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Kate Gosselin Swears Off Dating
Originally posted 10/28/2009 10:00AM
Just because she's not wearing her wedding ring much of the time anymore doesn't mean that Kate Gosselin's back on the market. In fact, the reality-show mom says it's not going to happen while she remains the focus of so much media attention.
"I'm not thinking about it, but the thought has crossed my mind at some point [that] it's going to be scrutinized," Gosselin, 34, tells Ellen DeGeneres on an episode of her talk show set to air Wednesday. "Let's not talk about it."
DeGeneres agrees: "Exactly, and some guy is going to have that same concern."
Permalink | Filed Under: Ellen DeGeneres, Kate Gosselin
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Kara DioGuardi Thinks It's 'Genius' to Add Ellen
Originally posted 09/21/2009 09:05AM
Ellen DeGeneres already has her first fan as an American Idol judge – Kara DioGuardi.
"I think it's a genius decision," DioGuardi, the judge who joined the top-rated FOX show last season, said at the Entertainment Tonight/PEOPLE Emmy after-party. "I wish I had thought of it."
Mostly, DioGuardi said she's looking forward to the new dynamic on the show now that DeGeneres is replacing the recently departed Paula Abdul as the show's "nice" judge.
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, American Idol, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi
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Paula Abdul Channels Ellen DeGeneres
Originally posted 09/18/2009 08:00AM
Paula Abdul beat the haters to the punch on live TV Thursday night when she dressed up as – and even did a dance like – her would-be nemesis: Ellen DeGeneres.
"Why are you all staring at me? Can't a girl try out for a new job?," the recently unseated American Idol judge (wearing a blonde wig and black pant suit) asked as she sashayed Ellen-style onto the stage of VH1's Divas Live and plopped into the chair of a set that mimicked that of the daytime talk-show host – who is set to replace her on Idol.
"All kidding aside," good-naturedly added Abdul, 47, who hosted this year's Divas from the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City, "[I have] nothing but love for Ellen, and I wish you the best of luck and congratulations on your new gig. And call me! You gotta call me if you have any Simon problems, 'cause you know, I know him best."
Permalink | Filed Under: Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell
Ellen DeGeneres Rates Jennifer Aniston's Singing
Originally posted 09/16/2009 05:45PM
No, she wasn't auditioning for American Idol but during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, Jennifer Aniston did end up singing a little.
"They promised me you wouldn't do this to me," Aniston, 40, told DeGeneres after revealing that she is learning to sing and play a dobro for an upcoming film role. But despite her protests, Aniston belted out a few bars of the George Gershwin standard "I've Got a Crush on You," then retorted, "I'm absolutely mortified that you did that to me."
Ellen's verdict? "I would put you through to the next round," DeGeneres said, referencing her new gig as an American Idol judge.
Permalink | Filed Under: Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston
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Paula Abdul Wishes Ellen DeGeneres 'Best of Luck'
Originally posted 09/10/2009 07:30PM
Paula Abdul may be gone from American Idol, but she got to give one last enthusiastic thumbs-up: to her replacement Ellen DeGeneres
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Sharon Osbourne Applauds Ellen Pick for Idol
Originally posted 09/10/2009 09:00AM
Ellen DeGeneres is already receiving a rave review from the judges' panel at America's Got Talent, and it came only minutes after the announcement she'd be Paula Abdul's replacement on American Idol.
"She will be a breath of fresh air on that show, a complete breath of fresh air," Osbourne, 56, told PEOPLE Wednesday. "It's new blood. And [American Idol] needed something new to happen."
"I think if they had replaced Paula with another singer, Janet Jackson or J.Lo, it would have been too expected,” she said. "'Oh well, there we go, another singer.' And with Ellen, you've got someone who knows about entertaining, and everything that goes into it, which also speaks for the people."
Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, American Idol, Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Abdul, Sharon Osbourne
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Ellen DeGeneres Replacing Paula Abdul on Idol
Originally posted 09/09/2009 08:30PM
Ellen DeGeneres is taking Paula Abdul's place as the fourth judge on American Idol.
"DeGeneres will sit alongside Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi and offer her own unique perspective to the contestants throughout the competition," Fox television says in a statement.
DeGeneres, 51, begins her stint after the audition rounds, which have featured a rotating group of celebrity guest judges including Shania Twain, Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Joe Jonas and Kristin Chenoweth.
Two Jobs
"I'm going to have a day job and a night job," DeGeneres said at her talk show taping Wednesday, assuring her audience that The Ellen DeGeneres Show will continue. "This is so exciting for me."Permalink | Filed Under: TV News, American Idol, Ellen DeGeneres
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Ellen DeGeneres & Portia De Rossi 'Happily Married Without Children'
Originally posted 06/23/2009 04:45PM
Don't expect Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi to become moms anytime soon.
Although the couple told PEOPLE last August that they talk about having kids, they have decided that they are happier being cool aunts.
"I don't think we're going to have kids," DeGeneres tells AOL Television. "We have animals, and we love them. And, you know, we are brand new aunts. Her brother and his wife just had a baby girl who's a month old now, and it's fun to be a part of that."
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Lindsay Lohan: Split with Samantha Caught Me By Surprise
Originally posted 04/22/2009 10:35PM
What's more difficult than enduring a painful breakup in the public eye?
"When you don't know you're breaking up," says Lindsay Lohan. "Really weird."
The 22-year-old actress shared her ordeal with somebody who knows all about a high-profile breakup: Ellen DeGeneres, whose split with Anne Heche in 2000 dominated celebrity news.
In an Ellen DeGeneres show airing Thursday, Lohan tells the talk show host that the breakup with Samantha Ronson, 31, earlier this month "came out of nowhere."
"I had no idea what was going on. I just hadn't seen her in, like, a week. She, like, disappeared," Lohan says.
Permalink | Filed Under: Breakups, Ellen DeGeneres, Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson
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Jennifer Love Hewitt Wowed by Friend Becoming 'Something More'
Originally posted 04/22/2009 11:45AM
Jennifer Love Hewitt isn't whispering about her affection for costar Jamie Kennedy – the Ghost Whisperer is loud and clear on Ellen Wednesday.
"We've been friends for a long time," Hewitt, 30, tells Ellen DeGeneres about her budding romance with Kennedy. "I've heard about it – about being friends with somebody and it turns into something else and I've never really done that before and it's been great. He's hilarious and when you're with somebody funny, they're always funny and it's just great."
Hewitt also talked about her "really painful" breakup last year with fiancé Ross McCall, 33, saying, "Look, break-ups are awful ... They really suck on lots of levels, but what I think is great about life is that the universe always brings you something really beautiful and great afterward and that's kind of where I am now."
Permalink | Filed Under: Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Love Hewitt
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