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**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP BOOK REVIEW **** Kill Switch Kensington Publishing Corp. announced today that KILL SWITCH, the highly-anticipated debut novel by award-winning television producers Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene, is now in early development as a major motion picture. Award-winning actress Katherine Heigl is attached to star in the film, which will be produced by Kevin McCormick with Katherine and Nancy Heigl via their Abishag Productions. On sale December 13, 2011, KILL SWITCH is the first in a series of high-concept suspense novels by Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene, the producers behind the hit television dramas “Law & Order: SVU,” “ER” and the new CBS show, “A Gifted Man.” It introduces the unforgettable character of Dr. Claire Waters, a brilliant, young forensic psychiatrist who will be played by Katherine Heigl. With her unnervingly personal insights into the criminal mind, Claire is drawn to the rare “untreatable” patients who seem to have no conscience or fear. She bel...

Katherine Heigl With Mom Cesar Millan Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl along with Cesar Millan attended the Press Conference to Announce the Launch of 'Compassion Revolution' at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Photos By: RD / Orchon / Retna Digital

Hollywood star Katherine Heigl's beautiful adopted daughter underwent life-saving surgery to repair a hole in her heart when she was only two months old. The Grey's Anatomy star and her husband, Josh Kelley, finalized the adoption of 10-month-old Nancy Leigh from Korea last week, revealing their applications were fast-tracked because the child has very special needs. Heigl explained, "They wanted to get her to us as quickly as possible." Now the National Enquirer reports the baby -- nicknamed Naleigh -- had an operation soon after she was born to fix her heart defect. A source tells the tabloid, "Doctors said the congenital heart defect had to be treated quickly to save the baby's life." Photo By: Sara De Boer/Retna

Katherine Heigl With Baby Nancy Leigh And Josh Kelley Hollywood star Katherine Heigl and hubby Josh Kelley have adopted a baby girl from Korea. Heigl spokeswoman Melissa Kates says the happy couple named the 10-month-old Nancy Leigh, after the actress's mother Nancy and her sister Margaret Leigh. The baby girl will go by the nickname Naleigh. Kates says both parents and Naleigh are together and doing well. The couple is putting the pictures of their daughter up on www.jasonheiglfoundation.org , the Web site of Heigl's animal-rescue foundation. Heigl plays Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy". Editors Extra: Please visit their website. Their foundation is a great cause.

Katherine Heigl Hollywood star Katherine Heigl has kicked her cigarette habit. The star says she's gone without her daily nicotine fix for over a month now. The actress has been desperately trying to wean herself off the addiction for months after realizing smoking was taking over her life. She previously said, "I started smoking when I was 24, because I'm an idiot. I don't enjoy it so much now, because I've become such a slave to it. I hate planning my life around when I'm getting a cigarette." But Heigl has not puffed on a cigarette since quitting tobacco in July, and her health has already been given a boost. A source tells Us Weekly magazine, "She feels so much better." Photo By: Sara De Boer/Retna

Katherine Heigl Hollywood star Katherine Heigl is holding off on having children,because she’s terrified a pregnancy will turn her into a huge bloated mess. Katherine wants to start a family with hubby Josh Kelley, but she’s very convinced she’ll put on weight, and lose her slim physique forever. Heigl tells Star magazine , "One day, sure, but pregnancy scares me. I know I’ll be one of those women who looks pregnant all over the body. I’ll get fatter and fatter from my toes up." Photo By: Sara De Boer/Retna

America Ferrera **** Katherine Heigl **** Bai Ling The third annual Hot In Hollywood Party was hosted at Avalon at where else, but Hollywood California. Bai Ling looked great as did T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl looked stunning. Hot In Hollywood is a celebration benefiting charities dedicated to the education, prevention, testing and treatment of HIV/AIDS. In just three years, this celebrity fundraiser has become one of the hottest events in Los Angeles and 2008 is shaping up to be the hottest on record yet! The event was a huge success and they raised close to $300,000. Find out more about this charity at HOT FOR HOLLYWOOD T.R. Knight And Mark Cornelsen Photos By: Steve Buckley/BuzzFoto

Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl visits her mom for a BBQ to enjoy the weekend in in Los Feliz, California. The paparazzi are always around, and Katherine just goes about her day and pays no attention to them. That's the way to act like a star ! Photo By: Arturo Millan/BuzzFoto

Katherine Heigl STEVEN SEAGAL once flew KATHERINE HEIGL to Los Angeles and put her up in a luxurious hotel so they could get to know each other before shooting Under Siege 2, only to never show up. Heigl, who was only 15 at the time, was amazed action star Seagal went to the expense of flying her across America from her home in Connecticut to the Beverly Wilshire hotel for no reason. She says, "He flew me in, put me up at this extravagant hotel where (Julia Roberts in) Pretty Woman stayed, and didn’t even come and meet me. Whatever."I was hanging out at the pool all day, going shopping with my mom. I was dating Joey Lawrence at the time and we got to see a couple of movies. Good times."