Grey’s Anatomy

I seriously will be glad when we actually have news about the show to discuss instead of more ongoing drama regarding Isaiah-gate. I’m just reporting the news, y’all, to keep you up to date. Please know I ain’t enjoying this crap! =)

So here’s the latest - Isaiah will be on Larry King on Monday. Isaiah says TR Knight should have been fired instead of him and claims that Patrick Dempsey agrees. Isaiah says he didn’t go to anger management, but just an executive course on handling workplace issues. Isaiah says his firing was based on his race.

So pretty much more of the same. Sigh.

Isaiah Washington, Patrick Dempsey, TR Knight, Grey’s Anatomy

Isaiah Washington won’t shut up. Seriously. He’s keeping his name in the press almost daily by issuing another interview to a media outlet complaining about his firing from Grey’s Anatomy. Each interview seems to be worse than the one before it. Now Washington claims that TR Knight should have been fired instead of him. He says that the slur he used on set was only heard by Patrick Dempsey. Knight claimed the entire set heard it. Washington accuses Knight of escalating the tension to get more money and more screen time.

My verdict? To quote Gwen Stefani, “This sh– is BANANAS. B-A-N-A-N-A-S!” I’m sick of hearing about it, aren’t you?

Isaiah Washington, TR Knight, Patrick Dempsey, Gwen Stefani, Grey’s Anatomy

Mike Aussiello clears up some rumors about Grey’s Anatomy for us:

Tiffani Thiessen by John Sciulli/WireImage.comJudging from my Ask Ausiello mailbag, the rumor mill is in overdrive with tales of cast shakeups, on-set feuds and top-secret plot twists. And, frankly speaking, I find the lack of truth surrounding some of these so-called news stories really annoying. So, whaddaya say we separate fact from fiction…

Rumor: Tiffani Thiessen is joining the cast of Grey’s Anatomy as Derek’s sister.
Fiction. A Grey’s rep flatly denies that the ex-90210 vixen is bound for Grey’s.

Rumor: Sara Ramirez is following Isaiah Washington out the door on Grey’s.
Fiction. On June 7, all of the principal actors on Grey’s (with the exception of Washington) were informed by ABC that their contract options had been picked up.

Hmm…. I thought for sure Sara Ramirez was on the way out. Who knows, maybe she’ll show up but not stay the entire season?

Source

Grey’s Anatomy, Sara Ramirez

Chandra Wilson is a hard core soap fan. She watches four every single day. And get this - she TAPES them. No DVR, no Tivo, just old school VCR taping. Chandra will be hosting SoapNet’s pre Daytime Emmy red carpet show on Friday. Check out her interview with TV Guide:

TV Guide: When you grill the arriving stars, will you be nicey-nice or channeling Joan Rivers?
Chandra Wilson: Hopefully somewhere in between. I may not be very warm if that Nash [played by Forbes March] from OLTL shows up. I just don’t like what he’s doing to Jessica. She needs to be with Antonio!

TV Guide: Geez, you are a fan. You even judged one of this year’s categories.
Wilson: Yep, supporting actress. And because I’m a fan, I was going, “Why on earth did you submit those episodes?”

TV Guide: Why are you so crazy for soaps?
Wilson: It’s pure voyeurism. You get a chance to go into somebody else’s house and snoop. I love escaping into Pine Valley or Genoa City. I get mad when I hate something but I keep watching. Of course, my shows fall short sometimes. How else do you keep going 52 weeks a year, no reruns?

TV Guide: You shoot Grey’s Anatomy right next door to General Hospital. Ever tempted to drop by for a cameo?
Wilson: No! In my early days I had a recurring role on OLTL — I was a classmate of Carlo Hesser’s niece — and I did a little background work at All My Children and, I think, Another World. But that just messes me up. It’s hard for me to have a “Hey, how ya doin’?” relationship with soap actors because then they’re not their characters anymore. I need them to stay in their world, not come into mine. When I see the GH stars on the lot, I can’t even talk to them. They must think I’m insane.

TV Guide: Well, you’ll sure be breaking down that wall for SOAPnet!
Wilson: I know! People who know me well are saying, “Why on earth did you agree to this? What were you thinking?” But I’m honored to do it. Soaps are such a big part of so many lives. That’s what real people do — we watch soaps. Everybody has done it at some point, whether or not they want to deny it. There are men who don’t want to admit they watch Grey’s Anatomy. They always blame it on the girlfriend.

TV Guide: Grey’s’ Bailey could use a sudsier life — everyone around her is annoyingly self-obsessed and she’s all business. The viewers adored it when she had a baby.
Wilson: People did! One day Oprah corrected Dr. Oz. He made a reference to the “vagina” and she said, ‘No, no, no. It’s va-jay-jay!” I loved it!

TV Guide: Bailey didn’t make chief resident in the season finale. Were you shocked when you got that script?
Wilson: No, because Bailey just doesn’t delegate. The chief had been warning her for weeks — you need to slow down, you need to spend time with your family, but, no, she was running the clinic, doing her surgeries and looking at the chief like he was crazy.

TV Guide: But we didn’t even get to see her reaction when she lost out to Dr. Torres. Seems like you got robbed of some damn good drama there.
Wilson: That was Bailey’s choice. What was she gonna do, act the fool and get all crazy about it? That’s not her. She got right back to work. She had to go deal with her interns. She had Meredith and Cristina and their issues. That’s true to form for Bailey. It’s important for her to be competent.

TV Guide: So what’s ahead for her next season?
Wilson: It’ll be interesting to see what [series creator] Shonda Rhimes reveals. There’s another POV to explore. It won’t be what it was this season with all the doubt and self-consciousness and that kinda crap. She’s moving on. There’s another journey ahead for Bailey.

I’m so excited to hear next season will be a departure from the downer of this past season. Yea!

Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy

Dr. Preston Burke won’t be back on Grey’s Anatomy next season. ABC opted to not renew Isaiah Washington’s contract. Of course, you all remember Washington’s anti-gay slur he used on the set, then backstage at the Golden Globes he used it again to deny using it the first time. He’s since gone to anger management and has filmed a PSA in an attempt to make amends. In one last swipe at the network, Washington released a statement: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore,” which is a quote from the movie “Network.” A mature response for sure.

Anyway, I have mixed feelings. I think the character Burke is great. He was interesting to watch and no doubt Washington is a good actor. On the other hand, I understand the reason they had to let him go - the network just couldn’t risk any more bad press. So are you sad to see Burke go? If this was the inevitable end, should they have fired him months ago after the incidents instead of waiting? What do you think?

Isaiah Washington, Grey’s Anatomy

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that TR Knight will be back on Grey’s Anatomy next season. TR got a nice raise to $125k an episode plus a portion of the show’s profits. No word yet on Isaiah Washington’s fate, although sources are claiming he will be back. Full Story.

Grey’s Anatomy, TR Knight, Isaiah Washington

Who says Katherine Heigl has to get all the press? So what if she’s starring in the critical darling movie “Knocked Up” and so what if she graces this week’s cover of Entertainment Weekly? That Grey in Grey’s Anatomy? She wants your attention, too. So listen up, Ellen Pompeo talks about her upcoming wedding. Well, she plays coy about it with People Magazine, basically saying it will be a small affair and it won’t take place in LA. Check out the article.

Ellen attended the Sixth Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball over the weekend. Here are a few shots of Ellen and her costars.

Ellen and James Pickens

Eric Dane and his wife Rebecca Gayheart

TR Knight, Kate Walsh and Sara Ramirez (Sara doing her best Amy “They tried to make me go to rehab I said no, no, no” Winehouse beehive).

TR, Rebecca and Eric

Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy, TR Knight, Kate Walsh, Sara Ramirez, Rebecca Gayheart, Eric Dane, James Pickens, Katherine Heigl