While Grey’s Anatomy fans have been waiting to hear what’s next for the show, creator and head writer Shonda Rhimes took the liberty to give away some juicy spoilers while at the 41st Annual NAACP Awards on Friday, including what’s in store for Katherine Heigl’s character next time around.

“She’s written into the next script,” Shonda reveals to reporters of Katherine’s stint on the drama after she had taken a short break to tend to her adopted baby, Nayleigh, with husband Josh Kelley.

And knowing that Izzie Stevens, who suffered from an almost lethal bout with cancer this season, is definitely returning, the fate of the Chief of Seattle Grace Hospital is another story.

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“Well, I love James Pickens and I think we’re going to get to see a lot more of him and what happens to his character and explore what happens to a doctor when they go to rehab and come out the other side,” Shonda explains of Grey’s Anatomy character Richard.

But any show needs a bit of change to keep running and Shonda agrees that Jesse Williams, the new kid on the block, is perfect for the job.

“We developed his character a little more and illuminate who he is a little more to give more time to him…I think it was nice to bring in people that the audience would hate and our characters would have to rise against,” Shonda reveals after the awards ceremony in L.A.

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There’s been plenty of drama to keep us occupied in her absence, but with the second half of the season in full swing, Grey’s Anatomy fans are wondering about Katherine Heigl.

What is her status? Is she ever returning to the show? When she is back, will she just leave at the end of the season? According to EW, she’s due back on set later this month.

That means we probably won’t see Izzie again until late April, and coincidentally, that’s right around the time a new, special patient will check into Seattle Grace: Alex’s brother.

Sources say Grey’s Anatomy is currently casting the role of Karev’s estranged sibling – the first member of the character’s supposedly troubled family we will meet in six seasons.

There’s some ugly family history, from what we’ve gathered, including an abusive dad, and it will be fun to see the character of Alex (one of our recent favorites) further explored.

Speaking of Grey’s Anatomy comings and goings, the Mercy West residents look to be sticking around … well, at least some of them. One will definitely not be back next season.

A source says one of the four newbies introduced earlier in the year has already received his/her walking papers from the show and will exit SGMWH before the end of the season.

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Katherine Heigl will be honored by ShoWest as its Female Star of the Year. Variety reports that the Knocked Up actress, who will next appear opposite Ashton Kutcher in Killers, will receive the award at the annual convention of theater owners scheduled for Las Vegas in mid-March.

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What do you get when you mix Katherine Heigl, lingerie and bounty hunting? A chick flick that guys are sure to enjoy.

The Grey’s Anatomy star has signed on for the lead role in “One for the Money,” based on the first book in the immensely popular Stephanie Plum series of novels by Janet Evanovich, Variety.com reports.

Heigl will play Plum, a lingerie buyer who takes on work as a bounty hunter to make some extra cash, setting off a series of adventures that has lead to 19 books so far, the most recent being “Finger Lickin’ Fifteen.”

In “One for the Money,” Plum learns the ropes of bounty hunting by chasing down a wanted cop named Joseph Morelli, who happens to be the guy who took her virginity back when she was 16 and wrote about it on the bathroom wall of Mario’s Sub Shop.

The movie version has been in the works since before “One for the Money” even hit the shelves in 1994, after Columbia Tristar snapped up the rights.

Reese Witherspoon was rumored to have been the original choice to play Plum, but the movie reportedly had languished on the development back burner when that casting did not pan out.

“One for the Money” will be Heigl’s second big collaboration with Columbia Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment, after “The Ugly Truth,” which scored big at the box office despite being panned by critics, raking in $200 million worldwide.

The 20th Stephanie Plum novel, “Sizzling Sixteen,” is set for release on June 22, according to the author’s Web site.

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