What’s this I hear that Katherine Heigl will not be an Emmy contender this year? That she actually pulled her name from the roster of contenders? The nerve that she even blames the show’s scripts for being poorly written? Who does she think she is?
The truth is, I admire this “Grey’s Anatomy” star for her classic, unobtrusive beauty. In fact, I was so happy for her when she won Best Actress in last year’s Emmy.
But when I read in an article that she doesn’t want to steal the Emmy spotlight from another performer if her name will still be in the ballot is being downright presumptuous! Again, who do you think you are, girl…err… what’s your name again? Grrrr…..
One of her reasons is that she did not feel that she was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination… What duh??? Hey, girl… if you’re a real trooper, you would have given justice to the material no matter how mediocre it was!
She also said that her withdrawal from the contest is to be deemed as an effort to preserve the integrity of the academy organization. Really now? The previous award must have done something wrong with your head for it to swell that big!
I don’t care if she isn’t the first star to pull their name from Emmy consideration. Just because Isaah Washington, another member of “Grey’s” cast chose not to submit his name in the jury panel last April doesn’t mean anybody can just do such an uncalled gesture.
It will be remembered that Heigl also slammed the material for a project she starred in last summer. When “Knocked Up” became a box-office success, she made a comment on Vanity fair that the movie was a “little sexist. When the write-up hit the newsstands, she backtracked from her statement all of a sudden. Weird girl. But in fairness to her, let’s listen to her defense:
“I was responding to previous reviews about the movie the interviewer brought to my attention. My motive was to encourage other women like myself to not take that element of the movie too seriously and to remember that it’s a broad comedy.
“Although I stand behind my opinion, I’m disheartened that it has become the focus of my experience with the movie. The truth is, it was the best filming experience of my career. Every person that was a part of making “Knocked Up” helped to encourage, support and inspire me. I never intended for anyone to think otherwise.”
Hmmm…. Speaking of retraction, Paul Newman’s friend and business partner, A.E. Hotchner, is denying a report, which quoted him telling the Associated Press that the actor was battling cancer and was currently undergoing treatment.
Hotchner told the press that he saw Newman last week who seemed fine. He said he has no knowledge of any diagnosis or doctors.
In addition to starting Newman’s Own salad dressing company, Newman and Hotchner founded The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which gives more than 1,000 children with cancer and other serious illnesses and conditions the chance to go to summer camp every year.
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