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July 26, 2007
Pop Cultural District: Feeling like an 'Alias'
By Robert Philpot
After lunch, I'm in the gift shop at the Beverly Hilton, buying a pack of gum because, hey, I've packed away my toothpaste and toothbrush and I have to have some semblance of fresh breath. I notice Michael Vartan, formerly of Alias and now on ABC's upcoming Big Shots, shopping for a shirt.
"They let you away from sessions?" I say, my TCA badge alerting him that I'm not a completely insane stalker.
"We don't start [interviews] till 1:30," he says at 1:05, still fumbling through the shirts. "They didn't tell me till I got here that we couldn't wear white." He's wearing a white sports shirt, tails-out.
I mention that I had him and movie director Bart Freundlich (Julianne Moore's husband) in my office when they did the independent film The Myth of Fingerprints.
"I remember that tour," Vartan says. Then he looks a little pensive. "Wow. Time flies."
That makes me think -- that was 1997. Ten years ago. Well before Alias. "Wow," I say brilliantly, "Time does fly."
I tell him I'm probably going to miss the Big Shots session because I have to catch a flight. "Well, have a nice flight," he says, and my brush with fame is over. And I leave, while Vartan continues looking for a non-white shirt.
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