Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi are jumping at the chance to get married.
DeGeneres announced their engagement during a Thursday taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” telling the studio audience the news that the California Supreme Court had struck down state laws against gay marriage.
“So I would like to say now, for the first time, I am announcing: I am getting married,” she said during the show, which aired yesterday.
The studio audience leapt to its feet for a long ovation, and De Rossi (“Ally McBeal,” “Nip/Tuck”) was sitting in the audience, beaming and clapping.
Then DeGeneres cracked: “Thank you. I'll tell you who the lucky guy is soon.”
DeGeneres, 50, and the glamorous de Rossi, 35, have been a familiar couple at Hollywood events, including the Academy Awards. Previously, DeGeneres had a high-profile relationship with actress Anne Heche.
MODEL TOPS MAXIM'S LIST
American supermodel Marisa Miller has knocked actress Lindsay Lohan from the top of men magazine Maxim's list of the 100 hottest women in the world, the magazine said this week.
It was the first time that Miller, 29, a Victoria's Secret model, appeared on the annual list and comes after she also graced the cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
MEDIA DENIED ACCESS TO R. KELLY COURT RECORDS
A judge in Chicago has denied a motion from news organizations seeking immediate access to sealed court records and transcripts in the R. Kelly child pornography trial.
The judge says he's not trying to inhibit the press. But he says the time isn't right to release the information and keeping it secret is the only way to guarantee a fair trial.
Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges he videotaped himself having sex with an underage girl.
Jury selection in the R&B singer's trial finished this week. Opening arguments begin Tuesday.
ACTRESS STYLIN' AT CANNES
Eva Longoria Parker gets to play dress-up at the Cannes Film Festival – and she doesn't even have to pack her own suitcase.
“My bag is packed when I come because my stylist thinks about every event we have, every interview, every red carpet – everything is already planned and dresses are fitted, and I just put on what somebody gives me,” the 33-year-old actress told Associated Press Television.
Longoria Parker, who is hitting the red carpet for L'Oreal, is having a Versace moment at Cannes. But when she's at home with her husband, San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker, she's hardly a fashion diva.
“I actually put on what's clean,” she said Thursday. “Usually I'm in sweats or jeans. Tony's favorite outfit is me in jeans and a T-shirt.”
Longoria Parker stars on ABC's “Desperate Housewives.
– COMPILED FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS
