No business like shoe business 

Adjusting her dress as she stepped into the theater wings and prepared to take the stage, Jennifer Garner (in the picture below) confessed to the stage manager: ''I'd like to take my shoes off.''

''We could do it,'' he replied.

 Photograph: Getty Images

Instead, she looked skyward and said, ''I didn't mean it, karmic dressing gods,'' and walked in a small circle.

''I'm just going to make sure I'm not going to fall,'' she explained.

Renee Zellweger had slung her silver Christian Louboutins over her shoulder when Johnny Depp ran into her.

''I like your shoes,'' Depp said.

''Thanks man,'' Zellweger replied. ''I used to like the shoes.''

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