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Katherine Heigl could be killed off Grey’s Anatomy next season, a well-placed source tells Us Weekly in its latest issue.

The idea came after Heigl, 29, withdrew herself from Emmy contention, saying that she didn’t feel she was “given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination.”

In response to Heigl’s griping, staffers are considering giving her character, Dr. Izzie Stevens, a brain tumor.

“[Producer] Shonda [Rhimes] and the writers are pissed at her,” the source tells Us. “It’s their way of screwing with her. She won’t know whether she’s going to live or die.”

Still, there’s good news for fans sad to see Izzie suffer: newly single Jeffrey Dean Morgan will reprise his role as hunky patient Denny Duquette, whom Izzie will see in visions brought on by the tumor.

And a second source thinks the story arc, ironically, may not be a bad thing for Heigl: “If her character does get a brain tumor, she’ll probably get an Emmy!”

A rep for ABC tells Us, “We can confirm that [Morgan] will be back, but we are not releasing any further details.”

At Wednesday’s Television Critics Association’s annual fall preview, ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson insisted Heigl is “absolutely staying with the show. There’s an unbelievable storyline this season.”

The show returns September 25 with a two-hour premiere.

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Katherine Heigl will star in and produce the feature film adaptation of “Escape,” the bestselling memoir of Carolyn Jessop, whose testimony helped convict polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs.

Relevant Entertainment and Como Court Prods. acquired the book. Michael Menchel and Cat Williams will produce with Heigl and her Abishag partner Nancy Heigl.

Jessop was born into the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints sect. At 18 she married a man 32 years her senior; at 35, she fled with her eight children.

Equity financier Como Court Prods. will pay to develop the script.

Relevant was started by Menchel, the former longtime CAA agent who became a manager at Artists Management Group before shifting to producer. The shingle has set up several projects at studios including a Paramount film Menchel is producing with Simon Cowell about tenor Paul Potts and the family film “The Tortoise & The Hippo” at Walden Media.

Heigl is shooting the Robert Luketic-directed Sony/Lakeshore comedy “The Ugly Truth.” Abishag projects include “Alpha Moms,” a Ryan Shiraki-scripted comedy for Warner Bros., which the Heigls are producing with Code Entertainment’s Larry Kennar and Rick Berg, and the Fox 2000/Spyglass action comedy “Drawn Together.”

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Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl's name is missing from the ballot of this year's Emmy nominees, according to the LA Times. Kathy took the Emmy last year for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama. So why didn't she submit her name this year? And yes, I called her "Kathy". You know she hates it. Anyway, she's blaming he writers of Grey's Anatomy.

"I am truly grateful for the honor that the Academy bestowed upon me last year. 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, I withdrew my name from contention. In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials," she said in a statement.

I don't watch the show, did she really have nothing to do this season? You would expect an uppity bitch like her would have put some demands on the writers to make her character retarded or have cancer or something like that to contend with. It should have been repeat Emmy gold for her ass.

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More photos of Katherine Heigl leaving the wrap party for her latest movie The Ugly Truth are after the jump.

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Don't try and kid Katherine. She's a no nonsense kind of gal. 12 more photos of Katherine Heigl on the set of The Ugly Truth, with Gerard Butler, filming on location in a hot air balloon are after the jump.

How could they lose such a beautiful treasure? Katherine Heigl is reportedly considering spreading her wings and flying from Grey's Anatomy.

"She's working really long hours and is ready to move on," says a source.

Heigl has had a successful career in film, with hits such as Knocked Up and 27 Dresses. She renewed her Grey's contract 15 months ago, and got the raise she was asking for. She would still have to somehow get out of that contract, which would reportedly be very difficult.

"She's a smart one. She saw what can happen with someone like Jennifer Aniston, who was crazy successful on TV, but can't seem to carry a film, and she tested the waters early," said a source in the movie industry. Can she write books? That way we don't have to see her. It sounds harsh, but she's a little uppity.

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More photos of Katherine Heigl on the set of The Ugly Truth are after the jump.