A brief Private Practice spoiler tidbit from E! Online today ...
Q: Do you know when Josh Hopkins will be coming on Private Practice?
A: Yes, Addison's new love interest (you know, the guy from Swingtown) will be part of a major storyline in March for five episodes.
We look forward to seeing this character. In other guest star news, Taye Diggs' wife, Idina Menzel, will also be appearing on the show soon!
Taye Diggs is bringing his home to work with him.
The Private Practice star's real-life wife, Tony winner Idina Menzel, will guest star on the ABC series later this season, TV Guide reports.
In multiple episodes, Menzel will play the mother of a patient tended to by Pete (Tim Daly). To hear one source tell it, Pete's special brand of "bedside manner" might bring about an attraction between him and Menzel's character.
At this early stage, it's unclear if Idina Menzel and her main man, who plays Sam Bennett on the Grey's Anatomy spinoff, will share many scenes.
Menzel first met Taye Diggs back in 1995, when they were both cast in the New York Theatre Workshop production of Rent.
They went on to costar in two other stage productions, including Broadway's Wicked (for which Menzel won a Tony, playing "bad witch" Elphaba).
Menzel's most recent TV gig was a pair of episodes of 2005's Kevin Hill, which starred - wait for it - a handsome fella named Taye Diggs.
It isn't enough that Private Practice's Addison (Kate Walsh) can't go a week without a guy; now, it seems, Dr. Montgomery can't seem to go a week without more than one.
Though in last night's episode, she and Kevin attempted to resolve their relationship issues, while she took a closer look at Wyatt - and it looks like he's sticking around.
Josh Hopkins has signed on for five episodes as the cocky surgeon with whom our lead M.D. will play doctor. What do you think of Wyatt and Addison? Let us know!
As they held each other at Katherine Heigl's birthday party, no one would have thought anything was wrong between Kate Walsh and her husband of 14 months.
"They were dancing up a storm, having a really good time together," a Star magazine source says of Kate Walsh and Alex Young, a movie studio executive.
"There were no signs that there was any trouble in paradise."
Yet just a week after Katherine's November 15 bash at her mother's L.A. house, Kate and hubby Alex Young called it quits, according to divorce papers.
So what went wrong in such a short time between the Private Practice cast member and her husband? Friends say one of the main reasons her marriage has gone south has been Kate's growing closeness with David Sutcliffe.
That's the divorced hunk who plays her love interest on Private Practice. As Kate's Dr. Addison Montgomery and David's character, Kevin Nelson, have grown closer since he turned up at Oceanside Wellness, so have the actors.
"Kate really likes David, and knowing that didn't help Alex's fragile ego," a friend of the actress says. "Kate and David had a real connection playing lovers on the show, and she didn't seem to have that with her own husband."
In a move that pairs Private Practice with its parent series, Grey's Anatomy, the spin-off will be moving to Thursday nights beginning January 8.
This week's episode, "Worlds Apart," will air at its usual Wednesday, 9 p.m. time slot. It's the 10th episode of Season Two and the last of 2008.
With a crossover story arc between Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice planned for February, Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh talked to People about what she calls the “Crossover crazy!” plans of executive producer Shonda Rhimes.
One thing we know for sure, and have long expected, is that Kate Walsh’s Dr. Addison Montgomery - who split from Seattle Grace to launch the spin-off and made a return trip to Grey's Anatomy last spring - will be back in her old OR.
Interestingly, Oh revealed that Patrick Dempsey’s Dr. Derek Shepherd will likely be making the journey to California's Oceanside Wellness Center, as well.
“It has to do with Addison,” she said. “I think the Chief is going to visit, too,” she added, referring to Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.).
Oh also has a suggestion for the writers in case they ever want to send her character to Oceanside to hook up with a handsome doctor.
“Paul Adelstein’s character,” she says. “Cristina Yang would have great scenes with Cooper. They’d just wrestle the whole time!”
But back at Seattle Grace, Cristina already has a budding relationship with ex-military doctor Owen Hunt, played by Kevin McKidd.
The pair shared a steamy kiss early on in the Season Five premiere, but Oh likes that the two of them have not rushed into becoming an instant McCouple: “It’s a nice, slow romance,” she says.
TV Guide reports that Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice will be teaming up for a new, multi-episode crossover story for February sweeps.
The Grey's Anatomy actor(s) involved has yet to be announced, but Kate Walsh's Dr. Addison Montgomery will again visit ol' Seattle Grace.
Addison returned for an episode of Grey's Anatomy last spring after bolting for L.A. and Private Practice after the end of the third season.
What brings Addison (Kate Walsh) back to Grey's Anatomy this time?
What regular(s) from Seattle Grace might show up at Oceanside Wellness Center? Walsh personally is hoping for her former love interest Mark Sloan (Eric Dane), saying, "It'd be fun to have him cause some trouble!"
What star(s) - and story line(s) - would you like to see?
Tonight on an all-new Private Practice, an office election pits Sam and Naomi against each other - and the results of that vote may surprise you.
Addison treats a young Afghan girl who is trying to hide her past, while Cooper's interesting personal choices catch up with his professional life.
As always, feel free to share your thoughts with other Private Practice fans regarding the episode, "Past Tense," in our Private Practice forum!
ABC has picked up Private Practice for a full season.
The network has given a back-nine order to the sophomore drama from ABC Studios. Private Practice is ABC's tentpole show on Wednesday nights.
Private Practice is the latest network series to get a full-season pickup, following NBC's Knight Rider and Chuck, CBS' The Mentalist, Fox's Fringe and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and CW's 90210. Way to go, Kate Walsh & Co.!
Tonight on Private Practice, Addison and Sam decide it will require a takeover to bring the practice out of bankruptcy, while the doctors look for new revenue streams and Violet's friendship with Cooper is nearing its breaking point.
Discuss the episode, "Equal and Opposite," in our Private Practice forum before, during and after the show. Share your thoughts with Private Practice fans!
Here's a sneak preview and a promo for the episode ...
