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Grey's Anatomy Is Losing Its Title Character

Though Ellen Pompeo is expected to be back for visits to the show

(Newser) - Grey's Anatomy is losing its Grey. Ellen Pompeo, who plays the show's title character Meredith Grey, is exiting after 19 seasons. The Nov. 10 fall finale found her making a decision to move to Boston, and in a teaser for the Feb. 23 return of the show, she...

Gabrielle Union Thanks Supporters After Firing

Ellen Pompeo says her show had issues, too

(Newser) - Gabrielle Union has expressed her thanks to supporters after being dropped from America's Got Talent. "So many tears, so much gratitude," the actress tweeted . "Just when you feel lost, adrift, alone ... you got me up off the ground." Union and Julianne Hough, both judges on...

Ellen Pompeo Describes Fight for $20M Salary

Grey 's Anatomy star is now TV's highest-paid actress

(Newser) - Ellen Pompeo is now the highest-paid actress on television—and she didn't get there by being a pushover. In a candid interview with the Hollywood Reporter , Pompeo, now in her 14th season starring in ABC's Grey's Anatomy, says she has finally "gotten to the place where...

5 Highest-Paid TV Actresses
 5 Highest-Paid TV Actresses 

5 Highest-Paid TV Actresses

Sofia Vergara, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting top the list

(Newser) - Forbes is out with its annual list of the 15 highest-paid TV actresses, and two sitcom stars sit atop it. The magazine looked at earnings—from their actual roles plus endorsement deals and other business ventures—from June 2014 to June 2015, and two actresses tied for No. 1:...

6 Highest-Paid TV Actresses
 6 Highest-Paid TV Actresses 

6 Highest-Paid TV Actresses

Sofia Vergara is again at the top

(Newser) - Sofia Vergara is, for the third consecutive year, TV's highest-paid actress. The Modern Family star brought in $37 million between June 2013 and June 2014, Forbes reports, which is actually more than this year's top-earning TV actor, Ashton Kutcher, who made $26 million. The rest of the top...

8 Actresses Who Are Downright Divas

But Courteney Cox always seems so nice onscreen...

(Newser) - Since divas always want to be the center of attention, The Frisky devoted an entire list to them. Eight ladies with bad on-set reputations:
  • Paris Hilton: Played herself—for just one day of shooting—in The Other Guys, yet still had three pages of demands including live lobsters prepared fresh
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Grey's Stars in Baby Battle
 Grey's Stars in Baby Battle 

Grey's Stars in Baby Battle

Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl engage in baby one-upping competition

(Newser) - Wondering why Ellen Pompeo didn’t announce the arrival of her daughter—who was born last Tuesday—until yesterday? Perhaps it’s because her Grey’s Anatomy co-star Katherine Heigl chose last Tuesday to make the adoption of her own daughter public. "It was very curious timing,” a...

Ellen Pompeo, Sarah Michelle Have Babies

(Newser) - Ellen Pompeo and Sarah Michelle Prinze (neé Geller) have each popped out their respective bundles of joy. Pompeo and hubby Chris Ivery actually welcomed their girl, the unfortunately named Stella Luna Pompeo Ivery, into the world last Tuesday, but managed to keep it secret, Perez Hilton reports. Sarah Michelle and...

Ellen Pompeo's Hubby Stepping Out: Tab

19-year-old hostess says they had affair

(Newser) - Pregnant Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo has a cheating husband, Star reports. The tab says Chris Ivery, 41, had an affair with a 19-year-old Boston restaurant  hostess—and she confirms it. "We were intimate several times," Rachel Artz said. The two met up in Boston, Miami, and Martha's...

'Ecstatic' Pompeo Expecting

(Newser) - Tormented Dr. Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy will be heading to the hospital for real soon when actress Ellen Pompeo delivers her first baby, reports People. Pompeo, 39, and hubby Chris Ivery, 41, are said to be "ecstatic" about the pregnancy. "It's great news," said their spokeswoman....

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