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Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi to be married

The Supreme Court of California had just overturned the same-sex marriage ban on May 15, 2008. On the next day, Ellen Degeneres tapped her talk show, The Ellen Degeneres Show, in which she announces her engagement to Portia De Rossi.

Ellen is well-known as a stand-up comedian and an actress. However, she is most renowned as the talk show host of The Ellen Degeneres Show. In 1997, she publicly stated that she is a lesbian in the Oprah Winfrey Show. Before being in a relationship with Portia, Ellen dated Anne Heche and subsequently, Alexandra Hedison.

Portia De Rossi on the other hand, is most notable for her roles as Nelle Porter on Ally McBeal and as Lindsay Bluth Funke on Arrested Developement. Portia was married to a documentary filmmaker, Mel Metcalfe. Then, she dated singer, Francesca Gregorini, stepdaughter of Ringo Starr. After the couple broke up in 2004, she started dating Ellen Degeneres.

Ellen Degeneres, 50, and Portia De Rossi, 35, had been a couple since 2004 and they are now seizing the opportunity to get married.