Ellen DeGeneres: The Oscars host who came out of the cold

In September, Ellen DeGeneres told the audience of her talkshow about the pros and cons of hosting the Academy Awards: "Pro: a lot of fancy designers will want to approach me and want me to wear a beautiful, expensive gown. Con: ain't no way in hell I'm wearing a gown." The audience erupted in cheers. Such vocal approval is an indication of how far both DeGeneres's fortunes and US public attitudes towards sexuality and gender have shifted. At the turn of the century, you could have been excused for thinking DeGeneres was down and out. After spending two decades establishing herself as one of the most popular comedians in the US, in 1997 she gambled everything on coming out as a lesbian, both in real life and in character on the hit sitcom that bore her name – and she seemed to lose. Advertisers...

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi: Couple allegedly attending therapy to save marriage?

Star magazine claims that Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi are visiting a couple's therapistGetty American talk show host/comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia De Rossi are again hit by reports that their relationship is in trouble. According to Star magazine, the 57-year-old Oscar host and the 42-year-old Ally McBeal star have been allegedly visiting a couple's therapist as a final attempt to save their marriage. "It was a very unhealthy situation, but they have begun the healing process. They are finally dealing with their issues," an alleged source said. "Portia often complains that she feels bullied. With Ellen's show on hiatus for the summer, she is home bossing Portia around all day and expecting her to be at her beck...

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UB education student appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Wednesday, September 10

September 9, 2014 When thieves took off with more than $30,000 worth of band instruments – and brutally damaged ones they didn’t bother to take from the school where she teaches music – Melissa Salguero, a master’s degree student at the University of Bridgeport, went online for help. Among those who were moved by her crowdfunding and YouTube pleas: Ellen DeGeneres, who invited Salguero to attend the taping of her popular afternoon talk show. Salguero was happy to be in the audience, but when DeGeneres called Salguero up to the stage to pay a public tribute to her, Salguero was stunned. “Advocating for my students on national TV was a once-in-a-lifetime event,” she said. “I couldn’t stop crying.” The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be aired...

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5 reasons Ellen DeGeneres is awesome

Once again, Ellen DeGeneres demonstrated her awesomeness before a breathless nation. The comedian and talk show commanded one of the funniest and most engaging Academy Award ceremonies in recent history Sunday, March 3. Her awesomeness as host included that hilarious pizza money gag, the awesome selfie with half of Hollywood and welcomed Anne Hathaway to the stage as the “first white presenter” after talking about the likelihood that “Twelve Years a Slave” would win Best Picture. The performance should not have surprised anyone who has watched this marketing genius at work. Ellen is always awesome and here are five reasons why: She is a great girlfriend Ellen is married to actress Portia de Rossi, but she is everyone’s girlfriend. She’s welcoming, funny and seems the kind of friend...

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DeGeneres Show producer makes contact regarding UCC's 'Get Ellen to Synod' campaign

A producer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show has contacted the UCC's communications director, asking for more information about the UCC's campaign to get the popular TV personality to attend the denomination's national General Synod, July 1-5, in Tampa, Fla. "Evidently, it was a news report in Tampa about our campaign that finally got through to Ellen and her staff," said the Rev. J. Bennett Guess. "We were contacted by one of Ellen's producers and asked to submit more information about our request of her." After telling the producer about General Synod and why the UCC's planning committee thinks Ellen should address the UCC, Guess received a written response: "I just wanted to let you know I passed your information and request along to our executives. Our staff here deals...

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Stories about Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres is one of the most popular contemporary comedians and the host of a successful daytime talk show. She is perhaps best known to young audiences as the voice of the endearing but absentminded fish Dory in the blockbuster animated hit Finding Nemo (2003), a role that perfectly captured her rambling, seemingly unrehearsed comic style. After rising through the ranks of stand-up comedy during the 1980s and early 1990s, DeGeneres became a successful television star with her show Ellen in the mid-1990s. Her career became temporarily derailed in the late 1990s, but she got back on track a few years later, surpassing her earlier successes by a long shot. During 2003 DeGeneres published a best-selling book of short stories and essays,...

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Ellen DeGeneres Biography

With her own talk show, Ellen DeGeneres is one of America's most well-known comedians, also serving as a prominent gay/lesbian role model. “I think what saved me is being honest. I think I somehow had the courage to do something and to say something that I knew would possibly end my career. Instead of making business more important, I made my soul and my life more important. And I think by being truthful, and being honest, that saved me.” —Ellen DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneres - Funniest Person in America (TV-14; 1:41) Ellen DeGeneres spent many years in local stand up clubs refining her act until she submitted her routine to Showtime and won the title Funniest Person in Louisiana, ultimately leading the way to the national title. Synopsis Born...

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