Just a quick note we received from one of our readers we thought we'd pass along - a one-hour biography of Patrick Dempsey is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) on Biography. Could be a great opportunity to get to know more about this former teen idol and current Grey's Anatomy heart throb.
Patrick Dempsey and Grey's Anatomy co-star Ellen Pompeo.
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Not only does it look more and more as if the Hollywood writers' strike may cap Season Four of Grey's Anatomy at only 11 episodes, but leading man Patrick Dempsey now says the relationship that has kept viewers on the edge of their seats for three years may have finally reached its expiration date.
Patrick Dempsey tells TV Guide:
"The next couple of episodes are going to be completely different with what happens with Meredith and Derek... I'm looking forward to that change and that movement."
Dempsey, who was interviewed by TV Guide exclusively while he promoted his new movie, Enchanted, in Los Angeles November 4, says he is ready for his character, Dr. Derek Shepherd, to move on â" potentially to the new character (reportedly to be played by Lauren Stamile) set to be brought in as his love interest.
"I just want the characters to continue to grow, and to work things out realistically," Patrick Dempsey said. "Derek and Meredith's relationship has gone as far as it can go. I don't think it's going to go unless she commits to marrying him or goes into therapy and starts working on herself. We'll have a cliffhanger with this last show and there will be a resolve that seems to be permanent."
What impact will the Hollywood writers' strike have on Grey's Anatomy? In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Patrick Dempsey said the ABC hit drama - like many others - is not prepared for the pending strike.
While promoting his new film, Enchanted, Patrick told ET that the problem is "that we're not that far ahead script-wise. I think we'll have enough shows that take us through Christmas, and after that we'll see if that's the season or not."
When asked if Hollywood is looking at a virtual shutdown due to the Writers Guild of America strike, Patrick Dempsey said, "I think there's a real chance of that happening. It's going to be very bad for television, certainly. The season will be wiped out if [the strike] happens and continues for too long."
The Grey's Anatomy star, who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd, also expressed deep concern for crew members and those in the Hollywood community.
"My concern is not so much for myself really, because I'll be alright, but I think how long this strike lasts is going to affect a lot of people living paycheck to paycheck - they are going to be damaged profoundly by this, and that's a tragedy," he said.
"I think a lot of people and many families are going to be in a difficult place in their lives; hopefully we can come to some sort of understanding and resolve this soon enough that it doesn't affect those people."
Unless an agreement can be reached, the strike is expected to begin today. Here's hoping it can be resolved amicably soon and that the series we love - and the talented men and women who make it possible - won't be disrupted.
Patrick Dempsey looks like he's on the set of a movie, but he was actually just out and about in Paris, France, strolling from St. Germain along the Left Bank's Rue Bonaparte. A mostly unrecognized Patrick Dempsey walked along the Seine with friends, stopping at a number of bookseller stalls. Looking handsome, we might add!
Click here for more (and full-size) photos of Patrick in Paris ...
From the moment he sits down among the buttoned-up, health-obsessed power players at a bustling Brentwood sushi joint and orders a round of champagne, it's clear that Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey is a bit of a throwback.
Rarely since Paul Newman and Steve McQueen, who provided the inspiration for these new photos taken by Entertainment Weekly's James White â" has a leading man brought this kind of old-school relish to the spoils of his success.
These are just a few pictures of Patrick from EW's feature. Follow this link for many more images from this shoot in our gallery of Patrick Dempsey photos!
Hey, everybody needs a little break sometimes. Here are a couple of photos of the cast of Grey's Anatomy during a brief pause in filming of Season Four. Look at this cute picture of Chandra Wilson and her young son!
We love Chandra Wilson. Follow the jump for photos of Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo on break, behind the scenes on the set of Grey's Anatomy...
"Good morning, my friends. How lucky we are to be here," Patrick Dempsey says.
Grey skies have cleared up on the set of ABC's hit drama.
The doc known as McDreamy practically sings this greeting to Grey's Anatomy crew members as he merrily arrives at ABC's Prospect Studios in a black leather jacket, the morning after the Emmys, to shoot the new season's sixth episode.
Sure, there's a little sarcasm.
Many in the room partied past midnight to celebrate the show's best drama nomination and co-star Katherine Heigl's win as best supporting actress.
This morning scene is a simple one, requiring Dempsey to pass by Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) in the corridor without saying much. So instead, he playfully sticks out his tongue during a rehearsal.
"It's hard being pretty and talking," Patrick Dempsey cracks over breakfast. "I had to starve myself for three days before the Emmys to fit into my tuxedo."
Dempsey jokes that series creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes, who is now devoting half of her time to the spin-off, Private Practice, is no longer around �" "over on that other show... Boston Public."
And he teases that he has had sex with the whole crew.
"It's all about the love in Season 4," the actor chirps. "Sex with everybody. I had the entire writing staff in Season 3." This inspires crew members to pipe in with their own mock confessions of liaisons with Patrick Dempsey.
During a break, the handsome star acknowledges that the levity is intentional.
"I think it's really important to keep a light energy, more now than ever," he says. "It's my responsibility to come in here, have my work done, do it quickly, and get in and get out of here and make this a pleasurable experience. I decided after all that happened last year to just have fun."
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In an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the set of Grey's Anatomy, USA Today's William Keck lends his observations of what goes on that we don't see...
Sandra Oh looks sleepy, wrapped in a parka and heading to her chair. Hers is special compared with all the others' standard-issue director's chairs. Oh's has extra padding, a fancy curved foot rest and a canvas compartment under the seat. While the other actors have their full names silk-screened onto the backs of their chairs, Sandra Oh's is marked with two block letters: OH. She never talks to on-set journalists, but she offers a friendly late-in-the-day wink as she walks by.
Trailer mates
Justin Chambers (Alex Karev) shares his trailer, or "tin box," as he calls it, with Katherine Heigl (Izzie Stevens). "I hear her loud mouth all the time �" girl's got a loud mouth," he kids. Heigl slams right back: She says she has to listen to "trailer buddy" Chambers' daily doses of Judge Judy or Montel Williams. "I think he falls asleep with the TV on," she playfully groans. Chambers has more expansive digs off-set. Over the summer he purchased a California home with his wife Keisha. Each of his five kids now has his or her own room!
Cute little cuss
Sandra Oh has a habit of playfully cussing in scenes when she's not on camera, at one point asking Ellen Pompeo, "What the (expletive) was that?" and calling Pompeo's Meredith "a whore." Says T.R. Knight (George), who shares his on-set trailer with Oh: "She has done that, always."
Patrick Dempsey. TV Guide. It speaks for itself as the amazing Dr. McDreamy looks terrific as ever on the cover of the magazine's Fall Preview issue.
For a preview of Patrick's interview with the publication, follow our link. Pick up the magazine for the rest of this fine actor's thoughts on the 4th season of Grey's Anatomy, which is set to begin in just one week!
The patio dining room of the refined Hotel Bel-Air will never be the same for the two teen girls who just spotted Patrick Dempsey, one of the cover subjects of TV Guide's fall preview issue.
Dressed casually on an August morning in a striped shirt and jeans, the father of three (Talula, 5, and twins Darby and Sullivan, 7 months) has finished the morning newspaper and is digging into a plate of eggs Benedict.
"Excuse me," the braver of the two squeaks. "We are from Saudi Arabia and we love Grey's Anatomy so much that we want to become surgeons."
Dempsey, 41, flashes the famous smile that sends estrogen levels surging, rises from the banquette and happily poses for a picture with the young ladies.
"I didn't even know the show was on in Saudi Arabia," he says, delighted.
Although last season Grey's Anatomy suffered from surprising complications â" hard-to-diagnose storylines and painful backstage drama â" the rabid audience that fell in love with the surgeons of Seattle Grace kept the faith.
And Patrick Dempsey's Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd remains the show's most feverishly admired male character.
"What's great about Patrick is that he's both warm and funny," says Grey's Anatomy creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes. "He's just as dreamy as you'd think he'd be. And what I love about the way he plays this character is that he has ups and downs and always pulls them off."
Quick to return the compliment, Patrick Dempsey says of his boss:
"Shonda is very clear on where she wants to take the show, a real visionary. She is creating it as it goes along and you have to surrender to that. It took me a long time to come to terms with it, but that's why I go off and do other things like movies and racing to balance it out."
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