If you’ve never heard of the charity “Clothes off Our Back” before, it’s a wonderful organization to which celebrities donate costumes, red carpet apparel, props and other items in order to be auctioned off for charity. Now, Medium is getting in on the deal. Right now, you can own a jacket and a necklace that Patricia Arquette wore in an episode of Medium.

The tan suede Elie Tahari jacket is paired with a chunky layered necklace. The jacket definitely looks familiar, but if any of you can place it to an episode, please hit me up in the comments.

Bidding started at $100, and as of this writing its up to $210. So it’s a little pricey, but it’s definitely a cool piece of memorabilia. Plus, 85% of the price goes to The American Red Cross to help fund relief efforts in Haiti. So, bid away, and if any of you buy it, please let me know!

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The real Allison Dubois must get tired of having “the real” stuck in front of her name nearly every time she’s mentioned, but such is the way when you have a fictional character based on you who shares your name. In any case, The real Allison DuBois is kicking off a new tour next week.

The “Family Connections” tour is DuBois’ largest tour to date, and stops in 16 different cities. The first stop is in Houston Texas on February 17. the tour is a two-hour seminar designed to “provide the audience with a unique opportunity to reunite and reconnect with family members who have passed.” Further information, including all of the tour dates, can be found on her website.

Are any of you planning on going? If you do, I’d love to hear about your experience!

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I’ve long thought that Diedrich Bader was an excellent comedic actor; his role as the lovable redneck neighbor in Office Space cemented that for me about a decade ago, but unfortunately, he’s just one of those actors who doesn’t get nearly enough work. Hopefully, his role in this episode of Medium will change all that.

Bader played around a dozen characters this week, and moreso than just relying on costumes, he took pains to make each one an individual person. When he was in the kitchen with Allison as Joe DuBois, Bader nailed the slightly hunched way Joe walks around the house. When he was sitting at the table, it was weird how he kept on running his fingers through his short hair, but that again is another Joe DuBois mannerism, and is exactly what Jake Weber would have been doing in that scene.

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If you either tried to attend our Open Mic last night, or went to read the transcript, then you already know of my plight. I live straight in the path of the Snowpocalypse, so last night’s CBS lineup was pre-empted by local news coverage of the storm. I live in a pretty big news market, and I’m sure my affiliates weren’t the only ones to do so. Despite all of this, Medium improved its numbers over last week.

CBS easily won the night, yet again, with Ghost Whisperer and Medium both earning 2.2 million in the 18-49 demographic. Medium had slightly more total viewers than Ghost Whisperer, with 9.10 vs. Ghost Whisperer’s 8.77 million. Numb3rs didn’t quite score as high in the coveted demographic, but still earned an impressive 2.0. It also once again scored the highest number of total viewers for the night, with 9.18 million. In fact, Numb3rs and Medium were the only two shows to end up with more than 9 million viewers for the night.

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I was making up my schedule for this month, and I realized that tonight is our only new episode of Medium for the whole month! So what does that mean, other than sadness? It means that you should definitely stop by here at 9 PM EST for our Open Mic. Join us for the conversation, or failing that, feel free to come back and use the comments on this post as a discussion thread. Enjoy!

Sofia Vassilieva is featured pretty heavily in tonight’s episode of Medium, as she takes on a babysitting job with a “difficult” child. Although it seems like the child isn’t so much difficult as he’s just being tormented by a giant beaver. You guys, the video looks as bizarre as this sounds. There’s literally a dude dressed in a giant beaver costume, and Ariel has to confront him.

The boy may have powers kind of like the DuBois women, but instead of blood and guts, he sees… giant beavers? This is what I got from this behind-the-scenes footage, so I’m not really sure. However, I am sure of the fact that saying “giant beaver” over and over again is funny.

Check out the video, below:

CBS has released the promo for this week’s Medium episode, “Will the Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up.” One major thing struck me in watching this video: Allison’s hair is getting long! When she attended the Golden Globes, I was wondering where that short bob came from, because there had been very little indication of that on the show. Now, however, you can definitely see it starting to appear. Likewise, Ariel’s hair has gotten longer as well– it’s nearly shoulder-length.

But, beyond haircuts, the episode looks pretty awesome: Allison keeps seeing a killer’s face, and even sees it in place of Joe. My only hope is that this doesn’t means that we’ll be having an episode that’s light on Jake Weber, because that would be a crime.

Check out the promo below:

Patricia Arquette recently joined actor Elijah Wood, comedian Nick Kroll, and her True Romance co-star Christian Slater in a Funny Or Die video. The video, called “Nine Lives,” follows a man (Kroll), who dies and is reincarnated several times. Kroll comes back as some pretty interesting things, including a mustache, a dartboard and a woman. While Arquette only makes a small appearance at the end, it is amazing.

I don’t want to get into too many details about it, because it’s really funny, but suffice it to say, the fact that Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette are both in the video is no coincidence.

Bridgette had quite an interesting storyline on last week’s episode of Medium, but I did find myself wishing that it was a little different. I already mentioned in my review that I thought it would be cool if Marie was demonstrating her psychic tendencies by writing the “I love Finn” stuff as Bridgette, having tapped into her real feelings for the boy. Failing that, why not make Bridgette a lesbian?

I know I’m being a little flip, but I’m actually serious. Maria Lark is a fantastic actress, and she could do an incredible job with such heavy subject matter. When Bridgette was crying to Ariel about how happy she was when she thought she liked Finn because it made her feel normal “for once,” my heart broke for her. Lark is great at portraying a quirky little girl, and I’d love to see her take the emotion she displayed in this episode a little further; to really discover why she feels so alienated and why she wasn’t sure she had feelings for Finn.

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This episode looks pretty bizarre, which yes, for this show isn’t saying much… but still! The wonderful Diedrich Bader is guest-starring this week. You probably know him from The Drew Carey Show, and he was absolutely hilarious in the movie Office Space. He plays Fred Rovick, but whether he’s the real Fred Rovick remains to be seen, I guess. Allison keeps seeing his face everywhere, even in place of Joe’s! So obviously, that only means one thing: Allison’s in loooove with him! Okay, I’m sure that’s not what it means at all. It’s probably something much more gruesome.

Anyhoo, we also get an Ariel storyline, as she ends up babysitting someone other than her sisters this week. Something tells me it’s not going to be easy (it’s the press release. The press release tells me it’s not going to be easy). See for yourself!

ALLISON WONDERS WHY SHE KEEPS SEEING THE FACE OF ONE MAN IN THE FACES OF PEOPLE SHE ENCOUNTERS IN HER DAILY LIFE, ON “MEDIUM,” FRIDAY, FEB. 5

Diedrich Bader (“Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” “The Drew Carey Show”)Guest Stars as Fred Rovick, the Man Whose Face Allison Keeps Seeing in Other People

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