Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend
Portia de Rossi are jumping at the chance to get
married. DeGeneres announced their engagement during a taping of
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show," telling the studio audience the news
that the California Supreme Court had struck down state laws
against gay marriage. "So I would like to say now, for the first
time, I am announcing: I am getting married," she said during the
show, which aired Friday. The crowd in the studio audience gave her
a long standing ovation, and de Rossi was in the audience, beaming
and clapping. DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, have been a familiar
couple at Hollywood events. Previously, DeGeneres had a
high-profile relationship with actress Anne
Heche.