10 posts and columns on Ellen DeGeneres

Greylock Goes Hollywood, Adds to WhoSay Funding

in Social on October 3, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

A start-up that counts megastars like Tom Hanks, Steven Tyler and Ellen DeGeneres among its active users now has a high-profile Silicon Valley investor: Greylock Partners.
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Geek-tastic! Twitter Queen Kim Kardashian Reportedly to Wed at Eric Schmidt’s SoCal Estate (Or at Kleiner Partner’s Luxe Crib).

in Media on August 17, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT

Here’s a delicious juxtaposition you don’t get often: Various reports indicate that reality show empress Kim Kardashian’s upcoming wedding to New Jersey Nets basketball player Kris Humphries will be held at either the Montecito estate of Google’s Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt or that of a VC legend.
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Viral Video: ATD CEO Jane Lynch Is NOT Ellen DeGeneres

in Media on August 9, 2011 at 12:11 am PT

She is, though, hosting the Emmy Awards, which she nabbed after her stellar D9 gig.
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Viral Video: Sofia Vergara's Punk of Perfection

in News on February 4, 2011 at 1:34 am PT

Let’s cut to the chase: BoomTown adores “Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara, for her ridonkulously charming comic persona. It’s on full display here in the hidden-camera prank she did for Ellen DeGeneres’s daytime television talk show. Her galloping like a horse will leave you in stitches.

D@CES Highlights Video: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo (¡Olé!)

in D at CES on January 10, 2011 at 1:01 pm PT

Yes, like a digital Heidi Klum, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo did declare that BoomTown’s outfit was “matador casual” at the start of an interview I did with him at D@CES last Friday. But we talked about a lot more than that, in a lively discussion about the future of the microblogging phenom.

The Year in YouTube: Justin Bieber and the Bed Intruder

in Social on December 13, 2010 at 11:10 am PT

“Hide your kids, hide your wife!” and the rest of the year’s viral video hits.

AOL Officially Adds 5Min to Its Roster. Next?

in Media on September 28, 2010 at 6:25 am PT

Here’s the official press release announcing AOL’s acquisition of 5Min Media. Sources familiar with the transaction tell me it’s an all-cash deal at the high end of the $50 million to $65 million range I reported earlier today. So let’s call it $65 million.

Viral Video: The NBC Late-Night Bonfire Singes "American Idol"

in News on January 12, 2010 at 12:02 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown posted on the mess created by NBC over its late-night talk show wrangling and all the good online videos that have resulted. The fracas involves Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and seemingly every dude who sits behind a desk and kisses up to celebrities for a living. Leno is still on a slow burn over the debacle, even as daytime talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres enters the brouhaha being created by Simon Cowell leaving “American Idol” just as she joins the show as a judge. And that means more videos!
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Don't Vote! (Except, It's Celebs Being Ironic, So Do!)

in News on October 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm PT

Here’s an interesting online video, in which a passel of celebrities urge young people to vote. It begins with them urging youth not to vote, in that hipster, sarcastic, of-course-we-really-mean-you-should-vote-you-dope tone. The nonpartisan PSA–well, honestly, it does lean decidedly liberal–has been produced by actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and includes DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, Dustin Hoffman, Eva Longoria, Forest Whitaker, Ellen DeGeneres, among others.

Viral Video: Hawaii Chair and Kung-Fuing the Panda

in News on June 3, 2008 at 5:30 am PT

I dare you not to laugh at this video from Ellen DeGeneres’s show, which was put up several months ago, but is suddenly enjoying a lot of popularity on the Web. The video speaks for itself, but it has DeGeneres trying out a thing called a Hawaii chair.
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