There are three things I know about Katherine Heigl. 1. She stars in ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
2. She's not afraid to speak up if she thinks the show's writers have screwed up.
3. She'll never let you hear the end of it if you pronounce her name wrong, and she'll hunt you down like a dog.
Now there's a fourth thing I know about Heigl: she's the fifth highest paid actress in Hollywood.
Now please note that I don't mean she's the fifth highest paid actress just on television, I mean she's the fifth highest in general. With her $13 million, she comes in behind Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, and Cameron Diaz. I'm amazed that Diaz is on such a list, but I'm even more amazed that Heigl is right behind her. What exactly is this based on, besides Grey's Anatomy and Knocked Up? I want her agent.
I wonder if this is accurate though. I mean, she gets $13 million for one season of a TV show and those other stars get anywhere between $10 million and $20 million a movie, and sometimes do more than one movie a year. It's a lot of money no matter how you say it though.
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12-08-2008 @ 7:33PM
JACOB AFILLISARD said...
THAT IS BLASPHEMY. HER "TALENTS" DO NOT DESERVE THAT MUCH OF A REWARD.
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12-08-2008 @ 7:49PM
1iPete said...
I believe the $13M calculation was based on her making $225k per episode of GA and a $6M salary for her next movie which combined puts her around $13M.
She is not the highest paid on GA and the salary is probably due to her Emmy and that GA is a top 5 demographic show. The movie salary is reflective that she has had 2 box office hits in the last year, Knocked Up and 27 Dresses.
It's a nice rant you had, but movie salaries are based on box office success and she has had it in a very limited landscape of women who bring in box office numbers. 27 Dresses did $27M in it's opening weekend and it was entirely her vehicle; Nicole Kidman and Australia would have loved to match that.
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12-08-2008 @ 7:59PM
Tracey said...
I'd think that this writer in particular would be able to understand where they came up with that $13 million number. Unless it's just a headline/story that's written in a manner to get readers. Either your ignorant or using tabloid tactics.
For the record, I think it's still an outrageous sum.
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12-08-2008 @ 8:26PM
Darren said...
She deserves it!!!
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12-08-2008 @ 9:16PM
StillBash said...
By those calculation methods, Jerry Seinfeld is paid 1000 million. Because he got that much in royalties for Seinfeld in Syndication, per episode starring in it and for his movies.
Seriously, this post is... ah yes.
From Bob Sassone.
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12-08-2008 @ 11:29PM
willy the impeached said...
Thats about 6.5 mill per talent? Yeah not so much. And considering what a PITA she is to work with you'd think that number will be dropping soon. say around the time Shonda kills her off with the whatever is wrong with her brain.... (on the show ;) ).
And how exactly is it pronounced? Like bagel with an "H"? "haggle"? "heil-gel"?
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12-09-2008 @ 4:33AM
Darren said...
Having worked with Katherine Heigl as an extra I can say, as far as I am concerned, that she is an absolute joy. She is very approachable, friendly and down to earth. The earning figures are also based on her fee for 27 Dresses and her new movie The Ugly Truth which is out next year I believe. Beautiful, funny and intelligent - to me the only surprise is that she is not top of the list.
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12-09-2008 @ 8:47AM
SadOldMan said...
I am still in therapy after my wife forced my to watch that dresses movie.
And on GA, she's in the middle of the most hated storyline in the history of television.
Light up another ciggy, and enjoy your 15 minutes.
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12-09-2008 @ 8:58AM
Dave said...
Fifth place is entirely believable. Perhaps Bob could enlighten us with another actress who he thinks would be more deserving. I can't come up with one.
Cameron Diaz is rolling in Shrek money. That's where her ranking comes from.
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12-09-2008 @ 12:02PM
Cameron said...
Dave I can think of three far more talented actresses not on that list: Ann Hathaway, Charlize Theron and Renee Zellweger.
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12-09-2008 @ 3:22PM
Dave said...
I think we can all think of 3 more talented actresses than Ms. Heigl, how about Lauren Conrad, Tyra Banks and New York (Of I love New york Fame).
By the way this is a different Dave.