4 Posted on 02 Jul 2009 4 by Nana

Katherine Heigl will return to Grey's Anatomy for Season 6, according to a statement from ABC. The news comes just hours after T.R. Knight's Grey's Anatomy exit was finally confirmed — by both the actor and series creator Shonda Rhimes.
ABC declined TVGuide.com's request for further comment from Rhimes (who did issue a statement on Friday regarding Knight's departure). Similarly, Heigl's rep said no statement was forthcoming from the actress.

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4 Posted on 27 Jun 2009 4 by Nana

Katherine Heigl is set to star in the Warner Bros. romance drama Life as We Know It, according to Variety. Everwood creator Greg Berlanti will direct the drama, with Barry Josephson and Paul Brooks producing. Heigl and her mother Nancy Heigl are exec producing. The project, which first came to life in 2001, centers around two single people who suddenly become caregivers to an orphaned girl after her parents -- and mutual best friends -- are killed in an accident. Heigl is starring in the romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth, opposite Gerard Butler, which hits theaters July 24.
source: Entertainment Weekly

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4 Posted on 23 Jun 2009 4 by Nana

Warner Bros. has picked up "Life As We Know It," setting Katherine Heigl to star and "Everwood" creator Greg Berlanti to direct the drama. Barry Josephson and Gold Circle's Paul Brooks are producing.
The story centers on two single people who suddenly become caregivers to an orphaned girl after the parents, their mutual best friends, are killed in an accident.
The project, written by Ian Deitchman and Kristin Rusk Robinson, was originally set up by Josephson at Revolution in 2001 then moved to Fox 2000. Gold Circle picked it up, began packaging it, eventually catching Warners' eye.
No start date is set, but "Life" is expected to be fast-tracked.
Heigl is exec producing with her mother, manager Nancy Heigl, though not through the duo's Abishag outfit.
Sarah Schechter overseeing for Warners.
Paradigm-repped Heigl, one of the draws of "Grey's Anatomy," has had a solid film career since her breakthrough in "Knocked Up." She is following up her rom-com hit "27 Dresses" with this summer's "The Ugly Truth," also starring Gerard Butler.
Berlanti, a showrunner who co-created "Eli Stone" and executive produces "Brothers & Sisters," wrote "The Green Lantern" for Warners. He is repped by WME.
The writers are repped by Original Artists and Anonymous Content.
source: hollywoodreporter.com

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4 Posted on 18 Jun 2009 4 by Nana

Sources say Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl's option has been picked up for another season of the ABC series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At the end of the last season of the medical drama, the fate of Heigl's character, Izzie, was left uncertain, as she underwent brain surgery following a diagnosis of stage 4 brain and liver cancer. Heigl had been rumored to be looking to exit the show in order to focus on her film career but in public statements maintained her desire to continue in the role.
source: news-briefs.ew.com

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