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‘Grey’s Anatomy’: This 1 Major Character Wouldn’t Be on the Show If It Wasn’t for George O’ Malley – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

AlthoughGreys Anatomyfans only had their belovedGeorge O Malley (T. R. Knight)for five seasons, hes one character viewers will never forget. If it werent for his shy personality,another major character which lasted much longer wouldnt even be on the show.

Fans will never forget the tragic death of George OMalley. He had left the hospital to join the army but gets hit by a bus while saving someone. The young man is rushed to the hospital, but his fellow residents cant tell its him until its too late. O Malley draws the numbers 007 in Meredith Greys (Ellen Pompeo) hand, and thats when she realizes her John Doe is George.

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While his on-screen death was one of the saddest on the show, the reason why T. R. Knight left is more complicated. In 2007, the actors co-star Isaiah Washington, who played Preston Burke, reportedly referred to Knight with a homophobic slur. Washington was fired soon after, but Knight could never get past the incident, forcing him to come out as gay publicly.

He also cited a breakdown in communication with creator Shonda Rhimes and his characters decreased screen time as the reasons he left.

Justin Chambers, who portrayed Alex Karev for 16 seasons of Greys Anatomy, was not in the shows original pilot. After shooting the initial episode, the writers felt that George O Malley needed a male character to play opposite him. George was so shy and kind that they needed someone to balance him out.

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Thats when the character of Alex Karev was created. Instead of filming the entire pilot over again, the producers used CGI to add him in. Although it wasnt evident to fans who watched the show in 2005, looking back on old episodes, viewers can tell something odd is going on.

A whole new scene was filmed with Meredith and Alex, but otherwise, the magic of CGI brought him to life in the pilot.

For fans of the show, the departure of Alex Karev was confusing. He left to take care of his mother in Iowa and never came back. Then reports of Chambers exit began flying around in January 2020. However, when the show came back from winter break on Jan. 23, 2020, there was no mention of Karevs departure.

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On March 5, 2020, fans finally got closure for Alexs storyline. He found out that he had two children with his ex-wife Izzie Stevens, and left Seattle, Washington, to be with them.

Chambers cited the reason for his departure as wanting to branch out into different avenues and spend more time with his family.

Theres no good time to say goodbye to a show and character thats defined so much of my life for the past 15 years,Chambers shared. For some time now, however, I have hoped to diversify my acting roles and career choices. And, as I turn 50 and am blessed with my remarkable, supportive wife and five wonderful children, now is that time.

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The Anatomy of a Future Workspace (Infographic) – Software Advice

The future may be riddled with uncertainties, but one thing we know for sure is that the way we work and the environments we work in will have to change.

With the help of digital tools such as video conferencing and collaboration software, employees have been successfully working remotely for months now. Even so, you may be eager for your employees to return to the office. Before this can happen, you should make sure you understand how to create a safe work environment at your business.

Software Advice ran a survey in June and found that the majority of employees expect certain safety measures to be put in place before they feel comfortable returning to the office. Some of these changes include:

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These findings help us understand what the workplace of the future will look like. Check out our infographic below to see our predictions for all the way your office will need to adapt.

Creating a safe work environment is more than just rearranging furniture; it means that employees have to take personal responsibility for wearing a face mask, maintaining social distance, and disinfecting shared spaces. Because of that, communicating your back-to-the office plan is just as important as physically preparing your space.

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The Software Advice COVID-19 Consumer & Employee Impact Survey was conducted in June 2020 to understand how the priorities and preferences of peopleas consumers, employees, and patientshave shifted due to COVID-19. We surveyed 232 employees making up a representative sample (by age and gender) of the U.S. population.

We worded the questions to ensure that each respondent fully understood the meaning and the topic at hand.

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Anatomy of the Vistara safety video: What went into making the viral ad – Moneycontrol.com

Vistara last week revealed its first in-flight safety video, which has been very well received and is going viral. The safety video is themed on yoga, which has an instructor showcasing various movements in picturesque offbeat locations across the length and breadth of India while giving inflight safety instructions.

While uniquely themed airline safety videos are not uncommon globally (for example, British Airways has had a long-running series featuring famous British comedians, and Qatar Airways has a star-studded football-themed video), and these videos have been proven to be more watched and therefore the safety message better communicated to those who tend to ignore the more staid safety demos and videos, this was a first for India. The fact that it starts with a visual of the spectacular and much-in-the-news Pangong Lake also led to some buzz.

The method behind the madness

The video however was scripted and shot much earlier in September last year and Pangong Lake was chosen as the opening scene simply because it is arguably the most visually spectacular place in India, a place I had personally fallen in love with since I first visited Leh in 2016, scoping it out for Vistaras operations to it that began shortly thereafter.

The team the conceptualised Vistaras safety video was also behind the very well-received and popular 'Vistara Retrojet', an Airbus A320 painted in the colours of the original Tata Air Lines of the 1940s that was founded by JRD Tata and eventually became Air India, and featuring on occasion crew dressed in retro-uniforms harking back to the glory days of flying of the 1950s and 1960s, on flights featuring menus inspired by Taj Hotels and JRD Tatas favourite meals as remembered by their chefs.

The attention to detail and authenticity went as far as the registration of the aircraft itself, VT-ATV, a registration that was originally carried by a Tata Air Lines DC3 aircraft. With no colour photos available anywhere of what the Tata Airlines colours were (other than a bare meal fuselage), the team used its creative imagination to come up with a golden-sepia tinted fuselage, with red lettering and grey cheatlines. The special retro flights became highly sought after, and together with the Retrojet, helped make Vistara into the much recognised, differentiated, and respected brand it is today.

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Earlier in 2014, (incidentally spearheaded by key members of the same marketing team that later moved to Vistara), SpiceJet had put faces of pilots and cabin crew billboard-style on a Boeing 737, which it named Red Chilli. This again was a first in India, and it created a lot of buzz as well as energised the staff internally. This was just a couple of months after SpiceJet surprised and delighted passengers on Holi by having supplementary (non-operating) cabin crew gracefully dance in the aisles to Balam Pichkari on several flights. This did initially get the airline in a spot of bother with the regulator because it had never been done in India before, but the matter was settled amicably when it was demonstrated that there was no safety issue, and that such activities were not uncommon on airlines around the world. The Holi dance made headline news for several days, and SpiceJet ticket sales went through the roof during that time, prompting a normally staid finance executive to ask whether we could make the crew dance on every flight.

Jokes aside, there is a very clear and driven rationale and focus behind such disruptive and eye-ball catching marketing. It boils down to the need to be able to build a brand that punches above its weight, to help make up for size and scale disadvantage a brand may have vis-a-viz the market leader. Building a differentiated brand with high recall value also generates pull, giving customers a reason other than just price to select a product or an airline, and perhaps even pay a slight premium for it. To put it simply, the return-on-investment for such initiatives in terms of goodwill (both internal and external), buzz, and incremental sales generated or price extracted, is much higher than one may achieve from more traditional mass advertising, and helps reduce some of the disadvantage of being a smaller player when it comes to driving customer choice. There is also an element of a smaller player working harder to win and retain ones business, a concept wonderfully captured in the 1980s marketing by Avis, the rental car company. It ran a campaign headlined by the words Avis is only No. 2 in rental cars. So why go with us?, accompanied by the slogan We Try Harder (because were #2)!

So the next time an ad, marketing campaign, or video catches your eye, remember, there is a method behind the madness. How boring the world would be if everyone followed the exact same script and there was no room for colour, creativity, originality, and differentiation.

Heres a toast to all the creative minds out there that help make the world a little less predictable and black-and-white. Thank you for the joy and the colour.

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Anatomy of a Showtune: ‘Summertime’ from PORGY AND BESS – Broadway World

Go inside the long and record-setting life of George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's iconic aria.

Since the 1935 world premiere production of the classic folk opera, Porgy and Bess, much of the score of George Gershwin's first opera has become musical canon.

Leaping off of the operatic stage and into the mainstream, songs like 'My Man's Gone Now', 'It Ain't Necessarily So', and 'I Got Plenty o' Nothin'' have established themselves as standards of the great American songbook. Though the reach of Gershwin's classic tunes has proved vast, no other song from the opera has quite matched the monumental success of the show's opening aria, "Summertime."

In the 85 years since its debut, this soulful lullaby has taken on a unique and unprecedented life of its own. In its long life, the song has proven its staying power and versatility, conforming to countless musical styles and settings and ultimately becoming the most covered song of all-time.

The story of how and why the song reached this pinnacle begins in 1925 when DuBose Heyward, released his novel Porgy, which ultimately gave way to a 1927 play of the same name by Heyward and his wife, Dorothy. Deeply inspired by the story, Broadway composer George Gershwin went to work on an adaptation. This time, however, the show would not be created for the musical stage- for the first time ever, Gershwin had set his sights on the opera.

To bring his Porgy to life, Gershwin enlisted novelist and playwright, DuBose Heyward and his brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. In order to craft the world of the show, the Gershwins and DuBose spent several weeks in Charleston, South Carolina to study the lives and vernacular of the African American community there. Gershwin specifically drew inspiration from the coastal James Island Gullah community, citing their preservation of authentic African musical traditions as a jumping off point for the sound of the score.

Though the work itself is an opera and contains the traditional forms of arias and recitatives throughout, Gershwin drew inspiration from numerous musical styles, employing his roots in New York jazz, along with Black folk music, blues, street cries, spirituals, and hymns to enrich the musical world and community of Porgy and Bess.

"Summertime" specifically points to the diverse array of musical styles contained in the opera, utilizing the melancholy minor keys of jazz music, but written to be performed by a classically trained opera singer.

Musicologist K. J. McElrath wrote of the song, "Gershwin was remarkably successful in his intent to have this sound like a folk song. This is reinforced by his extensive use of the pentatonic scale (C-D-E-G-A) in the context of the A minor tonality and a slow-moving harmonic progression that suggests a "blues". Because of these factors, this tune has been a favorite of jazz performers for decades and can be done in a variety of tempos and styles."

Though Gershwin said that he did not draw inspiration for the song from any pre-existing spirituals, many scholars have pointed to similar melodies Gershwin may have adapted the song from, most notably the spiritual, "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", which was featured at the end of the source play. After the opera's debut, many were quick to pick up on the similarities between the two. The songs sounded so similar that jazz legend Mahalia Jackson eventually went on to record them as a medley.

Others have pointed to some Ukranian musical traditions as inspiration for the song. The Ukrainian Yiddish lullaby "Pipi-pipipe" has been the subject of speculation as Summertime's inspiration as well as another the Ukrainian lullaby "Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon" ("A Dream Passes by the Windows").

Despite lingering questions behind Gershwin's melody, DuBose Heyward took inspiration for the song's lyrics from southern folk spiritual-lullaby "All My Trials", which had also been used in his play Porgy.

Stephen Sondheim, a well-known super fan of the opera, has praised Heyward's choice of words to the opening line of the song in setting the tone for the rest of the song and score.

"That 'and' is worth a great deal of attention. I would write "Summertime when" but that 'and' sets up a tone, a whole poetic tone, not to mention a whole kind of diction that is going to be used in the play; an informal, uneducated diction and a stream of consciousness, as in many of the songs like 'My Man's Gone Now'."

He continues, "It's the exact right word, and that word is worth its weight in gold. "Summertime when the livin' is easy" is a boring line compared to "Summertime and". The choices of "ands" [and] "buts" become almost traumatic as you are writing a lyric - or should, anyway - because each one weighs so much."

Gershwin began composing the song in December 1933 and had the completed melody set to Heyward's poem by February 1934. It took Gershwin and Heyward the next 20 months to deliver the full, orchestrated score.

The first ever recorded performance of Summertime was sung by American soprano Abbie Mitchell (who originated the role of Clara on Broadway) on July 19, 1935, with George Gershwin playing the piano and conducting the orchestra.

Though the show began its life as Porgy, everything changed when Gershwin received a letter from opera student Ann Brown, then 20 years old and the first African-American vocalist admitted to Julliard. In the letter, Brown expressed interest in the project and requested an audience with the composer to sing for him. Gershwin's secretary received the letter and set up the meeting. Gershwin was so impressed by Brown he expanded the role of Bess, then a secondary character, and cast her.

In the period between rehearsals and previews, Gershwin invited Brown to lunch. At that meeting, he told her, "I want you to know, Miss Brown, that henceforth and forever after, George Gershwin's opera will be known as Porgy and Bess."

Porgy and Bess had its world premiere at Boston's Colonial Theatre on September 30, 1935 and debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on October 10, 1935.

The song is utilized several times throughout the opera. It opens act one, sung by Clara to her baby as a lullaby. She then reprises the melody as counterpoint to the act two craps game scene. It is sung again in act three, this time by Bess, singing to Clara's now-orphaned baby following the storm that devastates Catfish Row.

The long recording history of "Summertime" began just days after the opera's Broadway opening when two white opera singers Lawrence Tibbett and Helen Jepson, of the Metropolitan Opera recorded a handful highlights from the show. Less than a year later, in September 1936, Billie Holiday's recording of the song was the first to hit the US pop charts, reaching no. 12.

The show's original stars, Todd Duncan and Ann Brown, were not given the opportunity to immortalize their work in the same fashion until 1940, when they recorded their own highlights, "Summertime" among them.

From there, the veritable floodgates opened for recordings of the song. Over the years, it has amassed tens of thousands of covers and recordings, spanning an astounding number of musical genres and nearly every conceivable instrument.

The Summertime Connection is a website whose sole purpose is to collect recordings of the aria in an effort to keep track of its incredible life all over the globe. At last count (August 2020) the website claims to have accounted for at least 98,400 public performances, of which 82,723 have been recorded. The Summertime Connection currently boasts 70,820 full recordings in its collection.

The song remains the Most Recorded Song in History according to the Guinness Book of World records, beating out The Beatles' 'Yesterday' and even Christmas standards that are routinely recorded each year.

Despite the ubiquity of recordings of the song, there are a handful that have etched their place in history as stand out covers. Former national tour Bess, opera singer, Leontyne Price, recorded what is considered one of, if not the, definitive operatic version of the song as part of a performance at the White House in 1978.

Other highly notable versions include a duet between Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis' jazz instrumental, blues versions recorded by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company and Al Green, a folk cover by Willie Nelson, a reggae rendition by B.B. Seaton, a stripped-down cover by British Invasion band The Zombies, and a bluegrass version from Doc Watson. The song has also been adapted into other tunes such as 'Doin' Time' from the ska band, Sublime, which incorporates elements of Gershwin's original.

In 1959, the song made its way to the big screen in the film adaptation of Porgy and Bess, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge. Though Dandridge performed the song onscreen, Adele Addison did vocal dubbing for Bess. Diahann Carroll's Clara was also dubbed for the film. Though Dandridge and Carroll were both singers, their voices were deemed not operatic enough for the film.

There have been at least eight revivals of the musical on Broadway and in Broadway adjacent venues (Radio City Music Hall, City Center) since its debut, most recently Diane Paulus' 2012 re-imagining of the opera, starring Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald. This staging caused some controversy for Porgy and Bess superfan, Stephen Sondheim, who wrote a scathing open letter to The New York Times deriding changes made to the show, specifically the omission of DuBose Heyward's credit from the show's altered title, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.

In addition to its life on Broadway, the opera has been performed countless times around the world. It returned to the New York stage most recently in a September 2019 production from The Metropolitan Opera. Singers Angel Blue, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Golda Schulz, Janai Brugger, and Brandie Sutton, who performed Bess and Clara throughout the run, are the latest to add their name to the long list of incredible opera singers who have brought this indelible tune to life.

Despite Porgy and Bess' place as a groundbreaking work for classically trained Black singers, it would be impossible to discuss the show's long life without acknowledging its long-debated history of racial controversy. Since its debut, the opera has faced criticisms of racism and outdated stereotypical depictions of Black Americans, as well as what critics view as a whitewashed version of Black people as created by three Caucasian artists. Some of the vernacular within its lyrics has been criticized as a form of minstrelsy, hearkening back to offensive blackface stereotypes and the 'Negro dialect' used to mock Black Americans.

With a life as controversial as it is long, it is a testament to the power of the compositions contained therein that Porgy and Bess has flourished for as long as it has. Though there is no telling what the future holds for the show as we continue our rigorous and long overdue examination of cultural representation in our media, its opening aria appears to have no such shelf life.

In the past 85 years, "Summertime" has become an institution unto itself; an affecting and lasting tribute to the lazy days of summer, when the livin' is easy and contentment abounds. With a legacy longer than any song in history, "Summertime" has proven its worth as a song for every season.

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Arizona Diamondbacks: Anatomy of a Losing Streak – Last Word on Baseball

The date was Tuesday, August 18, and the Arizona Diamondbacks were feeling good. They had just finished shellacking the Oakland Athletics, the American Leagues best team, 10-1 their sixth straight victory. The early-season Diamondbacks losing streak was a thing of the past. A 13-11 record had them in a playoff position. Momentum was on their side as they embarked on a road trip to the Bay Area. After two games against the very team they had just beaten twice in a row, they had three against the last-place San Francisco Giants.

Twelve days later, theyve added one game to the win column and 10 to the loss column after a 4-1 loss to the Giants, who have beaten them five times out of six tries in this span. How the Diamondbacks have reached this point is multi-pronged, and the magnitude of those struggles is greater than many realize.

(Note: The statistics are for the 10 losses out of the 11-game stretch. The statistics from the one win were such an outlier that they have been excluded.)

The most glaring problem to even the most casual observer has been hitting, or lack thereof. In these games, the Diamondbacks have hit .180 (57-for-316) with 12 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 22 RBI, 28 walks, four sacrifice flies, and 77 strikeouts for a wOBA of .247. They have also grounded into seven double plays and left 66 runners on base.

Even more glaring is their performance with runners in scoring position. They are 11-for-63 with runners in scoring position a .175 batting average driving in 15 while leaving 33 on base. In four of the 10 games listed, they were hitless with runners in scoring position. They left 10 out of 11 runners in scoring position during those games, with the lone RBI coming on a sacrifice fly.

The starting pitchers, while not faring as badly as the hitters, and while improving since the writing of this piece, have also struggled. Only one Zac Gallen on August 22 completed the sixth inning. In seven of the 10 games, the Diamondbacks were behind when the starter left the game, and in the other three, they were tied.

In these 10 games, the starters had a 4.82 ERA (107 ERA-) with 60 strikeouts, 24 walks, nine home runs allowed, two hit batters, and a 1.457 WHIP in 46 2/3 innings. They averaged 4.2 pitches per batter, throwing strikes 64% of the time. Of their strikes, 51% came because the batter hit the ball.

When starting pitchers consistently exit the game early, the relievers get overtaxed. The average number of relievers the Diamondbacks used per game is between three and four (3.6). The relievers went 0-4 with a 5.87 ERA (130 ERA-). They averaged 3.9 pitches per batter, with a strike percentage of 62%. Of the strikes, 58% came because the batter hit the ball.

The relievers had 40 strikeouts, 25 walks, five home runs allowed, four hit batters, and a 1.774 WHIP in 38 1/3 innings. They also allowed nine of their 20 inherited runners 45% to score. For comparison, the Major League average in 2020 is 30%.

Combining the starters and relievers gives an ERA of 5.29 (117 ERA-) and a 1.600 WHIP. They faced 387 batters, giving their opponents 32 more plate appearances than the Diamondbacks had. Keep in mind that in five of these games, the Diamondbacks opponents only batted eight times, so the Diamondbacks had 15 more outs than their opponents.

The season began with high expectations. A team that had finished 85-77 in 2019 had added pieces to fill holes. Many pundits picked them to finish second in the division and challenge for the Wild Card. Once the playoffs expanded, even more pundits pegged them as a playoff team. Then the season started, and the Diamondbacks lost eight of their first 11. When they won 10 of their next 13, many pundits were saying, They just started slow. Now theyre playing up to their potential.

Losing 10 of the next 11 makes us wonder if they were playing up to their potential or if it was fools gold. The answer is somewhere in between. No matter the reason, the skid has turned them from potential buyers at the deadline to likely sellers. This means that, by Monday afternoon, at least a few current Diamondbacks will be hopping on a plane to another city. Not what they expected in spring training, thats for sure.

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Anatomy of . . . Novak Djokovic | Sport – The Times

FactfileCareer prize money $143, 631, 560Nationality SerbianWorld Ranking 1Age 33Weight 12st 2lbHeight 6ft 2in

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ElbowHe started suffering pain in his right elbow at the beginning of 2016 and this became a major issue for him in the summer of 2017 when he retired from the Wimbledon quarter-finals. He reluctantly underwent surgery in February 2018 and dropped to No 22 in the world before ending his barren run of form by winning Wimbledon that year. He has won another four grand-slam titles since

RacketHead Graphene 360 Speed Pro While Djokovic publicly endorses this racket, the exact frame he uses has custom additions for his requirements. In 2018, he and Andre Agassi, then

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Grey’s Anatomy: 10 Things That Need To Happen In Season 17 – Screen Rant

Grey's Anatomy has a lot of plots and arcs that need to be resolved or at least addressed in its upcoming Season 17.

Shondaland's medical drama Grey's Anatomy has had an epic run of 16 seasons and is all set to start production on its 17th season this year. Ever since the show started back in 2005, Shonda has thrown at us devastating deaths, heartbreaks, and lots of sex...like a lot of it, and season 16 was no exception.

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A lot of curious things happened in Season 16 of Grey's --Amelia hooked up with Link, the ridiculously handsome Ortho Chief at Grey-Sloan, and got knocked up. Of course, she, rather characteristically, had no clue whose child it was which led to a great deal of drama. In other news, Teddy suddenly threw all caution to the wind and cheated on Owen, and Meredith found herself connecting with the cute new Chief of Pediatrics, Dr. Cormac Hayes. In Season 17, there are several storylines that need to be resolved or at least, built on, if nothing else.

Grey-Sloan's feisty Chief of Surgery, Miranda Bailey, found herself getting attached to a young homeless boy who had been doing the rounds in foster homes. She decided to offer him a home so that he would have a place to live in and folks to come back to during vacations.

In Season 17, it would be great to watch Miranda and Ben attempting toparent a teenage kid along with their own son, Tuck. Tuck and Joey already seem to have hit it off; so half the battle is won already. All that remains to be seen now is whether the couple can manage to keep the momentum going and build a heartwarming rapport with Joey.

Andrew DeLuca started showing mental health symptomsin season 16--now whether that was the result of the abnormal amount of stress that the doctors in the show undergo, or whether he was already genetically predisposed to it is another matter. But Grey's hinted it could be the latter since apparently his father too had similar mental health conditions.

A few storylines remained unfinished in Season 16 as production shut down hurriedly dueto the global pandemic, and De Luca's mental health was one of them. In the season's unplanned finale, the young resident was shown in a very fragile condition and Meredith took him under her wing. Season 17 needs to show how DeLuca is dealing with the situation.

Another subplot of Season 16 that remained unaddressed was that of the young patient, Sydney, and her aunt who De Luca suspected was involved inhuman trafficking. Although the hospital staff failed to take him seriously at the time, the writers hinted that the woman who pretended to be the aunt was indeed dubious.

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It was heartbreaking to watchDeLuca unravel and the rest of the doctors forming a human chain around him instead of the so-called aunt who they thought were innocent. The creators need to hark back to that episode in Season 17 and give closure to the audience about whether or not De Luca was right after all.

Meredith's half-sister Maggie was introduced way back in Season 10 but unfortunately, the creators haven't been able to give her personal life a direction.She just hovers around, overthinkingand often irritated. Although she excels at her job, she seems to fail miserably in matters of the heart.

She was first paired with De Luca for a brief while, which honestly didn't make sense, and then she started dating Jackson Avery, which was a complete disaster. In Season 16 she was shown connecting with a former acquaintance Winston Ndugu,in a medical conference. Maggie needs to finally find some peace in her otherwise rocky love life and since rumors are that actor Anthony Hill who plays Ndugu has been upgraded to full-time status in Season 17, one can hope that would turn out significant for Maggie.

Grey-Sloan's former Chief of Surgery, who came out of a serious cobalt poisoning in Season 16, needs to get back with his estranged wife, Catherine. Period.

The elderly couple has had a lot of drama in both their personal and professional lives. And it was heartwarming to watch them find their way to each other in Season 11. But their relationship hit the rocks soon after and the two have lately been on the verge of separation. Here's hoping Season 17 sees them kiss and make up, literally.

Amelia Shepherd has been through enough already. From waking up beside a dead boyfriend to becoming drug-dependent to losing her older brother in a car accident, and being diagnosed with an enormous brain tumor, Derek's little sister has seen her share of ups and downs.

In Season 16, Amelia was finally shown to find a wee bit of stability as she hooked up with Atticus Lincoln and gave birth to their child. While one can only imagine how daunting bringing up a little kid might be for someone as scatterbrained asher, it's possible she might consider settling down with Link, married or otherwise, and finally pull it together.

Teddy Altmanwas shown harboringfeelings for trauma surgeon and then Chief of Surgery, Owen Hunt, even when she first joined the hospital. However, although Owen acknowledged her feelings at the time, he chose Christina over her and their sentiments towards one anotherremained unresolved.However, now that Teddy has had Owen's baby, she suddenly finds herself defying all logic and being drawn to Tom Koracic, the arrogant neurosurgeon with a tragic past, whom everyone hates. Well, everyone except her.

Teddy, who was always shown to be a mature, rational person, albeit impulsive at times -- she did marry a patient on an impulse -- ended up cheating on Owen with Tom, in a peculiar turn of events. Since Tom seems to really love herand Owen is confused as usual,maybe Teddy should make a run for it while there is still time. At any rate, she needs to figure out who she wants to be with.

Owen was shown traumatized when he (accidentally) found out that Teddy had cheated on him right before their wedding. Of course, fans might remember that Owen had himself cheated on Christina at one time, but it seems unlikely that his tension with Teddy would resolve itself any time soon.

Owen has been a confused soul for a lot of the time on the show, not knowing what he wanted with life. Yet, in Season 16 things fell apart shortly after he finally seemed to come to terms with what he wanted and proposed to Teddy, something he should have done at least two seasons earlier. Owen finally needs to face facts and fix things, unless it is too late already.

Dr. Cormac Hayes, cute and Irish, is the latest addition to the cast, and Grey'shas been setting him up as Meredith's potential new lover. Hayes has a tragic history himself--his wife died when she got cancer from a botched surgery and left him with two young kids.

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Fans would be waiting for Meredith to hook up with Hayes in Season 17; the two would be perfect for each other since they both lost the love of their lives and are now mature enough to deal with a relationship at this stage in their lives.

Fans gave their heart to little Zozo the moment she was placed in Derek's arms years ago. Zola is now older, the oldest among Meredith's kids and it's time she had her own arc in the series.

The writers did hint that Zola might not take too kindly to Meredith's new partners. She is, after all, at an age when accepting a new man as her father or at least a potential father, would be very difficult. In Season 17, the creators could focus a bit more on developing her character and giving her a more substantial subplotwithin the broader narratives.

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Grey’s Anatomy Star Camilla Luddington Gives Birth to Baby Boy: Find Out His Name – E! NEWS

Dr. Jo Karev is going to need a doctor for this happy news.

Greys' Anatomy star Camilla Luddington had some big news to sharethrough Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 25. As it turns out, the Hollywood actress recently welcomed her second child into the world with husband Matthew Alan.

"After what felt like a year long third trimester...it finally happened!" Camilla shared onlinewith her 3.5 million followers. "Matt and I are SOOO happy to announce the birth of our sweet baby BOY Lucas, otherwise known as my little lion (shoutout to Leo's!)."

As soon as the news was revealed, many members of the Grey's Anatomy family expressed their well wishes and excitement online.

"Welcome Lucas! Can't wait to socially distance meet you," Giacomo Gianniotti wrote in the comments section. Jake Borelli added, "Awww LOVE you guys! Congrats to you and the fam. Can't wait to meet the little lion."

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Grey’s Anatomy: Why Alex’s Pilot Scenes Are CGI (& How They Were Filmed) – Screen Rant

Grey's Anatomy's pilot episode has one beloved character that was digitally added: Justin Chamber's Alex Karev. Here's what happened.

Greys Anatomys main cast was introduced in the pilot episode, but one fan-favorite character wasnt originally part of it and had to be digitally added: Alex Karev. Created by Shonda Rhimes, Greys Anatomy debuted on ABC in 2005, and though it was originally a mid-season replacement, it was so well-received by both critics and viewers that it has lived on for over 10 seasons, and shows no signs of stopping soon.

Like many other medical dramas, Greys Anatomy follows the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they juggle their careers and relationships. Greys Anatomy is led by Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), who started her journey as an intern along with many other characters, among those Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), though this last one was very close to not being part of the series or, at least, not being introduced with the rest.

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Alex Karev is one of the few characters from season 1 that made it to season 16 and wasnt killed when it was time for him to leave. Alex started as the jerk of the group and went on to become Chief of Surgery at Pacific Northwest General Hospital before leaving it all behind to go back with Izzie. Alex became a fan-favorite in big part thanks to the development of the character, so it might come as a surprise to many that he originally wasnt part of the pilot episode, and was actually a last-minute addition, to the point where CGI had to be used.

Justin Chambers was cast as Alex Karev after the Greys Anatomypilot was shot, and the writers decided to add him as they wanted a male character who could play opposite to George OMalley, who was shy and kind, while Karev was rough around the edges. In order to make him part of the pilot and thus begin his arc alongside the ones of the other characters, Alex Karev was added through the magic of CGI. This might have not been evident upon the first viewing of the pilot, but going back to it now that years have passed (and CGI techniques have evolved), theres definitely something strange going on. Still, what gives the trick away is how badly edited his scenes are, as he just casually pops up from time to time. Though there are no details as to exactlyhow these scenes were shot, its safe to assume the team behind Greys Anatomyscanned Chambers face and body and added him to the scenes. However, they did film a whole new scene, with Karev and Meredith sharing the screen.

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Anatomy of a Marriage: Spence, Kate, and The Trial of The (Half) Century (Reeling in the Summer) – Ricochet.com

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