Nominations for the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced this week and several soaps made the cut. In daytime, both Days of Our Lives and All My Children received nods for their LGBT storytelling. 

This past season DAYS began the soap's first gay storyline featuring Freddie Smith as comfortably out college student Sonny Kiriakis and Chandler Massey as his tortured, closeted pal Will Horton. The final year of All My Children saw the soap's iconic lesbian character Bianca Montgomery (Christina Bennett Lind) fall in love for what was likely the last time, with previously hetero friend Marissa Tasker (Sarah Glendening). READ MORE

Pete (Tim Daly) and Violet’s (Amy Brenneman) marriage is on the rocks and it appears Pete is using their separation as an opportunity to sow some wild oats on Private Practice. Meanwhile, Violet gets hit on by hunky paramedic portrayed by Hung’s Stephen Amell. Is anyone else ecstatic that Addison (Kate Walsh) and Sam (Taye Diggs) broke up? Both deal with being single once again. 

In the aftermath of learning her husband died on the operating table, Teddy (Kim Raver) questions Cristina (Sandra Oh) about how the surgery went down. Considering how good both actors were last week, you know this is going to be good. Also, the big story on Grey’s Anatomy this week is a risky surgery to separate conjoined twins. Watch this week’s Private Practice and Grey’s Anatomy promos after the jump!

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On today’s Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Melodie Aikels dish all the latest pop culture headlines, including:

Beyonce gives birth to a baby girl. Katy Perry and Russell Brand get a divorce. Chaz Bono is saving up to for a surgery.

Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice announces its new cast. Chelsea Handler gets a new studio. Kathy Griffin gets a talk show on Bravo. Tyler has a meltdown on Revenge. Damon and Elena kiss on The Vampire Diaries. Is The Secret Circle better than TVD? Teddy finds out her husband died on Grey’s Anatomy.  Shameless returns for its second season. House of Lies premieres on Showtime. Which midseason series are the PC gang looking forward to most?

The Devil Inside scares its ways to the top of the Box Office.

Selena Gomez is putting her music on hold to focus on movies. Jason Derulo cancels UK tour after fracturing his neck. 

All this and much more on today’s Pop Confidential podcast.

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Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) may not have crossed over to Private Practice from Grey’s Anatomy for the spinoff’s powerful November intervention episode, but it turns out another crossover is in the works. According to TV Guide,  Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) and Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) will both appear on Grey’s Anatomy in February, while Derek  and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) will appear on Private Practice.

Following the "If/Then" episode of Grey's — in which Kate Walsh will appear in an alternate reality that sees Ellis Grey (Kate Burton) alive and Addison and Derek (Patrick Dempsey) still married — Caterina Scorsone's Amelia will head to Seattle Grace for an episode slated for mid-February. Details are scarce, but both Derek and Lexie (Chyler Leigh) will also appear in the Private Practice hour of the crossover.

The doctors of Seattle Grace lost Teddy’s (Kim Raver) husband Henry (Scott Foley) on the operating table, but she doesn’t know and they aren’t sure how to tell her. The promo for Grey’s Anatomy’s mid-season return has been released and it looks like it is going to be packed with drama. Watch it after the jump! READ MORE