Omar Epps, who plays Foreman on House, talked at the Paley Center a bit about how House’s breakdown will affect the team. He gives some insight into Foreman’s reaction and whether he will take the helm of the team in House’s absence.

Omar also gives us his take on what to expect between Foreman & Thirteen next season. I like his description of the two characters. He too tells us how he is different with his own doctor now that he’s on the show.

House creator and executive producer David Shore tells us why they chose to have House enter the mental hospital after suffering a breakdown. He talks about whether the breakdown was a result of the Vicodin or something else. He gives us a very thought-provoking answer.

David gives us some teasers about the two-hour season premiere and what we can look forward to. But even more importantly, the question of whether House will be able to return to medical practice is discussed in this clip. Check this out!!

House star Robert Sean Leonard, who plays House’s best friend Wilson, talked a bit at the Paley Center about how Wilson & House’s friendship was tested last season. He explains why Wilson keeps putting up with House, in spite of his behavior.

I also love what he has to say about the down side of going to see a real doctor now that he is so well known from the show. And his take on his own character is very interesting to me. He sees Wilson a bit differently than most of his viewers do. See what I mean:

Here’s a revealing clip with Lisa Edelstein telling us what she liked most about the season 5 finale of House. She thinks it’s great that the Huddy hook-up was a hallucination and she gives two reasons why. I agree! It leaves a lot to still look forward to!

Lisa goes on to tell us what she has learned about the medical field from working on the show and how it has changed the way she can talk to doctors in the real world.

This is a quick interview that Hugh Laurie did in conjunction with the cast’s appearance at the Paley Center recently. In it, he tells us a bit about House’s new roommate in the mental institution and what he may have to do about him. It’s so cute. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Hugh also tells us that there will be a very slight musical element in the coming season premiere and I love his remark about how he probably shouldn’t be doing it. Enjoy:

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There’s a very comprehensive play-by-play account of the evening’s House discussion at the Paley Center last night at The Futon Critic, so I won’t re-write the entire thing. I do encourage you to go read the entire account. It’s wonderful.

I do want to share a couple of my favorite quotes from the evening, though. This first one is Hugh Laurie’s trademark wit:

When asked about House’s trip to the loony bin at the end of this season. “It’s all drawn heavily on my personal life,” Hugh quips.

SPOILER ALERT!!

Here’s a quote from David Shore about the beginning of season 6:

When asked why the season premiere will pick up shortly after the finale wrapped instead of the usual three month or so gap: “We don’t want to shake things up for the sake of shaking things up,” David says. “We just want to keep exploring this character… we’re just seeing where his life progresses and where it goes. And the end of last year obviously we did something that felt natural and real to me but is very extreme and we want to be as true to that as we can and follow up on that. So we are doing, Katie’s going to be directing a two-hour season premiere, which is basically a movie which basically follows House through that institution. And it takes place over a much longer period of time than we’re used to. And [it's about] his life in there, his search for getting better.”

And this quote is for the Huddy fans. To me, it’s hard to imagine House & Cuddy not having that chemistry, but here’s what David Shore said about it:

When asked about when the Cuddy/House ball started rolling: “Very early on,” David says. “No matter what we wrote, the two of them had this odd sexual tension. And that’s been something we’ve been nurturing and trying to explore from day one.” As for their imaginary hook-up: “I think it was significant even though it turned out not to be real. It was very significant - we got an insight into House’s subconscious.”

There’s also some of what was said to the press at The Press Association. My favorite quote from this aricle is from Lisa Edelstein:

“He’s a sexy man, he’s eight feet tall, his eyes are like ice blue, he’s extremely intelligent, really talented, what’s not sexy about Hugh Laurie?!”

I agree with her completely! Now I absolutely can’t wait for Season 6 to begin!!!

Here’s a wonderful clip that FOX has released where Hugh Laurie talks about his character, House and the impending breakdown. I love his characterization of House and how he explains the character’s thought processes and emoations. It’s fascinating to hear it all from him, the man who helped create the character.

Hugh also clues us in on the Huddy relationship and tells us how House’s breakdown would have to affect the others at the hospital. What a cool clip!

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I finally got the entire conference call interview with House star Lisa Edelstein ready for you. As you’ll see when you read it, she was as funny and lively as ever, but had to be a bit guarded about the storylines and the Huddy relationship in general.

I was both thrilled and surprised to get to ask my questions first. (You all had such great questions!! Thanks!!) I actually cheated, since they told us we were only allowed one or two questions. But thenkfully, they didn’t scold me, since I tried to frame it that some questions were from you readers and one was from me.

I hope you enjoy it:

L. DeVries: I did something kind of fun and I posted the question for my readers, asking them to let me know what they wanted you to tell them the most. The number one thing my readers want to know is about the House and Cuddy hookup scene. They want to know what it was like to film a sex scene with a long-time colleague and they also want to know if he was a good kisser.

Lisa Edelstein: [laughs] It was great. I wouldn’t complain.

L. DeVries: How many takes did you have to do to get it right?

L. Edelstein: We did probably about five takes. Yes, probably about five takes. We didn’t really do it for that long, but it was more a question of making sure the cameras wanted to capture a lot of different things. But you know, I have a great friendship with Hugh and he’s super sexy, so who could complain about kissing him?

L. DeVries: Really. Rough duty.

L. Edelstein: Yes. Exactly.

L. DeVries: Now here’s a personal question I want to know. How much of Cuddy is a result of the writing and directing and how much of the character is your creation?

L. Edelstein: I think initially it’s, of course, just the writers and then eventually you sink into the character, aspects of your personality that suit the character start to shine and the writers become inspired by the Cuddy that you portray. That takes over the Cuddy that they originally have in their minds, so it’s really a marriage of the two.

L. DeVries: You have a huge fan base and they’re all begging for you to get involved in Twitter. Do you think you will?

L. Edelstein: No. [laughs]

L. DeVries: Oh, darn.

L. Edelstein: I don’t understand Twitter at all.

M. Mitovitch [TV Guide]: So, was the sex good?
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I have a wonderful opportunity to take part in a conference call interview with House star Lisa Edelstein who plays Cuddy on Friday. There are so many things that I want to know about her and about the show, but I want to make sure that I ask he questions you, the readers of this site, want to know the most too.

So here’s your chance. Between now and Friday morning, leave a comment on this post with the questions you want me to ask Lisa during the interview.

It will be a conference call interview with a number of people from the press asking questions, so I’ll probably only get a chance to ask two, three at the most, so let’s make them count. I’ll do my best to pick the ones you are most interested in and ask her for you. Then, as soon as I can get the entire interview with Lisa typed up, I’ll post it here for you.

Please hurry, and let me know what you want to know the most!

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At this point in the interview, Katie Jacobs & David Shore, the executive producers for House joined the conference call. There’s much more info to come…keep reading! It gets more and more interesting. What a great opportunity for Kal Penn!!

Q: Kal, is there any chance that they’ll be having you do commercials or public service spots on behalf of the Administration?

K. Penn: I don’t know. That’s not something that we discussed. I would imagine that my role is not going to be any different than the other talented staffers who are already on that team. So, I would imagine not, but I don’t know for sure.

Q: Okay, and now for the producers, I assume this is going to resonate through the rest of the season, or how long will it resonate?

D. Shore: It’ll resonate at least through the end of this season. The impact on “House” and the rest of the doctors and the people that work there… is what we’re looking forward to exploring.

Q: Are you proud you were able to keep a secret in Hollywood as well as you did?
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