Journalist Melissa Silverstein questions the media treatment of Katherine following her decision not to submit herself for Emmy consideration in an article published in The Huffington Post today. She condemns the over-the-top reaction of the press arguing that actresses who actually have an opinion are often berated in Hollywood.

"The venom that was displayed was way over the top....That's the lesson a woman gets for speaking out about something that honestly is not really important at all....yet people want to punish her in such a profound way. Extrapolating this into real life, if a woman gets punished for speaking out about something as trivial as an award nomination, imagine the message the rest of us get about speaking out about issues...The message is to shut up and take what you got and don't make waves cause you will be punished."

She concludes that the "treatment of Katherine Heigl should be a lesson to all women, and not just in Hollywood. We need to stand up and support each other."

To read the article in full visit The Huffington Post online.

Katie's husband Josh Kelley told People magazine that he also felt press reaction had been "overblown", adding that his wife is thrilled to be back at work on the new season of Grey's Anatomy. "She's stoked, man," said Kelley, "It's a great show, and I think it's going to be a great season."

Meanwhile, in conjunction with the promotion for the UK home video release of 27 Dresses, DVD Monthly has published a press junket interview in which actress Malin Akerman who played Katherine's sister in the movie, describes working with her co-star:

"Katherine is so much fun, I was so pleasantly surprised when I met her, she has a great sense of humor and she is so cool, we just hit it off right away, that was such a relief, because she was playing my sister. I was really excited and felt right away that I could imagine her as my sister and I would hang out with her in real life. We have become good friends. She is pretty hilarious and we laugh a lot together. It meant there was a great comfort level right away. Our characters fight a lot and in one scene there’s a lot of throwing of sponges and rags in a hardware store, which was fun – it was like going back to the basics of sisterhood when you are five years old. It is funny because Katherine and I actually went out for dinner the other night and four people randomly came up to us and asked whether we were sisters. So I think that the casting department did a great job."