Article: DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi are jumping at the chance to get married.

DeGeneres announced their engagement during a taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday, telling the studio audience the news that the California Supreme Court had struck down state laws against gay marriage. The show airs Friday.

"So I would like to say now, for the first time, I am announcing: I am getting married," she said.

The studio audience leapt to its feet for a long ovation, and Australian-born actress De Rossi ("Ally McBeal," "Nip/Tuck") was sitting in the audience, beaming and clapping.

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