TV’s top earners!

holy paycheck!

you may or may not want to know the results of TV guide’s annual salary survey, as it just might make ya sick.

two and half men star charlie sheen is rolling in the dough at $1.25 million an episode. yes, an episode. can you imagine? ‘alright, everyone, that’s a wrap…’ and BOOM you’re $1.25 million dollars richer.

another surprise – kate plus 8 star kate gosselin brings in $250,00 an episode. can i have that job please?! other high income earners include house‘s hugh laurie at $400,000/episode and the late-night crew david letterman, jay leno and conan o’brien who bring in $28, $25 and $10 million dollars respectively.

but these salaries all PALE in comparison to ms. oprah winfrey. the TV queen makes $315 million/year. no wonder she gives out cars and vacations all the time. no one needs that kinda dough all to themselves!

click here for the full list of overpaid actors and actresses (yes, i’m bitter).

open mouth, insert foot

katherineheiglkatherine heigl. she was on her way to becoming the next julia roberts – america’s sweetheart. her breakout role as izzie on tv show ‘grey’s anatomy’ landed her some movie roles fit for a queen. ‘knocked up,’ ’27 dresses’ & her latest ‘the ugly truth’ all performed quite well at the box office. then, disaster struck: she opened her mouth.

now it seems people are kinda turned off from the little lady. based upon an article in newsweek, ‘why is katherine heigl so annoying?’, it was her mouth that got her into trouble. first, she refused to submit her name for an emmy nomination because she didn’t feel the writers gave her material worthy of the award. not a good start. people viewed the actress as ungrateful. this started a downhill spiral, which has led creator chandra wilson to reconsider her role on ‘grey’s anatomy.’

the season finale left viewers hanging – will she be killed off? we don’t know yet. but as katherine made the rounds to promote her latest film, she let abc have it once again. she whined to late-night host david letterman “our first day back was wednesday and it was – i’m going to keep saying this because i hope it embarrasses them - a 17-hour day, which i think is cruel and mean.”

abc’s entertainment head steve mcpherson was none too pleased by her remarks. he had this to say in response: “people are going to behave in the way they choose to behave. there are so many people who work so hard on ‘grey’s,’ and all of our shows, without any notoriety and those are the ones i’d be concerned about, people who feel like they’re being criticized or looked down upon.” and there you have it! good luck, katherine.

ben vs. joaquin

one of the highlights from the oscars last night was courtesy of mr. ben stiller. hilariously mocking joaquin phoenix’s bizarre behavior on david letterman just two weeks prior, ben certainly got some laughs. check out joaquin’s appearance on letterman below, and ben’s portrayal at the academy’s right after!