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Ellen DeGeneres is an American television host, comedian, and actress born in 1958 in Metairie, Louisiana. She is the host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Previously, she was the star of the comedy show Ellen. During her career, DeGeneres has earned 14 People’s Choice Awards as well as 13 Emmy Awards. She came out as a lesbian in 1997 on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is married to actress Portia de Rossi.

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1 Nov, 2016

‘This is definitely one of my last fights’

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On the The Ellen Show Rousey says that she is getting ready to retire after her fight with Amanda nunes.

I am wrapping it up. This is definitely one of my last fights,’ she said of UFC 207. Everyone better watch because the show isn’t going to be around forever…I have been training twice a day since the beginning of August, so I finally feel like I am super ninja good…It’s the weeks and weeks of buildup before hand and you know you are fighting this one person. It’s like your showdown, the most important thing in your whole life and then millions of people are watching. It’s that buildup for weeks on end. If it just happened right now I wouldn’t be nervous at all,’ Ronda added. ‘It’s the waiting.

Ronda Rousey Is Ready for Her Next Fight

13 May, 2016

Hold Up video skit

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During her show, DeGeneres spoofs Beyoncé’s Hold Up music video. DeGeneres inserts herself in the real music video and is on the phone with “Becky with the good hair.”

11 Nov, 2015

Says Bieber beef has ended

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While on The Ellen Show, Rogen addresses his spat with Bieber.

We had a beef, I guess you would say. I don’t know if that’s the word the kids use. It’s not really a beef — I just called him some really mean things on social media for no real reason. And I only met him very briefly. I finally saw him today in the hallway of your show and I guess we made up, which is fantastic. It’s all my fault. It’s all just cause I decided to be mean one day for no reason whatso ever.

 

28 Sep, 2015

Defends gay actor comments

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In an interview with DeGeneres on The Ellen Show, Damon defends comments he made in The Guardian about gay actors.

I was just trying to say actors are more effective when they’re a mystery. Right? And somebody picked it up and said I said gay actors should get back in the closet. Which is like I mean it’s stupid, but it is painful when things get said that you don’t believe…In the blogosphere there’s no real penalty for just taking the ball and running with it,” Damon said. “You know what I mean? You’re just trying to click on your thing. So.

24 Aug, 2015

Style performance

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Swift introduces DeGeneres during her performance of Style, at the Staples Center in LA. DeGeneres dances and sings the song with Swift, in an almost identical sparkly outfit..

Los Angeles, please make some noise for international pop superstar, Ellen DeGeneres.

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17 Mar, 2015

On Air interview

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Seacrest interviews DeGeneres during On Air With Ryan Seacrest about executive producing NBC’s television sitcom One Big Happy. 

It’s a story about love, and family, and friendships. And it’s Elisha Cuthbert, who is adorable and funny, and Nick Zano are best friends and have been childhood friends and they decided if they don’t have significant others by a certain age, he’s going to help her get pregnant because she’s gay and she doesn’t have someone in her life and she wants to have a kid…They’re going to raise a child together; all three of them. So it’s funny and it’s sweet and it’s great that NBC picked it up because it’s something that’s on television that is brand new and people have not seen this before. And there are a lot of ways to define a family.

16 Jan, 2015

Supreme Court decision response

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DeGeneres speaks out in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear cases on same-sex marriage from Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee.

That’s fantastic. It’s about time. It’s funny. I don’t know if you’ve seen the movie Selma, but the thing that changed the civil rights movement is when white people got involved and started marching, because until then, it was just nothing but violence and disaster, and it continued to be for a while. We need everyone on our side. We’re kind of trying to do this march, and we just need people that believe in equality and believe in fairness and love. So if we have people that will join us and give us that, which is only fair to have the same rights that everybody else has, then it’s a wonderful world.

16 Dec, 2014

Ellen DeGeneres appearance

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DeGeneres makes a brief appearance on Conan, during the opening monologue. An audience member brags about all the gifts she has received as part of The Ellen DeGeneres Show audience, after which DeGeneres actually shows up on stage with O’Brien. She gives away free Beats headphones to the Conan audience.

Ellen DeGeneres Surprises Conan's Audience | CONAN on TBS

Reveals new show

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Handler chats about looking for things that she doesn’t know about, and learning about them in her new show Uganda Be Kidding Me, which will premier on Netflix.

I don’t think there is no shame in asking a question, I think there is a lot of shame in pretending you know something you don’t.

Chelsea on Her Netflix Show

Parks, Nida divorce interview

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Parks chats about her husband Nida’s jail time, raising her two sons alone and infidelity rumors.

Well to be honest he had been to prison but he was a changed person. The person I married I thought he was changed. I never wanted to do anything to diminish his character.

Phaedra Parks on Her Husband