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Just a few news bytes picked up on the web today:

• Game five of the NBA Finals had the best adult 18-49 rating of the summer, even topping the Grey’s Season 4 finale.

• Private Practice star Kate Walsh stunned (in a good way) audiences on late night TV in America on Tuesday, when she chose to appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, wearing nothing but a white bath towel and high heels. The actress told Kimmel she didn’t like the fit of her designer gown, and so chose to wear linen instead.

• John Cusack is set to star opposite Chow Yun-Fat and Grey’s Anatomy actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey’s guest star Denny Duquette) in a 1940’s film “Shanghai.” Directed by Mikael Hafstrom, the film is set during the Japanese occupation of the city.

• Grey’s star and Screen Actors Guild member Sandra Oh recorded a so-called “robo” message for the union this week urging dual SAG and AFTRA members to vote down the tentative AFTRA primetime TV contract. According to www.hollywoodreporter.com, the calls were placed to members throughout Wednesday afternoon, and similar messages are expected to be placed during the next week.

Thank goodness, KH did not run across my news feeds today.

They’re not even filming yet, and already a few rumors are leaking out about Grey’s Season 5.

According to TV Guide Columnist Michael Ausiello, “someone may be preggers — and THAT someone shared a red-hot smooch in the finale!”
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The mind can only reel about that one – some say its Callie, others (as in me) thinks it could be Meredith. Either one would make sense to me, but it seems if Callie were expecting (probably with McSteamy’s baby) that would complicate things with the prospective Callie-Hahn relationship (and makes things a bit more exciting for the viewers to watch).

Meredith, though, did present her own family plans with McDreamy in the end of Season 4, so maybe it could be them. But, really, MerDer still have things to overcome in their relationship and a pregnancy might push Meredith over the edge.

That’s all just my opinion, of course. I realize I could be wrong completely (but it sure is fun guessing). I’d love to hear what you think!

P.S. Former Grey’s co-stars Isaiah Washington and Kate Walsh spoke about the Heigl controversy on Entertainment Tonight recently.

Washington said he spoke with Grey’s creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes to offer his help and support.

Walsh didn’t address the Heigl situation directly, but had praise for the writers on her Grey’s spinoff, Private Practice.

Grey’s isn’t making many headlines since the conclusion of season four, but here’s a “week in review” of sorts about what you might have missed over the past week…

• Katherine Heigel is in the midst of making her next romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth. It’s due out in 2009.

• Patrick Dempsey, whose movie Made of Honor is still on the big screen, is spending his off-the-set time on the racetrack. Dempsey drove the Cask No. 16 car in the GT class at Saturday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Watkins Glen International in New York. He also made an appearance at a cancer fundraiser, donating a signed racing suit to the cause.

• Chandra Wilson and Private Practice’s Tim Daly were named 2008 Lee National Denim Day Ambassadors. As part of the United States’ largest single-day fundraiser for breast cancer, Wilson and Daly have been named this year’s Lee National Denim Day (Oct. 3) Ambassadors. The two will be featured in a public service campaign encouraging viewers to put on a favorite pair of jeans and make a $5 donation to women’s cancer programs.

• Private Practice’s Kate Walsh showed her support for a cause as well, calling Barak Obama’s Democratic nomination “a great movement in American history.”

• T.R. Knight told media that he had no plans to marry his significant other, 19-year-old Mark Cornelson, and took the time to defend the age gap in the relationship. Knight is 35.

While I’m supposed to write Grey’s news and such, there’s not much really going on right now. So I’ll take a pause and present my own “Anatomy” history.
I remember the first time I watched Grey’s. I had seen the previews on ABC and had been intrigued by it. Medical dramas always seem to fascinate me; and adding young, struggling professionals trying to make it in a dog-eat-dog world really gets me where I am.
I was sitting at home that Sunday evening flipping channels and trying to forget that I had to work the next day when I ran across the pilot episode and decided to give it a try.
I have been hooked ever since.
I faithfully each Sunday made sure I was at my place (after visiting family for the weekend), seated on the couch waiting for the drama to begin.
I remember my first mouth-dropping moment – the final episode of Season 1 when Addison tells Meredith, “You must be the one who’s sleeping with my husband” (or something to that effect).
It always irks me when they leave a show like that, but it also intrigues me, which is, I’m sure the intent of the season-ending shocker.
When season two begins, I am one again planted in front of the set on Sunday nights making by way through the Izzie-Denny storyline and the continued Meredith-Derek-Addison triangle. And what an emotional finale that was! The love scene with Meredith and Derek at the prom was deemed one of the hottest ever by Cosmo (I agree).
While waiting for Season 3 and for Season 2 on DVD, I become anxious to find a Grey’s buddy. So on a visit with my sister, I take my Grey’s Season 1 DVD and propose a marathon.
Now my sister is almost as hooked as I am, and a Private Practice fan too. To catch up on the show, she would borrow my DVD’s. Now, she has TiVo and we are able to talk Grey’s when the mood strikes.
In season three, I am frustrated by the show’s move to Thursday (at the same time as another favorite show, CSI). My attempt to make the sacrifice and watch Grey’s is thwarted, so I eagerly await the arrival of the DVD and catch up that way.
Now, the process continues. I am once again waiting for another season to begin and saving up for Season 4 on DVD — all while looking for fun news and facts to share with my fellow fans on everythinggreys.
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Even though she’s not-so-long gone from Grey’s, Kate Walsh (Addison Montgomery) is making a very big name for herself on the show’s hit spin-off “Private Practice.”

And while last season was pretty much cut short by the writers’ strike, rumor has it that season two of “Private Practice” just began shooting (Per the Grey’s Anatomy writers blog, Grey Matters)

I’ll have to admit, I was impressed by the show’s cast, setting and well…everything about it.

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I immediately recognized “Judging Amy” star Amy Brenneman, who plays the shrink who needs a shrink Dr. Violet Turner; and “Wings” star Tim Daly as Dr. Pete Wilder.

Wilder and Addison seem to have a lot of chemistry on the show. One of my favorite moments was when he kissed her in the stairwell on the Grey’s pilot episode; and another when he performs acupuncture on Addison, causing the “rush of emotion.”

I love that all the guys on “Practice” are nice to look at. The hormones must be out of whack if you are a heterosexual female and haven’t noticed Chris Lowell, who plays hot surfer-midwife-receptionist Dell Parker. And Paul Adelstein as pediatrician Dr. Cooper Freedman has that sweet “I’m a messed up commitment-phobe, will you come fix me” thing going for him.

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So, we do have something to look forward to besides Grey’s next season. But we have to wait for that show to start as well.

Hello, fellow Grey’s Anatomy fans!

Here you will find my own personal thoughts on upcoming episodes of Grey’s, as well as post-episode comments and the scoop on what the show’s actors are up to when not on the set (movies, tv appearances, personal drama, etc.).

For instance, Katherine Heigl’s 27 Dresses DVD hit the stores this last week, and is apparently pretty popular, at least in this small East Texas town, as I could only find three copies of the fullscreen version on the shelves (I prefer the widescreen). A lot of ladies are getting “Dresses” for Mother’s Day, I guess.

And Patrick Dempsey’s romantic comedy “Made of Honor” seems to be a hit for us chics. While I myself have not made it to the theater I will be doing so soon. I can’t miss anything McDreamy!

Although I will be focusing on Grey’s, I also plan to keep fans informed on “Private Practice” and what’s going on with Dr. Addison Montgomery in California.

I hope you enjoy! Feel free to post comments.