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April 17, 2007

Who cares if you sucked at the Oscars if you have a girlfriend like this?

Ellen DeGeneres and girlfriend Portia DeRossi on a day out.

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February 06, 2007

Ellen DeGeneres on W, March 2007

Ellen DeGeneres is all glammed up on the cover of W magazine's March issue.

The actress/comedian who is hosting the Oscars on Feb. 25 talks about red carpet and fashion in the interview with W with her partner, Portia de Rossi by her side.

W: Do you enjoy fashion?
ED: I usually wear Jil Sander, or I wear Marc Jacobs, or I wear Viktor & Rolf.... I love Raf Simons, but I didn’t know he was even doing the [Jil Sander] collection. I like Neil Barrett. I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they’re usually somebody’s. You know, I’m not wearing Kmart.

W: Do you think that’s the perception?
ED: Whenever Portia and I are on the red carpet, they’re yelling out for her to tell them what she’s wearing. But nobody cares [about what I’m wearing] because I have a suit on, even if it’s a Gucci suit. That to me is frustrating, because I put effort into getting ready too. But I guess it’s not as important, and I’m not as dressed up somehow. I also feel myself more of a person than a gender. When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it’s hard for me to embrace that, because it just doesn’t feel like me.... It was fun [for the shoot] having somebody do that to my hair, and do that makeup. But would I want to do that every single day? No.

W: What will you wear to the Oscars?
ED: Everybody’s sending me stuff. Gucci sent me this amazing package with all kinds of different designs and different fabrics, in a beautiful box with my name engraved in gold plate. I picked some fabrics, and they’re making me something. Zac Posen made me a gorgeous tuxedo. Viktor & Rolf is making me something.... I wasn’t planning on changing because it’s just different suits, but I may do it, because I’d like to thank them all for making me stuff, for wanting to do that.

W: What do you think of Kathy Griffin?
ED: Very mean.... I know she had a big thing about wanting to be on the show, and we didn’t book her. She did a whole thing that I banned her from the show. I didn’t ban her from the show, because first you have to be on the show to be banned.

W: What about Sarah Silverman?
ED: I think she’s hilarious. I think she’s raunchy as can be, not my kind of comedy, but I think she’s brilliant. Smart counts for a whole lot to me.

W: Borat?
ED: Sacha? I think Sacha [Baron Cohen], again, is brilliant. He’s a friend of mine. I think he’s hilarious. I haven’t seen Borat, so I can’t really speak [about it] yet. I don’t like bathroom humor and I know that there’s some pretty gross stuff in there. But some of the stuff he does is hilarious—as long as everybody is clear on the fact that he’s pointing out how scary a lot of people are.

W hits newsstands in New York Friday and is available nationwide Feb. 23.

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January 28, 2007

Ellen about Portia: I've found my perfect fit

Ellen DeGeneres says she's been happy in relationships before – but not the kind of happy that she feels with Portia de Rossi.

DeGeneres, who is set to host the Academy Awards on Feb. 25, tells The Advocate in its new issue that she's reached a different level of contentment with her actress girlfriend of two years.

"I could say the same thing I've said in every relationship: 'I'm happy.' But there's happiness and there's love, and then there's completion," the Emmy-winning talk-show host says. "It doesn't take away from any of the relationships that I've had, 'cause I've had amazing relationships. ... But I feel like I found my perfect fit."

DeGeneres, who turned 49 Friday, and de Rossi, who will be 34 on Wednesday, began dating in late 2004.

One key to their happiness, says DeGeneres, is that they learn things from each other. "She's taught me lessons about myself, and I feel like I've taught her," says DeGeneres. "We've both changed and grown, and we just feel like, 'Oh, OK, this is completion.' "

In September 2005, de Rossi told The Advocate that her relationship with DeGeneres was "very loving, peaceful," adding, "I really feel not alone for the first time in my life."

In the new interview, DeGeneres also reveals how jazzed she is to be hosting the Academy Awards. "There's a nervousness, but there's also an excitement," she says. "You want to do your best, naturally, but it's also just letting it happen once you're out there."

The hosting gig means she won't get to walk the red carpet with de Rossi. But actually, that's okay, says DeGeneres: "When we're together and she's in her heels, I always feel like Tom Cruise next to Nicole Kidman."

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September 08, 2006

Ellen DeGeneres will host Oscars

The popular daytime talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres will host the 79th Annual Academy Awards, it was announced today. DeGeneres has previously hosted the Grammys twice and the Emmys twice.

The two-time Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Talk Show Host will follow in the footsteps of Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin and Whoopi Goldberg -- the last five Oscar hosts.

The 2007 Academy Awards will be presented on February 25, 2007 from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and broadcast on ABC.

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May 24, 2006

Ellen and Portia at the GQ / Calvin Klein Celebrity Poker Tournament Benefiting Peace Games

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May 15, 2006

Ellen DeGeneres's visit to Tulane University

Tulane University graduates got a triple dose of celebrity at their commencement ceremony today.

First up, they heard from former Presidents Bush and Clinton, followed by a surprise visit from comedian Ellen DeGeneres. She's from New Orleans and returned to her hometown yesterday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina struck.

DeGeneres joked that she never passes up an opportunity to follow two former presidents.

She also told the grads their hurricane experience will serve them well, helping form and shape them.

While in town, DeGeneres also helped open a restaurant that was given away on her talk show to a New Orleans resident who lost her home and business.

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May 06, 2006

Ellen and Portia in People Magazine

Makes you wonder how huge their yard is.

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May 04, 2006

Ellen messing with Debra

Ellen DeGeneres and Debra Messing is rumored to star in a new version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple.

Debra will play the fastidious, uptight character that was originally Felix Unger, and Ellen will play the slovenly sports writer that was Oscar Madison," says the insider. "It was originally conceived for Broadway, but their schedules were too hard to juggle. So the new version is an NBC made-for-TV movie.

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May 01, 2006

Time 100 : Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres in Time Magazine - 100 Most Influential Persons in 2006.

DeGeneres is the bravest and most honest female comedian I have ever seen work because she publicly announced she's gay. That revelation could have ended her career, as she had to be aware, but she also knew she had to be honest. Thank God for Ellen DeGeneres. And it isn't often you see the name of a gay person and God in the same sentence these days.

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April 29, 2006

Ellen DeGeneres - Daytime Emmy 2006

Outstanding Talk Show. Hugging your gay partner in front of the cameras. Confession of love in acceptance speech. What's next? A baby perhaps? Acceptance video and more pictures after the jump.

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April 28, 2006

Ellen in Diva

I guess I need to head down to the nearest bookstore to get a copy of the Diva Magazine. Hopefully it will have some good pictures in it. Anyone see it already? Here's some excerpt from the official site.

‘She likes them blonde, beautiful, younger and famous. I think she likes to play Daddy,’ said Whitmire, tongue-in-cheek. She certainly wouldn’t be getting the same acceptance in the mainstream if her girlfriend was a big bulldyke.

‘Times have changed and Ellen’s changed. It's a combination. And America loves to forgive people – they love an underdog comeback story,’ explains Sarah Warn, editor of Seattle-based lesbian website Afterellen.com.

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