Ellen DeGeneres

By Greg Hernandez Portia de Rossi has been in the spotlight in recent years mostly as the girlfriend and now wife of Ellen DeGeneres. But of course Portia is a wonderful actress and veteran of both "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development." Now she's set to co-star in the new ABC comedy series "Better Off Ted." H...

By Greg Hernandez There were those who were critical of Ellen DeGeneres for not writing a big check to the NI on Prop. 8 campaign. The beloved talk show host, newly married to Portia de Rossi, has responded in a big way: The campaign announced today that Ellen has made a media buy to urge Californians to vote NO on...

By Greg Hernandez I have some mised feelings about this letter but if it helps to raise more money is the fight against Proposition 8, it wioll be worth it. I just want to say that I believe Ellen DeGeneres has done more for visibility of gay marriage than just about anybody because of the widespread coverage of...

BEST LINE IN AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: "Ugly Betty" creator Silvio Horta, whose show won Outstanding Comedy Series: "I wanted to make a show with Latino characters, African Americans and gay characters. Those pesky network execs had me add some straight white people too." SWEETEST LINE BY A P...

Being an openly gay actor was once considered the professional kiss of death. But Emmy-nominated actors T.R. Knight and Neil Patrick Harris have, thankfully, turned that assumption on its ear in recent years after Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell paved the way for lesbian TV stars.