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Some of the world's largest recording companies are suing "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," claiming producers violated their copyrights by playing more than 1,000 songs without permission. Many of the songs were played during the "dance over" segment of the show, when DeGeneres dances from the stage to the interview area, often through the audience. According to the suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Nashville, when representatives of the recording companies asked defendants why they hadn't obtained licenses to use the songs, defendants said they didn't "roll that way." "As sophisticated consumers of music, Defendants knew full well that,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of protesters are angry about California's ban on gay marriage - and so are the stars. Many celebrities grieved the passing of Proposition 8 in California this week. Some - such as Wanda Sykes, Rose McGowen and Lance Bass - attended a Wednesday protest criticizing the state's gay marriage ban. Others - like Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell, Samantha Ronson and Melissa Etheridge - vented their frustrations online, on TV, and onstage. Blocks away from the Thursday rally of more than 2,000 gay-rights advocates outside the gates of a Mormon temple, several stars - including James...

ELLEN DeGeneres says she is "saddened beyond belief" a ban on gay marriage has been approved by Californian voters. DeGeneres married Australian actress Portia de Rossi in August, three months after the Californian Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage. Yesterday's vote for Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage, leaves the stars and thousands of other gay couples in legal limbo. "Barack Obama is our new president. Change is here. I like millions of of Americans, felt like we had taken a giant step toward equality," the talk-show host said on her website. "This morning, when it was clear...

''I don't know if you saw this, but vice presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin says that she's in favor of a Federal ban on gay marriage. Basically, she wants to change the Constitution. So, if you're wondering -- I'm sure you are -- how I feel about this, I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't agree.... And maybe it's because I'm gay that I think we should all be equal, but, um, I feel that we're all equal. And I don't know what people are scared of. You know, maybe they think that their children will be...

Multiple snaps in the direction of Ellen DeGeneres, who used her daytime talk show today to argue against Sarah Palin's recent announcement (during an interview with CBN) that she'd support a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage, a position that puts her at odds with her own running mate, Senator John McCain. Ellen's case (the whole speech embedded below) is pretty simple -- "I don't like, I don't like it. I don't agree. Maybe it's because I'm gay that I think we should all be equal. But I feel that we're all equal." -- but it makes perfect sense to...

I honestly don't think that Obama has a decent bone in his body. His callousness and lack of respect astound me. They are only matched by his conceit. All in all this guy is rotten to the core. As a human being it is difficult for me to reconcile that this smiling gasbag of narcissism is among my own species. During a last stop visit to the Ellen Degeneres show Ellen played a clip of The One dancing on her show from his last appearance. As the crowd was laughing at him and Ellen was poking fun too, he let...

WASHINGTON,DC (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Monday's episode of "Ellen," Catholic Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden flip-flopped on his homosexual "marriage" stance, telling lesbian hostess Ellen DeGeneres that he would vote against Proposition 8, which seeks to define marriage in California as being between one man and one woman. Biden told DeGeneres, “If I lived in California, I would vote against Proposition 8." This statement stands in stark contrast to an earlier assertion Biden made during the vice-presidential debate, when he claimed he was opposed to same-sex "marriage." "Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage," he...

Please Please forgive me if this has been posted already, I could not find it. Michelle and Barak dancing side split screen on Ellen Degenerate...what a couple of dorks.

People Magazine reports that in an appearance on Ellen to air this Wednesday, First Daughter Jenna Hager (nee Bush), sitting with her mother First Lady Laura Bush, tells Ellen DeGeneres that she can use the President's ranch in Crawford for DeGeneres' pending same-sex wedding with actress Portia de Rossi. "So, the ranch was a great place to get married," DeGeneres says, "it looked like nobody could fly over and get pictures or bother you, really." "Yeah," says Hager, "that was really nice." "So, can we borrow it for our wedding," DeGeneres asks. "Can we get the ranch?" "Sure," says Hager....

Jenna Hager to Ellen: Use Our Ranch for Your Wedding By Stephen M. Silverman Originally posted Friday May 23, 2008 03:50 PM EDT From left: Laura Bush, Jenna Hager and Ellen DeGeneresJenna Hager to Ellen: Use Our Ranch for Your Wedding John McCain may disapprove of Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia DeRossi's intentions to marry, but there's another Republican who is only too happy to help with the upcoming nuptials: Jenna Hager.

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WASHINGTON May 21, 2008, 11:25 pm ET Republican John McCain says same-sex couples should be allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and other purposes, but he opposes gay marriage and believes in "the unique status of marriage between and man and a woman." "And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue," the likely Republican presidential nominee said in an interview to air Thursday on "The Ellen DeGeneres show."

Since the California Supreme Court lifted the ban on gay marriages, Ellen DeGeneres has announced her plans to wed Portia de Rossi soon. The two have been going together since December of 2004. Is the viewing audience of Ellen ready for that? Or will they be ready to divorce Ellen for putting gay rights front and center?

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told Ellen DeGeneres that she will work to ensure that same-sex couples such as the talk show host and her partner Portia de Rossi are treated fairly. "I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that people like you and Portia and others have a chance to have, you know, rights to be able to go to the hospital, to inherit property, to make sure that you can list somebody as a beneficiary on an insurance policy," Clinton said in an interview to air Monday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." "That's...

Yahoo Video. Click to watch. You won't be dissapointed. Jenna Bush appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show. Ellen asked Jenna how easy it was to call her dad, so they did. George W Bush shows what a great father he is and Jenna shows how much she respects her parents.

Ellen DeGeneres asked Jenna Bush a relatively simple question during her talk show appearance: Is she able to just pick up the phone and call home? Jenna dialed some digits and soon Ellen was voice to voice with President Bush. Watch for yourself.

The inside of his ears had been burned with cigarettes. He was forced to drink shampoo. >His caretakers bent two of his toes to the point that an amputation may be necessary, according to reports. When a Westgate Resorts administrative assistant spotted the 7-year-old trying to serve himself cereal at the buffet in their Osceola County sales center earlier this month, the first thing she noticed was his trembling arms. They were too thin. His eyes were sunken."He was really skinny," said Westgate employee Hilda Berrios. "He looked like one of those kids you see on TV." "As I focused,...

<p>Ellen DeGeneres' latest doggy dealing wasn't the first time she'd passed along a pup she'd adopted, says a Los Angeles producer who gave the talk-show queen a pooch she quickly got rid of.</p> <p>Kerri Randles says she gave DeGeneres a male mutt named Stormy two years ago, only to find out less than two months later that fickle Ellen had re-gifted him to a member of her staff.</p>

It's a dog-eat-dog week. Yesterday PJ gave us the DUmmie reaction to Randi Rhodes being mugged while she was walking her dog (whom PJ and I both think should be considered a prime suspect). Today we get the scoop, so to speak, on DUmmie reaction to the latest dog in the news, in this THREAD, "What's this about Ellen DeGeneres and a dog?" As you might guess, even though Ms. Degenerate danced around the rules by giving the mutt away, the DUmmies are mostly on her side against the mean-spirited adoption agency. However, a few brave souls (trolls?) show...

**WARNING: GRAPHICS INTENSIVE THREAD** You love them, you hate them, you love to hate them. Hollyweirdos, those wacky leftists who gather together for the annual group hug known as the Oscars. And how fun it is to heckle and razz them as they parade down the red carpet posing for the cameras, granting vapid interviews to equally vapid interviewers, too serious about making their political statements and social commentaries to realize the joke's on them. No one watches their movies. Just look at box office receipts. The money makers are the family films - the ones take it easy on...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- One may prove an anomaly, while two could be a run of bad luck. But three just might translate into a dubious trend when it comes to ratings on Academy Awards broadcasts. If the past two years is any indication, it won't be good for Oscar viewership and may cut into future revenue. For 2005 and 2006, household share for the Academy Awards has fallen below the critical 40% level and has been under that threshold for three of the last four years. In years past, Oscar ratings traditionally have captured more than 40% of all...

My question - if the Beast kisses both *Billy Jeff and Ellen, doesn't that make her just another carrier? (I sure hope she's kept her shot record current...) Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) is seen with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on the Staten Island Ferry touring the New York waterways, in this undated handout photograph released by Warner Bros. on November 19, 2005. This segment airs on Monday, November 21st as part of Ellen's New York Five Borough Show. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Albert Ferreira/Warner Bros./Handout

Hillary Clinton's Freudian slip was showing yesterday in California when she told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres she's running for President in 2008, as she reported a record fund-raising haul. But it was all a misunderstanding - at least the 2008 part, Clinton said. The comedian stumped Clinton during an interview on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" discussing the upcoming Senate election. DeGeneres switched topics midstream and asked, "So you are preparing for 2008?" The fast-talking junior senator fired back, "I am," and then thought about it for a moment and stammered, "No, no, no. I am preparing for 2006." Smiling...

U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., pauses to look at a Carolina Herrera-designed evening dress, once worn by former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, that is part of the 'First Ladies of New York and the Nation' exhibit at the New-York Historical Society, Monday March 21, 2005. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

On Monday's Today, Katie Couric conducted a softball interview promoting a Ted Kennedy-sponsored bill to require every employer in America with 15 or more employees to offer a mandatory seven sick days each year. She asked: "So obviously the legislation may be helpful, but the whole mentality of the workplace needs to change as well, right?" Her liberal guest, Linda Meric of the lobbying group 9 to 5, agreed: "The United States is way far behind in terms of the amount of time off that employees get to care for family members, to care for their own health and for...

Portia de Rossi has given her new lady love, Ellen DeGeneres, a Tiffany wedding band as a sign of her everlasting devotion, reports The New York Post. Last month, the "Arrested Development' star split with her longtime lover, Francesca Gregorini, to move in with DeGeneres. And as a surprise for DeGeneres' 47th birthday on Wednesday, De Rossi, 31, gave her a beautiful platinum band from the famed Fifth Avenue jeweler and bought a matching band for herself. Plain Tiffany platinum bands range in price from $450 to $1,200. De Rossi has been having laser treatments to remove an "F.G." tattoo...

Former Intelligence Operative Says Author of Phoenix Memo Endangered His Life By Jacques Billeaud Associated Press Writer Published: May 23, 2002 PHOENIX (AP) - A former U.S. intelligence operative alleges in a court document that the FBI agent who wrote the memo warning about Arabs training in U.S. fight schools endangered his life three years ago by blowing his cover. Two Arizona congressmen and a former U.S. senator made inquiries on Harry Ellen's behalf about his complaints about the agency and Special Agent Kenneth Williams. The FBI reviewed the complaints but determined they did not warrant an investigation. Williams has...

AP: FBI Sent Hamas Money in Clinton Days JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press WASHINGTON - While President Clinton was trying to broker an elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the FBI was secretly funneling money to suspected Hamas figures to see if the militant group would use it for terrorist attacks, according to interviews and court documents. The counterterrorism operation in 1998 and 1999 was run out of the FBI's Phoenix office in cooperation with Israeli intelligence and was approved by Attorney General Janet Reno, FBI officials told The Associated Press. Several thousand dollars in U.S. money was sent to suspected...

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