Today Forbes released their list of the highest paid women in primetime and I’m sure that more than one of the names will completely shock you. Tyra Banks took first place with her America’s Next Top Model hosting gig (making over $30 million in a twelve month period), and was followed by the Snow Princess herself, Katherine Heigl, whose earnings will also shock you. The complete list is here:

1. Tyra Banks: $30 million
2. Katherine Heigl: $18 million
3. Marg Helgenberger: $9.5 million
4. Eva Longoria: $9 million
5. Mariska Hargitay: $8.5 million
6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus: $8 million
7. Maura Tierney: $8 million
8. Tina Fey: $7 million
9. Marcia Cross: $6.2 million
10. Jennifer Love Hewitt & Ellen Pompeo (tie): $6 million

For the most part these ranking make sense, except for Tina Fey’s #8 spot, as she also writes and produces her hit show 30 Rock. Also, Jennifer Love Hewitt can still rack in 6 million a season for a TV show? Who knew? Do people still care about her? I was unaware. I’m also a bit surprised that a Seinfeld alum like JLD isn’t worth more than Heigl, who beside being a complete brat on and off the set of Grey’s, only makes crappy romantic comedies these days.

Katherine Heigl’s Grey’s Anatomy co-star and BFF T.R. Knight was snapped by the paps heading over to her house this morning. For those of you who are just tuning in to the story, Heigl and hubby Josh Kelley adopted a baby this week from Korea named Naleigh (they will call her “Leigh” for short.) Although the arrival of the new addition has not been announced, several of Heigl’s co-stars have been seen coming in and out of her home the last couple days, presumably to get a peek at Heigl and Kelley’s little bundle of joy. Heigl herself has also been out of dodge for a moment, further adding to the speculation that her mail-order baby has already been delivered.

A few weeks ago, Beet told us about how Grey’s Anatomy actress Katherine Heigl had put on a couple of pounds and quit smoking.  She asked the question that has been milling in the minds of tens of us:  ”Could she be pregnant?”  Then, more recently Molls told us that Katherine is taking a leave of absence from Grey’s.  More fuel for the pregnancy rumors.  It seems that we were on the right track with our suspicions.

Katherine Heigl is not pregnant, but she is having a baby.  She and husband Josh Kelley have adopted a 10-month-old baby girl from Korea.  Her name is Nayleigh and she should be here in the states this week.  This will be a first child for the couple and I don’t even have one snarky thing to say about it.  She quit smoking for her health and the health of her new baby, she’s taking some time off from work to bond, she’s providing a home to a child that needed one, and she’s spared the human race of perpetuating the existence of her bitchy DNA.  It’s a good thing!

Good luck to Katherine and Josh in this new endeavor!

Katherine Heigl is probably my least favorite celebrity ever, so if I even bothered to watch Grey’s Anatomy I would be thrilled by the news that she’s taking a leave of absence from the show to go film a movie that I also won’t watch, Life as We Know It. The show has a large cast, so for Heigl to dip out for five-or-so episodes (no one’s sure yet exactly how long the filming will take) won’t cripple production, but her interest level in staying on the show in the long run is confirmed by the fact that she doesn’t mind picking up and leaving her cast mates to go make what will undoubtedly be a shitty RomCom.

And, just to break the writers at their kneecaps, Heigl’s hiatus is supposed to occur around the same time that her co-star Ellen Pompeo is due to give birth meaning not just one, but two of the series regulars will be off doing their own thing while they are supposed to be working on the show.

America may hate Katherine Heigl, but her husband Josh Kelley has yet to give up on her. The twosome were spotted shopping on Robertson this weekend, alone with Katie’s mom, Nancy.

Katherine was sucking on a lollipop with nary a cigarette in sight. IMHO, she looks like she’s put on a little bit of weight, too. So … maybe she’s quit smoking and the weight gain is a result of that. Or maybe she quit smoking because she’s pregnant and the weight gain is a combination of those two factors. Or maybe I need to stop speculating on people’s weight gain and pregnancies — but then what fun would gossip be?

“I think it’s unfortunate.  People are going to behave in the way they choose to behave. There are so many people who work so hard on ‘Grey’s,’ and all of our shows, without any notoriety and those are the ones I’d be concerned about, people who feel like they’re being criticized or looked down upon.”

Steve McPherson, ABC entertainment president, publicly slamming Katherine Heigl for her Letterman appearance in which she whined about her 17-hour workday that was necessary due to her being a pain in the ass.

Katie better hope that her movie career continues to thrive.  Her chances of ever getting work on television are slipping away.

I never watched Grey’s Anatomy, so I feel I’m sort of on the outside looking in with the whole Heigl hate train. Don’t get me wrong– I get it. But I just don’t feel the fires of Heigl rage as fervently as some of you. *cough*Wendie*cough*

However, I might be ready to climb aboard if she keeps giving everyone such easy reasons to dislike her (as if her new movie weren’t enough).

Last week, while making the talk show  rounds to promote her odiously misogynistic new film The Ugly Truth, Heigl complained about the length of her first day back on the Grey’s set, saying that the day had lasted 17 hours and that she hoped the studio was embarrassed  for putting the cast & crew through something so “cruel and mean.”

But it turns out that the person responsible for that grueling 17 hour day was…. Katherine Heigl!

A source on the Grey’s set spilled the beans to TV writer Kevin Levine:

“Poor
Katherine Heigl. What she neglected to add was this: This ‘cruel’ shooting schedule was only to accommodate HER and her needs. The producers graciously shuffled things around so she could go off and do promotion for her new film. Also, with union rules,
the producers had to pay a ton of overtime and penalties to make this happen. The thanks they get is
Katherine Heigl going on national television hoping to embarrass them.”

If you’d like to hop on the Heigl hate wagon, now might be an opportune time.