Kate Walsh News (Page 6)

Following a truly exhausting week in which Grey's Anatomy won the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Drama, and subsequent controversy surrounding co-star Isaiah Washington consumed the media's attention, the leading ladies of the hit series still managed to have a ball (and look gorgeous) in Park City, Utah, Sunday, where they arrived for the Sundance Film Festival.

Here are some images of Katherine Heigl and her fiance, Josh Kelley, as well as the lovely Kate Walsh, at the 11-day affair:

A picture of Isaiah Washington and Kate Walsh from the ABC All Stars event. Always nice to see these cast members out and about.

Remember the Grey's Anatomy episode in which a woman's IUD gets caught in her husband's penis piercing, and Dr. Addison Shepherd says, "Make sure you use a backup form of birth control while your IUD is out"?

Well, this TV doctor isn't just advocating for safer sex on tv. Check out this interview with Grey's Anatomy star Kate Walsh, who recently sat down with Planned Parenthood:

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Kate Walsh isn't a doctor in real life, but she plays one on TV: she's Dr. Addison Shepherd on ABC's acclaimed drama Grey's Anatomy.

Planned Parenthood caught up with the PPFA Board of Advocates (BOA) member, who has also starred in Kicking and Screaming, Under the Tuscan Sun, and After the Sunset. In an exclusive interview (click here for the source), Kate talks about acting, activism, and sex in America.

Planned Parenthood (PPFA): Has your role as a gynecological surgeon inspired you to think more deeply about reproductive health issues?

Kate Walsh: I've always felt personally indebted to Planned Parenthood and very passionate about reproductive rights for women. It's something that you constantly have to fight and advocate for. I think the biggest thing about playing the character I play is that it's a great opportunity to make a contribution.

PPFA: Are there any reproductive health issues you'd like to see Addison face on the job?

Kate Walsh: I would love to see more storylines centered around sexually transmitted diseases. I do get to talk about contraception. There was that episode ("Oh, the Guilt") where this woman's IUD gets caught in her husband's penis piercing, and my character gets to say, "Make sure you use a backup form of birth control while your IUD is out." So it's out there, but it's not spoken about with neon lights and a big horn and whistles.

PPFA: A lot of young women and men in America learn about sex from television shows like Grey's Anatomy. Do you think television has a responsibility to educate viewers about safer sex?

Kate Walsh: I think that the writers take it really seriously. There was an episode in the first season when there was a syphilis outbreak. The chief of surgery gave a lecture on how to put a condom on a banana because people were obviously sleeping with each other at Seattle Grace, and they weren't using protection. I can't believe that it's purely coincidental that our writing staff is half women and the show is created by a woman and that we have these issues come up.

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The lovely Kate Walsh is featured in the January issue of InStyle Magazine. You can receive some great beauty tips from the redhead who plays Addison Montgomery, and learn a little more about this talented actress at the same time. Special thanks to the fan who took the time to send in these scans!

“Do you want my pickle?”

That's the question posed by Eric Dane, a.k.a. Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan, a plastic surgeon known for his strategically placed towel, and one who's been heating up the halls of Seattle Grace on the new season of Grey's Anatomy.

In this week's TV Guide, Dane is actually waving a cucumber at Kate Walsh, who shares the magazine's cover with him, and who plays the woman he lusts after, Addison Montgomery. In response to his pickle inquiry, Walsh shoots him a sour look. Mark lets his pickle fall limply back into his lunch sack.

Dane, 34, walks from the set, strokes the “scraggly old beard” he grew for the role, and grins.

“This,” he declares, “is some of the greatest writing on television. How often can you offer somebody your pickle and actually have it mean the dill pickle that came with your deli sandwich?”

The return of Mark, the hard-to-resist hottie who broke up Addison and Derek's marriage, has added yet another twist to the soapy surgical show.

“It means Addison gets to have some sex, which is awesome!” says creator Shonda Rhimes. “It also allows her to confront her past, which will be interesting to watch. Mark, the original bad boy, is struggling with his own demons. He brings a healthy serving of mystery and potential conflict to Seattle Grace.”

Not to mention a heaping helping of rumpled bedsheets. McSteamy has already done the McNasty with Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) and seems intent on getting Meredith out of her scrubs.

“Very often people have sex with other people when the people they love aren't available,” says executive producer Betsy Beers. “And as Eric has said about his character, he's a guy who doesn't like to sleep alone.”

Hey, no one ever called it Grey's Monogamy.

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Okay, we're not really instituting a feature called that, but maybe we should. There have certainly been enough pictures of Kate Walsh going around lately. No Lucy today, however. Just the talented actress behind Addison Shepherd... or is it Addison Montgomery?

This one is a promotional shot from the film One Way to Valhalla, which is currently in post-production. Not sure what the movie is about, but we'll probably here more once it's ready to be released. We came across this picture and thought you'd enjoy seeing it as well. Go Kate.

Yesterday, we showed you a picture of Grey's Anatomy star Kate Walsh and her cute dog, Lucy. Well, the canine news just keeps coming. We were sent this picture of Kate walking her pup Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles.

It looks as if she is holding an ice pack to her face... or shielding herself from the cameras with a piece of paper, possibly?

Yesterday we showed you some recent Katherine Heigl magazine shots. Today it's Kate Walsh's turn -- even if it's a magazine we didn't know existed before coming across this. Though we're not entirely shocked, either.

Yes, that's Kate and Lucy, her Basenji mix, on the cover of The Hollywood Dog. The holiday issue, no less! Click to enlarge the picture, and follow the link to the magazine's site if you want to order one!

Kate Walsh has been out and about a good amount this week in and around L.A. Fortunately for us, she's had her picture taken at every turn! Here's the actress at the 2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards, held yesterday, November 2, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in L.A.

Here are a few shots of Kate taken at the Stranger Than Fiction premiere on Monday, October 30, in Westwood, Calif.

Walsh was also on hand for the launch of the Viktor & Rolf Collection for H&M, on October 27 in Bel-Air, Calif.

Special thanks to the Grey's Anatomy fan who sent these great Kate Walsh pictures along. We know there are still some Addison haters out there, but how can you not love Kate Walsh? She's beautiful, and everything we've read indicates she's a really cool person, too.

The life of a celebrity has its ups and downs.

For the past three years, it's been a lot of ups for Kate Walsh.

For starters, the actress is one of the stars of Grey's Anatomy, the ABC hospital drama that is now TV's No. 1 show.

Her fame started as soon as Walsh appeared as the striking Dr. Addison Montgomery Shepherd, the jilted, philandering wife of Dr. Derek Shepherd, and one-third of one of TV's greatest love triangles.

"I never imagined this," Walsh told the Arizona Daily Star, as she returned to her onetime hometown of Tucson, Az., where she attended Catalina and Rincon high schools as well as the University of Arizona.

"For a show that's in a competitive environment to stand out is great."

With celebrity comes the opportunity to become a celebrity face for issues she holds in high regard. Organizations came calling rather quickly.

She's been involved with the Special Olympics and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (she made public service announcements for it during a recent episode) and hopes to get Habitat for Humanity interested.

But right now her priority is Planned Parenthood, the organization known mostly for its stance on abortion rights, but which also pushes for sexual and reproductive education.

Attending a benefit for Planned Parenthood at Club Congress on Saturday — the same place she once worked as a cocktail waitress while discovering herself as an actress — Walsh spoke with joy about the bizarre fact that people pay attention to her more now that she's on a hit show.

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