Ellen, Portia tie knot …
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There was much dancing: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports.
In the biggest celebrity union since California legalized same-sex marriage, DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, wed Saturday night in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills home, People and Us Magazine reported.
A publicist for DeGeneres didn’t immediately respond to messages from the Associated Press on
Saturday. After the California Supreme Court’s ruling in May, the talk-show host announced that she and de Rossi, who have been a couple for four years, would wed.
The ceremony was attended by 19 guests, including De- Generes’s mother, Betty, and de Rossi’s mother, Margaret Rogers, who flew in from Australia for the occasion, People.com reported Saturday night.
DeGeneres said after winning her fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy for talk show host in June that a date had not been set, and that she would show “a tiny bit” of the nuptials on her show.
While opponents in California have gathered signatures to put a measure on the November ballot for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, Hollywood was throwing its support behind the newlyweds.
“One of my favorite people of all time is Ms. Ellen DeGeneres,” actress Katherine Heigl told AP Television at a Hollywood charity event on Saturday night. “So I wish all the best, all the happiness, all the joy that comes with that certificate.”
Acting like athletes …
Chevy Chase provided a crucial run, and Alec Baldwin helped ensure that everyone did the right thing.
Chase blasted a line drive that helped turn the tide in favor of the Artists team when it was down 2-0 in a star-studded Hamptons charity softball game against the Writers.
The Artists went on to win 4-2, their second victory in the series in two years.
Baldwin was an umpire for Saturday’s contest at the far east end of Long Island.
It was the 60th installment of the annual Artists and Writers Game.
Saturday’s game raised more than $60,000 for hospice, day care and drug rehabilitation services.
Mac still a big draw …
As Cedric the Entertainer scanned the crowd of more than 6,000 gathered on Chicago’s South Side to remember Bernie Mac on Saturday, he cracked that the comedy king was “still the hottest ticket in town.”
Fans, friends and fellow celebrities descended on the House of Hope megachurch to bid their farewells to a man who never forgot his humble Chicago roots.
Mayor Richard Daley recalled that Mac was in his office recently, asking how he could help fight violent crime in the city.
Mac died Aug. 9 at age 50 of what his publicist said were complications from pneumonia. He had been at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital since the middle of July.
Samuel L. Jackson, who co-stars with Mac in the upcoming movie “Soul Men,” spoke at the church, saying he knew Mac “was having some health issues, but he always said to me every morning that he was always good.”
Jackson observed that Mac didn’t mind the loss of privacy that comes with fame.
“He never turned that kid down for an autograph,” Jackson said.
“He always had time to shake a hand.”
