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Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has worn many hats over the years: stand-up comedian, sitcom star, talk show host, awards show host and funky dancer. She puts her dancing and comedy skills to good use on her daytime talk show "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show." After gaining attention as a stand-up comedian, DeGeneres starred in films and short-lived TV shows before landing her own sitcom. She made TV history on "Ellen" when she (and her character) announced they were gay. Her talk show followed in 2003. She is married to actress Portia de Rossi.
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has worn many hats over the years: stand-up comedian, sitcom star, talk show host, awards show host and funky dancer. She puts her dancing and comedy skills to good use on her daytime talk show "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show." After gaining attention as a stand-up comedian, DeGeneres starred in films and short-lived TV shows before landing her own sitcom. She made TV history on "Ellen" when she (and her character) announced they were gay. Her talk show followed in 2003. She is married to actress Portia de Rossi.
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To Oprah's millions of fans, she's not a billionaire tycoon but a favorite aunt, sister or BFF
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, "Oprah says..." "He doesn't like it when I start my sentences that way," laughs Martus, a 36-year-old mother of...Tags: The View (tv program), Tom Cruise, Johnny Carson, Oprah Winfrey, Sacramento
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To millions, Oprah's not a megastar, just a BFF
AP National WriterLike any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, "Oprah says..." "He doesn't like it when I start my sentences that way," laughs Martus, a 36-year-old mother of three in Plymouth,...Tags: The View (tv program), Tom Cruise, Johnny Carson, Oprah Winfrey, Sacramento
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Who is Oprah's heir apparent in daytime?
AP Television WriterWill it be Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz? Maybe none of the above. The announced shutdown of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in two years creates room for a new queen (or king) of daytime television. Until that day when Winfrey's 7 million or so daily...Tags: ABC, Whitney Houston, Tom Cruise, Television Industry, Rachael Ray
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Liberace, Cruise, Palin among Winfrey's highlights
The Associated PressOprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing -- to her or others -- and a handful became pop-culture landmarks. Here are highlights through the years: -- Winfrey gets the final TV...Tags: Chris Brown, Rihanna, Barack Obama, Primaries, Oprah Winfrey
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Who Will Be The Next Oprah?
Staff WriterOprah Winfrey's decision to end her Chicago-based syndicated show raises many interesting questions -- among them, who may be in line to assume the daytime TV throne, should it indeed become available. Daytime has increasingly become the territory of the...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, The View (tv program), ABC, Phil McGraw, Santa Monica
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Afternoons without Oprah
Oprah Winfrey told her audience Friday that she had made up her mind to end her hit daytime talk show in September 2011 "after much prayer and months of careful thought."
Now much of the television industry is going to do a lot of praying and thinking as...Tags: ABC, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Celebrity, Oprah Winfrey, Phil McGraw
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From Liberace to Cruise to Palin, Oprah Winfrey has created years of noteworthy TV moments
AP Television WriterOprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing — to her or others — and a handful became pop-culture landmarks. Here are highlights through the years: — Winfrey gets...Tags: Chris Brown, Rihanna, Barack Obama, Primaries, Clubs and Associations
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Look like Oprah
Have you seen O: The Oprah Magazine with Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres? One of the covers shows Miss Winfrey looking all curvaceous and delicious in a Teri Jon knee-length, portrait collar, taffeta shirt-dress. The best part: You can scoop that...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Neiman Marcus, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Katie Couric, Television Industry
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Talk show host not an easy gig
Tribune Newspapers-- Magic Johnson, Queen Latifah, Martin Short, John McEnroe, Megan Mullally, Whoopi Goldberg and Tony Danza all have a common talking point: When it came to hosting a television talk show, they walked the walk but could not talk the talk. A crew of top...Tags: The Hollywood Reporter, Conan O'Brien, Martin Short, Arsenio Hall, Joan Rivers
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Katy Perry strips down (her songs) for 'MTV Unplugged'; talks about upcoming album, 'Idol'
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) — "American Idol" contestants should be thankful that they have caring, sharing Ellen DeGeneres on the panel now and not Katy Perry. The singer was a guest judge for auditions to be featured on next season's show, and she didn't pull...Tags: Katy Perry, Lauryn Hill, MTV Networks, Minority Groups
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