holy crap. Katherine Heigl just gave away 1 million dollars.

Katherine Heigl does not have the greatest reputation in the world. She’s generally considered difficult and full of herself. Example: one time she walked down the street holding up an issue of Vanity Fair. You’ll never guess who was on the cover.

But maybe she’s not all bad. She did adopt a “special needs” baby from Korea, and today the Hollywood Reporter says she’s giving $1,000,000 to animal charities.

(Heigl is) pledging $1 million to spay and neuter programs in the city and county of Los Angeles.
In addition she will continue to support Learn to be a Best Friend (a training and education obedience program); transport programs moving animals from local shelters where they would be euthanized to humane societies, rescue organizations and “no kill” shelters; and continue to promote pet adoption.

Hopefully she’ll follow through. Unlike Michael Bay, who offered 50 grand for information about that girl in Croatia throwing puppies in a river, and then after people sent him exactly what he asked for, took the offer down and pretended like it never happened. Presumably because he hadn’t kept up with the story and didn’t know she had already been found.

In other words, Michael Bay would have felt cheated if he spent money on a story that moved too fast to keep up with, had poorly shot video, unintelligible dialogue and a disappointing ending. Hmm. Yes, Michael Bay, I agree. It really is really annoying when that happens.