December 2008 News Archive (Page 2)

Just a little note to thank you all for visiting us throughout the past three years (!) and making this the web's #1 Grey's Anatomy fan site. We are grateful for you making Grey's Anatomy Insider a true fan community and wish you all the happiest of holidays!

We'll be a little short-staffed for the next couple of days, but will be back full-force by next week - with new episodes returning January 8! We'll update the site as often as we can in the next few days. As always, your help and comments are much appreciated!

Here's hoping for more of this (and other things) come January ...

Starting Thursday, January 8, ABC will air new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off, Private Practice, on the very same night, as it probably should have done all along.

In any case, the network has released a brand new promo to celebrate the return of both medical dramas and to get us excited about some of the things to come in 2009 ...

Katherine Heigl, who just celebrated her 30th birthday, and husband Josh Kelley, with whom the Grey's Anatomy star will celebrate her one year wedding anniversary on December 27, looked happy as ever as they took a stroll in L.A. on Monday afternoon ...

Here's the latest on rumors involving Callie Torres - and rumors that Sara Ramirez may be leaving the show (it doesn't look like that's true) - from TV Guide's Matt Mitovich ...

Q: I heard a rumor that Sara Ramirez has been offered a new TV show in which she will star. While I question the reliability of the source, I hope this is true. She is a talented actress who does not get any recognition or decent writing for her Grey's Anatomy character.

A: "Que sera, Sara?" you ask? Ramirez's rep says, "We haven't heard that rumor" about her being courted for a series of her own. In the meantime, I'm told that Grey's Anatomy's bi-curious Callie Torres will pick up where she and Erica left off, this time with the pediatric surgeon, Arizona, being played by Jessica Capshaw beginning January 8. But contrary to what you may have heard, these two won't start steaming up until Capshaw's third (of at least several) episodes.

Welcome to the 137th edition of the Grey's Anatomy Insider Caption Contest!

This week's Caption Contest winner is McBored. Nice job!

Honorable mentions go out to McNorway and Joey, but you all did a great job and we thank you for playing. Good luck again in this week's all-new edition!

Derek: Unanimous decision. Dr. Stevens is out.

~ Commercial Break ~

[voiceover]: Make sure to watch Seattle Grace Survivor next week, when a previously evicted Doctor makes a Steamy return.

Below are a half dozen promotional pictures ABC has released for the next new episode of Grey's Anatomy, "Wish You Were Here." The episode will air on Thursday, January 8.

We'll post more pictures and promos as they become available to us! Click to enlarge ...

This news is a few weeks old, but we're only learning of and reporting it now. Better late than never, right? Right. Especially when it comes to McDreamy news.

In case you weren't aware, Patrick Dempsey is hot. So much so, in fact, that the Grey's Anatomy star topped AOL TV's list of the 50 Hunkiest TV Stars of all time!

He isn't about to tousle his own gorgeous hair, however.

"Well, there's always going to be somebody else who's going to come along and be the next handsome person," the married father of three says.

"It's all very subjective," Dempsey said. "And there are also a lot of people out there who aren't being recognized, maybe just because they're not on a hit show or something right now. So you have to kind of take it all with a grain of salt."

So modest as always. As for being the leading man of so many adoring Grey's Anatomy fans, the dimpled TV doctor is grateful for the spotlight ... to a degree.

"It's certainly great having the attention," Patrick Dempsey admits, "It's always good for one's ego, but at the end of day, it really is quite an empty statement if you don't have family around you. Because there is no way you can live up to it."

With Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Denny) nowhere in sight, Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl (Izzie) was spotted running errands and trying to stay dry on a rainy day in Beverly Hills...

Take this with a grain (or even a boulder) of salt, given that it comes from celeb gossip magazine Star, but a new rumor suggests that Kate Walsh's connection with her Private Practice co-star, David Sutcliffe (as SWAT officer Kevin Nelson, below), may have contributed to her impending divorce from husband Alex Young, which we reported last week.

Follow the link above for the full report. Here's hoping Kate is handling the split okay, regardless of its cause, and we look forward to seeing her Grey's Anatomy crossover episode(s) this Spring!

Tonight, ABC is airing a repeat of Grey's Anatomy, "Brave New World." Our official episode recap offers a comprehensive rundown if you need a refresher or in case you missed it.

A photo gallery and music guide are also at your disposal, as well as the videos and memorable Grey's Anatomy quotes in our library. Browse by character or by any episode!

As always, our site thrives on and welcomes fan discussions and debates, so your comments are encouraged on any of our posts and in our Grey's Anatomy forum anytime.

Special programming note: In case you weren't aware, Private Practice is airing tonight at 10 p.m., after Grey's Anatomy, with a repeat, "Equal and Opposite." Beginning Thursday, January 8, new Private Practice episodes will air after Grey's Anatomy each week!