This Just In: Michael Vartan Gets Engaged and Alias Fans Everywhere Cry Just a Little

Plus, more signs that the end of days is near for Fox's 24

By Kristin Dos Santos Mar 19, 2010 10:20 PMTags
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Hawthorne/Alias: It's a good thing Will Tippin (Bradley Cooper) is still on the market, or this news might be a bit more difficult to stomach for die-hard Alias fans still holding out hope they'll meet Vaughn, aka Michael Vartan, in, say, a grocery-store parking lot and live happily ever after or something. Michael's rep confirms the actor is engaged to his girlfriend, Lauren Skaar, whom he met in a Whole Foods parking lot in Los Angeles last year (for reals). Obviously, congrats are in order to the happy couple, but we can't help but wonder how Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) must feel about the whole thing. What's that you say? Alias was solely fiction and now irrelevant? Well, clearly you didn't read Rambaldi's prophecy right!

24: Need more proof that Jack Bauer's stomping grounds will soon be down for the count? The latest 24 casting call reads as follows: "These are the final episodes, so if some of your name people would like to do something on the show, this is the time for them to do it." Talent agencies rejoice! Fans? Not so much.

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