I’m back!
Wow, I’ve been gone a long time and we have plenty to discuss. Before we talk about what happened in the last two episodes of the season, let’s talk about today’s news. Katherine Heigl has declined to be considered for an Emmy this year. If you recall, last year Katherine took home the award for Best Supporting Actress much to her (and everyone else’s) surprise.
She says she decided against competing this year because she felt she wasn’t given strong enough material. I have to say I agree. We’ve discussed it on here many times – this season of Grey’s Anatomy wasn’t the strongest. The whole George and Izzie debacle alienated a lot of fans. Even if you did like them as a pair, you have to admit that overall the characters suffered from backlash for the way they hooked up (while George was still married).
Here’s what she said in a written statement from her publicist: “I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization (decided against competing). In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials.”
It makes sense to me, but I have a feeling this will be talked about for days on end as a potential slap in the face to the show and series creator Shonda Rhimes. You guys know I’m a big fan of Katie’s and I think she’s dead on, not to mention ballsy for saying what we all have been thinking for a while. Maybe this won’t blow up, after all, Patrick Dempsey said all last summer that he was sick and tired of the see saw with Meredith and Derek. And low and behold, they are finally back together. So maybe this will be a wake up call to Shonda and company that they need to get back in gear.
And, I hope this opens up the race for Chandra Wilson who did have very strong material to work with this year.
Shonda Rhimes, Katherine Heigl, Grey’s Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey, Chandra Wilson
July 17th, 2008 at 8:20 am
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July 24th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
[...] Rumor has it Katherine Heigl’s Izzie will develop a brain tumor causing her to see (visions of ) Denny again. It’s also been rumored that the tumor will be fatal and is in retaliation for her remarks about not entering the Emmy race this year. [...]
July 28th, 2008 at 7:06 am
[...] to be the anti-diva and take her name out of consideration for the ALMA awards. This isn’t a Kathryn Heigl moment here… Eva just wanted newcomers to be acknowledged instead. Plus, since she’s [...]
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
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