Portia Lee James DeGeneres

Apple CEO Tim Cook tops gay glossy Out's sixth annual Power 50 list for a second year. Apple CEO Tim Cook tops gay glossy Out's sixth annual Power 50 list for a second year. Cook returns to the top spot in this year's list of most influential gay people after taking over the reins as CEO from the late Steve Jobs. Ellen DeGeneres, who topped the list two years ago, earned a second place finish. DeGeneres announced in 1997 that she was gay on the cover of Time and married actress Portia de Rossi (now Portia Lee James DeGeneres) in 2008. ?Now that Oprah has left network television, DeGeneres reigns supreme with her talk show, using her pulpit to change public opinion,? Out wrote in profiling DeGeneres. In sixth place is CNN host Anderson Cooper, who has not publicly acknowledge he's gay. (Related: Anderson Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Jody Foster urged to come out gay by Perez Hilton.) Also making the top ten are venture capitalist Peter Thiel (3), writer-director Ryan Murphy (4), MSNB host Rach

NBC has committed to a comedy produced by Ellen DeGeneres and starring her wife Portia De Rossi. NBC has committed to a comedy produced by Ellen DeGeneres and starring her wife Portia De Rossi, Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood reported. All four major broadcast networks reportedly vied for the comedy from Warner Bros TV and Degeneres' nascent production company A Very Good Production. The unnamed comedy will be about dueling sisters, one of whom will be played by de Rossi. DeGeneres will executive produce. De Rossi, 38, is best know for playing lawyer Nelle Porter on Ally McBeal and inept activist Lindsay Bluth Funke on Arrested Development. Both shows were early successes for Fox. She also played Olivia Lord on the FX medical drama Nip/Tuck. DeGeneres, 53, and de Rossi married in California in 2008. The couple was among the 18,000 who married during the period of time after the California Supreme Court legalized gay marriage but before Proposition 8 overruled the court's ruling. De Ro

Chat show host Ellen DeGeneres says she's been bullied her entire life for being gay. Chat show host Ellen DeGeneres says she's been bullied her entire life for being gay. The openly lesbian entertainer who married her girlfriend, Australian actress Portia Lee James DeGeneres, in 2008, appeared Wednesday on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss the recent string of gay teens who committed suicide after being bullied. ?When these things happen, it feels like a direct assault on me, because I am that person that they are bullying,? DeGeneres told Anderson Cooper. ?I am that person that ? that feels like committing suicide. They're talking about me. I'm gay, and I have been ostracized my whole life and in society. And I'm sent that message on a daily basis by the media, and ? and it hurts.? The fifty-two-year-old host of the popular daytime talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show came out gay in 1997 on the cover of Time. She married her girlfriend in 2008 after a four-year romance. ?I want to

Los Angeles (Reuters) - Actress Portia de Rossi is now officially Mrs. DeGeneres.

Judge grants name change for Portia de Rossi to take wife Ellen DeGeneres' last name. Portia (POR'-shuh) de Rossi has officially taken wife Ellen Degeneres' last name. A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted De Rossi's request to take the last name of her partner during a closed hearing Thursday. The television star will now legally be known as Portia Lee James DeGeneres.

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' wife Portia de Rossi has legally changed her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' wife Portia de Rossi has legally changed her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres, celebrity website TMZ.com reported. According to the website, an L.A. County Superior Court judge granted Portia's request on Thursday. The original request shows Portia signed the document in March but waited until August to file the paperwork. ?Petitioner is taking the last name of her spouse,? the document says. During the brief 2008 June-to-November window when gay marriage was legal in California, the two women exchanged vows. The pair announced their engagement during a May taping of DeGeneres' popular talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, after a four-year romance. Portia, 37, is an Australian-born actress who gained fame on the hit sitcom Ally McBeal and more recently appeared on FX's sex-obsessed plastic surgery drama Nip/Tuck. At the age of 15, she change

'Glee' star Jane Lynch says Julia Roberts can thank her for outing her as gay. Glee star Jane Lynch says Julia Roberts can thank her for outing her as gay, People.com reported. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres airing Wednesday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Lynch jokes that Roberts is gay. ?If Julia Roberts were gay, I think it would be harder. She's an ingenue,? Lynch says. ?So, you're saying Julia Roberts is gay?? DeGeneres responds in surprise. ?That's what I'm saying. Right here on this show,? Lynch jokes. ?She won't admit it. I'm here to tell you she's gay. You're welcome, Julia.? DeGeneres came out in 1997 on the cover of Time and married Australian actress Portia de Rossi in 2008 during the brief June-to-November window when gay marriage was legal in California. De Rossi recently filed paperwork to change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. Lynch, 50, who followed the chat show host's footsteps, first coming out gay then earlier this year marrying her girlfriend, psycholog

The number one thing on Ellen DeGeneres' mind is her hot wife Portia de Rossi. ?The number one thing on Ellen DeGeneres' mind is her hot wife Portia de Rossi. Appearing on CBS' the Late Show with David Letterman, DeGeneres shared her Top Ten List of things that have been on her mind lately. ?Now that everyone knows I can dance, I should show them how well I can play the harp,? was the tenth item on the chat show host's list. ?What's the point of quitting American Idol if Randy keeps calling me?? ?For the last time, I'm not Jane Lynch, I'm the other one!? At number 5: ?Nachos.? And her number one thought: ?Man, my wife's hot!? DeGeneres and De Rossi married during the brief 2008 June-to-November window when gay marriage was legal in California. The pair announced their engagement during a taping of DeGeneres' popular talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, after a four-year romance. De Rossi appeared on the hit sitcom Ally McBeal and more recently on FX's sex-obsessed plastic surgery drama

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Ellen DeGeneres' spouse Portia de Rossi has filed a legal request to change her name to "Portia Lee James DeGeneres," according to a court document.

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' wife Portia de Rossi has filed paperwork to change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. ?Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' wife Portia de Rossi has filed paperwork to change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres, TMZ.com reported. The legal document was filed in L.A. County Superior Court last Friday, but was signed by the actress in late March. ?Petitioner is taking the last name of her spouse,? the document says. During the brief 2008 June-to-November window when gay marriage was legal in California, DeGeneres exchanged vows with De Rossi. The pair announced their engagement during a May taping of DeGeneres' popular talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, after a four-year romance. De Rossi, 37, is an Australian-born actress who gained fame on the hit sitcom Ally McBeal and more recently appeared on FX's sex-obsessed plastic surgery drama Nip/Tuck. At the age of 15, she changed her name from Amanda Lee Rogers to Portia de Rossi. Fifty-two-year-old DeGen