Jennifer Garner has won a restraining order from a man she says has been stalking her for years.
An attorney for the actress appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday morning and won three years of protection for Garner, husband Ben Affleck and their daughter, Violet.
Garner petitioned for protection earlier this month from Steven R. Burky, 36, who she says has been harassing her since 2002.
Garner wrote in a sworn statement that she believed Burky’s “obsessive, threatening and stalking behavior” posed a threat to her and her family.
The former star of the television series “Alias,” Garner has also appeared in recent films such as “Juno” and “The Kingdom.”
Celebrities could drop their children off at school and visit their doctors without fear of being accosted by paparazzi under a proposal introduced by a city councilman this week.
The proposed law, the latest effort by Councilman Dennis Zine to combat aggressive tabloid photographers, would restrict commercial photography and video recordings within 20 feet of schools, hospitals and medical facilities.
Zine said he crafted the ordinance protecting “sensitive use locations” in response to complaints from celebrities and ordinary citizens about “swarms” of paparazzi. “The goal is to have a safe area where people can conduct themselves … so we don’t have the chaotic circumstances we now encounter,” Zine said.
Earlier this year, the councilman proposed a “personal safety zone” around celebrities, but that effort stalled after the police department called it unnecessary and unenforceable.
Zine said legal scholars have signed off on the constitutionality of his current proposal. The ordinance would not prohibit paparazzi from using long lenses to capture stars coming and going from schools and medical facilities.
“You can make it 200 feet. With a lens, it doesn’t matter,” said Frank Griffin of the Bauer-Griffin photo agency. He said the law would benefit paparazzi by eliminating shot-ruining crowds around targeted celebrities. “It would give [photographers] more space,” he said.
In New York the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center is a pretty big tradition and we’re excited to hear that this year they’re decking the halls with a charity initiative that’s sure to inspire goodwill in everyone!
Stars like Fergie, Jennifer Garner, Ellen DeGeneres, Kristin Chenoweth, Forest and Keisha Whitaker and more have designed Swarovski stars for Rockefeller Center that will be auctioned off to benefit Clothes Off Our Back – a non-profit organization that contributes to children’s charities. On top of all of that awesomeness, Swarovski is donating $250,000 from the sales of its Annual Edition holiday ornament to the charity.
The famous stars will be auctioned from now until December 10th, so make sure you stop by ClothesOffOurBack.org and bid, bid, bid! Happy Holidays!
When it comes to the Garner-Affleck family, what you see is what you get, according to former Alias co-star Victor Garber, who loves “spending time with them.” Sharing a very close relationship with actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, as well as their 2 ½-year-old daughter Violet Anne, Victor reveals to OK! that the anticipation of the couple’s second baby — due this winter — is building as the big day grows closer. While the 59-year-old actor is “very excited about the new child,” he shares that he is not the only one counting the days, as proud papa Ben is thrilled, “as well as he should be. He’s got the perfect family.”
As for soon-to-be big sister Violet, Victor says there is no question that Jennifer — who is “doing absolutely great” — is the tot’s mother!
“Oh, she is an astonishing child. She looks just like her mother! She’s her mother’s daughter.”
