Katherine Heigl is Happy Just to Be Part of Such a Successful Show

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Excuse the immaturity; I was just trying to fit in with the cast of Grey's Anatomy for a bit. Katie Heigl's ContractNegotiationGate continues to spiral further and further away from the "we really are all like a family" party line everyone on that set is being forced to spout.

Just a quick refresher: early on Wednesday, the story broke that Heigl had dropped out of contract negotiations with the Grey's producers, with a "source" stating that she was "disappointed and hurt that Touchstone doesn’t value her as much as her other co-stars." By later in the day, Touchstone had released a rebuttal of its own: "We have a long-term contract to ensure she’ll be with the show for several years to come ... we recently approached Katherine with an offer to raise her compensation significantly above the terms of her current contract. We were surprised to see this gesture reported negatively in the press."

So can we be done with this now? No, no we cannot. Heigl struck back yesterday, releasing the following statement: "I am embarrassed that this has become a public matter and disappointed that Touchstone felt it necessary to divulge private employment information. I had hoped I would be able to deal with this issue confidentially with my bosses. I dropped out of the renegotiation simply because I wanted to treat myself with the respect I was not getting from them. No matter how unhappy I am about their decision to respond to this publicly, I continue to be passionate about and committed to this character."

That's nice. Stay tuned for next week, when Ellen Pompeo goes on strike because her new contract specifically stated that the vomit bags in her dressing room were to be emptied on the half hour and so can someone please explain to her how it is 12:45 and they're still sitting there?

Early Evening Links

The National Enquirer thinks Anna Nicole's underlying cause of death was pneumonia. And if it ran in the National Enquirer, it must be true. [Celebslam]

I knew this world was missing something. I thought it was, like, a cure for AIDS and cancer, or peace, or even potable water, but it turns out it was just a hip-shakin' Beyonce/Shakira duet. Phew. [POTP]

Oh hells yes. A new Star Trek movie in the works! [Pajiba]

Carmen Electra's next big career move is as a magician's assistant in Las Vegas, where maybe she can make another marriage disappear. [popbytes]

Katherine Heigl isn't leaving Grey's Anatomy anytime soon, although they do hate her quite a bit around there. [ICYDK]

Jennifer Love Hewitt has very lovely breasts. [Egotastic]

Late-Night Links

Hayden Panettiere does Comic-Con. Don't get too excited, guys. She's still totally unattainable. [Ninja Dude]

Is Katherine Heigl quitting Grey's? [Warship]

Michelle Pfeiffer stopped aging somewhere around 1974. [popbytes]

Tyra Banks gets kicked off a city bus. [DListed]

Prepare yourself for way more PoshKat pics. The funniest ones are when they pretend like they eat. [A Socialite's Life]

McRacism Continues

I assume by now most of you have read the stories about Katherine Heigl telling an interviewer that Grey's costar Isaiah Washington needs to "just not speak in public," after Washington announced "No, I did not call T.R. a faggot. Never happened, never happened," while backstage at the Golden Globes.

Anyway, my first thought upon reading this was "Holy shit, please tell me someone has this on video." And, because Jesus loves me, Access Hollywood does. Heigl's complete anti-Washington rant is here. Washington's annoying little defense of himself is there, too.

All Together Now

In today's episode of the Anna Nicole is Functionally Retarded Show, we learn that Anna previously tried to convince a wealthy paramour, G. Ben Thompson, that he was the father of her newborn girl. The only hitch in the plan? Thompson had a vasectomy years earlier. Has anybody explained to this woman that there are magical science machines that can determine definitively who a child's father is? [Fametastic]

Isaiah Washington was supposed to appear on Ellen Wednesday to clear up the allegations that he's a violent, homophobic jackass, but he canceled at the last minute, citing a change in production schedule. Grey's less controversial star Katherine Heigl was sent in to diffuse the situation instead. [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]

Not to be outdone by TMZ's scoop on his birth certificate, X17's crew hid in the bushes outside the Spears-Federline household for an unspecified amount of time, and now they have video of Jayden James Federline. [CelebSlam]

Entourage creator Doug Ellin has a similarly styled show about Wall Street types in the works. Because i-bankers really are like the movie stars of the east coast, just a little more self-centered and detached from reality. [BankersBall]

Not only has Lindsay Lohan heard of Dick Van Dyke, she also doesn't think he did a very good job with that whole Mary Poppins project. [Hollywood Gossip Whores]

Pay attention, because I will probably never write these words again, but Paris Hilton actually looks really good in French Vogue. [Teddy and Moo]

Lest you think I have any shame, here are pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal's man loaf. Don't worry, he's wearing pants. He just should have also worn underwear. [A Socialite's Life]

Ever want to know more about the music you hear on television and movies? Drake Lelane's blog covers the soundtrack of your life (because, if you're like me, television and movies are your life). Check out what you heard on last week's Grey's Anatomy. [thus spake drake]