Watching House

Everyone has been writing me asking if I know who the mystery woman is in House’s head. I can’t find a photo (yet) of her appearance in House, but I can tell you who she is!

She is none other than Ivana Milicevic. If you saw her and thought “I know her!”, you probably have seen her before. She played in 007: Casino Royale, and she was also the totally hot neighbor in Almost Heaven.

And you heard it here first! Back in November I first reported what 13’s real name was - and the screencap was right! Last night Dr. Cuddy called 13 “Dr. Hadley” a total of three times. Now I know a tiny bit of what House feels like when he solves a case…

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Hello House fans! I’m sorry that I disappeared for a bit, but there hasn’t been much news House wise, and the family kind of took over the house for Easter. But fortunately a little bit of news has come my way about House, so I’ve got something to share! The most recent TV Guide has an interview with David Morse, and they touch a bit upon his appearance on House! My husband’s favorite actor is David Morse, so he was ecstatic when he saw that David Morse was going to be in a few episodes, and even though he hated that he was a “bad guy”, he loved watching him. So what did TV Guide ask Mr. Morse?

TVGuide.com: How did it feel to stick it to Hugh Laurie’s curmudgeon on House?
Morse: [Laughs] Right now it feels painful because there are so many people who hold it against me! I had worked with David Chase, who ran Hack, and when they came up with the idea of a character who could stand up to Hugh Laurie’s character, he called me to see if I would be interested. I had not watched the show, so I mentioned it to some people I was with, and they said, “You have to do it!” It is such an unbelievable show and this character frankly needs somebody to go after him and put him in his place. So I said I’d give it a shot. It truly was great fun. Hugh is just amazing, and he really is a formidable character to go up against.

I know that, for awhile, he was one of the most hated people in the House world, but I’m sure we can forgive him now, right? Right?

The other day, Ausiello made a statement that had all House fans in shock.

Sex and the City studmuffin Jason Lewis has signed on to guest-star in a pivotal post-strike episode of House that will reveal a shocking secret about Doc Crotchety: He’s a closeted soap fan!

Wow! Gasp - shock - Dr. House likes soap operas?!?! Holy moly! Since when?

Apparently Ausiello realized shortly afterwards that he had made a mistake and instead then posted this:

Sex and the City studmuffin Jason Lewis has signed on to guest-star in a pivotal post-strike episode of House that will reaffirm Doc Crotchety’s obsession with dayime television.

Any takers?

Well ya know Ausiello, since you’re always right, and an obvious House fan, I think I’ll take that bet!

But, on the other hand, Jason Lewis - HOOOTTTTTT!!

Thanks to Anzelique for the reminder to post this hilarious story!

Okay, to begin with, I love the survey that TV Squad has got at the end of their “Frozen” review. The question ponders whether House fans believe that Dr. House should have a love interest (such as Mira Sorvino), or not.

It was put up this morning around 7 a.m. and as of about twelve hours later (if they’re on the East coast), 332 voters think that House needs a love interest as compared to 92 voters who do not believe that a love interest would be in the character’s best interest. This really surprises me! Most people that I know that loves House don’t think that the character would be the same with a love interest. What do you think?

Next bit of info - preliminary reports have come back about the ratings: FOX averaged a 36.5 rating/55 share in primetime Sunday, although those numbers will change when final ratings for the live broadcast are calculated….At 10 p.m., the Super Bowl post-game show and a special “House” averaged 25.1/41 for FOX

I honestly have no idea what numbers are good or not, but I’ll keep on top of this to see if House did better than normal.

Next up: the music! A lot of you have e-mailed me asking what music was playing during the trailer. It’s a beautiful song called Breathe Me, by Sia. The video for the song is below. I’m finding it and downloading it quickly, as it’s such a wonderful song! Added: my good friend Dave at one of my favorite sites, Killed by the Video Star, has put up a review of the song. It’s a good review, especially since his music taste is definitely not the kind of songs that Sia sings. Go check it out here

And finally, NEW HOUSE TOMORROW!! The patient is the wonderful Laura Silverman who was gracious enough to give me an interview a week or so ago. I can’t wait to watch the episode! She said she had “tingles” when Hugh touched her. I probably would too! Don’t forget to stop back for the recap tomorrow night!

A couple of people have contacted me wondering who the actress was that played the possible hooker in the clinic on last night’s episode. I find it interesting that the House fans care more about her character than they do the “real” patient this episode! It took a little digging, but I finally figured out who the patient, named Melanie, was.

Meet Jennifer Hall! Did she look familiar yesterday? She did to both my husband and I, but we couldn’t figure out where we recognized her from. She’s played a waitress on the movie version of Bewitched, she was on two episodes of CSI: Miami, an episode of Criminal Minds, and a few other things…WE recognized her, however, from playing the character of Monica on three episodes of Nip/Tuck!!

(to note, I haven’t been watching Nip/Tuck this time around because I didn’t care for the first few episodes, but I wanted it from the start of the show before this season)

I think that all of the House fans last night loved Jennifer Hall’s character…and I know that I wish she would pop back up again on the show!

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The wonderful, beautiful, very VERY pretty Laura Silverman granted me the intervew I’ve been wishing for! She took the time to give some awesome answers to the questions both the readers and I had about her acting, the show, and other things! I was just as excited for this as my friend Lynn was to get an interview with Thirteen the other day! Check it out!!

Chrissy would like to know how you got the job on House - if you auditioned or if they contacted you.

No, I definitely had to audition… though I’m flattered by the question… I’m really not enough of a ‘name’ to just get an offer for something like this, not to mention that you’d be shocked to see the number of extremely successful and well-known actors that I see at auditions all the time… I’m glad I auditioned, though, because I really do care about whether or not I am the best actress for the job, so being cast from an audition reassures me of that somewhat… This was actually my third time auditioning for House, and while I was sorely disappointed the first two times, I was glad that this was the one I booked, as it was a much richer role than the first two..

Cynthia would like to know how long it takes to film an episode and if there were any funny moments you were in that you could reveal to the readers.

Typically they schedule eight days per episode, but often go over… I think this episode was shot in nine days, of which I think I worked five. The whole thing was a lot of fun, there’s a lot of joking around, everyone is pretty funny, but there aren’t really any stories I can tell without giving anything away… I guess one thing I could say is that I was so nervous at first to work with Hugh Laurie, but luckily for me, in the first scene I had with him all I had to do was hyperventilate and pass out, over and over again, which was perfect, because that’s exactly how I felt! He was very kind, too, he was concerned about how woozy I was getting (because as it turns out, there’s really no way to ‘act’ hyperventilating without actually hyperventilating) and he had them bring me a paper bag to breathe into between takes. The ’sick’ make-up is also a little tough on the vanity at first, I kept joking with the make up artist, saying, ‘come on, is a little blush and mascara really going to ruin everything?!?’ I didn’t really mind, though, I generally embrace not having the pressure of having to be ‘pretty enough’, it can be a real distraction from what you’re trying to do… Actually, the sicker they made me look, the more I liked it, it was fun because I’m very interested in special effects make up. It’s probably what I’d be doing if I wasn’t an actress.

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Okay, so this interview wasn’t with me, but it was with the Galveston County Daily News. Little Liana Liberato will be the daughter of the patient on Tuesday’s episode of House.

“My character falls down because her mom lets the rope slide through her hands,� she said. “I actually only fell part of the way, about four feet, then they caught me. After that, I had a stunt double. They put a wig on her. They told me I wasn’t really trained to do that kind of thing.�

Liana’s mother has some sort of a seizure and lets go of the rope, then House has to spend some quality time trying to figure out what’s going on with the mother.

We all wonder what Hugh’s like on set, and Liana has given us a little peek:

“In one scene when he was talking to me, he came out wearing a clown nose. It was so hard not to laugh. He is so serious, and then he came out wearing that clown nose. He is hilarious in real life.�

To see the rest of the interview, head on over to the Galveston County Daily News!

Finally, some photos!! These are photos from the *gasp* LAST episode of Season 4, entitled Don’t Ever Change - it will air on February 5th. What I wouldn’t give to be Laura Silverman in that pic above! WOW! And from what I’ve been researching, Jewish women of the faith that this character has moved to aren’t allowed to have other men touching them (or so I think - please correct me if I’m wrong)…wonder how Hugh convinces the hubby that he needs to touch her! So what do you think of these new photos?! Remember to click to biggify - they’re pretty big!

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Have I ever mentioned how I’ve been trying to get an interview with someone who has been on House. There are tons of actors and actresses who have worked with the great doctors, but so far I’ve had NO luck. I’m just one of those people who scratches a scratch ticket and knows that she’s not going to win. Some people have good luck, others don’t.

Apparently I must have touched someone who had a lot of luck lately and it rubbed off.

Laura Silverman - the Laura Silverman who will be seen on screen with Hugh and the rest of the staff on February 5th, found US! She left a message on the last article saying that she was glad to know when the episode will be airing and that she loved the picture (it is a good picture).

I e-mailed her back and she’s granting us an interview! So if anyone has any questions that they’d like me to ask Laura, leave a comment here and I’ll be sure to relay the best ones on!

Well, well, well…we’ve got some interesting information for the last *sob* episode of House. For starters, read the press release about the new episode…

Academy Award Winner Mira Sorvino Guest Stars in Episode Immediately Following the Super Bowl

When Dr. Cate Milton (guest star Mira Sorvino), a psychiatrist trapped at the South Pole and the research station’s only doctor, becomes ill in the middle of her assignment, she and Dr. House are thrust into a long-distance relationship of sorts. Unable to get Cate out or any additional medical supplies to the South Pole station, House and his team must resort to treating her via webcam. House and his team walk the doctor through a series of makeshift and painful diagnostic tests she must perform on herself. Cate pushes back at House’s every recommendation, and is unwilling to risk valuable station medical supplies until he can provide valid proof for his diagnoses each step of the way. While House and his team helplessly watch her condition worsen, House’s usually icy demeanor surprisingly softens as he searches for ways to save her life. Meanwhile, House does some detective work of his own and is surprised to learn who Wilson has been dating in the “Frozen” episode of HOUSE airing Sunday, Feb. 3

Doesn’t it sound good?!

Oh, and I’m pretty sure I know who Wilson is dating….

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Sorry it’s been a few days guy - I’ve been buried underneath a mound of paperwork so high that I wasn’t able to even see the rain that was coming down where I live!

When I work on the laptop I usually have the television on…partially just for the noise (because, you know, the noise I get from a 7 year old and a 3 1/2 year old isn’t enough), and partly to distract myself when I get a little loopy. Disney was playing Ice Princess, which I actually kind of like to watch. Yeah, I know, I’m 12 in a 28 year old’s body. Anyway, Michelle Trachtenberg is the star of the movie.

Now I really like Michelle. In a world where our teen stars are getting pregnant at 16 and having to go into rehab before they’re 21, she’s a breath of fresh air. Like Amanda Bynes, there’s something clean and fresh about Michelle. So I decided to log onto IMDB in order to see what she was doing lately. Imagine my surprise when I notice that she’s been on an episode of House. What?! How come I never saw this episode?!

To make things a big more clear, I only started watching House last year. Before that, my friend had been going on and on about this amazing new show, but I was so miserable and busy, I didn’t make the time to watch it. Then, right before the third season began, my best friend brought up the first season DVD. I fell in love and have watched it whenever I can since then.

Michelle’s guest appearance was on an episode in the second season called Safe - now I thought I’d caught the reruns of the second season, but apparently not, because I definitely would have remembered this episode. Apparently Michelle is a teenage girl who has a heart transplant and goes into anaphylactic shock. From the quick review I’ve read, House even kidnapps her in an elevator! Yes!

Has anyone seen this episode? Is it good?? I guess I’m heading to Blockbuster to rent the whole second season, huh?

I’m usually HORRIBLE at figuring out who actors are, especially those that don’t have huge names like Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie. When watching last night’s episode, however, I just KNEW that Quibb was the dude from 28 Weeks Later! Of course it helps that I only watched the show a few weeks ago, but I KNEW it was him, and it is! Check it out!

His name is Jeremy Renner and keep your eye on him, you’ll be seeing him a lot. Jeremy was also in S.W.A.T. and North Country (I totally forgot about that until I checked on his background!) and he’ll be in the upcoming The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford movie that Brad Pitt is starring in soon. He also, apparently, was in a pilot for a TV show called The Oaks, but with the whole writer’s strike thing, I doubt that it’ll be going anywhere anytime soon.

Thanks for a great episode Jeremy! You played the drugged out/kid loving whacko musician to perfection! I almost wanted him to date Amber in the end!

For a great episode, check out Spoiler TV, where Katie Jacobs reveals how the actors were chosen, and why Cutthroat Bitch was let go.

Thanks to Patrick over at Dr. Greg House, we now know that Michael Michele will only be on House for one more episodes.

The enterprising Patrick picked up the phone and called the rep for House! The rep confirmed that the beautiful actress signed on for two shows - the one she was just in, and “Ugly”. Bad for those that love Michael Michele, good for those that don’t care for her! You can find the whole article here.

I’m going to go WAY off track here and as if you’ve seen this yet:

She FINALLY announced that she was pregnant!! How stupid do some of these celebrities think people are? Like Amy Winehouse swearing that she’s not in drugs (HA!), and Lyndsey Lohan saying that SHE didn’t have a drug problem (I’m glad she took care of herself - go LYNDSEY). Christina Aguilera finally announced her pregnancy (congrats Xtina), but how long do some of these celebrities think they can hide a pregnancy, especially when they’re in the spotlight all the time?

Okay - back to House - what do you think of the new banner? Do you like the new one, or was the older one better?

For starters, it seems as though everyone is freaking out over whether or not Michael Michelle is going to be on House permanently. I do NOT have confirmation of that, but I do have her scheduled to be on the next episode, entitled, “Ugly”. So who’s ugly? Everyone has seen the pictures of a young man who has a severe facial deformity. Turns out he’s in House’s care because just before his operation, he had a heart attack, so House and the fellows have to figure out what his cardiac problem is. This is (I believe) the reason that the camera crew is following them around - they’re doing a story on the patient.

But who is this young actor? Do you have any idea? I didn’t, until I looked up his name. Take a good, LONG look at the pic. You can even click to make it really big so that you can get a close and personal look. Do you have any idea who the actor is?

Give up? To fing out who it is, click below:

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You know, I’ve been looking all over the net for good interviews from Robert Sean Leonard - he doesn’t tend to open up much. Imagine my surprise when, before dropping my 3 year old off for her two hours of preschool, I see a TV Guide that has an interview with Robert Sean Leonard! WOW! Here are some of the highlights of the interview:

Is there any ad-libbing in those priceless House-Wilson Exchanges?
Our writers are far more witty and smart than we are, so we don’t need to improvise.

Why have you described (Hugh Laurie) as an 8-year-old?
Here’s an example: We went to a benefit the other night and they showed a scene from House. Hugh sat with his fingers in hie ears. It’s one thing not to watch yourself - it’s another to hum “London Bridge” with your fingers in your ears in public.

So it’s not as difficult to be friends with Hugh Laurie as it is with House?
Oh, no. Hugh’s a great guy to work with and really fun. Anyone who can channel Peter Cook is OK with me.

Is there tension between Jennifer Morrison and former fiance Jesse Spenser on the set?
They’re quite civil. They’re either very professional or very mature. If I broke up with someone on the set, there would be pans flying. They’ll hate me for saying this, but they’re both incredibly sweet.

There is plenty more on the interview, including a little piece that says that Robert met Cynthia Nixon when he was 14, and that she’s one of his oldest friends. Seriously, it’s a good interview, and well worth buying the magazine for (and I hardly ever buy magazines).

Tonight’s a new House episode! Who knows how many more new ones we’ll get with the writer’s strike, so we should enjoy it while it’s here! Here’s the synopsis on the episode tonight.

House is recruited by the CIA to help diagnose a deathly ill agent with an unknown illness. The agent¹s medical case is being spearheaded by Dr. Samira Terzi (guest star Michael Michele), who offers up very little information about the agent¹s history or previous assignments. With limited information to go on, House uses some unorthodox methods to try to crack the code and determine a diagnosis in time to save his mystery patient¹s life. Meanwhile, Foreman faces resistance from the remaining six fellowship candidates when they question his judgment and argue over the diagnosis of a female drag car racer who passed out after a race.

I wonder if she’ll look like she used to when she was on E.R. I’m actually a bit of a Michael Michele fan. There aren’t many actresses that can pull off strong characters like she can. Angelina Jolie is one, and Michael Michele is another. So we’ll see how she fares against House! It should be interesting to say the least!