Big Year for Kate Walsh!

Kate Walsh is having the year of her life! ABC announced that it will be picking up her Grey's Anatomy spinoff, Private Practice and now she is confirming that she is engaged to boyfriend, Alex Young! Young is a production co-president at 20th Century Fox. Congratulations!
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Grey's Spin Off Details!

ABC has finally released a press release with some eagerly anticipated Grey's Anatomy spin off info!

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Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Shonda Rhimes combines the heart and soul of television’s top-rated drama with exciting new faces in a sun-drenched new location to create a drama with a very different vibe.
It’s an intimate portrait of the choices and changes we make in our search for happy lives. Following a failed attempt at reconciliation and two disastrous affairs, neonatal surgeon Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery craves a new relationship and journeys to Santa Monica to seek advice from her med school friends, Naomi and Jackson. But she finds her idealized view of their achievements – successful marriage, 14-year-old daughter and a highly successful health cooperative – doesn’t match reality.
Jackson’s success as a TV health guru pushed him to divorce Naomi and now he’s lonely. Fertility specialist Naomi wants love, but she doubts their boyish surfer/receptionist is the answer. The rest of the Oceanside Wellness Group staff has their own life issues. The sexy alternative medicine doc is a widower masking his grief with one-night stands. The gynecologist who doesn’t know a thing about women had his car stolen by this week’s Internet hookup. And the therapist doubts she’s doing any good at all.
Fortunately, together they’re a formidable medical team doing cutting-edge work. Working with them, Addison realizes that moving to Southern California and joining her friends could be the right prescription for her own life. Starring Kate Walsh (Grey’s Anatomy), Tim Daly (Wings, The Nine), Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars), Merrin Dungey (Alias), Paul Adelstein (Prison Break), and Taye Diggs (Day Break, Kevin Hill). It’s a warm, funny, deeply affecting character

Principal Cast Informaion:

Amy Brenneman as Violet· Chris as Dell · Kate Walsh as Addison Shepherd· Merrin Dungey as Naomi· Paul Adelstein as Cooper· Taye Diggs as Jackson· Tim Daly as Pete
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More Grey's II Casting

The casting for the Grey's Anatomy spin off continues. The spin off slated to start as early as this May sounds like it is going to center around Kate Walsh's character, Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepard.

The story line for the two-hour episode, being written by "Grey's" creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes, is being kept under wraps, but it is understood that it will feature popular "Grey's" character Addison Montgomery-Shepherd (Walsh) on the verge of leaving Seattle Grace, a scenario that will be triggered if ABC goes with the spinoff for next season.

She is going to have plenty of hot men to choose from which should take her mind off of 'Dr. McSteamy'. The latest actors added to the spin off include Taye Diggs, Tim Daly (of The Nine and of course Wings) and Paul Adelstein (currently on Prision Break). All three come from impressive shows and are an interesting trio of men. I just hope they don't give them all 'Mc' names.
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End of Izzy?

According to People Magazine, Katherine Heigle who plays intern Izzy on Grey's Anatomy has dropped out of contract talks over salary!

"Katie is disappointed and hurt that (producer) Touchstone doesn't value her as much as her other costars, especially Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington," the source says.

This would really bum me out if Izzy left the show! She is fantastic and, in my opinion, way better an actor than Isaiah Washington. Maybe she'll join Kate Walsh in the Grey's spin off!

UPDATE: Speaking of the spin off, MSNBC is reporting that some of the other cast members are very unhappy about the news of the new show, saying they felt "blindsided".

"The rest of the cast seemed instantly resentful of Walsh. They each thought they'd be the one chosen to get their own show, and now they're giving Kate the cold shoulder."

The source goes on to say that Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meridith Grey,

"seemed particularly peeved because she felt that, as the star, she should have been consulted."

Yikes. Sounds like the egos are in an uproar over at Seattle Grace!

Grey's Anatomy Spin Off!

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ABC is preparing a spin-off to the hugely popular series, Grey's Anatomy. The spin-off reportedly will focus on Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd, McDreamy's ex-wife and neonatal surgeon played by Kate Walsh. The pilot may run as soon as this May and will be written by Shonda Rhimes who is a total genius. I really hope it does well. Spin-offs are tough. The only great ones that come to mind are Lavern & Shirley and Fraiser. Kate Walsh is fantastic so we are definately routing for her.

A Few Sundance Photos!

Teri Hatcher and new love Stephen Kay


Kristen Bell, TV's Veronica Mars

The lovely Kate Walsh from Grey's Anatomy.