlike the original Bennifer tandem of Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, the
all-new edition prefers to fly under the radar. The World Series
appearance aside, Garner and Affleck have generally managed to eschew
being photographed together at red-carpet events.
Garner was previously married to Felicity costar Scott Foley. They
split in 2003, and their divorce was finalized in March 2004. They didn't
have any children.
The never-wed Affleck was previously engaged to Lopez. That
relationship ended with the scuttling of their September 2003 nuptials.
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Updated: 2005-05-11 11:34
