Heigl, Knight Leaving Grey's

(NEWSER) - It won't come as a huge shock to Grey's Anatomy fans, but TR Knight—aka Dr. George O'Malley—is leaving the show, reports Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly. Knight has been unhappy with his shrinking role and has reportedly clashed with creator Shonda Rhimes. Knight's character was seriously injured in the season finale, and his prospects for recovery just got decidedly bleak. Look for Knight on Broadway in a revival of Lend Me a Tenor next year. More»

As role diminishes, Knight moves on

(NEWSER) - It's not time to turn off the lights just yet, but TR Knight is the latest actor to leave Grey's Anatomy. His character has been twiddling his thumbs this season, making it a good time to move on, insiders tell Entertainment Weekly. Knight's departure, date TBA, supposedly isn't linked to homophobic slurs a co-star directed at him two years ago. More»

(NEWSER) - Katherine Heigl was “supposed to be America’s new sweetheart,” but somewhere we fell out of love. Sarah Ball, writing in Newsweek, lays some of the blame for her image as a “diva-like shrew” on "pure sexism. Every decade has a Most Annoying Actress,” Ball writes, “a distinction doled out via a caveman's principles.” But mostly it’s because of Heigl’s own choices. More»

Actress has no idea whether character will live or die

(NEWSER) - Katherine Heigl says she's happy to stay with Gray's Anatomy if the producers want to keep her, the AP reports. The Golden Globe winner—rumored to have been ready to quit after griping about the show’s poor writing—will stick around if her character survives. Heigl remains as clueless as viewers about the fate of Izzie, who underwent brain surgery in Thursday's episode. More»

22-year-old smashes glass, crawls inside

(NEWSER) - A struggling actor stuck waiting tables managed to make an appearance at the Ed Sullivan Theater—and was arrested for his trouble. Police say James Whittemore, 22, kicked through a glass door at the home of the Late Show with David Letterman yesterday morning, after a night of drinking, and crawled inside. He allegedly then used a velvet-rope pole to smash three more doors, the Wall Street Journal reports. More»