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Ellen DeGeneres’s UK home floods weeks after her move to the UK following Donald Trump’s victory

Ellen DeGeneres’s UK home floods weeks after her move to the UK following Donald Trump’s victory

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Ellen DeGeneres’s new home in England has flooded. The former talk show host and her wife, Portia de Rossi, recently bought a house in the Cotswolds, which is around a two-hour drive from London. She moved to England after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidental election. The flood was caused by Storm Bert in the U.K., which featured days of torrential rain and wind speeds of up to 80mph. During the storm, the River Thames broke its banks, which happened to be right next to DeGeneres’s and de Rossi’s 43-acre property. “The flood waters are rising by the hour. This is the worst I have seen it in years,” a local resident told The Mail about the aftermath of the storm. The couple’s …

Ellen DeGeneres Addresses Her Talk Show Controversy on Stand-Up Tour

Ellen DeGeneres Addresses Her Talk Show Controversy on Stand-Up Tour

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Ellen DeGeneres isn’t holding back in her latest stand-up act. Years after controversy swirled due to allegations of a toxic workplace at The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the talk show’s former host addressed the situation onstage. “I got kicked out of show business. There’s no mean people in show business,” DeGeneres said, according to Rolling Stone. “The ‘be kind’ girl wasn’t kind. I became this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps.” “Do you know how hard it is to dance up steps? Would a mean person dance up steps?” she questioned. “Had I ended my show by saying, ‘Go f**k yourself,’ people would’ve been pleasantly surprised.” DeGeneres admitted that the situation was “such a toll on my ego and my self-esteem.” “There’s such extremes in this business, people either love you and idolize you or they hate you, and those people somehow are louder,” she said. The outlet additionally reported that, during her Wednesday set at the Largo in Los Angeles, DeGeneres said, “I used to say that I didn’t care what other people thought of me …

Ellen DeGeneres Returns to Stand-Up, Says She Became the “Most Hated Person in America”

Ellen DeGeneres Returns to Stand-Up, Says She Became the “Most Hated Person in America”

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Ellen DeGeneres is dancing her way back into the public eye. After about two years out of the spotlight amid toxic-workplace allegations on her daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she performed a stand-up set at Largo in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 24, and addressed how she was “kicked out of show business” for being “mean,” according to People. In June of 2020, DeGeneres was the subject of a Buzzfeed News article that alleged that producers and managers on the Emmy-winning Ellen DeGeneres Show had fostered a toxic workplace, with DeGeneres—who ended every show with the message “be kind”—at the helm. At the time, DeGeneres apologized to staff, and later, on camera, and three senior staff members—head writer Kevin Leman and executive producers Ed Glavin and Jonathan Norman—left the show. In the aftermath of the allegations, the show hemorrhaged viewers. DeGeneres announced in May of 2021 that her show would be coming to an end after 19 seasons. DeGeneres reportedly said that her new comedy show, Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour, will be taped …

Ellen DeGeneres: I was ‘kicked out of show business’ for being ‘mean’ | Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres: I was ‘kicked out of show business’ for being ‘mean’ | Ellen DeGeneres

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Ellen DeGeneres has addressed the controversial end of her eponymous daytime talkshow after allegations that it was a toxic workplace. While performing the opening night of her new Ellen’s Last Stand … Up Tour at the Largo in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, the former daytime host joked about getting “kicked out of show business” for being “mean”. The set, first reported by People and Rolling Stone, referred to a July 2020 investigation by Buzzfeed News based on interviews with numerous employees who alleged racism, sexual misconduct and intimidation at the hands of executive producers at The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The report painted a portrait of a workplace at odds with Ellen’s “be kind” mantra; several employees feared taking medical leave for risk of penalization, and faced retribution for raising complaints, among other allegations. The investigation led the show to fire three top producers and DeGeneres to issue an on-air apology. Though she said she wasn’t aware of inappropriate behavior from staff, “I’m in a position of privilege and power and … I take responsibility …

Ellen DeGeneres says ‘devastating’ bully accusations affected Portia de Rossi marriage

Ellen DeGeneres says ‘devastating’ bully accusations affected Portia de Rossi marriage

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Ellen DeGeneres has revealed how “devastating” bullying accusations impacted her marriage to wife of 16 years, Portia de Rossi. The 66-year-old comedian was forced to end the Ellen DeGeneres Show after a Buzzfeed News investigation accused it of fostering a toxic work environment, with alleged sexual misconduct, racism and workplace bullying taking place behind the scenes. The claims came as a shock to viewers who knew DeGeneres as an upbeat and positive character on-screen. DeGeneres has now addressed the backlash she received during a stand-up comedy show. “I’m making jokes about what happened to me, but it was devastating,” she told a sold-out crowd at her show Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour in Los Angeles. “It took a long time for me to want to do anything again.” DeGeneres reported being considered a “one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps.” Reflecting on the impact the accusations …

So Sydney Sweeney’s not pretty and can’t act? Such insults by a woman play into men’s hands | Barbara Ellen

So Sydney Sweeney’s not pretty and can’t act? Such insults by a woman play into men’s hands | Barbara Ellen

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Hollywood producer Carol Baum has publicly derided Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney. Interviewed onstage following a screening of her 1988 film, Dead Ringers, in Pleasantville, New York, Baum described viewing Sweeney’s romcom, Anyone But You, on a plane (“unwatchable”), and said she’d asked students on her producing course at the USC School of Cinematic Arts: “Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty, she can’t act. Why is she so hot?” She and her students came to the conclusion they would hire Sweeney if it got their film made. I’m sure the globally celebrated, twice-Emmy-nominated, actor-producer Sweeney will be very relieved about that. What depressing nonsense, not to mention dire optics. A 26-year-old woman scorned at a screening honouring a veteran female producer, aged 81. A class of students encouraged to join in (such delightful attitudes to teach people going into the industry). It goes without saying that Sweeney and her work are fair game for criticism, but “not pretty”/ “can’t act”? This is shock-jock-level stuff. Responding via representatives, Sweeney said: “How sad that a woman in the …

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Recap: Why Ellen Pompeo Returned for Season 20 Premiere

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Recap: Why Ellen Pompeo Returned for Season 20 Premiere

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The doctors were back in for the season 20 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday — and a familiar face was still there with them. Longtime series star Ellen Pompeo announced last year that she would be stepping back from the show and appearing only as a recurring star in season 20, leaving some fans to wonder why she was featured in the promos for the upcoming season. However, the reason quickly became clear. The episode, titled “We’ve Only Just Begun,” picked up immediately following the events of the season 19 finale, meaning Pompeo’s Dr. Meredith Grey had not yet left for Boston to pursue her Alzheimer’s reach — and was instead in the thick of yet another disorderly day at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital while facing a potential threat to her happy ever after. After a chaotic night for the interns ends with all of their jobs in jeopardy, Dr. Nick Marsh (Scott Speedman) is unsure if he can leave the program behind and go with Meredith to Boston. Not only that, but the Grey Sloan family …

Ellen DeGeneres’ Iconic Oscars Selfie Happened 10 Years Ago Today

Ellen DeGeneres’ Iconic Oscars Selfie Happened 10 Years Ago Today

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Feel old now? Yes, Ellen DeGeneres‘ iconic Oscars selfie — taken by the one and only Bradley Cooper — went down exactly 10 years ago today at the 86th Academy Awards. The selfie that broke Twitter (now X) was an impromptu moment during the Oscars telecast in which DeGeneres gathered the cream of the crop before showing off their pearly whites. In the snapshot were none other than DeGeneres, Cooper, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Lupita Nyong’o, Julia Roberts and Kevin Spacey. At the time, the record for most retweets belonged to then-President Barack Obama, whose “Four More Years” re-election victory pic, in which he hugged First Lady Michelle Obama, was shared more than 780,000 times. That pic was no competition for the Oscars selfie, which broke that record (at the time) in a landslide, as the Oscars selfie racked up 2 million retweets within two hours. By most accounts, the Oscars selfie is the fifth-most shared tweet in history with some 3 million retweets. The record (4 million retweets) belongs to Japanese billionaire Yusaku …

Patt Morrison: Was L.A.’s Ellen Beach Yaw the proto-Taylor Swift?

Patt Morrison: Was L.A.’s Ellen Beach Yaw the proto-Taylor Swift?

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OK, so her fans didn’t wear wrist-to-elbow bead bracelets, and she didn’t exhort them to register to vote — although her husband crusaded ardently for giving women the vote. In spite of those shortcomings, the most famous California singer you probably never heard of did perform for the king and queen of England, sing at Carnegie Hall and in the grand opera houses of Europe, and record her voice for some techie named Thomas Edison. Her name was Ellen Beach Yaw. She was a coloratura soprano with an almost freakish vocal range — nearly four octaves, it was said, a voice capable, if any voice is, of the wineglass-shattering stunt of legend. Before the flickers were even a flicker in Hollywood’s eye, Yaw was a celebrity across the continent in New York, across the ocean in Europe, and especially here, where she became the apple of the eye of Harrison Gray Otis, the first publisher of the Los Angeles Times. He praised her unstintingly and uncritically in his newspaper, and gave her her nickname — …

What hope do we have when even female breadwinners like Paloma Faith have to put their men first? | Barbara Ellen

What hope do we have when even female breadwinners like Paloma Faith have to put their men first? | Barbara Ellen

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Paloma Faith does her best to keep it real. The singer-songwriter’s new album, The Glorification Of Sadness, is about break-up struggles. Her 2021 documentary, As I Am, sparked a conversation about the incompatibility of art and motherhood. Now, in a recent interview, talking of how she split from her partner two years ago partly because of the demands of having children. She said: “Men like to be put first, and resentment builds.” Away from Faith (who’s clear that she’s on very good terms with her ex, and no one else was involved), this statement may have sent shockwaves through the female heart. Is there still no such thing as a wholly supportive man? Is this really true, even now? I can’t believe I’m asking this in 2024. By now, 21st-century women should be batting away with big sticks liberal, modern-minded men who “get it”. But perhaps it’s a question that never properly goes away. And maybe some women secretly dread the answer. Right now, men and women alike may be astounded at the notion of, say, …