Den-mother of all lesbians Ellen DeGeneres tied the knot with Arrested Development hottie Portia de Rossi this past Saturday night. The press has called the wedding between the duo “the biggest celebrity union since California legalized same-sex marriage.” After four years together, the lovely lezzies wed at their Beverly Hills home. The 19 guests included both mothers of the brides — DeGeneres’ mother, Betty, and de Rossi’s mother, Margaret Rogers. And their dogs, of course.

Ellen DeGeneres gave Portia de Rossi a glittering ring with pink diamonds for their upcoming wedding that will air in part on DeGeneres’s talk show.

“Yes, we have set a wedding date,” said DeGeneres, who walked the red carpet with de Rossi at Friday night’s 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

De Rossi wore a green satin Lanvin gown and a Neil Lane ring on her wedding finger. The ring was a marquis cut diamond set with pink diamonds.

DeGeneres, 50, who won an Emmy for outstanding talk-show host for the fourth year in a row, announced her plans to wed longtime girlfriend de Rossi, on her show back in May, shortly after California’s Supreme Court ruled the previous ban on gay marriages as unconstitutional.

The two stars are in the midst of preparations for what DeGeneres calls “the dream wedding.”

“Planning a wedding is very stressful,” says DeGeneres. “It is crazy. My gardener is now invited.”

The comedienne remained tight-lipped on the major details of her upcoming nuptials to de Rossi, 35, only revealing that “incredible people” would be performing, and that she would air part of the ceremony on her show.

But there are no signs of any pre-wedding jitters for DeGeneres.

“I can’t wait to be married. I feel like it is long overdue,” she said. “And I think someday people will look back on this like women not having the right to vote and segregation and anything else that seems ridiculous like we all don’t have the same rights.”

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Janet Jackson is going back on tour. Today on the Ellen DeGeneres show Jackson announced that she would be heading back on the road for her latest tour, Rock With U, to promote her new CD Discipline. The tour will kick off on September 10 and fans can call to request the songs they most want to hear Janet sing. If you have tim call her up at 323-622-8139. Janet gave an interview and performed two songs.

Janet Jackson performs Rhythm Nation

Janet performs a new song

Janet interview

A day after Ellen DeGeneres announced she would marry her girlfriend Portia De Rossi after the ban on same sex marriages was overturned in California they were seen with some new jewelry. The pair went out to celebrate with a day at the spa and on leaving they were spotted each wearing a new ring on their wedding finger. No word on if te pair already married or if they just picked up some high school style promise rings.

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Ellen DeGeneres plans to wed longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi, she announced during a taping of her show Thursday.

In the episode, airing Friday (the news was first reported by TMZ), DeGeneres revealed the big news and told the crowd, “I’m very excited.” The announcement immediately followed the news that California’s Supreme Court struck down a law banning gay marriage.

De Rossi, 35, was reportedly in the studio when DeGeneres – who just celebrated her 50th birthday – broke the news.

In what’s sure to be a controversial decision, the California’s Supreme Court ruled that people have a fundamental “right to marry” the partner of their choosing – therefore the previous ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional.

The two stars began dating in December 2004, as de Rossi was appearing on the FOX sitcom Arrested Development.

One key to their happiness, DeGeneres said last year, is that they learn from one another. “She’s taught me lessons about myself, and I feel like I’ve taught her,” said the TV host. “We’ve both changed and grown, and we just feel like, ‘Oh, okay, this is completion.’ ”

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With California overturning the ban on same sex marriages Ellen DeGeneres has announced that she will marry long time girlfriend Portia de Rossi.  The pair have been together since Ellen’s high profile with Anne Heche ended after Anne claimed she was no longer gay – she has since gone one to become penniless according to reports.  Anyway back to some happy news for Ellen.  She announced her plans to marry the 35 year old Portia during the taping of her show and the crowd went nuts.  Check out the video of Ellen announcing her plans on the show here.

During a taping of the “Ellen DeGeneres Show”, the 50-year-old talk show titan told a surprised audience that she plans to wed her partner of 4-years, former Ally McBeal star Portia de Rossi.

Ellen’s news follows yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling striking down the state’s ban on gay marriage.

Ellen also told The Advocate magazine how she felt about the landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage in the state.

“I’m thrilled that the California supreme court overturned the ban on gay marriage,” she said. “I can’t wait to get married. We all deserve the same rights, and I believe that someday we’ll look back on this and not allowing gays to marry will seem as absurd as not allowing women to vote.”

DESPITE the doggie drama surrounding Iggy, the cute pup Ellen DeGeneres adopted then gave away last October, the talk queen has rebounded. She’s been named one of the best on TV when it comes to raising awareness of animal issues by Beverly Kaskey, senior director of the Hollywood branch of the Humane Society. “Ellen took on the cruelty of hunting, cooking lobsters and even defended small insects,” Kaskey explained to the Fancast Web site. Lisa Simpson, of “The Simpsons” also got props for becoming a vegetarian in one episode. “Lisa makes the connection between the lamb chops on her plate and the lamb she had befriended earlier and refuses to eat her dinner,” said Kaskey. And on the negative side, “Survivor” is ripped for one episode in which contestants “beheaded a rooster and stabbed to death a squealing pig. The frenzy ended with one contestant smearing blood on his face.”

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“I should have done it a long time ago,” Ellen tells Parade magazine about her new feline venture. “I was waiting for the right thing.”

The new pet food remains unnamed — but Ellen, 50, plans to take a leaf out of  salad dressing king Paul Newman’s book. “We’re tentatively calling it Ellen’s Own,” she adds. “Sort of like Paul Newman’s Own.

“We’re still working on the name.”

DeGenres’ pet food can be eaten by humans — but Ellen herself is yet to indulge. “I have not tasted it yet,” she said “A lot of my people have. I have my people taste it first. I have people tasters. No, my life’s going pretty good. I don’t need to eat it yet.

The pet food is completely natural — so it’s suitable for even the most pampered pets. “People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that,” said Ellen. “And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that’s not dangerous for them.

“There’s a lot of poisonous stuff that they’re putting in a lot of that food, those by-products.”