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Ellen DeGeneres Named Most Powerful Gay Celebrity
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Television, Features,
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Ellen DeGeneres has been named the most powerful gay celebrity in the US.
The 56-year-old talk show host, who is married to Arrested Development actress Portia de Rossi, secured the top spot on Out magazine's 2014 Power List, an annual ranking of the most influential LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) voices in American culture.
Announcing the news on its website, the publication stated, "Everybody loves Ellen, and that's one of the reasons she's regained the top spot. In March, The Ellen DeGeneres Show shattered its own 10-year ratings record in the episode that immediately followed her Academy Awards hosting gig, which also gave the awards its best ratings since 2004. And her star-studded Oscars selfie almost shut down Twitter when the pic became the most retweeted ever."
Other notable names on this year's list include fashion designers Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs, Good Morning America host Robin Roberts, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and Glee actress Jane Lynch.
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Celeb Chatter: Lena Dunham Hates Twitter, T. Swift Angers Neighbors
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: D-List, Movies, Music, Sports, Television, Engagements, Weddings, Celebrity Babies, Rivalries, Photos, Paparazzi Photos, Features,
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+ Despite having written over 7,000 tweets and uploaded nearly 1,000 Instagram photos, Lena Dunham says that social networking puts her "under great duress." Cry me a river and delete your Twitter and Instagram accounts already.
+ Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas were spotted for the first time together in New York since news of their separation. It's nice to see a Hollywood couple making it work!
+ Real estate mogul Taylor Swift has had her people busy building a wall around her Rhode Island beachfront castle, and her neighbors and surrounding surfers are not too pleased with the construction.
+ Modern Family star Ty Burrell attended a surprise lesbian wedding at his bar in Utah, going so far as to sign as an official witness for the couple.
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Katie Couric Gets Engaged
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Television, Engagements,
Katie Couric has gottten engaged.
The Katie talk show host's boyfriend, 50-year-old banker John Molner, proposed with an impressive diamond ring over the weekend and she had no hesitation in saying "yes." A representative for Couric, 56, has confirmed the happy news to People magazine and revealed Molner popped the question as the sun set on the beach in East Hampton, New York.
Couric and Molner have been in a relationship for nearly two years and they publicly confirmed their romance in April 2012. Later that same year, she gushed about the banker - who is head of mergers and acquisitions at Brown Brothers Harriman - saying, "He's great. He's from Chicago. I love Midwesterners!"
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Sharon Osbourne Had a Double Mastectomy
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Sharon Osbourne has undergone a double mastectomy.
The 60-year-old TV host - who has battled colon cancer in the past - decided to have both of her breasts removed after finding out she carried a gene which increases the chances of her developing cancer in the chest area.
"I've had cancer before and I didn't want to live under that cloud - I decided to take everything off. The odds are not in my favor. For me, it wasn't a big decision, it was a no brainer."
Sharon added part of her decision to have the 13-hour surgery to have them removed was due to the arrival of her first grandchild Pearl from son Jack Osbourne and his partner Lisa Stelly earlier this year. "I didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me. I want to be around for a long time and be a grandmother to Pearl. I didn't even think of my breasts in a nostalgic way, I just wanted to be able to live my life without that fear all the time," she said.
Jimmy Kimmel is Engaged
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Television, Engagements,
The 44-year-old talk show host proposed to his long-term girlfriend Molly McNearney while holidaying in South Africa's Kruger National Forest, his representative has confirmed. Jimmy and 34-year-old Molly - who is a co-head writer on her partner's show Jimmy Kimmel Live - began dating in October 2009, a few months after he split from comic Sarah Silverman after a five-year romance.
"After Jimmy and Sarah [Silverman] broke up, Molly and Jimmy both found themselves single, and they clicked. They're really happy together," a source said when the pair first got together.
The TV star has children Katie, 21, and Kevin, 19, with first wife Gina, whom he married in June 1988 and split from 14 years later. The marriage will be Molly's first.
Chelsea Handler: Work Ruined Her Relationship
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Television, Break-ups,
The 37-year-old talk show host never wanted to watch Chelsea Lately after returning home from work, much to the disappointment of NBC Broadcasting chairman and former E! Entertainment Television chief Ted Harbert, whom she split from in January 2010 after almost four years together.
"I would come home from work, and Ted would be like, 'Do you want to watch your show?' and I'd be like, 'No, I just came from my show. That's the last thing I'd want to do.' That was the reason it didn't work out, ultimately. I think," she explained.
Chelsea - who is now dating hotelier Andre Balazs - admitted she usually prefers not to talk about her personal life in order to maintain her professional "relevance." She told the September issue of Marie Claire, "I'm definitely worried about maintaining my relevance and not wanting to go too far out of bounds to accommodate someone else."
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