Katherine Heigl was spotted a couple of days ago leaving a restaurant in Malibu, looking pretty happy. Heigl signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans as she left the restaurant.

A week after Katherine Heigl slammed her employers over issues surrounding her stalled contract renegotiations, her Grey’s Anatomy costars are saying they enjoy working with the actress.

“She’s a super-talented girl,” Kate Walsh told PEOPLE on Sunday at the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music and Entertainment Dreamgirls luncheon in Beverly Hills. “Everyone’s just working hard.”

As for contract renegotiations Walsh, whose character Addison Shepard is the subject of a possible Grey’s spinoff, said, ” I literally just worked with Katherine the other night. We just go to work. I don’t know – I don’t really get into all the stuff. Everybody is doing their own thing with negotiations.”

One of Heigl’s other costars, Sara Ramirez, says of the actress who plays Izzie Stevens on the hit ABC show, “She’s lovely….Everybody’s very professional – not just Katherine – but everybody else too.”

Added Ramirez, “At the end of the day, we all have to be grateful for our jobs. We’re working actors, and not only that, we’re on a hit show.”

Last week, Heigl’s contract negations became public, and she eventually issued a statement criticizing ABC and Touchstone, saying she was “embarrassed” and had been treated with disrespect.

“I am embarrassed that this has become a public matter and disappointed that Touchstone felt it necessary to divulge private employment information,” Heigl said in the statement. “I had hoped I would be able to deal with this issue confidentially with my bosses. I dropped out of the renegotiation simply because I wanted to treat myself with the respect I was not getting from them.”

Heigl, according to a statement ABC released, is contractually obligated to remain on the highly rated TV show for “several years,” and is “an integral part of Grey’s Anatomy and its success.”

Grey’s creator Shonda Rhimes, who was honored at Sunday’s NABFEME luncheon, had no comment.

Katherine Heigl posed for the camera on a sail boat, looking lovely as usual, at a recent photo shoot. More great pictures of Katherine Heigl, after the jump!

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The verbal slugfest between Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl and the show’s producers has entered a new round, with Heigl zinging her bosses for going public on their salary dispute.

“I am embarrassed that this has become a public matter and disappointed that Touchstone felt it necessary to divulge private employment information,” Heigl, 28, said in a statement Thursday.

“I had hoped I would be able to deal with this issue confidentially with my bosses. I dropped out of the renegotiation simply because I wanted to treat myself with the respect I was not getting from them.”

But Grey’s fans will be happy to know that Heigl, who plays Izzie Stevens on the ABC hit, still loves her character. “No matter how unhappy I am about their decision to respond to this publicly, I continue to be passionate about and committed to this character,” she said.

The actress dropped out of contract talks on Tuesday, a well-placed source told PEOPLE at the time, explaining: “Katie is disappointed and hurt that Touchstone doesn’t value her as much as her other costars, especially Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington.”

In response, ABC Television said in a statement Wednesday that Heigl wasn’t going anywhere: “We have a longterm contract to ensure she’ll be with the show for several years to come.”

The statement also said that producers had offered Heigl a significantly higher pay package and were “surprised” to see negative press coverage of their gesture.

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There is more drama on the set of Grey’s Anatomy. Sources say most of the cast are upset by the news that a spinoff series is in the works that would follow Kate Walsh’s character, Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd. “The rest of the cast seemed instantly resentful of [Walsh],” says an insider. “They each thought they’d be the one chosen to get their own show, and now they’re giving Kate the cold shoulder.”

Lead actress Ellen Pompeo “seemed particularly peeved because she felt that, as the star, she should have been consulted,” adds the source. People mag is reporting that Katherine Heigl has now dropped out of contract talks with show producers over salary issues. “Katie is disappointed and hurt that [producer] Touchstone doesn’t value her as much as her other co-stars, especially Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington,” an insider told the mag. A rep for ABC Touchstone had no comment.

Katherine Heigl has dropped out of contract talks with Grey’s Anatomy over salary, a well-placed source tells People.

“Katie is disappointed and hurt that (producer) Touchstone doesn’t value her as much as her other costars, especially Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington,” the source says.

Heigl plays Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevenson on the ABC hit medical drama.

A rep for ABC Touchstone TV had no comment.

Katherine Heigl looked stunning at this year’s 6th Annual GM Ten held last night. Tons more gorgeous pictures of Katherine after the jump, including more red carpet pictures, backstage and runway pictures.

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Best friends and “Grey’s Anatomy” co-stars Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight spent some time out of scrubs together yesterday.

A TMZ spy tells us the prime time pals were overheard in a very in-depth conversation about the upcoming elections before catching a flick at an L.A. cinema. After the movie, the buddies headed to Off Vine restaurant in Hollywood, where they met up for dinner with Katherine’s fiance, Josh Kelley.

Looks like T.R.’s media drama has brought him closer to his fellow actors… well, at least some of them.

Source: TMZ

After dispensing some puppy TLC in New York, Grey’s Anatomy’s resident doc Katherine Heigl makes a happy return to Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday.

Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl makes the acquaintance of a four-legged friend as she helps kick off the 3rd Annual Pedigree Adoption Drive from New York’s Times Square on Thursday. With 2 million dogs going homeless this year, Heigl told Good Morning America during her early-morning appearance that it’s important to raise awareness about the cause.