Television host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, left, and actress Portia de Rossi accept an award at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 18, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Television host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, left, and actress Portia de Rossi accept an award at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 18, 2009.

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  1. Paula Abdul performs as Ellen DeGeneres at the VH1 Divas show, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 in New York. DeGeneres replaced Abdul as a judge on "American Idol."
  2. FILE - In this March 14, 1997 file photo provided by Touchstone Television, Ellen DeGeneres, left, playing character Ellen Morgan, discusses her fears about coming out as a lesbian with her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey, during a taping of the sitcom "Ellen," in Burbank, Calif. Winfrey was set to announce Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 that her powerhouse daytime television show, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.
  3. FILE - In this March 14, 1997 file photo provided by Touchstone Television, Ellen DeGeneres, left, playing character Ellen Morgan, discusses her fears about coming out as a lesbian with her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey, during a taping of the sitcom "Ellen," in Burbank, Calif.
  4. In this undated photo provided by Hearst Magazines, talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, left, is seen with Ellen DeGeneres on the cover of the Decemeber 2009 subscriber edition of "O, The Oprah Magazine. " DeGeneres will also appear Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 on "The Oprah WInfrey Show."
  5. In this undated photo provided by Hearst Magazines, talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, right, is seen with Ellen DeGeneres on the cover of the Decemeber 2009 subscriber edition of "O, The Oprah Magazine. " DeGeneres will also appear Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 on "The Oprah WInfrey Show."
  6. FILE - In this publicity photo originally released Oct. 21, 2009 by Warner Bros., host Ellen DeGeneres is shown during an Oct. 15, 2009 taping of the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," in Burbank, Calif.
  7. This photo released Oct. 21, 2009, by The Ellen DeGeneres Show shows television host Ellen DeGeneres in front of a television image of University of California, San Diego, sophomore Austyn Gabig during a Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 taping of the show in Burbank, Calif. DeGeneres set off a frenzy on the UCSD campus when she said she'd give tickets to those who, within 15 minutes of the tweet, e-mailed her a cell phone photo of themselves wearing a red towel and standing with someone in a uniform. Gabig got the tweet, found a towel _ and won tickets. The man in uniform is not identified.
  8. In this Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 photo, Dalton Sherman, 11, reads from a book passed down from his grandfather as he practices pronunciation in his Dallas home. He's been on Oprah Winfrey's and Ellen DeGeneres' talk shows. He's hobnobbed with Donald Trump, poet Maya Angelou and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and on Friday Sept. 18, 2009, Jenna Bush Hager will interview him on NBC's "Today" show in her broadcasting debut.

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