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Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen is returning to Grey's Anatomy both in front of and behind the camera!

Allen will reprise her role as Catherine Avery, the mother of Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams), for at least one episode in the upcoming ninth season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Details on Catherine's return are scarce, though we know she'll pop up in the fourth episode. The last we saw of the Avery matriarch, she had quite the fling with Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) during the medical board exams, much to Jackson's chagrin.

Grey's Anatomy Exclusive: Debbie Allen to direct again in Season 9

As we first reported, Allen will also step behind the camera to direct this season's third episode. The ninth season picks up two to three months after the Stranded Six Five (RIP Lexie!) were rescued after the plane crash. The second episode will jump back in time to when they were rescued, while the Allen-directed episode will jump back to the present timeline, which will find some doctors outside of Seattle Grace with new jobs.

Grey's Anatomy returns Thursday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c on ABC.

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Exclusive: Debbie Allen Returning to Grey's Anatomy as Jackson's Mother

I don't know of a single performer with a more apt surname than Loretta Devine. From Dreamgirls to Waiting to Exhale to her recent Emmy-nominated turn on Grey's Anatomy, every role this multi-hyphenate takes on is instantly imbued with elegance and excellence.

TheInsider.com caught up with the divine Miss. Devine to talk about her Grey's arc (as Adele Webber the Alzheimer's afflicted wife of Seattle Grace's Chief of Staff), that proposed Exhale sequel and what fans can expect from a second season of The Client List!

TheInsider.com: Adele first appeared during the second season of Grey's -- at that time, did you have any idea of how important she'd be to the show? Loretta Devine: No, absolutely not. It's been almost eight years now and you never know when they're going to call you in it's always about availability. The last few seasons, I had a block of time and was excited about that. But when I found out she'd be dealing with Alzheimer's, I thought they were going to kill her off [laughs]. It's always so scary, because Richard was in love with Ellis, who also had Alzheimer's and they just killed her off! I mean, after a year of working ... dead. Good lord! [laughs]

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Insider.com: Alzheimer's can sometimes come across as very "act-y" -- how did you prepare and avoid those pitfalls? Loretta: A lot of it is in the writing Shonda Rhimes and her team have so much to do with the look of the character. My father passed and he had a touch of dementia, and I have some friends who are dealing with that with their parents too. I played Adele with a baseline of feeling she was fine for the first few episodes. But what was so great about this past season is she had to acknowledge she was sick, let go of her home, let go of her husband and move into this [assisted living facility]. It was so sad. Now she's sleeping with strangers and [Richard] is dating Debbie Allen [who plays Dr. Catherine Avery] -- it's funny, I was watching TV and finding some of this out with the rest of America and screaming at my television!

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Insider.com: Do you know anything about what the future holds for Adele? Loretta: I don't know if I'm going to be back, or how theyre going to resolve the issue maybe they'll find a cure. I saw Jim [Pickens Jr., who plays Richard Webber] at the premiere of Sparkle and he didn't know either. So we'll see!

Insider.com: How was it seeing your friend Whitney in the film? Loretta: Oh my God, it's such a great loss. And that's what is so weird about movies you feel like the person is there but they're not. When I think of Whitney, I think of a young, vivacious girl, but in Sparkle, she plays this little old lady and I had to get used to seeing her doing that. She got a chance to sing in the film and it just breaks your heart. It's such a tremendous loss. But she was excellent in the movie. Right on point and I believed she believed what she was doing, so that was great.

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Insider.com: Any update on the Waiting to Exhale sequel we've heard so much about? Loretta: Terry McMillan is still working on the script. They want it to be a tribute to Whitney, but I don't know if they're going to include her character or try something totally different. Also, Gregory Hines' character has to be dealt with too it can't be a movie full of funerals, so I don't know what their plan is. They're trying to get it together.

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Loretta Devine: 'Anatomy' of An Emmy Nom

Anyone still looking for a dress to wear to the OBJECTIFY THIS gallery (opening on September 7th!)? Here’s a doozy. The lacework on this piece, by Premonition Designs, is pretty awesome. So delicate, and yet when you turn around the rest is so beautifully simple. I myself am a fan of black, but the dress also comes in a lovely shade of purple (the white is sadly sold out but a few other color versions are available for pre-order). I adore the neon shoes in this shot; wouldn’t a pair of black suede boots also look so chic for autumn? WANT.

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Heart Throb, 26 x 22, oil on linen

Incredibly detailed oil painting by Pittsburg based artist David Bowers. The detail in the lace alone is phenomenal.  According to David’s biography on his site, he “paints very slowly and method­i­cally day in and day out.”

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The above work is from artist Kristina Collantes, a Philippines native who resides in California. Let me tell you—her stuff is mesmerizing. The middle piece – “Ghost of Love” – may be one of my favorite pieces we’ve featured here. I’ve enjoyed seeing all the pieces in her portfolio and in her sketches. Even the works in progress are worth a peek.

Can I tell you how I found out about her? Instagram. My favorite app of the moment. Seriously though, man, there is some great stuff on there. Kristina has posts of her sketches, which in my opinion is a brilliant extension of her site, brand, etc. Just say yes to social media.

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Our lovely friend, Joanna Ebenstein from Morbid Anatomy is doing an amazing residency at Viktor Wynd Fine Art in London for the month of September.  Color me jealous…

“Ecstatic Raptures and Immaculate Corpses: Visions of Death Made Beautiful in Italy” is an exhibition of photographs by Joanna, which examines,

the uncanny and powerfully resonant representations of the dead, martyred, and anatomized body in Italy, monuments to humankind’s quest to eternally preserve the corporeal body and defeat death in arenas sacred and profane. The artifacts she finds in both the churches, charnel houeses and anatomical museums of Italy complicate our ideas of the proper roles of–and divisions between–science and religion, death and beauty; art and science; eros and thanatos; sacred and profane; body and soul.

Also on view will be wax figures created by the wonderful Eleanor Crook and Sigrid Sarda.

The exhibition will launch with a one-day “Congress for Curious Peoples,” a one day symposium that will explore in panels, lectures and discussion the intersections explored in the exhibition. Themes will include enchantment and enlightenment, or the sublimation of the magical into the rational world; The secret life of objects; and the incorruptible body, or beautiful death sacred and profane.

Opening Night – Thursday the 6th of  September at 7 – 10 pm at the Last Tuesday Society – 11 Mare Street – Hackney – E8 4RP

Show runs from the 6th of  September 2012 to the 6th of October 2012
Visit -http://viktorwyndfineart.co.ukfor further information

So if you’re in or around London, please check it out if you can!

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