American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres,The Famous American stand-up comedian, television host and actress who currently hosts the Emmy Award-winning talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show gets married to her actress girlfriend Portia De Rossi.
The lesbian couple, who have been dating since December 2004, announced their engagement in May shortly after the California Supreme Court made same sex civil partnerships legal.
DeGeneres, 50, and De Rossi, 35, are planning a small, private ceremony in front of 20 family and friends at their £15million estate.
Ellen DeGeneres, confessed about her being a Lesbian in 1997 during the fourth season of Ellen, in an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
The pair began dating in 2004 after splitting from their previous partners - Ellen had been in a relationship with photographer Alexandra Hedison, while De Rossi dated Francesca Gregorini, daughter of former Bond girl Barbara Bach.
Australian-born De Rossi, also a self confessed lesbian launched to fame playing ice queen Nell in Ally McBeal .De Rossi was named number 64 in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women, 31 in Femme Fatales' Sexiest Women of 2003 list, 24 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women List in 2004.In May 2007, Portia De Rossi was featured as one of 100 Most Beautiful in People Magazine.