Portia de Rossi has made her 50th birthday celebrations extra special! In a sweet video posted to the official YouTube page for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, she can be seen surprising wife Ellen at her birthday party with a vow renewal ceremony. And I really mean, surprise. Portia appears through a crowd of guests in a white…
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Portia de Rossi’s Art Company Makes Face Shields for Hospital Staff During Coronavirus Pandemic
Portia De Rossi is using her art business, General Public, to help make protective gear for hospital workers across America. The actress and philanthropist’s factory which is normally used to create 3D art works, is now being used to make face shields. “We usually sheet canvas and make prints…that’s my business. We sell art,” Portia explains in a…
Ellen DeGeneres Creates Fund for Australian Bushfire Relief
Ellen DeGeneres has started a GoFundMe page to support relief efforts as fires continue to burn across Australia. Making the announcement on today’s episode of The Ellen Show, the talk-show host started by describing how much the country means to her: “I love Australia,” she told her audience. “I love Australia so much, I even married an…
Ellen and Portia’s Gorillapalooza Raises $5 million For Endangered Mountain Gorillas
Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia De Rossi have hosted their first official fundraiser for The Ellen Fund to support endangered mountain gorillas. Appropriately called Gorillapalooza, the star-studded event at the Hollywood Palladium raised US $5 million (that’s almost AU $7.5 million!) for the organisation that Portia created for Ellen’s 60th birthday last year. View this post on Instagram …she always…
Ellen’s WILD birthday gift from Portia
Yep, Portia. You nailed it! For her 60th birthday, Ellen received a new foundation – the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund – and the organisation’s first project is to house a gorilla conservation centre in Rwanda. It’s all thanks to wife Portia De Rossi who came up with the idea: “It’s your 60th birthday and this gift had to…