JENNIFER GARNER - GARNER NARROWLY ADVERTED DISASTER

Actress JENNIFER GARNER was closer to falling on her face at Sunday night's (05MAR06) Oscar ceremony than she previously led viewers to believe. The ALIAS star skidded while heading toward the podium to present an award during the show, but quickly covered her near-miss by making a joke about performing her own stunts. She reveals, "I almost went down. I was so close to going all the way down to the ground, I can't even tell you." The ELEKTRA star reveals that the cause of the mishap was the fact that she stepped on the lining of her MICHAEL KORS gown. Garner adds, "In that moment I was thinking, 'In all the things I've done, I never fall. I'm so cautious and careful, and here it's going to happen in front of billions of people!'"