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Sacked Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has likened the media persecution of him to that suffered by race activists Malcolm X and Paul Robeson. The actor was fired from the medical drama earlier this month in the wake of a homophobic remark he made about cast mate T.R. Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

He maintains the controversy has fuelled misconceptions about him, with many forgetting the good work he does for African charities. But Washington is pragmatic about the experience: "Maybe for 50 years and the history of medi...

Isaiah Washington has his post-Grey's Anatomy life all mapped out - he's going to devote more time to his family and charities. Washington was sacked from the medical drama earlier this month in the wake of a homophobic remark about castmate T.R. Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

But the star is insistent a break from the screen could be a blessing in disguise so he can concentrate on worthwhile causes, including the Gondobay Manga Foundation, which works to improve life in Sierra Leone.

He says, "In the coming months, all I...

Recently canned Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has found an unlikely supporter - a gay activist has launched a petition to have him return to the hit show. The actor was being fired from the medical drama earlier this month, following public outrage after calling castmate T.R. Knight a "faggot" last October - a comment he then repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

But gay activist Jasmyne Cannick, who worked with Washington at the Pan African Arts Festival, has spearheaded the campaign to clear the star's name and have him reinstated on the show - and now has ...

Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington will return to the hit medical drama - if writer/creator Shonda Rimes asks him. The actor admits he's bitter about his departure from the show, but he'll jump at the chance to return for a cameo.

He tells Entertainment Weekly, "Dr. Burke (his character) is probably the greatest challenge I've ever had. I've studied the medical world extensively. I gave it everything I had.

"If Shonda calls me and says, 'Look, we want you to do something for Grey's Anatomy,' I probably would not hesitate. But I don't really see that happening."

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Isaiah Washington has hit out at producers of hit TV show Grey's Anatomy for firing him with such ease. The troubled actor's future on the medical drama had been in doubt ever since he made a homophobic remark about cast mate T.R. Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

At the end of season three, his character Dr. Preston Burke was seen packing is bags in a cliffhanger finale and last week Washington received a call from producer Shonda Rhimes revealing his services were no longer required. At the time, the 43-year-old star released a...

Isaiah Washington is "mad as hell" after learning he was fired from hit U.S. medical drama Grey's Anatomy. The troubled actor's future on the show has been in doubt ever since he made a homophobic remark about castmate T.R. Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

And at the end of season three his character, Dr. Preston Burke, was seen packing his bags on the cliffhanger finale.

Washington's spokesperson Howard Bragman confirmed his client had received a call from the show's creator Shonda Rimes informing the actor that he was "not...

Isaiah Washington has been fired from hit show Grey's Anatomy. The troubled actor's future on the show has been in doubt ever since he made a homophobic remark about castmate T.R. Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year. Spoilers follow.

And at the end of season three his character, Dr Preston Burke, was seen packing his bags on the cliffhanger finale.

Washington's spokesperson Howard Bragman confirmed to TMZ.com that the show's creator Shonda Rimes phoned the actor to inform him he wouldn't be needed for the fourth season.

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Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight was left red-faced at a comedy night in New York this week when a performer joked about his co-star Isaiah Washington's homophobic on-set slur.

Washington and co-star Patrick Dempsey were involved in an on-set fight last October, when the actor reportedly referred to Knight as a "f**got."

Knight revealed his homosexuality just two weeks after the argument and later declared that while Washington had uttered the slur on set, he had not done so directly to the gay actor.

At the Creation Nation variety show at New York City's Zipper Theater on ...

Isaiah Washington will appear in a public service announcement intended to combat intolerance based on sexual orientation, race and gender during two back-to-back episodes of TV drama Grey's Anatomy tonight.

The actor, who plays Dr. Burke on the show, agreed to front the new PSA during a meeting with gay community leaders in Los Angeles, where he apologized for his use of an anti-gay sentiment on the set of the drama and again backstage at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

Washington has already publicly apologized for his use of the word 'faggot,' which he first used t...

Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight is unsure whether he'll be returning to the character of Dr. George O'Malley for the fourth season of the hit medical drama. The gay actor's character failed his intern test in the season three finale, which was broadcast in the U.S. last week.

Knight says, "I literally don't know. It would be nice to know if I'm supposed to report back soon."

Knight revealed his sexuality in October following an onset incident in which castmate Isaiah Washington is said to have called the 34-year-old a "faggot" during a fight with co-star Patrick Dempsey.

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Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl is "grateful" for the furor which erupted after her co-star Isaiah Washington made a homophobic remark about their cast mate T.R. Knight last October . Knight came out following an incident in which Washington is said to have called the 34-year-old a "faggot" during an on-set argument with Patrick Dempsey. Washington went on to repeat his offensive comment at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

But Heigl believes Washington's remark has now been turned into a positive to discourage prejudice. She says, "I was ultimately grateful that it opened...

Isaiah Washington has dismissed reports he is to be axed from hit TV show Grey's Anatomy, after his character was seen packing his bags at the end of season three.

Washington's future on the popular medical drama has been in doubt following the controversy surrounding a homophobic remark he made about castmate T.R. Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

But the actor, who plays Dr Preston Burke on the show, says he expects to return to the set when filming for the next season begins in August.

His publicist Howard Bragman ...

Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight is happy with his decision to come out as gay, despite being warned it was a 'bad idea'. Knight revealed the truth about his sexuality last year following an incident with castmate Isaiah Washington, who is said to have called the 34-year-old a 'faggot' during an on-set argument with co-star Patrick Dempsey.

Knight tells gay magazine The Advocate, "I remember saying to someone when I got one of those 'don't do it' (comments) - I just remember hearing my voice being calm and saying, 'No, it's going happen. It's going to happen. I'm just letting you know.'...

Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has pulled himself out of the Emmy Awards race following the controversy surrounding a homophobic remark he made about castmate T.R. Knight. The actor 'outed' Knight last year by calling him a 'faggot' during an on-set row with castmate Patrick Dempsey.

The controversy rumbled into 2007 when Washington uttered the derogatory gay term again backstage at the Golden Globe Awards, claiming he never used the word in the first place. He has since accepted he was wrong on both occasions, apologized to gay community leaders and undergone counseling.

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Outspoken Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington is set for more controversy when he plays a sexually abused Catholic priest in a new independent movie. The actor, who hit the headlines when he 'outed' Grey's Anatomy co-star T.R. Knight last year by calling him a 'faggot' during an on-set row, is to take a leading role in new drama The Least Of These.

He'll play a priest returning to the Catholic high school where he once was sexually abused, according to trade paper The Hollywood Reporter.

His character replaces a missing teacher who molested several teenage boys and might have be...

Hit show Grey's Anatomy has been honored by a gay organization despite recent criticism of its lead actor for using a homophobic slur. The show was given the Outstanding Individual Episode award for "Where The Boys Are" by The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Saturday night.

Actor Isaiah Washington came under fire last year after using an anti-gay slur to talk about a co-star. Other winners included Little Miss Sunshine for Outstanding Film, while Ugly Betty won Outstanding Television Comedy Series and Brothers & Sisters took home the Outstanding Drama Series award....

Patrick Dempsey is convinced his Grey's Anatomy co-star Isaiah Washington is a deeply changed man following recent counseling - but he's still keeping his distance from his fellow TV doctor.

The two actors were involved in an on-set fight last October after Washington used a gay slur to attack fellow castmate T.R. Knight.

The controversy rumbled into 2007 when Washington repeated the gay remark at the Golden Globes.

He has since apologised, met with gay community leaders and undergone counseling to help him with anger issues, and Dempsey feels sure the actor is a different pe...

Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington has donated $25,000 to a computer animation project that aims to detail the plight of Africans in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The project - directed by Professors Joseph Opala and Gary Chatelain of Virginia's James Madison University - focuses on an 18th century British slave castle on Bunce Island in the Republic of Sierra Leone, from where African captives were taken to North America.

And Washington, whose ancestors hail from West African country, hopes the project will help to educate younger generations about the slave trade.

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Grey's Anatomy star Kate Walsh has slammed co-star Isaiah Washington's recent homophobic rant for "eclipsing" the show's Golden Globe win. Washington called castmate T.R. Knight a "faggot" during an onset fight with co-star Patrick Dempsey last year and repeated the anti-gay slur at the Golden Globes in January.

"Grey's Anatomy" was was named Best Television Drama series at the award ceremony, but Walsh admits Washington's behavior overshadowed the win. She says, "It was definitely sad. It's annoying. And it eclipsed our Golden Globes win, which I was upset about."

ABC this mont...

The cast of hit TV medical drama Grey's Anatomy has been given a huge pay boost. The show's star, bride-to-be Ellen Pompeo, has closed a new deal that will earn her almost $200,000-per-episode, according to trade paper The Hollywood Reporter, while castmates Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. have secured pay hikes to $125,000.

Producers are close to securing similar deals with castmembers Justin Chambers and T.R. Knight. The pay increases come a week after details of a salary dispute between ABC bosses and "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl were leaked to the press. Heigl, Sandr...

Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington is at risk of losing out on a pay rise after his homophobic outburst earlier this year.

Washington shocked Golden Globe Award attendees in January by calling gay co-star T.R. Knight a homophobic slur - and the episode is likely to cost the star a wage boost, according to Page Six.

A source says, "All the actors are in the midst of contract renegotiations, but ABC is using Isaiah's recent troubles to keep from paying him more. Isaiah knows it is his fault that he may not get the fat raise he was going to get. ABC doesn't have to give him anythi...

Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson picked up acting prizes at the NAACP Image Awards on Friday, just six days after their Oscar wins.

Whitaker was named Best Actor for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland, while Hudson garnered Best Supporting Actress for her role as Effie White in Dreamgirls, at the star-studded ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Accepting his award, Whitaker said, "Doing this role gave me so many blessings. One was being able to go back to Africa and touch my roots."

Hudson gushed, "There is nothing li...

Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl has hit out at her TV bosses for going public with details of her salary dispute. The 28-year-old, who plays Dr. Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens on the hit medical drama, dropped out of contract talks earlier this week.

Heigl said, "I am embarrassed that this has become a public matter and disappointed that Touchstone felt it necessary to divulge private employment information. 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 no...

Troubled Isaiah Washington has hired one of Hollywood's top gay public relations gurus to help boost the actor's image after his infamous homophobic controversy. Washington recently underwent counseling after his use of the word "faggot" to describe a homosexual Grey's Anatomy castmate turned gay leaders against him.

And now he's bringing in openly gay PR Howard Bragman to help him with damage control. A source tells website TMZ that Bragman is known for "telling it like it is."

Bragman's Fifteen Minutes staff have confirmed the legendary PR has added Washington to his client lis...

Katherine Heigl has dropped out of contract talks with bosses of hit medical drama Grey's Anatomy over a salary dispute.

The star plays Dr. Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens on the show and is reportedly upset she is receiving less money than her co-stars.

A source tells American publication People, "Katie is disappointed and hurt that (the show's producer) Touchstone doesn't value her as much as her other co-stars, especially Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington.

Sources on the set also say tension has emerged after a spin-off series was announced featuring Kate Walsh's character, Dr. Addis...

Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl is confident the cast of the hit series can move forward after the controversy surrounding co-star Isaiah Washington. Washington made headlines after using an anti-gay slur towards co-star T.R. Knight and subsequently checked into rehab for treatment.

Heigl claims the cast usually gets along well and that the set felt "like work as usual" now that Washington has returned. The star, who has been a staunch supporter of her friend and castmate Knight, believes the appropriate measures were taken under the circumstances.

She adds, "If it were ign...

Disgraced Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has received support from an unlikely source as he battles his homophobic demons - lesbian actress Tammy Lynn Michaels.

Washington was released from a rehabilitation facility after a week of counselling for his repeated use of the word "faggot" yesterday, and he is reportedly expected back on the set of the medical drama later today.

And Michaels, who is rocker Melissa Etheridge's longtime partner, has offered the troubled actor a few words of support on her website.

The actress reveals Washington and his family have been guests...

Troubled Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has been released from a rehabilitation facility after a week of counselling for his repeated use of a homophobic slur.

The star, who plays Dr. Preston Burke on the hit series, is expected to return to the set tomorrow.

Washington, who will continue to receive outpatient counseling, caused an altercation on the show's set in October when he used a homosexual slur to refer to cast member T.R. Knight.

He stirred up the controversy once again during a Golden Globes press conference when he used the term again while talking about the...

Isaiah Washington's Grey's Anatomy castmates are keeping their distance as the disgraced actor battles his demons in rehab.

The star was a no-show at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, where his castmates claimed a Best TV Ensemble, after checking into a treatment centre to address issues that reared up after he twice referred to gay co-star T.R. Knight as a "faggot".

And while co-star Chandra Wilson offered her support to him during her Best Actress acceptance speech, other castmates weren't quite so warm towards Washington.

Katherine Heigl, who suggested the actor shouldn...