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Article: DeGeneres, de Rossi engaged after California ruling
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- May 16, 2008
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Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi are jumping at the chance to get married.
DeGeneres announced their engagement during a Thursday taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," telling the studio audience the news that the California Supreme Court had struck down state laws against gay marriage.
"So I would like to say now, for the first time, I am announcing: I am getting married," she said during the show, airing Friday.
The studio audience leapt to its feet for a long ovation, and De Rossi ("Ally McBeal," "Nip/Tuck") was sitting in the audience, beaming and clapping.
Then DeGeneres cracked: "Thank you. I'll ...
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Article: Reports: DeGeneres and de Rossi wed in Calif.
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August 17, 2008 ;
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... ... Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according ... DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, wed Saturday night ... After the California Supreme Court's ruling in May, the ... announced that she and de Rossi would wed after four years ...
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