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‘Saving Hope’ blew everything up in a very ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ series finale – The Loop (blog)

If youre a fan of happy endings, you were probably pretty upset after watching Thursday nights series finale of Saving Hope. We know we were, when the storyline took a Greys Anatomy-like twist that rocked our world just as hard as when Meredith had to pull the plug on Derek.

But lets back up a second, shall we?

After five seasons, Alex and Charlie finally realized that they were meant to be together. So they pulled a shotgun wedding at the hospital, then took off with Luke to embark on a vacation and eventual honeymoon. Paris and Balithose dreamlikedestinations of romance and sunwere on the table for these crazy kids, because for the first time in the entire history of the series they were able to actually sit back and be happy together.

And then it all blew up.

A massive accident meant that ambulances couldnt make it to Hope Zion, so Zach called the newlyweds and asked them to head over tothe crash tohelp in the meantime. So they did what any good doctors would do and lent a hand, earning themselves superhero monikers by those they saved on scene. Sadly, just when they had finished helping the last people and were ready to get back on the road themselves, the show borrowed a page from Greys Anatomyand their car was t-boned by an oncoming vehicle. Back to the hospital for this family.

The rest of the episode quickly became an epic tearfest for the ages. Alex and the unborn baby were okay, but Luke was in surgery and Charlie had a severe brain bleed that wasnt looking promising. Unlike the last time he was in this situation the doctors couldnt find any sign of brain activity, which was obviously not good.

That didnt mean spirit Charlie wasnt around, but this time there was a twist. He was transported into the future, where he saw that his daughter Charlotte had become an ortheopedic surgeon just like him, and Luke who made it through surgery was marrying the gal of his dreams.

As for future Alex? She had lived a long and happy life, even though she had lost the love of her life 50 years before that, and somehow managed to move on without Charlie.

It was enough to allow spirit Charlie to finally let go, but not before seeing present-day Alex one more time, in thetype of farewell scene you can only get away with on a show like this. And thats when Alex really had to say goodbye, as she came up with a plan to donate all of Charlies vital organs to those in need, therefore giving hope to a handful of other families.

Her thinking? She wasnt cursed after all, but she was blessed. Because Charlie was supposed to die in that car crash five years ago, but instead he came back and miraculously tread the line between the dead and living for five more years, giving them borrowed time that she was completely thankful for.

Butbecause we needed one more loving image of these two together before saying goodbye for good, the last scene ever featured them together again. Only this time they were in a version of heaven, a.k.a. the beach, where Charlie had been waiting 50 years for his love to come back to him (he had the hearts etched out in the sand to prove it). With one final kiss the screen faded out, and we were left with the notion that love (eventually) conquers all.

So okay we suppose thats something of a happy ending after all. But man, what a way to go out. That wasnt exactly how we thought this show would go down after so many years of rooting for Alex and Charlie to get together, butwe can say that well definitely remember it.

And in the end, isnt that all you really want from a series finale?

Farewell, Saving Hope. Its been a swell five years.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Announces Return To Season 14 Set – People’s Choice

Johnni Macke 3:00 pm on July 31, 2017

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Greys Anatomyseason 14 is currently underway, and one key star is ready to start filming!

On Monday (July 31), Sarah Drew, who plays Dr. April Kepner, announced that shes officially back for season 14 with a shout-out to her character and a boost of morning coffee.

Took me a minute to realize the coffee was for me I guess the timing is right, since I step back into Aprils shoes today!! Were baaack!!! #GreysAnatomy #season14, Drew captioned her morning fuel.

The last time we saw April, she was being surprisingly supportive of her ex-husband Dr. Jackson Averys (Jesse Williams) new flame (or the girl he is currently smitten with), Dr. Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary). After April tells Maggie that Jackson has feelings for her she points out that Maggie clearly likes him too.

Because I have a feeling you like him, so why dont you just tell him? April says, causing Maggie to really think about what could happen between her and Jackson, and leaving fans a little baffled by a possible love triangle, or new romance that may, or may not, include April next season.

The good news is that no matter what April is up to come season 14, the actress is back with coffee in hand to make us tune in week after to week to see what happens next with her character. Now if only we knew what CACML stood for on her coffee order, then we too could run on doctor fuel!

Greys Anatomy returns for its 14th season with a two-hour premiere on September 28, 2017 at 8 p.m. on ABC.For the latest pop culture news and voting, make sure to sign up for the Peoples Choice newsletter!

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 14: Stars Tease ‘Drama, Drama, Drama’ With Japril & ‘Jaggie’ – Moviefone

Sarah Drew and Jesse Williams, you are killing us. "Grey's Anatomy" Season 14 is now filming, and the actress who plays April Kepner has been doing a great job sharing photos from set. Fans are loving the glimpses of their favorites, and she must've known she'd get a reaction when she shared a "Japril" photo with Jesse Williams (Jackson Avery), then followed later with a photo of the two of them with Kelly McCreary (Maggie Pierce). Jesse Williams posted his own photo of the trio, even baiting fans with a new #Jaggie 'ship name to rival #Japril.

The Season 13 finale had a lot of shockers, and -- on the relationship front -- one of them was the idea of Maggie and Jackson maybe being a thing. April even seemed to give her blessing. Fans did NOT. So when Sarah Drew posts a cute photo of the three April/Jackson/Maggie stars along with the words "drama, drama, drama..." well, she had to know it would get fans talking again. And it did. Williams did the same with his "Jaggie" tease, and it too got fans calling for Japril to rise.

Super cute pics, but yeah. The comments are filled with Japril supporters writing things like "Cant like this! Maggie and Jackson the Worst storyline ever #japrilforever."

Poor Maggie. She deserves better than this storyline, to be honest. Give Maggie her own man, Shonda!

The actors themselves get along great, as you can see in Drew's other photos with McCreary, Williams, and their co-stars:

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Eric Dane says he’s doing OK after bout with depression – Newsday

Eric Dane opened up Monday about his battle with depression, which caused him to take a hiatus earlier this year from his show The Last Ship.

Id dealt with depression throughout my life, Dane, 44, who has publicly discussed his condition, said on NBCs Today. It was always manageable and I just felt like everybody kind of feels a little blue. But this just hit me like a truck. I had to take some time off I went away, I took care of it, and Im feeling great.

Dane, who played Dr. Mark Sloan for six years on Greys Anatomy and stars as Capt. Tom Chandler on TNTs post-apocalyptic drama The Last Ship, explained he took time off from the show in April because I was dealing with some depression, which was kind of odd to me. I felt very conflicted about it because I didnt really feel like I had anything to be depressed about. And now I take a medication called Pristiq, which I thought just sounded like a good mood. And the depressions gone, he said, adding, Im doing OK.

Pristiq, made by Pfizer, is a brand of the antidepressant desvenlafaxine, which balances levels of the brain chemicals serotonin and norepinephrine.

Youve got to listen to your body, Dane said. Its a very serious thing. And . . . I felt very conflicted because I couldnt figure out what I was depressed about. But its very real. And that was a scary thing, when you wake up and youre like, I dont want to get out of bed. . . . I was, like, seeing these doctors thinking that there was something physically wrong with me, because Id never felt like that.

Danes representative had said in a statement on April 30, that, Eric asked for a break to deal with personal issues. He suffers from depression and has asked for a few weeks of downtime and the producers kindly granted that request. He looks forward to returning.

Production on The Last Ship resumed after Memorial Day, with Season 4 scheduled to premiere Aug. 20.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Stepping Behind The Scenes In Season 14 – People’s Choice

Johnni Macke 1:00 pm on August 1, 2017

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Starting last month, its been all Greys Anatomy, all the time, due to the fact that season 14 is officially underway (not that were complaining!). Now, weve discovered that one of our favorite Greys actors will not only be on screen this season, but also will be stepping behind the camera.

On Monday (July 31), after spending a few days exploring the beauty that Seattle has to offer and throwing the first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game with his fellow co-stars Kevin McKiddturned his focus to his latest Greys role: directing an episode!

Back at it @greysabc #directorprep, McKidd, who plays Dr. Owen Hunt on the ABC drama captioned a fun selfie of himself, his script, and a BIG cup of coffee.

The Scottish actor has been a part of Greys Anatomy since 2008, when he first won over fans as Cristina Yangs love interest, and since then hes become a fan favorite. In addition to filling out the cast which includes Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, Jesse Williams and more McKidd has been contributing to Greys from behind the scenes since 2011.

Beginning in season 7 of the medical drama, McKidd has directed 16 episodes of Greys Anatomy, and now he is ready to bump that number up to 17 with another directing gig come season 14.

We might not know which episode McKidd is directing yet, but based on showrunner Krista Vernoffs tweet last week, its not episode one, since that story is already wrapped and ready to go.

No matter what episode McKidd is working on, he looks serious in this Instagram post, which we think means hes ready to deliver yet another amazing episode. Plus, he even has a pencil out to take notes with, so you know he means business!

Greys Anatomy returns for season 14 with a two-hour premiere on September 28, 2017 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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Anatomy of a Goal: Ola Kamara’s Lefty Finish – Massive Report

Welcome to Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from the previous weeks Columbus Crew SC match.

For match 23 on the 2017 MLS Season, we take a look at Ola Kamaras 15th minute left-footed goal that put Crew SC up 1-0 as part of the 2-2 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday.

Heres a look at the finish from the Columbus forward.

After a disappointing, two red-card loss at the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday night, the Black & Gold found themselves clawing to keep pace in a tight Eastern Conference playoff race. Rookie Connor Maloney earned his first start as a professional, slotting in at right wing back.

Crew SCs opening goal begins off of a clearance by Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman. Beckermans half-touch only clears the ball about 15 yards up the field.

Captain Wil Trapp and Maloney are both in position to win Beckermans weak clearance. Trapp takes possession of the ball as Maloney heads to a wide position on the right flank.

With a defender on his right hip, Trapp drops the ball back to center-back Nicolai Naess.

Getting his first start since the 1-0 win at Minnesota United, Naess finds himself with the ball and acres yards of space and has four options. He can either carry the ball upfield until defensive pressure arrives, play a long pass to winger Justin Meram, who has begun to move toward Naess, slot a difficult pass to Artur or a pass back to Trapp.

As Meram heads toward Naess, the Crew SC center back plays a beautifully weighted ball to the feet of his teammate.

Meram receives the ball and begins his turn, defended by Beckerman. With a ball-hawking midfielder on his hip, Meram has to quickly decide whether to try and beat Beckerman off the dribble or pass to a teammate.

Meram eludes Beckerman and can either try to beat his defender off the dribble, pass to Maloney on the right wing or slide a quick ball to Artur, potentially setting up a give-and-go.

The Columbus winger takes a nifty dribble away from Beckerman and elects to make an excellent pass across the field to Maloney, who, unmarked, has yards of space to work with.

Danilo Acosta immediately heads over to defend Maloney. Seeing a defender arriving, Artur heads toward his teammate to provide a passing option. Maloney holds onto the ball, waiting for both help to arrive and his defender.

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The above video shows the excellent give-and-go that Maloney and Artur execute to get around Acosta and Arturs defender, Sunday Stephen, or Sunny. Maloney plays a short pass to Artur who then plays a ball right between Sunny and Acosta.

Here, Maloney has just made the quick pass. With his defender on his heels, Maloney immediately sets off at a sprint around Acosta. Artur plays the quick pass, setting off a sprint to the ball.

Though Maloney had a bit of a head start, Acosta is able to keep up with the rookie wing back. If Maloney beats Acosta, he will have both Kamara and Ethan Finlay as options for a quick cross.

Maloney JUST beats Acosta to the ball. Meanwhile, Finlay battles for position with Marcelo Silva. Both Silva and Justen Glad are between Finlay and the ball, making it difficult for a pass to reach the Black & Gold winger.

As the ball approaches, Finlay has yet to get into position around Silva. Glad is still in the path of the ball, while Kamara awaits a deflection or rebound.

Glad gets caught on the wrong foot and is unable to get any sort of touch on the cross. Finlay has just gotten a leg in on Silva and attempts a sliding shot on the ball. Kamara is still very open.

Finlays touch on the ball is deflected toward the end line where Maloney is alert and already racing Acosta to the ball. Kamara? Still unmarked.

Maloney gets to the ball, but has to beat Glad if he wants to hit a still wide-open Kamara.

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The above video shows Maloneys confident pass through the legs of Glad. Maloney may have gotten lucky, but that lucky pass will become his first professional assist.

From an extra angle you can see Maloneys angle compared to Kamara. Maloney can see that a pass to his teammate would result in a shot on goal. Kamara is mystifyingly still unmarked.

With the ball through Glads legs and headed toward Kamara, the Crew SC striker has an open shot on goal. As Kamara approaches the ball, he decides where to place his shot and with which foot to hit the ball.

A right-footed shot, his natural foot, would be more powerful, but might not have the correct bend. A left-footed shot would be more difficult, but would place the ball in the face of the goal.

Kamara opts for the higher percentage shot with his weak foot. . .

. . . and smashes the ball into the roof of the net.

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Editor’s Note: Anatomy of a political meltdown – Connect Savannah.com

THE CIRCUS-LIKE atmosphere currently dominating the Trump White House seems to be getting some local competition, if last weeks wild and woolly political news at home is any indication.

Savannah politics has a seedy and ugly underbelly. That we already knew.

The ongoing chaos surrounding Alderman Tony Thomas, for example, is just one episode of the long and messy reality TV series we call local politics.

Tensions over the 2018 Congressional midterm elections still a year and a half away! have been running high here since last Februarys town hall meeting with Congressman Buddy Carter.

That event at the Armstrong Center garnered national coverage for the raucous intensity of opposition to the Republican incumbent, who represents Chatham County in Georgias First Congressional District.

But turns out that wild affair was just a prologue.

The latest round of recrimination doesnt involve Buddy Carter so much as it does bizarre internal strife in the Democratic Party ranks.

Or maybe not so much in the actual party ranks after all?

In this issue you will find Jessica Leigh Leboss interview with Lisa Ring, one of the candidates who has announced a bid for the Democratic nomination in order to challenge Carter in November 2018.

As of this writing, Lisa could have one less opponent to worry about.

In the prior issue we ran my interview with another Democratic candidate, Steve Jarvis, whose campaign immediately melted down in ugly fashion even by Savannah standards.

The trouble had already begun before Jarviss official announcement last Thursday (which perhaps symbolically took place during a heavy thunderstorm).

Jarviss admittedly quite conservative positions, as he openly stated in our interview, immediately drew fire from local Democratic activists, who wondered why someone who echoes Donald Trump on some issues would bother running as a Democrat.

Unflattering interactions from campaign staff with people who showed up at the Thursday announcement triggered further hard feelings.

By this past Saturday, things had reached a fever pitch, as internet sleuths discovered that Jarvis had apparently flirted with political runs in his home of Bryan County before, only as a Republican, and seemingly under a slightly different name.

Jarviss former campaign manager Michael Shortt was defending the candidate as late as Saturday afternoon against charges he had run as a Republican.

On Jarviss now-defunct Facebook page, the candidate issued a statement containing the following garbled response:

Several years ago, friends in Bryan County (which is 92% Republican) did try to draft me to run, I declined. If they filled out any forms, its news to me. But even if they did, and if I had, which I didnt, and even if I had been an R instead of a D. So what?

The statement then went on to try and make the case that many folks with Republican leanings citing Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren as examples went on to run as Democrats.

As you might expect, the campaigns response only added fuel to the fire, and made a bad situation that much worse.

Negative comments on Jarviss Facebook page came in fast and furious, with many deleted as fast as they were posted, some with parting shots to the commenters calling them socialists.

By Monday morning the Facebook page was no more.

About an hour later the campaign website itself followed it into oblivion, and was then back up.

By noon Monday, Shortt had officially jumped ship, and he issued this terse statement to the media:

I and my businesses (Tandem, Carbon Media) are no longer representing or affiliated with the Congressional campaign of Steve Jarvis (Bernard Stefan Jarvis) for philosophical and professional reasons.

Meanwhile, I found myself on the receiving end of various personal attacks from a few local political types just for running the Jarvis interview at all though we made it clear that we would be interviewing as many candidates in the race as possible in order to keep things fair.

There seems to be a minor misconception among some that we are only "supposed" to talk to certain types of candidates. (We are endeavoring to interview another candidate for the First District, Adam Bridges, as soon as we can. So get your poison pens ready!)

Savannahs unofficial motto seems to be, No good deed goes unpunished. But we dont apologize for doing our jobs and interviewing people running for office as much and as often as we can.

An interview isnt the same as an endorsement, though apparently some folks dont agree.

The way I see it, our interview was a public service in that it gave readers a chance to see Jarviss policy positions, in his own words, for what they were basically conservative.

Jarvis may have misrepresented a few things, but apparently he was telling the truth about his conservative positions.

Its a free country, and what you do with that information is up to you. Which I guess includes coming up with unhinged conspiracy theories about the hidden evil agenda of the local alt-weekly editor.

All that said, the First District is a very conservative one, and running on a conservative platform is far from the craziest idea if you want to represent it in Congress.

In the meantime, Buddy Carter is planning to hold another town hall meeting, this one on Thursday, Aug. 10, at Bible Baptist School in Savannah.

Except this time, it is a ticketed event. Free to attend, but you have to sign up first.

We are using a ticketing system to ensure constituents of the First District are able to attend town hall meetings in an orderly fashion, says Congressman Carters office.

Will limiting admission make things more orderly?

Or will it invite even more opposition?

Will the next Buddy Carter Town Hall be a circus like the last one?

And will the media be blamed for everything that goes wrong?

Stay tuned for the next episode!

Its must-see stuff, even though some players so far have clearly not been ready for prime time.

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The anatomy of a Labour leadership spill: Little exits stage Left pursued by the polls – Stuff.co.nz

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Last updated18:27, August 1 2017

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Andrew Little steps down as Labour leader and is replaced by his former deputy Jacinda Ardern.

It was early Tuesday when Andrew Little decided finally to call it quits.

In Auckland,after launching Labour's East Coast Bays campaign, he had taken the night to mull it over and some doubts may have lingered.

But faced with a round of early morning media interviews, Little realised he had to make a call. He told his staff to cancel his morning slots and headed for the airport and a flightto Wellington.

It was the point his closest advisers knew the end had come.

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But atParliament his colleagues were uncertain. Manyexpectedhim to stay.

Then as Little came through the terminal in Wellington he fended off a reporter's question by denying he was quitting - spreading confusion throughout his staff and MPs and leaving the media trying to reconcile completely contradictory stories.

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Andrew Little spoke at Labour's East Coast Bays campaign before retreating to his Auckland hotel room to ponder his future as leader on Monday night.

SEEDS OF A SPILL

But the seeds of the spill that saw Jacinda Ardern handed the Labour leadership started in earnestjust a week before.

There had been rumblings in Tuesday's caucusmeetingwith MPs detecting asharp softening in support in voter land.

In part that was being driven by votes switching to the Greens in sympathy with co-leader Metiria Turei's"benefit bomb" - her admission she had lied to get a higher benefit back in the 1990s.

But MPs could feel the squeeze coming on from the other end of the spectrum as Winston Peters barn stormed around the provinces and- like the Greens - delivereda message of radical change that Labour's more conservative and centrist plan was not matching.

But there was more. Andrew Little was not energising voters. And when it came to a stark contrast with PrimeMinister Bill English ... well it just wasn't happening.

And then came the bombshell thatmoved a leadership change from beyond the pale to an odds-on possibility. There had been bad polls before but Labour's own pollsters UMR Research reported a dive in support to an all time low of 23 per cent- worse even than Labour's David Cunliffe-led disaster of 2014.

Over just a month the party's support had racheted down six percentage points from 29 per cent - and was not showing any sign of bottoming. Little consulted leading MPs to ask if he should go and was assured of their support. His deputy - and logical replacement- Jacinda Ardern was staying loyal and refusing to countenance a "Plan B"that would send Little down the road.

At 23 per cent, Little's own re-election would be in doubt- and how can you campaign as an alternative PM when you may not evenbe in the House? Other senior MPs would alsobe out, and the plan to rejuvenate the caucus with a raft of new and diverse faces would be in tatters.

TIME TO DRAW BREATH

It was then just a question of drawing a breath and waiting.

If the public polls were not as dire, then maybe Labour could avoid a meltdown and struggle through the next eight weeks - and hope for a miracle Labour-Green-NZ FirstGovernment after September 23.

But when the One News-Colmar Brunton poll landed on Sunday, confirming Labour at 24 per cent, things began to move fast, accelerated by Little's interview about the poll.

Conceding he had offered to resign was bad enough. It strobed weakness.

But he also conceded he could not credibly lead a Government atthat 24 per cent level ofsupport.

It was a "can't do" moment and a kick in the teeth for the party's hopes and morale.

By Monday, the drums were starting to beat loudly, with a third poll from Newshubmerely confirming the 23-24 per cent polling range.

The internal message was clear; Little would not be ousted by force, but perhaps he could be persuaded to go?

BAD OR WORSE AHEAD?

Hewas coming to his own conclusion. The party's campaign launch was just over two weeks away, another UMR poll could be as bad or worse, and timewas running out.

A full-on coup, opposed by Little and his lieutenants would be too divisive and could stir the ire of the unions and membership, who normally play a pivotal part in leadership selections. But they are out of the mix within three months of an election when all thepower to hire and fire the boss is in the hands of the MPs.

Party insiders deny the "numbers" were being done in the classic sense of a coup. But chief whip Kris Faafoi was ringing MPs to take the pulse anda Jacinda Ardern-Kelvin Davis ticket was being floated.

Meanwhile, Little was told to sleep on his final callin his Auckland hotel. The effective deadline was Tuesday's caucus meeting.

Back among his MPs, the sense on Monday night was that it was a line call. Even his closest allies in the unions and parties were saying it was impossible to read how he would jump. And MP Stuart Nash had nailed his colours to Little's mast, saying the party would be doomed if there was a leadership spill.

But by Tuesday morning - and without Little showing his hand - the pendulum seemed to swing towards him toughing it out.

Senior MPs at breakfast time were sure he was "going nowhere". Theclear denial he was quitting, made when he was door-stoppedat Wellington airport by RNZ reporter Mei Heron, just added fuel to the rumour.

CONFUSION SPREADS

It fed a growing sense of confusion as reporters gathered for Littleat a 10am press conference. One minute Labour insiders were on song with the signalling all morning - he was staying.

Then, just minutes before he arrived, the word rippled around Labour's office suite in Parliament Buildings.

He was going, and Monday night's Ardern-Davis "ticket" would be in charge by lunchtime.

One insider said Little had been confident as he headed to Parliament he had the "numbers" but at some point had realised he didn't.

There might be no coup, but he could not go on as leaderfaced with that reality.

But in truth Little had made his call already. And that was to Ardern from his last ride in a Crown car, to tell her "the worst job in politics" was all hers.

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