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Friday, June 29, 2018

Portia de Rossi Speaks Out on Ellen DeGeneres Divorce Rumors

Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres have been dogged by rumors of a $ 220 million divorce for years. Even so, they celebrated their 9th anniversary last fall.


But they’re very aware that reportings of an alleged impending divorce are circulating. And Portia is speaking up about them.


Though she acknowledges that it might sound strange, she finds those rumors encouraging.



Portia de Rossi spoke to Us Weekly about how she really feels about the perennial divorce rumors that follow her and her wife, Ellen.


“The divorce rumors came,” Portia says. “And then we really knew the perceptions had changed.”


The perceptions regarding gay marriage, she means.


Portia makes it clear that she is not cracking a joke, saying: “I’m not kidding.”


She explains why seeing rumors about her marriage felt oddly affirming … but is the first to admit that it seems counterintuitive.


“I know it sounds ridiculous,” Portia admits.


Portia continues: “But when that started happening I thought, ‘Oh, now we’re finally accepted.’”


That actually does make sense.



Portia explains: “We get the same s–t as every celebrity couple.”


In other words, people weren’t writing about her and Ellen’s marriage as if it were some strange novelty, either fraudulent or untouchable.


Instead, they were just circulating bogus reports about their lives, just like they would do for straight couples.


“Wow,” Portia remarks about tabloid rumors. “This is great that I’m pregnant, not pregnant, divorced, not divorced, whatever.”


Because what it means is that attitudes have shifted. Eric Trump may think Ellen’s part of the non-existent “Deep State,” but not directly because she’s gay.


“That means,” Portia explains. “There is an acceptance for this.”


And that’s wonderful.



Portia says that she and Ellen don’t exactly laugh off rumors about their marriage.


“I was at a newsstand …” Portia says, describing how she and Ellen respond to rumors about other couples. “And there was a cover of Brad and Jen.”


Since Jennifer Aniston’s split with Justin Theroux, many nostalgic shippers have wished for her to reunite with Brad Pitt.


“I literally just stared at it, and I was like, ‘They haven’t seen each other. … How is this even a thing? I know for a fact.’ …” Portia says.


“I actually took a picture of it,” Portia reveals. “And sent it to Ellen and said, ‘Can you believe this?’”


But while her disbelief at that time prompted a reaction, she says that they don’t let rumors about themselves get under their skin.


“Anyway, no, in other words, we avoid it,” Portia says of divorce rumors. “We don’t care.”


That sounds like a very healthy attitude!



Portia also spoke to People about how she regrets discouraging Ellen from doing stand-up.


“I shouldn’t say this,” Portia begins. That’s always a great way to start an interview. “But the truth is, I was kind of discouraging her from going back to stand-up.”


That’s a stunning revelation.


“Not because she is not brilliant at it,” Portia clarifies. “But she has a job … right?! And it is a full-time job.”


Portia continues: “She is so busy, and I knew that having to write her own material for an hour stand-up special, and travel with it, was going to be exhausting.”


Sometimes loving someone means advising them to not test their limits. Especially when they’re 60 years old.


“So I was suggesting that she put it on hold until she was done with her talk show,” Portia explains. “But, my wife is very impatient, and, a little like me, once she has an idea she just can’t shake it, and she just has to see it through.”


That is probably why Ellen is so successful. Why they both are.



“I am happy to say that I was wrong,” Portia says.


Portia is not afraid to admit when she is mistaken.


“I was really wrong, because it has given her energy, it has invigorated her,” Portia says of Ellen.


Just imagining all of that makes some of us want to take a nap, but not Ellen.


“And I had actually never seen her on-stage and doing stand-up before,” Portia admits. “I’ve seen her specials, but never in the flesh, and she is really good.”


That is so sweet!



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Friday, March 16, 2018

Ellen DeGeneres Exposes Kim Kardashian"s Surrogate"s Identity

Ellen DeGeneres is a perpetual gift, and this video is no exception.


You know how Kim Kardashian has been adamant about protecting the identity of her gestational carrier, even though she also let fans watch her surrogate meet her family.


Well, Ellen has come out with a new video that reveals the surprising identity of the woman who carried Chicago West to term.



Kim Kardashian could not safely carry another child due to multiple pregnancy complications that could have potentially become life-threatening.


For that reason, she and Kanye elected to use a gestational carrier — so that an embryo from her egg and his sperm was implanted into a third party.


This surrogate remained anonymous, but she had to follow strict dietary restrictions during the pregnancy. She was basically carrying royalty, folks.


But even when Kim brought this woman onto Keeping Up With The Kardashians, her identity remained obscured so that this woman could retain her privacy.


Fans know this woman only as Lorena.


Is Ellen really willing to shatter that?



Well … not exactly.


"If you didn"t see the episode where Kim introduces her surrogate to the family," Ellen begins. "I"m gonna show you some of it right now"


And then the almost familiar video begins.


There is a twist, however.


Mixed in with the very real footage from Keeping Up With The Kardashians, in which Kim"s unnamed gestational carrier"s face is never revealed as she meets the very pregnant Khloe and Kylie, Ellen shows this woman from a different angle.


Except that, as you"ll see in the video below, the surrogate is "revealed" to be none other than Ellen herself.



Obviously, Ellen, who just turned 60 this year, was not Kim"s surrogate. For so many reasons.


(Don"t get us wrong, lesbians can and do act as gestational surrogates just like straight women, because anyone who tells you that the job involves having sex with a man is lying to you)


Ellen, the perpetual prankster, has had her team edit her into the Keeping Up With The Kardashians clip.


They actually did a pretty good job, though the wig itself isn"t terribly convincing.


And neither is Ellen"s behavior.



In real life, Ellen donates hospital rooms and gives to charity and needy individuals.


Also in real life, Kim"s gestational carrier is a sweet, kind woman who loved bringing a child into a happy household.


In the video, Ellen The Surrogate is shifty and the last sort of person that you would want carrying your child — or any child.


"I could use a drink. Any Pabst Blue Ribbon or Michelob Ultra?" She appears to ask upon arrival. "Shoot, I just remembered — I"m not allowed alcohol."


Anyone who is pregnant should absolutely not drink alcohol, of course. Which is the point of the joke.


Ellen follows it up by asking for, as if it"s an alternative to alcohol: "Do you have wine? Red or white."



Ellen The Surrogate can also be seen digging into Kris Jenner"s purse and pulling out a handful of cash.


As you"ll see as you watch the video itself, it"s a funny bit.


Ellen isn"t maligning the real Lorena or even herself — she"s just poking at what fans don"t know about this woman and eliciting some laughter in the process.


Ellen is such a gift. She"s our favorite part of the non-existant "Deep State."


Take a look:


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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Ellen DeGeneres Gifts Jimmy Kimmel a Hospital Room Named in His Son"s Honor

There"s more to Jimmy Kimmel than interviews with Stormy Daniels or with The Bachelor favorite Bekah Martinez. He"s a husband and a father.


He"s opened up on his show about his son Billy"s serious congenital heart problems that require multiple surgeries.


As you"ll see in the sweet video below, Ellen DeGeneres has found a beautiful and meaningful way to honor his son"s health battle.


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Jimmy Kimmel and Ellen DeGeneres affirm their friendship.


The two then discuss Jimmy Kimmel"s young son"s ongoing health battle. He was born with genetic heart disease.


Congenital heart problems can often be serious or even fatal, but Billy has undergone surgeries in an attempt to save his lie.


It"s hard on Jimmy Kimmel and his wife. It"s harder still on Billy.


When Ellen shares that she"s about to spring one of her famous surprises on Jimmy Kimmel, he looks genuinely surprised.


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(Here, we see Jimmy Kimmel pinching his hand in an attempt to use acupressure to prevent himself for crying. Ellen tells him that the pressure point is for headaches. He"s so goofy)


As it turns out, the wonderful surprise that Ellen has for Jimmy and his family is that she"s had a hospital room named after Billy.


It is named in honor of him, not in memory — Billy is alive, folks.


It"s a sweet move. Cynical critics might describe it as an "empty gesture," but it"s not like Ellen can just magically heal Jimmy"s son. This is a sweet thing to do.


And Ellen had another surprise for Jimmy Kimmel — she had some of his son"s nurses from the hospital in the audience.


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Jimmy Kimmel has brought his son onto the stage with him as he continues to share Billy"s health battle with audiences.


His candid sharing of that part of his life has made him one of the most vocal supporters of health care reform.


Many point to his moving, tearful monologues when they talk about the need for universal health care — that no one and especially no child should be condemned to die because they aren"t rich.


Jimmy Kimmel of course, is rich enough to afford his son"s treatments.


Any other family would have to try crowdsourcing or bankruptcy in an effort to save their baby"s life.


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During his interview with Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel opens up about how emotional he gets.


As we mention, he shares that he sometimes pinches an acupressure point on his hand as an effort to hold back tears.


Ellen corrects him — acupressure points can sometimes have multiple purposes, but the point that he pinches to no avail is supposed to help with headache relief.


So, you know, no wonder that doesn"t work for him.


Also, his teary eyes are a refreshing dose of emotional honesty in a society that tries to tell men that they"re not supposed to cry.


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As you can see in the video below, both Jimmy and Ellen are delights.


But you probably already knew that.


(Of course, people who think that Ellen DeGeneres is part of the "deep state" that the US doesn"t have in the first place probably think that Jimmy"s part of the same nonexistent organization)


Watch this sweet video — and hear Jimmy Kimmel"s anecdote of crying at someone else"s wedding when he worked as a DJ.


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Friday, January 12, 2018

Ellen DeGeneres Pays Tribute to Late Father

It may be the job of Ellen DeGeneres to make people laugh on a daily basis, but the talk show host was sadly forced to turn serious on Thursday.


For the saddest of reasons:


Because her father passed away at the age of 92.



Ellen broke this news to her viewers in a moving tribute to her dad, Elliott, which followed a long talk with Oprah Winfrey about the fatal mudslides in their home town.


“In addition to what’s going on in Monetico, I lost my dad this week,” DeGeneres said, fighting back tears as she spoke.


“He was 92 years old.  He had a good, long life. And he lived his life exactly how he wanted. He was Christian science his entire life. He never had medicine his whole life.


"He never went to a doctor. We never had a vaccination. We never had medicine growing up and he lived to be 92.”


Continued the comedian:


"He was very proud of me. He loved this show. He was a kind man, very accepting man.


"There was not one bone of judgment in his body. He was very funny … Before he passed away I got to talk to him, so I got to say goodbye to him.”



We don"t know the exact cause of death in this case.


But the man was 92 years old.


As you can see immediately above and below, Ellen also paid tribute to her father on Twitter yesterday.



"It wasn"t unexpected," Ellen added on Instagram.


"I was able to say goodbye. When I was a kid, my dad took us on one vacation to Warner Bros. Studios. He loved this business. He loved that I was in it.


"When he died, I saw this rainbow over the stage they named for me."


Previously, Ellen has said the following to Winfrey:


"So many times over the past 15 years, people have come up to me and say to me that when they"re going through a tough time this show gets them through it.


"Today, I need you because there"s a lot going on in my life right now."


Our thoughts are with Ellen"s family at this time.


Watch her tribute below:


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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Ellen DeGeneres Slams Eric Trump for Suggesting She"s Part of "Deep State"

Ellen DeGeneres skewered Eric Trump for insinuating she’s part of a cabal to undermine his dad. Ellen’s reacting to E.T.’s tweet, in which he suggests the “who to follow” feature of Twitter is somehow part of the “Deep State,” and he singles out…


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Ellen DeGeneres Slams Eric Trump for Suggesting She"s Part of "Deep State"

Ellen DeGeneres skewered Eric Trump for insinuating she’s part of a cabal to undermine his dad. Ellen’s reacting to E.T.’s tweet, in which he suggests the “who to follow” feature of Twitter is somehow part of the “Deep State,” and he singles out…


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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Eric Trump Thinks Ellen DeGeneres is Part of "The Deep State"

Eric Trump is totally on to Ellen DeGeneres.


She may play all calm and cool and funny and happy and peaceful and loving on television, but the President’s son knows what’s really going on here.


And he’s finally come out and revealing his truth to the world…




… Ellen DeGeneres is a key member of The Deep State!


This is a term often thrown around by Sean Hannity and other like-minded conservatives.


It gained momentum during the 2016 Presidential campaign after being trumpeted by ex-White House strategist Steve Bannon and it refers to an alleged shadowy entity of civil servants.


This shadowy entity of civil servants purportedly coordinates efforts and policies behind-the-scenes to delegitimize the Donald Trump administration.


Many members of the mainstream press, someone like Eric Trump would argue, are working with The Deep State to bring down the commander-in-chief.


How does Ellen fit in?


What has she done to earn this reputation?


It’s unclear.


But consider the following Tweet by Eric Trump, which has gone viral for its hilarious accusation:






“Shocking… once again, here are the @Twitter “suggestions” of who I should follow. #DeepState,” wrote Eric as a caption to the screen capture of who Twitter thinks he may want to follow.


One person listed there is the previous President of the United States.


Another person listed there is the candidate Donald Trump defeated to become President.


(If either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton are members of the supposed Deep State, well, they aren’t very deep undercover.)


And the third person is beloved talk show host, comedian and former American Idol judge, Ellen DeGeneres.



Ellen is very likely a Democrat, but she actually isn’t very outspoken when it comes to politics.


Yes, she once sent a message to Donald Trump that was based around Finding Dory.


But she mostly talks on her show about love and respect and hope, which… okay, nevermind. We get it now.


These aren’t exactly Donald Trump-espoused values, are they?


As you might expect, Eric Trump’s Tweet has become quite a source of ridicule on social media.


Some folks are trying to teach him how Twitter works (“I know you’re not the smart one, but Twitter’s algorithm looks at who you searched for most recently when making suggestions. It looks like you might have recently searched for a Democrat, buddy.”) …


… while others are just openly mocking him.


To wit:






Said another user, pretty much summing up Eric’s statement:


This is the most unintentionally hilarious tweet of the very very new year!


Fast forward 362 days and we have a feeling it may remain the most unintentionally hilarious Tweet of the year.


Good luck, trying to top it, everyone else on the planet.


This is gonna be a challenge.


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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres Takes a Loss in Condo Sale

Ellen DeGeneres just unloaded her second condo in a posh L.A. building, but the sale offers more proof that condos are the red-headed stepchildren in the Southern California housing market. Ellen sold half a floor in the Beverly West condo complex…


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Monday, December 11, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres Buys New Montecito House Right Next to Oprah

Ellen DeGeneres is back in her old haunt — Montecito, CA — and, while her new estate there is a little smaller, it shares a property line with Oprah Winfrey … TMZ has learned. Ellen’s new spread put her back just under $ 7.2 mil and sits on…


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Sunday, December 10, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres" New Carpinteria Home Under Threat of Wildfires

Ellen DeGeneres’ new beach side house is now under threat of being scorched by the L.A. wildfires … and it sounds like she’s starting to evacuate.  Our house is under threat of being burned. We just had to evacuate our pets. I’m…


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Ellen DeGeneres" New Carpinteria Home Under Threat of Wildfires

Ellen DeGeneres’ new beach side house is now under threat of being scorched by the L.A. wildfires … and it sounds like she’s starting to evacuate.  Our house is under threat of being burned. We just had to evacuate our pets. I’m…


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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres Slashes Price Of Santa Barbara Compound

Ellen DeGeneres’ 17-acre Santa Barbara compound is definitely stunning, and definitely not priced to move … until now. Ellen took $ 5.5 million off the original $ 45 mil asking price this week. It’s now listed for the low, low price of $ 39.5…


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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres SLAMMED for Katy Perry Boobs Tweet

Ellen DeGeneres is best known for making people laugh.


But many people on the Internet don’t find a recent Tweet shared by the comedian to be particularly funny.



In honor of Katy Perry turning 33 years old on Wednesday, DeGeneres posted a picture on social media of herself, wife Portia de Rossi and the birthday gal herself.


The picture featured Ellen ogling Katy’s chest and included the following caption:


Happy birthday, @KatyPerry! It’s time to bring out the big balloons!


Not exactly Ellen’s best material, but critics haven’t turned on DeGeneres because she missed the mark with this Tweet when it comes to humor.


They’ve turned on her because they think this message and this image are offensive, inappropriate and they turn DeGeneres into a pretty huge hypocrite.




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In what sense?


Following the recent Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal, DeGeneres has been an outspoken critic of the troubled movie producer and a strong supporter of women who have been victimized in any way by gross men around the world.


Many Internet users were quick to note that this Tweet wouldn’t be acceptable if a man posted it.


Some have used the hashtag “#doublestandard” in response to Ellen’s birthday wish, while others went as far as to compare her to Weinstein and refer to her a “pig.”


Take Piers Morgan, for example:


“If a man made this joke, Ellen would lead the cries of ‘SEXIST PIG!"”


Added Michael Rapaport, referencing the Carolina Panthers starting quarterback for some reason:


“Imagine if Cam Newton or any other Man sent out this tweet & photo. If a DUDE said this the World would stop.”



DeGeneres is not a man, of course.


She is a lesbian, however, meaning she’s attracted to Perry’s gender and is therefore sort of akin to a man in this sexual setting.


“‘Ellen Weinstein?’ Ellen DeGeneres SLAMMED for ‘tasteless’ tribute to Katy Perry,” read another Tweet on this topic, while another user called DeGeneres out for not backing up her words with her actions:


“For Ellen’s next trick, she’ll explain to us all how objectifying women is a bad thing.”


Shortly after the Weinstein news broke, DeGeneres dedicated her opening monologue to denouncing the growing environment of sexual harassment in Hollywood with an impassioned speech.


“This is not a male thing or a female thing, it is not a Hollywood or political thing, this is a human thing and it happens in the workplace, it happens in families, it happens all over the world and we are all the same,” she said this month, adding:


“We all want the same thing, we want respect, love and kindness. And if I could have those three things and an iPhone X, I’d be happy.”


Ellen has not yet responded to those offended by her Perry Tweet.


Do you think they have a point?


Or did Ellen really mean no harm here and folks should just chill out?



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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres Buys New Beach House for $18.6 Million

Ellen DeGeneres just plunked down $ 18.6 million for a home away from home, but not that far. Ellen’s snagged a 5 bedroom, 6.5 bath beachfront home in Carpinteria, a quaint coastal community between L.A. and Santa Barbara. BTW, she’s trying to unload…


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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Gush Over 9 Year Wedding Anniversary!

Awwwww!


Seriously, you guys — Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi just had their wedding anniversary, and they wrote the absolute sweetest tributes to each other.


It might even be enough to make you believe that love is real.



Back in 2008, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi got married.


The two of them had had met socially, and Portia later described feeling an immediate sense of attraction.


2008, of course, was years and years before marriage equality was the law of the land throughout the US.


Ellen in particular has always been a pioneer for LGBT acceptance through her fame on television and, of course, when she came out in the ’90s.


At the time, she found herself rejected in Hollywood in very hurtful ways.


Times have changed and people are somewhat more accepting, now, though there’s a lot of progress that society still needs to make.


Ellen uses her fame and her platform to promote LGBT equality where she can.


And her long, healthy, successful marriage with Portia de Rossi has not only failed to bring about the end of the world, but has opened people’s eyes to both how beautiful same-sex couples can be and how normal and how silly it is for people to oppose equal marriage rights.


Two birds, one stone, right?



To celebrate their ninth wedding anniversary yesterday, Ellen posted this wedding photo on Instagram.


For her caption, she included this touching, beautiful tribute.


“@PortiadeRossi and I got married 9 years ago today. Being her wife is the greatest thing I am.”


That is so precious and beautiful.


This might be our favorite power couple, you know?


As you can imagine, Portia de Rossi posted a tribute of her own.


And, of course, a throwback photo to go with it:



Look at them!


You know when you see old photos of an actor or whatever from a role they took before they really hit it big and you’re like “awww, he was a baby!”


Well, look at them, because they were babies!


Not, you know, strictly speaking, but this was 9 years ago.


Portia’s caption acknowledges how much younger they looked — and how much time has passed.


“We’ve been together so long that not only do we look like kids in this picture, but it was taken with a camera! Happy 9th, Thing.”


First of all, calling your significant other and especially your wife who is the love of your life “thing” is super precious.


We’re not saying that we should all be doing it — nicknames are personal.


But it’s adorable.


Also, it’s weird to think that, only 9 years, it was totally normal to take photos on a dedicated camera.


Phones were getting cameras at that point, but nothing even close to the quality that they have now.



Portia de Rossi’s native Australia is gearing up for a major vote on marriage equality.


It’s some sort of referendum, but it doesn’t look like they call it that, which makes sense because it’s Australia.


Remember, this is the country that calls McDonald’s “Maccas” and calls sweatpants “tracky-dacks.” It’s hard to see where genuine dialectic differences end and linguistic contrarianism begins, because both are definitely at play.


Anyway, we hope that some folks in Australia who might sadly be undecided will think of Portia’s happy marriage when they go to cast their vote, or whatever they call votes Down Under.


They can even rewatch the video of Ellen and Portia’s beautiful nuptuals if they like.


For us, this pair of delightful tributes that they exchanged just makes us want to rewatch Better Off Ted.


After marrying Ellen DeGeneres, starring on Better Off Ted is the second best thing that Portia’s ever done.



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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres Chows Down with Ryan Seacrest and Talks "American Idol" (VIDEO)

Ellen DeGeneres made one thing clear and another thing unclear … Ryan Seacrest is a workaholic who may or may not become the host of the “American Idol” reboot. Ellen and wife Portia de Rossi were leaving Crossroads Kitchen in WeHo…


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Monday, March 20, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres" Incredible Home Up for Sale, $45 MIL!!! (PHOTO GALLERY)

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have just put their amazing Montecito estate on the market … and you gotta think, anyone who has cash to burn would be lucky to have it. Ellen and Portia listed the estate, located in Santa Barbara County, for…


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Thursday, February 16, 2017

"Ellen DeGeneres Show" Wins "Titi" Lawsuit, Judge Says Lighten Up!

Ellen DeGeneres’ wisecrack about boob piercings forced a judge to actually break down the English language for the woman suing Ellen’s show … before tossing the case out of court. You’ll recall a Georgia woman sued the show producers in June…


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Sunday, January 29, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres" 59th Birthday Party Draws Big Stars (PHOTO GALLERY)

Ellen DeGeneres turned 59 … and she can certainly draw a crowd. Ellen celebrated at her Bev Hills home with lots of famous well-wishers, including Jimmy Kimmel, Bruno Mars, Channing Tatum, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Legend, Michael Keaton and Jessica…


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Ellen DeGeneres" 59th Birthday Party Draws Big Stars (PHOTO GALLERY)

Ellen DeGeneres turned 59 … and she can certainly draw a crowd. Ellen celebrated at her Bev Hills home with lots of famous well-wishers, including Jimmy Kimmel, Bruno Mars, Channing Tatum, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Legend, Michael Keaton and Jessica…


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