Kate Walsh

"This acts like a tax cut for consumers," said Gus Faucher, director of macroeconomics, Moody's Economy.com. "Consumers will have more money to spend on other types of things."

"We certainly need to do more than count on gas prices to bail us out," said Faucher. "The problems are much more severe than that.

"At $3 a gallon, we're back to neutral. I wouldn't see it as stimulating the economy," said Brian Bethune, chief U.S. financial economist for Global Insight.

"I think they'll say, 'Why should we assume this is permanent? It will only go back up again,' " he said. "In that case it will do little to affect behavior." Source

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Kate Walsh, who plays Dr. Addison Montgomery, also spoke about the new matters that the Oceanside Wellness Group has to confront this season. “They're all viable conflicts grounded in these medical stories,” she said.

However, with everything fresh coming in as the show was renewed, audiences will still be treated to the familiar zest brought by the cast and crew. “It's topical but not so procedural that it's not a Shonda Rhimes show. You still have all the great dialogue and characters and stories and romance,” Walsh declared. Source

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"We're telling stories ... that will provide a lot of moral debate among our doctors and maybe debate at home when you watch," said series creator Shonda Rhimes.

The issues they face cause plenty of drama for the doctors at the Oceanside Wellness Group, where Kate Walsh's character, Addison Montgomery, came to work after leaving "Grey's" Seattle Grace Hospital.

"They're all viable conflicts ... grounded in these medical stories," Walsh said. "It's topical but not so procedural that it's not a Shonda Rhimes show. You still have all the great dialogue and characters and stories and romance." Source

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Kathleen Erin Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American film and television actress, currently known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

Walsh is set to be starring alongside Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany in the biblical horror film Legion, due out 2009. Wiki

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Kate Walsh and Amy Brenneman spoke to ET last night at the "Private Practice" DVD release party about the controversy swirling around Republican VP running mate Sarah Palin and her 17-year-old unwed pregnant daughter, Bristol.

"I agree with Obama that family life is your family life and that's private," Kate told ET.

Kate was also happy to reveal a taste of what's coming up for her "Private Practice" character Addison Montgomery.

"Addison is dating and you will see more of Officer Nelson (David Sutcliffe)," she says. [ET Online]

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Actress Kate Walsh tells Usmagazine.com that she's really pumped Barack Obama has selected Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware to be his running mate.

"It's great. I think it's a perfect fit," the "Private Practice"/"Grey's Anatomy" star said at a weekend bash introducing the Trump Tower Dubai in Los Angeles. "He has got the foreign-policy experience - a demographic that Obama hasn't quite gotten yet. I'm just very excited to see what those two can do." Source

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“Addison around Officer Nelson, the SWAT guy, is so different than what comes out around Pete (Tim Daly) or [Grey's Anatomy's] Derek (Patrick Dempsey) or Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) or anyone else that you’ve seen,” she said. “It’s really fun to see this total other side of her come out that we never saw. It hit me, this little epiphany of like, ‘Oh, we’ve never seen Addison into someone or someone that likes her back.’”

Walsh revealed that Addison is also stronger and more centered after finally adjusting to her life after relocating to Santa Monica. “Initially in those first nine episodes she’s still getting her footing, still isn’t quite sure and a little wobbly, and then you see that she’s got her groove back.” People

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Kathleen Erin Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American film and television actress, currently known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

Walsh is set to be starring alongside Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany in the biblical horror film Legion, due out 2009. Wiki

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Grey's Anatomy spinoff Private Practice did not work as well as McPherson hoped in its rookie season. So he has ordered changes in the show's direction. There will be less cutting up in the break room and more cutting in the operating room.

"The best episodes of the show were when medical dramas were juxtaposed against the personal stories," McPherson said. "When it just became kind of a soap opera about these people's lives, there was a lot of talking, a lot of time in the coffee room talking about their angst. That's not the show. We're going to get (Kate Walsh's) character back to actually doing surgery." Source

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Kathleen Erin Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American film and television actress, currently known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.
It was announced in February 2007 that Walsh's Grey's Anatomy character Addison would be in a spin-off of Grey's Anatomy that began airing in September 2007. Taye Diggs, Tim Daly, Amy Brenneman, Chris Lowell and Audra McDonald have been cast in the spin-off, which has been given the name Private Practice.
Beginning in September 2007, Walsh has appeared in television commercials for the 2008 Cadillac CTS. Her memorable quote in the series: "When you turn your car on, does it return the favor?" [Wiki]

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