February 2008 News Archive (Page 4)

After checking in an out of the UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric ward, Justin Chambers is doing just fine, according to the Grey's Anatomy cast.

"[Justin Chambers] just needed a break," says James Pickens, Jr., who recently spoke with the actor. "He said, 'Man I'm fine.'"

At the NAACP Image Awards Nominee luncheon Saturday in Beverly Hills, Ca., Pickens told People that Chambers, who recently left town, was headed to Arizona with his family because he just wanted to chill.

"He thanked everybody for their concern but everybody's good," says Pickens.

Also at the luncheon, co-star Chandra Wilson said, "Everybody goes through stuff. It's no different than anybody else in the world. We just happen to be in the public eye ... Justin's doing just fine."

Chandra Wilson says co-star Justin Chambers will be alright.

A rep for Justin Chambers said that the actor, who plays Dr. Alex Karev on Grey's Anatomy, chose to voluntarily check himself into the psychiatric ward because he was exhausted and suffers from a sleeping disorder.

The UCLA Medical Center, of course, is the same facility where Britney Spears was recently admitted and placed on psychiatric hold for nearly a week.

An Ohio native, Justin Chambers, 37, and his wife, Keisha Chambers, have been married for over a decade and have five children.

With an end to the three-month-old WGA strike imminent, the networks have quietly outlined plans to salvage what's left of the current TV season.

TV Guide has a tentative list of what you can expect from Grey's Anatomy and many other shows, although it is certainly subject to change.

Just the same, it looks like we may get 4-5 new Grey's Anatomy episodes out of Season Four yet. They would air in April and May.

Follow the jump for TV Guide's full list of shows and what we can expect in terms of their return dates and new episodes. While this, again, is tentative, it looks like the wheels are in motion for a Grey's Anatomy return ...
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We've received the great news that the strike may end and new episodes may be in the works soon, but for now, we'll have to be content with "Haunt You Every Day" on Friday at 8. For a full rundown, be sure to read our episode recap.

You know the rest. The Insider has a guide to the music selections, along with a photo gallery and list of Grey's Anatomy quotes from this episode. A staff round table discussion and forum complete our coverage of "Haunt You Every Day."

As always, feel free to talk about this episode or anything else pertaining to Grey's Anatomy by leaving comments on our posts or by joining or starting a topic in our forum. You must register (free) to use the forums if you haven't before.

One day after we learned about his skin cancer scare, Eric Dane looked healthy as ever, accompanying his actress wife Rebecca Gayheart, backstage at the G-Star Raw Fall 2008 fashion show during Fashion Week in New York City.

Great to see Eric "McSteamy" Dane back and better than ever.

Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery kept it classy in black at Madonna's benefit gala at The United Nations on Wednesday in New York City.

Madonna's adopted son is from Malawi, and the event was held to raise money for orphan care in that and other impoverished African nations.

Here's Ellen Pompeo and her real-life McDreamy, Chris Ivery ...

Gucci Chief Executive Mark Lee said that $3.7 million had already been raised even prior to the guests sitting down for dinner.

Even more funds were raised through the auctioning of celebrity events.

Chris Rock auctioned off events such as aerobics with Madonna and baseball batting practice with New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.

Follow this link for more Ellen and Chris photos ...

In a surprising and very serious piece of Grey's Anatomy news, Eric Dane was diagnosed with a form of skin cancer just last month.

Fortunately, he has successfully treated the disease and is recovering well. The actor spoke to OK! magazine about his struggle.

The Grey's Anatomy star first detected something was wrong when he looked in the mirror and saw what looked like chapped lips - but wasn't.

"I went to my dermatologist," Eric Dane tells the celebrity news magazine. "He said it was malignant tissue caused by sun damage."

The malignancy was treated by doctors who began freezing the cancerous tissue off with liquid nitrogen. Unfortunately for Dane, his skin had a severe reaction to a cream given to him to put on his lip after the treatment.

"My skin is very sensitive and my lip was traumatized by the procedure I had to go through," he said, noting that his reaction to the medication created a painful scenario that made eating difficult.

"I didn't eat very well for a couple of weeks and lost a bunch of weight," Eric Dane explains, estimating that he dropped at least 10 pounds off his ripped, 6'1" frame while dealing with his skin cancer.

We're very sorry to hear about this but glad Eric is speaking out about it, as it will raise awareness of the seriousness of the disease.

And we're glad we can expect Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan back when Grey's Anatomy resumes production - hopefully very, very soon.

We think Ellen Pompeo has just about the nicest smile of anyone, so we're always a little disappointed when we don't see it in pictures. This is still a cute, candid photo of the Grey's Anatomy star and her husband of almost three months now, Chris Ivery, at the most recent New York Knicks game, however...

Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery focus on the exciting NBA action.

For more photos of Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery at the Knicks game, and during their outing to N.Y. City hot spot Butter, just follow the link here ...

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Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley keep each other close on the red carpet of Victoria's Secret "What is Sexy" Superbowl Party held at Taste Ultra Lounge in Scottsdale, Ariz., Sunday. They look so happy together!

When asked what's sexy about his wife, Josh Kelley answered, "She's a tall, blonde, smart, sexy bombshell." In the VIP area of the party, Katherine Heigl tossed back some tequila shots as Kelley also performed two of his songs.

Paging the cast of Grey's Anatomy... get back on set, STAT!

With a tentative agreement between striking writers and Hollywood moguls expected to be announced sometime this week, TV Guide's Michael Ausiello reports that production on the show is expected to resume in early March!

The current plan is to shoot four or five new Grey's Anatomy episodes to complete Season 4. Those episodes would air in April and/or May.

A similar scenario is expected to play out at other established ABC hits, such as Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty and Brothers & Sisters.

According to reports, Season 4 of Grey's Anatomy isn't done yet!

Conversely, freshman shows that already received full-season pickups (such as Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, Samantha Who?) will likely restart their production schedules over the summer ahead of a fall relaunch.

Expect a similar pattern to play out at CBS, NBC and Fox: The more established shows returning in the spring; newer ones held back until this fall. The fate of heavily serialized shows like Lost, Heroes and 24 remains unclear.

Meanwhile, sources close to the talks say the WGA deal is close to the DGA deal, with a few exceptions â€" one of which is a "major breakthrough."

In any case, how happy are you to hear this Grey's Anatomy news?