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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Katherine Heigl could be killed off ABC's hit show, Grey's Anatomy next season, according to a source for Us Weekly. After withdrawing her name from Emmy consideration because she wasn't “given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination,” inside sources report that the 29-year-old actress ruffled plenty of feathers. Writers are reportedly considering giving Heigl's character, Dr. Izzie Stevens, a brain tumor, and the source reveals that “[Producer] Shonda [Rhimes] and the writers are pissed at her. It’s their way of screwing with her. She won’t know whether she’s going to live or die.”

However, ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson said today of Heigl, “She’s absolutely staying with the show,” and added, “There’s an unbelievable storyline for her which is really central to everything that’s going to go on this season. We’re really excited about that.” Though this confirms Heigl will be staying with the show for now, it still doesn't rule out the potential of a brain tumor for her character.

In other Grey's Anatomy casting news, Jeffrey Dean Morgan will return for his role as Denny Duquette, a heart patient who died in season two.

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Two of the stars of ABC's hit 'Grey's Anatomy' are reportedly set to leave the medical drama.

According to Us Weekly, Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight will leave the series at the end of this season.

'Grey's Anatomy' co-star, James Pickens Jr confirmed the news to Us.

Knight has reportedly long been unhappy on the series.

"He complains to Katherine all the time," a set source has said of Knight, according to Us. "The energy on set will be much better when he's gone."

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Katherine Heigl and hubby Josh Kelley are adopting a special needs baby girl from Korea, and in an interview which will air on Friday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, the actress reveals she hasn't met her new daughter yet, but she will be arriving in California very soon.

Katherine told DeGeneres, "They sent us a picture. They told us that it was a little girl and who she was and the information about six months ago. It was meant to take a long time. This sort of thing can take years.”

“She has special needs. She is a special needs baby and because of that it all moved so much faster," Katherine added. "They wanted to get her to us as quickly as possible." Katherine said she plans to name the baby girl Naleigh, in honor of her mother Nancy and sister Leigh, and the two almost share the same birthday! “She was actually born the day before me in November, which I thought was really serendipitous and just kind of like a sign."

Katherine said she discussed adoption with Josh before the two even got engaged, since it is an issue that hits close to home for her, as her sister Leigh was adopted as well. Katherine says, "It’s been a big part of my life and my family. My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her back in the '70s and so I just always knew that this is something I wanted to do. I made that really clear because not everybody is down with that. Not everybody thinks that. I just wanted to make sure that I was marrying a guy who understands that this was going to have to happen. So about a year ago is when we said, 'Okay! Let’s start the process and the process is intense. It’s just as intense I’m sure to have a baby biologically because you’re going through the whole physical sort of thing of it."

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (X17online) - After six seasons of Grey's Anatomy, Katherine Heigl is ditching the scrubs for good. ABC has confirmed that Heigl's last appearance on the show was January 21, four months before the big season finale in May.

Both Heigl and ABC Studios say that the split was by "mutual agreement." Entertainment Weekly reports that the 31-year old actress asked to be let out of her contract 18 months early so that she could focus more on her adopted daughter with husband Josh Kelley.

Reports also claim that Heigl would like to focus more on her movie career. Up next, Katherine Heigl will star opposite Ashton Kutcher in the action-comedy Killers due out on June 4.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Katherine Heigl is taking on an epic love story for the upcoming The Age of Adeline. The actress recently left Grey's Anatomy, and is now lining up several movie roles.

The storyline will focus around Heigl who is cursed with eternal youth and will have to watch her friends and family grow old and die.

Up next, Heigl will star with Ashton Kutcher in the action comedy Killers. The actress will also appear in the upcoming Life as We Know It due in October.

Heigl, along with her mother Nancy, will serve as executive producers.