Kate Walsh News (Page 5)

The always-entertaining People magazine "couples watch" contains three mentions of Grey's Anatomy stars - two of whom are in happy, long-term relationships, and another who may be dating another ABC actor. Also, a fourth Grey's star dishes on her desire to start a family...

Ellen Pompeo and her fiancé, Chris Ivery, were spotted partying along with Ellen's pal and Grey's co-star, Sandra Oh, at L.A. hotspot Hyde.

The lovely Kate Walsh and Brothers & Sisters star Dave Annable (pictured), 27, were reportedly taking in the ocean view together at L.A. restaurant Duke's Malibu.

After ordering margaritas, the star we've come to love as Addison Montgomery and her companion headed to the window to watch the sunset.

Also this weekend, Patrick Dempsey and his wife, Jillian Fink Dempsey, were seen holding hands and looking into each other's eyes at the Japanese eatery Katsuya in Brentwood, Calif. The parents of newborn twin sons and five-year old daughter Talula still have the spark. "They looked so sweet together," a restaurant patron tells People.

Meanwhile, Katherine Heigl, who recently announced her engagement to singer Josh Kelley, says they're even more excited about starting a family than they are about their upcoming nuptials.

"Sometimes I get so carried away planning my future, I forget that I have a wedding plan. I end up daydreaming about Josh and me spoiling a little girl or boy," Heigl told Life & Style Weekly.

To prepare, the star of the forthcoming comedy Knocked Up has been practicing with her friend's children, babysitting in her free time. Josh thinks he's found the perfect woman to have children with.

"She'll make a terrific mother," he said.

Here are some neat pictures of Kate Walsh and her abode in the latest issue of O At Home. Click to enlage, and follow the jump for more of them. Looks like the possible Grey's Anatomy spin-off star has a nice McDreamhouse ...

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According to the Orange County Register, the lovely Kate Walsh has more than a little in common with the sexy neonatal surgeon she plays on ABC's hit medical drama, Grey's Anatomy:

Love issues.

"Sometimes I feel like, 'What am I doing? Am I becoming my character, or is my character becoming me?'" Kate Walsh tells Best Life magazine.

"I'm starting to get a little superstitious here. I definitely identify with my character in that, romantically at least, this is not where I thought I'd be at 39."

Walsh was a regular on The Drew Carey Show and appeared on other series including Karen Sisco and The Fugitive before getting her big break on Grey's Anatomy.

Last month, ABC said it was planning a special two-hour episode featuring Walsh and guest star Taye Diggs, as a test run for a possible new series.

"I feel torn between having the time of my life and wanting very serious things, like a surplus of love for a family and all that," Walsh said.

"But what's in front of me right now is work."

Walsh finds the boundaries between herself and her character beginning to blur, perhaps a bit more than feels entirely comfortable.

"With an hour-long drama, you start playing a little closer to who you are, because the writers hear you and are around you and they start writing for you," she says.

Asked for her reaction to the blowup over castmate Isaiah Washington's anti-gay slur about co-star T.R. Knight, Walsh says there has been no fallout on the set, really, and that what she's disappointed the cast's accomplishments are being overshadowed.

"It was definitely sad. It's annoying. And it eclipsed our Golden Globe win, which I was upset about," Walsh said.

As her 40th birthday approaches this October, Grey's Anatomy actress Kate Walsh says that she only recently felt ready to get her love life in order.

"I'm a bit of a late bloomer," says the actress, who plays Dr. Addison Montgomery, to the magazine Best Life in its April issue. "I need to do with relationships what I've done with work."

The San Jose, Calif., native, who first appeared on Grey's Anatomy in the closing seconds of Season One, admits she's made some bad choices before.

"In the past, I've been work, work, work â€" and then I'm done and 'cause I'm tired and desperate, I'm like ... YOU!" she says, as though reaching for the nearest male body.

In retrospect, she says she just wasn't ready for the ups and downs of a serious commitment.

"I realize it's a juvenile fear. But I haven't wanted to be in a relationship where I'm doing a downward dog and some guy is just like, 'I hate you. I hate it when you do whatever that thing is that you do that I hate," she said.

But it doesn't help that with her new maturity has come a demanding job playing primetime's most notorious man-eater.

"Here I am working 13, sometimes 16-hour days, and trying to date and it's so new to me to date more than one person. Sometimes I feel like, 'What am I doing? Am I becoming my character, or is my character becoming me?'"

She'd better get used to it.

Her schedule won't slow down if the proposed spinoff series of Grey's Anatomy starring her character is picked up by ABC (the network is planning to test out the show with a special two-hour episode of Grey's Anatomy).

But when Walsh does find her real-life McDreamy, he doesn't need to be as hunky as her onscreen love interests.

"I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart," Walsh said.

A week after Katherine Heigl ripped her employers over issues surrounding stalled contract renegotiations, her Grey's Anatomy co-stars are saying they enjoy working with the actress.

"She's a super-talented girl," co-star Kate Walsh told People Sunday at the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music and Entertainment Dreamgirls luncheon in Beverly Hills. "Everyone's just working hard."

As for contract re-negotiations, Walsh, whose character, Addison Montgomery, is the subject of a possible Grey's Anatomy spinoff, said, "I literally just worked with Katherine the other night. We just go to work. I don't know. I don't really get into all the stuff. Everybody is doing their own thing with negotiations."

One of Heigl's other co-stars, Sara Ramirez, says of the actress who plays Dr. Izzie Stevens on the hit ABC show: "She's lovely. Everybody's very professional - not just Katherine - but everybody else too."

"At the end of the day, we all have to be grateful for our jobs. We're working actors, and not only that, we're on a hit show," Ramirez added.

Last week, Heigl's contract negations became public, and she eventually issued a statement criticizing both ABC and Touchstone, saying she was "embarrassed" and had been treated with disrespect.

"I am embarrassed that this has become a public matter and disappointed that Touchstone felt it necessary to divulge private employment information," Heigl said. "I had hoped I would be able to deal with this issue confidentially with my bosses. I dropped out of the renegotiation simply because I wanted to treat myself with the respect I was not getting from them."

Heigl, according to a statement ABC released, is contractually obligated to remain on the highly rated TV show for "several years," and is "an integral part of Grey's Anatomy and its success."

Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes, who was honored at Sunday's NABFEME luncheon, had no comment.

Although the plot is still shrouded in Shonda Rhimes-style secrecy, both TV Guide and Variety magazine have discovered some new dirt on the planned Grey's Anatomy spin-off, and how it may begin.

Variety says that "My Favorite Mistake," a two-hour Grey's Anatomy episode setting up an Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) spin-off, is scheduled to air this spring.

In addition to opening the door for Addison to possibly leave the halls of Seattle Grace, "My Favorite Mistake" will also introduce guest star Taye Diggs - as well as Hector Elizondo (Chicago Hope) as Callie's father.

The episode will be directed by Michael Grossman, who was last behind the camera for "Great Expectations" - the terrific episode in which both Burke and George popped the question to their respective ladies.

An exact air date for "My Favorite Mistake" has not been announced by ABC, but the episode will serve as the 22nd and 23rd Grey's Anatomy episodes (out of 24) in the current Season 3.

This is all very interesting news. Is the door also open for Addison to remain at Seattle Grace if viewer response to the episode is negative? Or is it a done deal that she's gone? Previous reports suggest the latter, but this makes it sound slightly less certain.

In any event, Grey's Anatomy returns with new episodes in two weeks, Thursday, March 15. That episode will be titled "Scars and Souvenirs."

No new news here, just a picture of Kate Walsh looking fabulous of Runway Rocks, a pre-Oscars fashion and music event. The talented star of Grey's Anatomy and leading lady of its proposed spinoff (which will reportedly also star Taye Diggs) was in good spirits as always. Ellen Pompeo was also in attendance at the event.

Entertainment Weekly reports that actor Taye Diggs has been tapped to star in the Grey's Anatomy spin-off currently in the works.

No details are available on his character. Grey's Anatomy will set the stage for the spinoff, which will focus on Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh), via an expanded two-hour episode scheduled for May.

In the pilot, the former Dr. Shepherd will consider her exit from Seattle Grace.

Grey's Anatomy executive producer and creator Shonda Rhimes is writing the episode, and is expected to write the potential spin-off as well.

Meanwhile, Rhimes' other ABC pilot, in which Jeffrey Dean Morgan reportedly stars in a new series about a group of female journalists, has not been canceled, but rather has been pushed to a later summer production start. Shonda is going to be busy!

Diggs' casting in the controversial Grey's Anatomy spinoff stems from a new deal he signed with ABC TV Studio, where Grey's Anatomy is based.

Diggs, 36, has already starred in two drama series for the studio, Kevin Hill for UPN and Day Break for ABC.

In a bold and controversial move, ABC is surgically removing part of Grey's Anatomy to see if it can survive on its own.

The Wall Street Journal reports that ABC has decided to pursue a spinoff of the hugely successful drama, and that leaving Seattle Grace to head the cast of the new show will be one of its most popular doctors:

Addison Montgomery, the sexy neonatal-surgeon played by Kate Walsh.

The plot is still a work in progress and Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes - who will lead production of the new series - hasn't settled on a title, says an ABC spokeswoman.

A two-hour pilot of the series is likely to air in May, the Journal said.

Rhimes recently told the cast about the project and agreed to write the special two-hour episode that will serve as the series pilot. This type of old-fashioned spinoff is rare in the risk-averse TV business.

ABC will likely air the show in May so that it is broadcast in time for the network to decide whether to pick up the spinoff before unveiling its fall schedule to advertisers and media buyers.

ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson declined to comment. ABC confirms it has inked a deal with Walsh, but said Rhimes and Walsh are both unavailable to comment further at this time.

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We hope you forgive us for briefly indulging in some frivolous gossip. We just found this tidbit too funny not to share.

The New York Post reports that T.R. Knight and two other members of the Grey's Anatomy cast had a bit of a run-in with Diddy and his security detail at the Rolling Stone and Justin Timberlake-led pre-Grammy Awards party.

The gist: Diddy's security team told them to move for his royal highness after he showed up late. And it didn't go well.

"Puffy was supposed to sit in the same VIP area that had four tables - two were for him and two were for the Grey's Anatomy cast. But he was very, very late, and there are a lot of cast members, so T.R. Knight, Kate Walsh and Sara Ramirez were at a table set up for Puffy."

Diddy's bodyguard then got pushy.

"This guy goes up to T.R. Knight, Kate and Sara and started demanding - 'Get out! Get out now! Move it!' - T.R. was furious," says a New York Post spy, who was also in the VIP section.

Knight and the rap mogul once known as Sean Combs then exchanged heated words before the cast was led to another table.

Hey, you can't let yourself get pushed around, no matter how big the guy's entourage is. Hopefully, T.R. and his fellow Grey's Anatomy stars never develop egos that large.