Happy New Year!
Sunday, December 31, 2006
I wish everyone a great New Year's Eve and a fabulous 2007!
Let's hope for a lot more Kate News in the next year! :)
Cheers & Best Wishes, Lisa
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Love Story
KATE WALSH DISHES ABOUT 'GREY'S ANATOMY' MAN-CANDY.
By PAIGE ALBINIAK
December 31, 2006 -- On "Grey's Anatomy," gorgeous redhead Kate Walsh plays the Prada-and-Armani-clad Dr. Addison Montgomery, the former wife of Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd
But off camera, Walsh, 39, is the down-to-earth girl who will share secrets over beers with you at the local bar until the wee hours.
In season one of the ABC mega-hit, Dr. Montgomery Shepherd showed up unannounced at Seattle Grace when Derek (Patrick Dempsey) and Meredith (Meredith Grey) were madly in lust. She came off as a class-A bitch, saying to Meredith, "You must be the woman who's been screwing my husband." For months to come, the merely average intern shriveled in her presence.
Addison spent most of season two trying to save her marriage, which became irreparably damaged when her husband caught her in bed with his best friend, Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan (Eric Dane), who now also works at Seattle Grace. Still, Addison tried everything to keep her marriage together, including moving from her Manhattan brownstone to Derek's Airstream trailer in the Seattle woods.
"She was a little pathetic," Walsh says, "but I think people are a little pathetic when it comes to love. I personally would be. It's not pretty, but it's real. And even if you were like, 'God, let it go, sister,' you couldn't help but feel compassion for Addison."
Viewers certainly did. In fact, the show's producers and fans so took to Walsh's portrayal of the character that her five-episode guest arc soon turned into a permanent gig.
Kate Walsh was born in San Jose, CA, and grew up in the city made famous by the Dionne Warwick pop hit, and in Tuscon, Arizona. Though, at five-feet-ten, she was tall enough to be a model, Walsh pursued acting, studying drama in Chicago at the Piven Theatre Workshop. She earned some cool early television credits on "The Drew Carey Show" and "The Mind of the Married Man" before taking a headlong plunge into network television drama. It's paid off, handsomely. The actress, who lives in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles, says, "Being on 'Grey's has changed my life in every way. My life is now so much bigger than it ever was before," she says. "I went to Robertson [Avenue] the other day to buy something and there were photographers there. That was a very strange experience, but I feel like I'm moving gracefully into dealing with it."
Addison is dealing less gracefully with her life this season. She's newly divorced. Mark is back to his old mattress-hopping ways, and everyone's wondering when the gorgeous obstetrician is finally going to get busy like the rest of the show's hot doctors.
"You have to watch the show to see if she's going to be dating anyone," Walsh hints coyly, "but there may be a love scene in her future. Let's pray, anyway. She needs some action."
Even though Addison and McSteamy seem to have cooled down, with Addison endeavoring to ignore the sculpted piece of man-candy that's always strutting around in front of her. Walsh says their story is far from over. "There's a bunch of stuff coming up for them," she says. "They take two steps forward and one step back, and then come back to it again a little later."
Besides the evident on-screen chemistry Walsh shares with her co-star, she is effusive about Dane, and his wife, actress Rebecca Gayheart. On camera, Walsh says Sloan is the man you can't resist. "Mark's the guy you shouldn't be with, but you can't help it. He's the guy that you look at and say 'I know better, but I'm going to do it anyway,'" she says.
Attentive viewers also recently caught Addison sharing a meaningful glance with cocky intern Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), but Walsh doesn't know where that subplot's going.
"That's a tricky situation," she says. "There's some intrigue there, but he's an intern so she's not supposed to date him. I think that Alex and Addison are cut from the same cloth. He's the intern form of her in a way."
GREY'S ANATOMY - Thursday, 9 p.m., ABC
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posted by Lisa @ 5:30 AM,
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Notable Quotables
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
“I was going to be Mrs. Bono. It was all very proper. I loved his music so I loved him. I didn’t want to have a torrid affair, I wanted to marry him."
-- Kate Walsh (“Grey’s Anatomy"), on her teen crush on U2’s lead singer, in TV Guide.
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In Top Form
So strong is Grey’s Anatomy’s status as the most-watched show in the United States that not even the recent much-publicised row between its two leading actors could jeopardise its position. GORDON KHO meets the cast and examines the reasons why the medical soap is fit to be No.1.
Grey’s Anatomy is currently the most-watched TV series in the United States (yes, it knocked CSI: Crime Scene Investigation off the top spot!), pulling in an average 20.6 million viewers a week. The medical drama was a surprise hit with the viewers when it was first aired last year.
And the way the doctors are portrayed in the Emmy-nominated series is also different from how it’s normally done in other TV shows, said Kate Walsh who plays McDreamy’s two-timing wife, Dr Addison Montgomery-Shepherd. “We have a different take on doctoring. On most medical shows they’re of a sort of demigod status, infallible and maybe arrogant. And here we have sloppy interns who are stumbling, bumbling, sexy, stupid, funny, idiotic and, I think, in the end, charming.”
The Seattle Grace Hospital set is actually located in a studio lot in Hollywood although some exterior scenes are shot in Seattle.
There are surgical gloves and masks lying around in the trauma room. If you forget about the tons of floodlights hanging from the ceilings and the amount of cable wires running on the floor, the set does look like a hospital.
Meeting the cast in this make-believe hospital, you won’t think these are actors from a No.1 show. Down-to-earth and on time (interview time was 9am and Dempsey drove himself to the studio in his convertible sports car instead of town cars that usually pick actors up for work), the cast members were all humble despite their success.
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Thanks to blueroom for the tip!
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Straight Talking
Monday, December 25, 2006
Compiled by GORDON KHO
The stars of Grey’s Anatomy talk about ambition, effective acting and loss of anonymity.
“I can’t go to the store in my pajamas in an overcoat anymore to get coffee.” - Kate Walsh on how fame has changed her daily routine.
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Kate On Craig Ferguson!
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Kate is going to be on the 'Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson' on January, 4th!
Ep 8
Kate Walsh; Clark Gregg. 60 minutes- TV-14, USA, 2007, (CC), Stereo, D
Thu Jan 4 12:35A on CBS
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Lazy By Nature
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
INSIDE ASIDE: "Grey's Anatomy" star Kate Walsh tells us it's not hard to keep her slim figure during the holidays, even though she considers herself anything but ambitious when it comes to exercise. "I'm usually so busy, and I believe in small portions and snacking," says Walsh of her health routine. "For exercise I basically walk my dogs slightly up hill. I don't like steep hills. I'm lazy by nature." Could have fooled us!
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posted by Lisa @ 9:54 AM,
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Heigls Cosmo Party - Pictures
Monday, December 18, 2006
Pictures of Kate at the dinner party for Katherine Heigl to celebrate her appearance on the December issue of Cosmopolitan!
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Kate in the 'InStyle' Magazine
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Thanks to Sarah from TI Board
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3.11 Six Days - Promo Picture
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Thanks to irinafan @ LJ
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Kate's Making Out
Friday, December 08, 2006
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Kate Designed Necklace
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Kate designed a necklace for the 'Passing on the Gift - Heifer International Benefit' which was hosted by Patricia Heaton and Sonya Hooten, November 30, 2006.
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posted by Lisa @ 5:23 AM,
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Backstage: The 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show'
"Grey's Anatomy" star KATE WALSH walked the red carpet for the TV special, telling Kevin, "I can't compete with those ladies. They can rock it like nobody else. But I am wearing my Victoria's Secret panties. What is so great about [Victoria's Secret] is they are accessible and affordable. It is beautiful stuff. They make everybody look good. They have all different styles. They work with all different sizes of ladies and, I think, the gentlemen like it, too."
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