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Ellen Gives Back

If you have fallen on hard financial times, and need help consider emailing Ellen DeGeneres. Or enter on the website for a chance to win prizes.

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The overall unemployment rate for the U.S. hovered around 10% throughout 2010, So its no wonder families are falling on hard times more now than ever before.

On the Ellen Show website viewers are encouraged to submit their stories to get a chance for Ellen to help them.

It seems almost every day she is giving away cash, a trip, or a car like the new Chevy Cruze.

The website states “Do you feel like you're doing everything you can to get by, but things just haven't been going your way? If you've been hit hard by the economy, tell us your story. What are you doing to keep your family afloat? What keeps you motivated? Ellen is looking to change lives -- will yours be one of them?”

Ellen provided financial support and Christmas gifts to an unemployed mother of five whose husband died suddenly from a heart attack. Also the show provides support to military families, and other families with touching stories.

Only a lucky few will be helped by Ellen. But for those few families it will help them from sinking into a financial hole they can't get out of.

Fans love Ellen Because…

Ellen is a fierce anti-bullying advocate, and provides anti bullying resources on her website. She especially provides support to gay teens, who can struggle in their teenage years.

Talented people such as musicians and other performers with hits on u-tube are given a platform to perform on her show and gain more exposure.

The show does everything from showcasing a talented father daughter singing duo; (see video).

Ellen is loved by celebrities and stay at home moms. People enjoy watching Ellen because she is sincere and likeable.

Hot Celebrity Guests

The show has the hottest celebrity guests from Lady Gaga to Jeff Bridges.

She playfully interviews young new hollywood stars like shy Robert Pattinson from the Twilight Saga to countless oscar winners. She doesn’t take herself too seriously, as her over the top dance moves illustrate.

Bieber Fever...Superstar singer Justin Bieber appeared on the show. Bieber seems suprisingly grounded and sweet despite his superstardom. Bieber surprises one awestruck and speechless teenage fan by showing up in her bedroom.

Bieber invited Ellen's entire squealing teenage audience to The Los Angeles premiere of his new movie "Never Say Never", which chronicals Bieber's rise to fame from near poverty in Ontario Canada to today's word wide fame.

Bieber appeared with his new shorter cropped hair, which apparently caused him to loose 80,000 Twitter followers. You could say it was the hair cut heard around the world.

Teen star Selena Gomez was also a guest on Ellen. Gomez finally admitted to being in a relationship with Bieber on Ellen, to the horror of pre-teens everywhere.

Ellen does a hilarious hidden camera spoofs with celebrity guests like Dennis Quaid and Jennifer Lopez. Ellen instructs the celeb to say ridiculous things and make demands to unsuspecting "normal" people via an earpiece.

Animal Lover

Animal lovers can count on Ellen to support animal causes. Such as ending the cruel practices of puppy mills.

Ellen even became a vegan recently. A vegan is a vegetarian who excludes all meat, poultry, fish, and other animal derived foods such as dairy and eggs. Vegans also don’t use products derived from animals such as fur or leather. Ellen & wife Portia De Rossi both became vegan because they "love animals so much."

There is no shortage of celebrities who live the Vegan lifestyle. Celebs such as Natalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone, Emily Deschanel, and Tobey Maguire are vegans.

Although Portman decided to go vegetarian instead of vegan during her pregnancy."I actually went back to being vegetarian when I became pregnant, just because I felt like I wanted that stuff,"Portman said during a radio interview"I was listening to my body to have eggs and dairy and that sort of stuff."

Oprah even participated in a one week vegan challenge with 378 members of her staff. Oprah and her staff go vegan for one week.

Ellen's Beginnings

Ellen Degeneres has had a long and interesting career.

Ellen attended the University of New Orleans as a communication major, but she dropped out after one semester. She held a wide variety of jobs until she turned to stand-up comedy, making her way up the ladder at small clubs.

• Her first appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was in 1986. She continued working throughout the 1990’s.
• In 1997 she came "out of the closet" on her sitcom Ellen which caused major controversy at the time. She bravely became the first gay lead character on a network.
• Ellen began her own show in 2003. The show has been enormously successfull, and an Emmy awards favorite.

Attitudes towards gays & lesbians have changed dramatically over the years. Would a celebrity coming out the closet garner much controversy today? The TV star is definitely out of the closet with her marriage to actress Portia De Rossi 38. The latest rumors are that the couple may be considering adopting a child.