Ellen Pompeo Finally Backs Katherine Heigl's Claims About Grey’s Anatomy's 'Cruel' Working Conditions

Radio Times: “I would love to have been a detective like my grandfather.“Sadly, I have a condition called nystagmus that means I’ve got terrible eyesight, so it was never a possibility.”Richard and his brother Mat were brought up by their mother, Brenda Wright.Their father left when Richard was nine years old.He later met his father as an adult but they didn’t form a close relationship.Richard said: “My dad’s side of the family wasn’t something I was interested in, because that’s not the family I grew up in.“It would, in a funny way, be like learning about strangers.“My family are the Wrights from Brighton and those are the people I feel genuinely connected to.”During the show, it was discovered that Richard’s four-times great-grandfather, Gabriel Gillam, born in Brighton in 1789 was a fisherman who lived with his wife in a poor area of Brighton.He turned to smuggling to feed his family.Richard said: “Early 19th-century Brighton was an incredibly poor place if you came from the fishing community.“Then suddenly the Prince Regent, later King George IV, decided to build the Royal Pavilion and Brighton became very fashionable.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos Monday of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce, and heard testimony about her expertise in covering up bruises with makeup.

Well, that’s a take.

Neil Patrick Harris is apologizing for an insensitive and «regrettable» joke from 2011 that made light of singer Amy Winehouse's untimely death.Following the acclaimed singer's death from alcohol poisoning in July 2011, Harris and his husband, David Burtka, threw a Halloween party that went viral for all the wrong reasons. As seen in a recently resurfaced photo from the festivities, the party featured a meat platter that had been gruesomely decorated and designed to look like a decaying corpse — including a beehive hairdo, which Winehouse was famous for.The platter also featured a small sign that specifically described it as «The Corpse of Amy Winehouse,» and described the platter as including «Beef ribs, pulled pork, chicken sausage in a spicy BBQ sauce.»Harris addressed the platter and the controversy in an apology to Entertainment Weekly on Monday, sharing, «A photo recently resurfaced from a Halloween-themed party my husband and I hosted 11 years ago. It was regrettable then, and it remains regrettable now.

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9-1-1: Lone Star, viewers are already looking to what comes next - especially after the middle-of-the-night proposal from TK Strand (Ronen Rubinstein) to boyfriend Carlos Reyes (Rafael Silva).Exclusive: Corinne Massiah opens up on 9-1-1, working with Angela Bassett - and finding her voiceThe finale saw the 126 come together as the found family they are after a terrifying building collapse saw Owen Strand (Rob Lowe)trapped - and forced to finally confront his buried trauma surrounding being a firefighter on 9/11 - and Mateo Chavez and Nancy Gillan seemingly confirm their romance is full steam ahead.WATCH:  Promo trailer for 9-1-1: Lone Star season three finale With Lone Star officially renewed for a fourth season, showrunner Tim Minear tells HELLO! that 'yes' we will see a wedding in season four.Tim also shared details on the decision to offer a "contemplative and personal" viewpoint on Owen's past and 9/11, and his surprising inspiration...Exclusive: 9-1-1: Lone Star actor Ronen Rubinstein shares what he really thinks of TK’s 'traumatic' storylinesExclusive: 9-1-1 Lone Star's Natacha Karam talks season three's 'personal drama' and challenging her own expectationsIt's been something we wanted to do for a while and early in the season I decided it would be great to somehow visit it by the finale - this is the 20th anniversary of 9/11. We talked a lot about how to be sensitive because I did not want to recreate the day and do some sort of Lone Star action set piece of that tragedy, I wanted it to be more contemplative and personal so merging it with a collapsed building in the present day was a way to do it without abusing it.

It’s over. Valerie Bertinelli filed for divorce from husband Tom Vitale six months after filing for legal separation.

Ezra Miller admonished a police officer for calling them 'sir' and explained they identified as 'transgender non-binary' during their arrest in Hawaii back in March.In newly-released body cam footage from the arrest obtained by TMZ, Miller warned the officer that failing to refer to them by their proper pronouns again would be an 'intentional act of bigotry' and a technical 'hate crime.'Miller, 29, who uses they/them pronouns and came out as queer in 2012, and said in a 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter: 'Queer just means no, I don't do that. I don't identify as a man. I don't identify as a woman.

Jackson and April are checking back into “Grey’s Anatomy”.

Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew will be returning to the ABC medical drama for a special guest appearance on the season 18 finale airing May 26, ET can confirm. This marks the first time Williams and Drew will be back on in more than a year when they last appeared.While details regarding their return is being kept close to the vest, the duo's united front can only lead to speculation that Jackson and April's reappearance will serve as an update of sorts for viewers.Drew returned for an episode last season to help Williams wrap up his storyline in a satisfying way as he left the show after 12 seasons. Back in February, Williams was open to the idea of returning to  “I’d consider it,” he said while promoting his Broadway debut in the revival of .

Kate Aurthur editorThe once-and-future “Grey’s Anatomy” super couple of Jackson and April — played by Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew — are set to appear on the finale of the medical drama’s 18th season on May 26, Variety has confirmed.Williams left “Grey’s Anatomy” last season, having played Jackson since the show’s sixth season. Drew, who’d departed the show in 2018, returned for a guest appearance in May 2021 to send Jackson off to his new life in Boston, where he was taking over his family’s foundation.

Ellen Pompeo backed Katherine Heigl's claims that the "Grey's Anatomy" workday hours were "cruel and mean." Pompeo agreed about the "insane hours" during a recent appearance on the "Tell Me" podcast. "I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working, and she was 100% right," Pompeo said Wednesday.  "And had she said that today, she'd be a complete hero.

Ellen Pompeo is defending her former co-star, Katherine Heigl. On the latest episode of Pompeo's  podcast, the 52-year-old actress reflected on Heigl's years-old interview, in which the actress spoke out against the working conditions on .During a 2009 appearance on, Heigl, who exited her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens in 2010, blasted the medical drama for having a «17-hour» workday, which she called «cruel and mean.»«I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working.

Zack Sharf Ellen Pompeo said on a new episode of her “Tell Me” podcast that former co-star Katherine Heigl was “absolutely correct” when she called out “Grey’s Anatomy” in 2009 for unjust working hours (via People). Pompeo said Heigl was deemed “ungrateful” for her comments at the time, but if had she spoken out today “she’d be a complete hero.” Heigl was often vocal about her criticisms with “Grey’s Anatomy,” infamously pulling out of the Emmys race in 2008 because she felt the show didn’t give her strong enough material.“I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working and she was 100 percent right,” Pompeo said on the podcast.

Ellen Pompeo has a new hero; it’s her old co-star Katherine Heigl.

Back in 2009, Katherine Heigl, at perhaps the height of her fame on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, made some then-controversial comments about the show's grueling working conditions... which Ellen Pompeo has now confirmed.Pompeo, 52, welcomed another Grey's Anatomy co-star, Kate Walsh, on her Tell Mepodcast, where she addressed the comments for the first time.The actress, who has played Meredith Grey since the hit series debuted on ABC back in 2005, said Heigl was, '100% honest.' Confirmed:Back in 2009, Katherine Heigl, at perhaps the height of her fame on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, made some then-controversial comments about the show's grueling working conditions...

Ellen Pompeo is coming to the defense of Katherine Heigl over some controversial comments her former “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star made during a 2009 talk show appearance.

Ellen Pompeo is praising Katherine Heigl former comments about the long working hours on Grey’s Anatomy.

“blacklisted” from Hollywood amid claims she was “difficult” and “unprofessional” — is now being praised by her former co-star, Ellen Pompeo.Heigl, 43, starred alongside Pompeo, 52, on six seasons of the ABC medical drama before she quit the series in 2010 after publicly complaining about long hours on set.“I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working — and she was 100% right,” Pompeo said Wednesday in a new episode of her podcast, “Tell Me With Ellen Pompeo.”“Had she said that today, she’d be a complete hero,” Pompeo continued. “But she’s ahead of her time.

Ellen Pompeo is a supportive of her Grey’s Anatomy co-star Jesse Williams – but she can’t quite see everything he does.

Kate Aurthur editorBianca A. Santos and Cedric Sanders have been added as recurring cast members on Season 18 of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” playing a married couple in a dire medical situation — as if there is any other kind at Grey Sloan Memorial these days.Sanders is playing Simon Clark, who is desribed thusly: “A devoted husband/ father-to-be, Simon is depleted from a long-term battle with a serious illness.