NASHUA, N.H. – More than two dozen Chihuahuas, terriers and lapdogs — pets severely overpopulated in Los Angeles — arrived Wednesday night at a Nashua shelter thanks to the generosity of a TV actress, WMUR-TV in Manchester reported.

The 25 Chihuahuas come to the state from shelters in the Los Angeles area.

“They have an overabundance of Chihuahuas and Chihuahua-type dogs in their state, and I was contacted by a rescue group that’s trying to save them from euthanasia,” said Tammy DeVito, the animal care director at the Humane Society of Greater Nashua.

Actress Katherine Heigl of “Grey’s Anatomy” paid the thousands of dollars needed to transport the dogs from the Golden State to the Granite State.”That’s great that we have a partner out there because this is the first time we’ve done a transport from L.A.,” said Karen Bill, executive director of the Humane Society of Greater Nashua.Veterinarians said the dogs are actually victims of their own popularity.

The shelter said people have bought the dogs as status symbols, rather than pets.”It’s based on people idolizing stars that have little Chihuahuas and movies where they spotlight Chihuahuas,” DeVito said.”Movies like ‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ … people think of pets, sometimes, as a fashion accessory,” Bill said.

When the dogs go out of fashion, humane societies end up taking responsibility for thousands of the pint-sized pooches, but here, people will line up to get them.”They’re hard to come by in the state of New Hampshire.

So, we thought it would be a great match,” DeVito said.”It would just be a matter of a few days before they’re all settling in New Hampshire homes,” Bill said.The shipment is a collaborative project with the Salem Animal Rescue League, which will take five of the Chihuahuas. The Nashua Humane Society will take the rest.

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According to RadarOnline.com, Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley are adopting a baby this week. “She and Josh are so happy,” the source said.

Apparently, the couple have wanted a baby for a long time, the source said, and the adoption process has been in the works for at least six months.”Katherine and Josh are adopting a baby,” the actress’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE.

The baby girl is from Korea. Her full name is Nayleigh, and she is approximately 10 months old.

“She is thrilled,” a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com.

Heigl is on leave of absence from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and starts filming the big-screen feature ‘Life As We Know It’ next week.

The actress also recently hosted a baby shower for her ‘Grey’s’ co-star Ellen Pompeo. [Source]

Katherine Heigl is going from rom-coms…to rom-drams?

Variety reports the Grey’s Anatomy actress is set to star in Life as We Know It, a film about two singletons who must come together to raise an orphaned child.

And fall in love, perhaps?

The film, set to be directed by Greg Berlanti, sounds rich with dramatic possibility, but the really interesting thing about it? The actress is coproducing the film with her mother, Nancy. Now that sounds like a movie, like Stop or My Mom Will Shoot a New Ending. (We kid; they actually have a very real production company together.) [SOURCE]

Ladies and gentlemen, Katherine Heigl has just declared, “Game on!”

After a firestorm of controversy erupted around her decision to remove herself from Emmy consideration last go-’round, the Grey’s Anatomy heroine has reentered the gold derby this year, sources confirm to me exclusively.

Natch, cynics will snark that the 2007 Best Supporting Actress winner is back in the race because of the tensions that allegedly sprung up between her and series creator Shonda Rhimes after she took herself out of the running. (The movie starlet, you’ll recall, said at the time that she didn’t have material with which she could compete.) But I think — and I think you’ll agree — it’s likelier that even she knows that, whether viewers loved or loathed the Izzie’s-got-a-brain-tumor story, she played the frak out of it. She’s already earned one high profile endorsement. “I think she did beautiful work,” Rhimes raved Thursday immediately following the season finale. “I think she always does beautiful work.” [SOURCE]

Popsugar are running a contest for their annual Pop 100 celebrity list. The competition is divided into March Madness style brackets. In the first round each eligible celebrity is matched up against another, and whoever gets the most votes by the end of the round will advance. Katherine is up against Leonardo DiCaprio.

Here’s a link to the contest rules: http://www.popsugar.com/3008879

And here’s where you can vote for Katherine: http://www.popsugar.com/2999655/20

They are also giving away a Chanel bag to one random user who votes on all 64 match ups, which is just a fun added incentive.
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