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  • Portia de Rossi: ‘Scandal’ Return ‘Exciting,’ ‘Amazing’

    Portia de Rossi recently dished about the return of ABC’s Scandal, calling the new season both ‘exciting‘ and ‘amazing.’ She teased about the show’s return from midseason break while she and wife Ellen DeGeneres walked the red carpet at the People’s Choice Awards last Wednesday.

    “What I’m reading now, and what we’re doing that will air at the end of the month, it’s kind of amazing,” de Rossi shared.

    “[It’s] very exciting,” she added while speaking to ET.

    The former Ally McBeal star still wouldn’t spill the beans, however. There were absolutely no spoilers leaked from her lips to ET’s mic. Portia de Rossi plays the role of Elizabeth North, whose conniving schemes are beginning to come unraveled. It’s the kind of role that de Rossi has said she’s wanted since Scandal first began.

    Even Ellen DeGeneres wouldn’t spill any of the Scandal beans.

    “She comes home and starts talking about her day, like anybody who wants to share their day… but I don’t want to know her day! Because I’m a fan, and I want to see it like everybody else,” DeGeneres said.

    “So I know things that are happening that are cray-cray,” Ellen added.

    It seems fans will simply have to wait to see Portia de Rossi in her role as Elizabeth North when Scandal returns will new episodes beginning on January 29th. Check her–and the rest of the Scandal cast, including Kerry Washington, Guillermo Díaz, and more–at 8:00 PM.

    Will you be tuning in?

  • Meagan Good Won’t Replace Kerry Washington on Scandal: It Was Just a Hoax

    Relax Scandal fans: Meagan Good won’t be replacing Kerry Washington on the hit ABC political drama after all.

    The website Cream BMP Daily caused a stir recently when it reported that Good (Anchorman 2, Think Like a Man) would replace Washington after the Scandal star refused to accept a pay decrease set forth to offset rising production costs.

    The website, whose About page says it’s “comprised of satire and parody of current news and urban culture,” included a fictitious quote from Scandal showrunner Shonda Rhimes:

    “Let’s be honest $300,000 per episode is not like we were putting her in the poor house.”

    Supposedly Rhimes said of Good: “Where Meagan lacks in acting she makes up in sex-appeal so we believe she’ll bring a larger male demographic to an already female driven show.”

    Scandal fans turned to social media to declare their outrage before learning the article was just a hoax.

    The series, which debuted in April 2012, boasts a strong following. Fans are currently awaiting the September 25 premiere of season four.

    Rhimes recently revealed that she knows when the series will end:

    “I’ve already decided when Scandal is ending. I think there’s only so much Scandal you can tell satisfactorily,” she said. “The Fitz-Liv thing can only be told so long and in such a way. It’s not a 10-season or eight-season show. I’ve already decided how long that is and what that’s going to be.”

    Rhimes, whose impressive resume includes Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice, has said fans will see even more of Washington in season four now that the show’s leading lady has given birth and they aren’t working around her pregnancy.

    “… now that we have the ability to use Kerry the way we need to use her, it means we get to bring everything back to our core in a way that we had in season two and one,” Rhimes said. “… we’re very excited to get back to Olivia-centric storytelling.”

    In more reliable and less satirical news, one cast member won’t be returning for season four.

    In April Columbus Short, who plays Harrison Wright on the show, announced his exit from the show:

    “At this time I must confirm my exit from a show I’ve called home for three years, with what is the most talented ensemble on television today. I would like to first thank Shonda Rhimes for the opportunity to work with such an amazing cast … Thank you … to ABC and Shondaland for allowing me to play such a pivotal role in the Scandal series. I have enjoyed every single minute of it. Everything must come to an end and unfortunately the time has come for Harrison Wright to exit the canvas. I wish nothing but the best for Shonda, Kerry and the rest of the cast …”

    According to Rhimes, Short’s “absence will be explained definitively. What you think happened to his character happened to his character.”

    And while Meagan Good won’t be joining the cast, we know of at least one person who will. Ellen Degeneres posted a tweet earlier today alluding to the fact that her wife Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development, Ally McBeal, Nip/Tuck) will guest star in the upcoming season:

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  • Portia de Rossi, Ellen DeGeneres Working Things Out

    Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres have apparently hit some snags in their marriage, but none that can’t be worked out. In fact, sources close to the couple believe they may even renew their wedding vows some time in August. It seems an argument the couple had sent Portia packing–to a rehab facility for treatment of alcohol and drug problems. The former Ally McBeal actress suffered from an eating disorder in the past as well.

    A source close to the couple says Portia de Rossi is “good at seeking help when she needs to.”

    ”They’ve worked out difficulties in the past, and no doubt they’re trying to work out any problems right now.”

    Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have bought and renovated properties since before their marriage. It seems the argument that sent her packing for rehab stemmed from her belief that she had endured most of the work involved in their most recent project alone. The couple recently resold the home for a $15 million profit as seen in the video clip above.

    ”At times Portia felt overwhelmed at all that goes into redoing a house and moving to another, no matter how lucrative it may be,” the source claims. ”She felt like she was doing everything herself and needed some downtime.”

    Friends of both Portia and Ellen have lots of confidence in their marriage, however, and believe that the couple will continue to work things out. Next month the pair will celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary and that’s when it’s expected they might renew their wedding vows. Both Ellen and Portia were excited to tie the knot when it became legal for same sex couples in California to do so.

    “They both love to celebrate special occasions and holidays, and their wedding anniversary is no different. They usually celebrate with a big party and invite a lot of friends. They really are a lovely couple. They enjoy being married, and it shows,” the source adds.

    Portia de Rossi is clearly out of rehab now. The couple was spotted furniture shopping in New York in recent days.

    Do you think Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are in their marriage ’til death do them part? Will they work out these issues and put the pieces of their marriage solidly back together again?

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  • Calista Flockhart Joins Harrison Ford at Hospital

    Calista Flockhart has reportedly flown to Britain to be at husband Harrison Ford’s hospital bedside. The Star Wars actor was seriously injured on set, doing serious harm to his ankle. Some sources are now saying his injuries may be even more serious than initially reported–including possible injuries to his pelvis and his chest. The two missed celebrating their fourth anniversary together. They were married on June 15th in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    Flockhart–probably best known for her role on Ally McBeal–confirmed that she was in fact en route to spend several days with Harrison Ford. Ford was airlifted to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford following the accident that occurred at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. It seems a door from the Millennium Falcon spacecraft–part of the intricate set design for the upcoming Star Wars film–collapsed and fell on the actor.

    Despite these reports it is said that Star Wars: Episode VII is set to release on schedule, with a premiere date of December 18, 2015 still on track. Filming will continue despite Harrison Ford’s absence. He will return, however, to play Han Solo even though he is expected to miss as many as eight weeks on set. One source claims Ford will resume filming, with shots featuring him from the waist up only.

    Perhaps a good dose of Calista Flockhart is what Ford needs. Being alone in a hospital far from home must take its toll on one’s psyche, and as everyone knows–good emotional health is vital to physical healing. Maybe her time spent at his bedside will prompt him to join cast members from the original Star Wars who are reprising their roles in the new film as well. Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill will also appear in what will likely be a big screen sensation.

    It’s uncertain how long Calista Flockhart will stay in Britain with Harrison Ford. The two are raising a son that she adopted as an infant back in 2001–meaning they have a teenager at home.

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  • Portia de Rossi Reveals Her Fears About Coming Out

    Portia de Rossi has been pretty quiet about discussing her personal relationships with the media. But when James Lipton asked the Arrested Development and Ally McBeal actress during an interview with “Inside the Actors Studio” about the first time she came out as a lesbian in public, de Rossi finally decided it was time to tell the story.

    She spoke candidly about her anxiety and fears. “Ellen and I had been together for a month and I was very, very nervous going to that (The Golden Globe Awards) because I knew that I was going to meet up with her after the show… we actually stepped out together as a couple but, for me, it was the first time that I stepped out as a gay woman.”

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    Of course, we now know de Rossi as Ellen Degeneres’ wife of nine years. The couple seems perfectly happy, de Rossi even makes special guest appearances on Ellen’s hit television show. The pair also walks the red carpet together regularly for big time Hollywood events. But the truth is that de Rossi said that she simply did not want to be a lesbian.

    The 40-year-old blond beauty recently admitted in an interview with Amanda de Cadenet, who has a show on Liftetime called, “The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet,” that she struggled with the idea of being gay. “I just didn’t want to be a lesbian. I’d never met one for a start and I just thought they were strange and that they hated men and they were very serious and I had these ridiculous images in my head and there were no out celebrities or politicians or anybody that I could look to and go, ‘Oh, I could be like that.’ There was nobody that I could say, ‘I could date her and I want to be like her’… I just kind of thought I don’t want to live like this. I don’t have to, I don’t need to, I just shut down the emotional life.”

    You can check out de Rossi’s extremely revealing interview with de Cadenet in its entirety here:

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