Ellen DeGeneres shares edgy joke that could have kept her from being ‘kicked out of showbusiness’
Ellen DeGeneres is poking fun at her own scandals in her upcoming Netflix special. The new trailer for “Ellen DeGeneres: I Give You My Approval” has just been released, and it shows the comedian talking about being “cast out of showbiz.” “Women yelling 'Be kind' weren't being kind. That was the headline,” DeGeneres said. “The […]
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to hear arguments over 2011 suicide of Philadelphia teacher Ellen Greenberg
The parents of a Philadelphia teacher who was found dead in 2011 with 20 stab wounds from an apparent suicide have won the right to challenge his conviction and have it changed to murder, according to reports. The family of Ellen Greenberg has been fighting for more than a decade to overturn the city’s ruling […]
Ellen DeGeneres confronted me for not appearing on her sitcom
Ellen DeGeneres isn’t always smiling. Patrick Warburton said he once had a public feud with the 66-year-old comedian and former talk show host after he turned down a guest spot on a sitcom she starred in in the 1990s. “I’ve been a guest on Ellen,” Warburton, 59, told SiriusXM. “Jessica Shaw’s Spotlight” It was released […]
Ellen DeGeneres ‘done’ with fame, calling her Netflix special ‘the last time you’re going to see me’
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has reached a breaking point with Hollywood and plans to say goodbye to the entertainment business after her Netflix special. The former daytime talk show host shared her future plans during a Q&A session with the audience while on her farewell tour, Ellen’s Last Stand…Up, in Santa Rosa, California. “Will we see […]
Two women, Beverly Grant and Ellen Shelburne return to Woodstock after 55 years
Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw; Ellen Shelburne arrived in a Volkswagen minibus and pitched a makeshift tent. Fifty-five years later, the two longtime friends are finally back at the garden, but this time in a big way. The women, now 76, recently […]
Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Ellen Ashe, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice, wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court’s landmark 1996 school desegregation decision.・Mr. Peters passed away. She was 94 years old. Peters, who was also the first female faculty member at Yale Law School, died Tuesday, according to the […]
Port Ellen whisky distillery in Scotland reopens after 40 years
The remains of a former ‘ghost’ distillery on Islay, an excellent source of Scottish peat whisky, are now an ultra-premium distillery with a luxurious and sophisticated blueprint. In 1983, the flagship distillery, Port Ellen Distillery, closed due to overproduction of single malt whiskey in the area. Due to the surplus, many whiskey production sites were […]