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Tweeting about his friendship with Ellen DeGeneres, late-night TV legend Jay Leno joined a growing number of industry figures voicing support for the television talk show host. “I don’t discard a 40-year friendship on hearsay. The Ellen I know has raised over $125 million dollars for charity and has always been a kind…

UPDATED: Former Ellen resident DJ Tony Okungbowa, who worked on the show from 2003-2006 and from 2007-2013, on Tuesday supported accounts by other former staffers alleging a toxic work environment on the daytime talk show. “While I am grateful for the opportunity it afforded me, I did experience and feel the toxicity…

The Ellen DeGeneres Show's host, Ellen DeGeneres, and studio, Warner Bros., have spoken out about the recent complaints against the workplace environment on the popular daytime syndicated talk show. In a statement on behalf of WB and DeGeneres, the studio confirmed that it has conducted an internal inquiry…

Bill Maher returned to a subject directly in his wheelhouse during his closing monologue in Friday night’s episode of Real Time: cancel culture during the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. “White people need to stop trying to cancel other people whose heart is in the right place but don’t get it exactly right on…

The Los Angeles Unified School District will honor the Class of 2020 with an hour-long special featuring familiar faces from the worlds of entertainment, politics, and sports. The virtual graduation ceremony is set to air Monday, and will include appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Kenya Barris, rapper-producer Lil Jon…

Ellen DeGeneres is back with her first show amid the coronavirus quarantine with encouraging words for viewers. “Hi everyone. Thanks for not being here,” DeGeneres joked from the living room of her home. “This is crazy, I wasn’t supposed to be doing my show from my house until next season.” Today was DeGeneres’ first…

UPDATED: Another talk show, whose production had been shut down over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is returning to television. The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be back on Monday, April 6, with remotely produced new episodes filmed at DeGeneres' home amid the health crisis. Also starting Monday, April 6, fellow…

Pete Buttigieg is in Los Angeles today for campaign events and an evening fundraiser co-hosted by Seth MacFarlane and Lee Daniels, but he also squeezed in time for a guest spot on The Ellen Show. Host Ellen DeGeneres asked him to respond to Rush Limbaugh’s questioning a gay man debating President Donald Trump. “How is…

Let the games continue. NBC has handed a Season 4 renewal to Ellen’s Game of Games, the hourlong series hosted by Ellen DeGeneres that ranked as primetime’s No. 1 game show last season. The announcement — which comes six weeks into the series’ third season — was made during her talk show today, and the host had…

Cynthia Nixon will direct a 40th anniversary Broadway production of Jane Chambers’ landmark lesbian stage drama Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, to be produced by Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner and Harriet Newman Leve. The producers have not yet announced casting, venue or timeline. Set in…

The Masked Singer has waltzed off with a spin-off after Fox teamed with Ellen DeGeneres to produce The Masked Dancer. The broadcaster has ordered the series based on a popular segment on The Ellen Show where the talkshow host and guests must guess the identity of a celebrity dancer, more than just a nod to the Fox…

UPDATED with video: After a poignant introduction by Saturday Night Live‘s Kate McKinnon – “I wouldn’t have had the guts to go on TV” without her, the openly gay SNL star said – Ellen DeGeneres accepted the Golden Globe’s second annual Carol Burnett Award tonight. As befitting an award named after Burnett – the…