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Show Sunday, January 9, 2005 Is this time for real for 'Bachelorette' Jen Schefft? ' ' Richard Huff NEW YORK DAILY D5 DAILY-HERAL- ity NEWS Jen Schefft won't say wheth er she's found true love again on a reality series. "I'm just very happy with the way things turned out and have no regrets," Schefft said. For Schefft, whose run on "The Bachelorette" starts Monday at 8 p.m., it's the second at TV romance. Fans of "The Bachelor" will recall that at the end of that dating show's third cycle, wealthy heir Andrew Firestone got on one knee and proposed to Schefft. She said yes. Soon after, Schefft and Firestone professed their love for each other in Us Weekly. "I've seen him with his nieces and nephews. He loves them so much, and he's so sweet with them," Schefft told Us shortly after they were revealed as a go-rou- couple. They lived together for a while, and, no surprise, they joined the long line of couples who failed to stay together in the real world. TV-sho- . "I was nervous about putting myself out there again," Schefft said. "But I thought, why not try and see what happens? I'd regret not doing it." Hoping to improve the odds for success, Schefft had a hand in selecting the bachelors she entertained during production. (The show was shot in New York City, where Schefft and her suitors took in events such as a Knicks game). She also believes that, though her relationship with Firestone didn't lead to marriage, you can' find a soul mate through a real program "I'm somebody who wants to have a family and have children," Schefft said. "It worked for me once, though it didn't have the happiest ending, but why not try it again?" However Schefft's search for a mate turns out, it may be a key indicator of the operation's future. A year ago, "The Bachelor" averaged more than 12 million viewers. Last fall, in contrast, "Bachelor" contestant and bass fisherman Byron Velvick's attempt to hook a wife drew 8.7 million viewers and generated few, if any, ripples beyond ABC's airwaves. Last season's "The Bachelorette" drew 11 million viewers. One of the reasons Schefft was chosen for "The Bachelorette" was her popularity, sajd producer Mike Fleiss. "She was very popular (on 'The Bachelor"), and we hope a lot of the people who liked her will watch her again," he said. "It's the same thing with sitcoms you don't replace the cast. Same with our show. If we can bring viewers in with Jen, it takes one more variable away." Fleiss said he feels good about the "BachelorBachelorette" franchise, noting that the 100th episode was recently shot. At the same time, TV is filled with dating shows, many similar to "The Bachelor." ' "There's been literally 18 copycat shows, almost identical copycats," Fleiss said, adding: "As the people who created this genre, we have to pump new life into this." Bringing the show to New York is part of that effort. Jennifer Garner reprises her 'Elektra' comic book character Barry Koltnow THE REGISTER LOS ANGELES Jennifer Garner is that rare Hollywood combination of sex symbol and tough chick. She can melt your heart with a smile, or knock you senseless with a roundhouse kick. The actress has parlayed this edgy sexuality into a TV career playing r-agent Sydney Bristow on "Alias," which has moved to its new Wednesday-nigh- t time slot, and a movie career that returns her to the role of comic-book hero Elektra, which she introduced in the film "Daredevil," and now reprises in the action flick "Elektra," which opens Jan. 14. In her Los Angeles hotel suite in an interview conducted before she reportedly fell ill from either a virus or nerve damage caused by an accident while performing a stunt on "Alias" she talks about the pain and suffering ' she endured to bring Elektra to the big screen, and how her life has changed since she divorced actor Scott Foley and became tabloid fodder on the arm of Ben Affleck. i7 v , supe- ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: You once told me that your body was covered with lumps and bruises the first time you played Elektra. Why would you want to put yourself through an ordeal like that again? JENNIFER GARNER: In the moment, you're driven by adrenaline, so you don't feel the pain. You're so into the fight that you don't care if you're getting a little beaten up. OCR: That explains why you did the first movie. After you had time to reflect on the experience, why would you repeat it? GARNER: The pain doesn't really bother me that much. I grew up with my feet crammed into pointe shoes. Pain is not something that controls my life. I knew it would hurt, but I took a deep breath and dove into it. OCR: OK, forget the pain; why did you want to play Elek- As the new girlfriend, give friendship lime Carolyn: Dear amandin a my boyfriend is still very friendly with his They talk over the phone every few days, and even though it is entirely platonic (and I am concerned this is taking away from his friendship that belongs to me. I feel like a newcomer who doesn't deserve that level of friendship. I am upset and sad that I have to share him like this. Any advice? A New Girlfriend ORANGE C6UNTY tra again? or A I f f Jennifer Garner is seen as Elektra, a reprise of her comic book role from "Daredevil. Twentieth Century Fox " "Elektra" opens Friday. GARNER: Because her story wasn't told the first time. OCR: How about a quick rundown on the plot of the new movie? GARNER: She is a bitter She and angry barely has enough of a soul to killer-for-hir- e. have a pulse. Her latest targets are a girl and her father, and the young girl has a lot of spunk and attitude, so she reminds Elektra of herself. Instead of killing her, she protects her. In the process, she finds herself again and battles the bad guys. OCR: You did a lot of martial arts training the first time. Did you have to do it again? GARNER: More. OCR: Would you call yourself a martial artist? GARNER: No, I would say was someone who uses her dance background to emulate martial artists. OCR: How were the injuries this time? I been drunk a few times in my life. So it's hard for me to be part of a scandal. You want to go out and defend yourself in a global court. The reality is that you don't get a chance to do that. So, I've learned not to read about it. I ask my girlfriends not to talk about it because I don't want to hear it, and I ask them not to laugh about it because I don't think it's funny. OCR: How do you deal with your sexy image? GARNER (blushing): Every once in a while, there will be a picture of me out there that has that I don't been so recognize myself . OCR: Are you right now because you look pretty good? GARNER (laughing): You're seeing me through a filter. OCR: You don't buy into this whole beauty thing, do you? GARNER: You can't buy into it, or you'll be brokenhearted when it goes away. GARNER: I busted my fin- ger open. I busted my thumb. I got an average amount of bruises, but not as bad as on "Daredevil," where there was a d lot of combat that went on for a while. Our fights in this movie were short, brutal and real. OCR: Are you amazed that you're an action star? GARNER: I can't get over it. Who am I, and how did this happen? OCR: But you enjoy it? GARNER: It's my favorite thing ever. I love what it does for my confidence. That comes from starting with nothing and having to learn how to do something, like fighting with swords. OCR: These last couple of years have been rough for you in your personal life. How are you holding up? GARNER: I am a good girl. I was raised in a family of good girls. I'm a prude. I've only hand-to-han- . ), If she were a he, would you be as upset? You're right, he is giving a part of himself to someone other than you. But that's true of any friendship any member of a couple has with others. ' You also feel like a newcomer because you are one. So, patience. Time might address both of these, if you give it a chance to. As long as your boyfriend isn't shutting you out in favor of this or any other friend, his loyalty could be a sign of nothing more than his valuing people he loves. And if true, no one stands to gain more from that right now than you do. ; ! Dear Carolyn: BF and I have been together for 4.5 years, living together for one. He is super super neat and clean, and I am, admittedly, a slob. He knew all of this before we moved in together, said he didn't mind in the least. I made sure to confirm that several times before the big move. Now, a year later, he is saying how much he is bothered by the chaos. Understand this, and I truly do make an effort, but I just don't have the clean gene and it shows. Now he is getting upset about this, but so am I, since I confirmed several times last year that he knew I was like this and it wasn't going to bother him. We are on the verge of getting engaged and this is our one big issue. Can't afford a maid. Who's in the right here? Soooo Not a Domestic Goddess , I get to dispense blame? v That's like giving me free hot fudge on my ice cream. So Finding support is key to helping alcoholic parents Carolyn Hax Tell Me About It has too much wine whenever we have company over. She gets "sloppy" easily, and it's embarrassing. If I tell her she needs to stop, she tells me to go away and tells everyone that I am mad at her. The next day, when she "recovers," she promises never to drink again, but that will never happen. I have no one to talk to about this. What should 1 do? Anna, 16, Gainesville, Fla. y mom OK. He's wrong for changing the terms of a deal even though he was fully informed when he made it and none of the facts have since changed. There. Now your filth won't annoy him. You're arguing a point that's totally beside the point now. Which means you're wrong, too for debating fairness while the laundry piles up. Yes, you had a deal. But what good's a deal if he sees now, as year-olyour actual roommate, what he didn't before, that he does in fact mind the mess? He thought he could handle it, he can't, it's bad, but it's done, so move on. What you move on to is figuring out a practical solution that's built on mutual acceptance that neither of you is going to change. Either you develop a system you both can live with e.g., he cleans up after you, you pay bills and grocery shop and run other annoyor you scrounge ing errands the money for a housekeeper, or you go your loving but separate ways. Your mom's alcoholism is not something you should be trying to deal with alone, d and the sooner you get others involved, the better. If there's really no adult in your life (relative, coach or school nurse) you can go to, contact alateen.org. They offer support groups for children of alcoholics. The people in the groups will understand exactly where you're coming from, and they will help you figure out the best next steps, because they've been in your situation themselves. And Anna, even though it feels like your mom is never going to stop drinking, know that that is not necessarily the case. My sister was a major alcoholic, and she is a completely different person today. She just needed the proper help. Hopefully you'll be able to help your mother realize how she's hurting herself (and you), so she'll get help as well. "Tell Me About It": tellmewashpost. or com; fax: write: "Tell Me About It," co The Washington Post, Style Plus, 115015th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20071. Chat online with Carolyn each Friday at noon Eastern time, at www: washingtonpost.com. 9; Last year, my best friend started having sex with her boyfriend, and I, being Atoosa Rubenstein Dear Seventeen strong in my beliefs about staying pure until marriage, tried to talk her out of it. But now I'm afraid that's the reason we aren't as close this school year. What should I do? I felt it was my duty as her friend to look out for her, Jesbut was it a mistake? sica, 15, Forks, Wash. It's important for friends to look out for each other, but after a certain point, you do need to accept that your friend might not feel the same way about sex as you do and might back off. Theproblem might be that the way you spoke to your friend about her decision to have sex came across as judgand not caring mental that made her shut you out. 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