Ellen Degeneres Research Paper

on April 27, 1997 Ellen Degeneres came out on her television show to everyone. Now 20 plus years later she is still using her tv show to change the world on joke at a time. She has won multiple awards and has starred in two blockbuster animated films and has been hosting her award winning television show for 15 years now. Ellen has become a major advocate for lgbt rights and women's right. Ellen is an influential advocate of lgbt rights through her actions of risking her career to come out on her show, speaking out on her show for what’s right, and donating to multiple charities.

Today’s society lives in a world that would cause much confusion to others in the past. The people who are “known” are not necessarily people who are loved. Many so called celebrities have just as many haters and they do fans, but that does not stop them from becoming a household name. For example, the Kardashians are a household name across the world. Many people love them, but just as many people love to hate them. Even though, people do not like them it does not stop the family from being one of the most known families in the world. Even if someone has a strong hatred for the family, it does not mean that their name won’t ever come out of their mouth. The love hate relationship society has with the Kardashians reflect how in this society

Ellen Pence was born on April 15th 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Bradkin, 2016). She had a son, Liam McCormick, with her partner, Amanda McCormick (Bradkin, 2016). Jeffrey Edleson (2010) portrayed Ellen as comical with a dry sarcastic humor and would love teasing people. Battered Women’s Justice Project (2016), depicted Ellen as a critical analyst, a compassionate listener, and committed to social justice. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from St. Scholastica (Bradkin, 2016). Ellen later received her Doctorate in Sociology at The University of Toronto (Bradkin, 2016). Her mother, Audrie Pence, was an advocate of the feminist movement (Bradkin, 2016). Ellen was also an activist who contributed to the movement to end

After high school, DeGeneres did not know what she wanted to do with her life. At the age of 19, one of DeGeneres’ friends was killed in a car accident and DeGeneres was living in an apartment basement with no money. She suddenly had a calling from God and realized she wanted to be the first woman on the Tonight Show and take the path of stand-up. However, this was a challenge for her to constantly hide her secret of her being gay. She was worried people wouldn’t listen to her and was living with shame and fear. Eventually, DeGeneres came to realization that she wanted to be honest with herself and she told everyone who she really was. Even though she did not receive any job offers for three years she knew she was doing the right thing due to the

Ellen DeGeneres states, “I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.”(“Ellen DeGeneres Quotes.”). Ellen is a popular television host that isn’t afraid to express her opinion to the public. She knows that people do not need to have a high education in equality to understand the every person deserves to be seen and treated equally. People can still take a stand and make a difference simply by supporting a cause. Imagine being discriminated against for something one cannot control, such as their sex. Many people had faced this, until someone decided to take charge. The Equal rights Amendment was supposed to protect oneself from this type of discrimination. A lot has had to happen just to get this amendment up and running to be introduced. The equal rights Amendment has a long history and can be linked to many famous writings, which makes it easily relatable to almost everyone.

Going through a divorce is one of the hardest experiences to go through in life, and it doesn’t help when the media is broadcasting every miniscule detail regarding it. Paparazzi standing outside your door, your picture being plastered across every news site on the web, it can make a person go insane. Luckily for Khloe Kardashian, she is more than used to it, starring in the hit TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, she’s used to being in the spotlight. From several articles from TMZ, E! News, and CNN, they all differ in how they portray Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom in different lights as a means to change the way the readers feel. I am going to explore and discover which article has the least bias on this matter.

Within DeGeneres’ speech, she also included some pathos. While connecting to her audience through comedy bits in her speech, she also connected with them through a very emotional level when telling her story. The comedic aspect of her speech was very enlightening and kept everyone in a laughing mood. Her speech was something that people wanted to hear and engage with the entire time. When first reading the speech, you notice that Ellen DeGeneres is funny, entertaining, and a person you would like to spend time with. She cracks jokes in her speech and

However, the show faces stronger criticism and was forced to end. “An ABC affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama, refused to air the landmark episode. Fearing controversy, some of the show 's sponsors, Daimler Chrysler among them, withdrew advertisements” ("Ellen DeGeneres Biography"). Even though ABC made no comment other than to confirm the cancellation officially, “It was believed that The Walt Disney Company, ABC 's parent owner, had become uncomfortable with the subject matter depicted on the show now that DeGeneres ' character was openly gay” (Carter). Despite a supportive audience, an Emmy Award for the coming out episode and the show 's groundbreaking place in television history, Ellen was canceled in 1998.

Kim Kardashian had a hard time figuring out what to say with and she talked about her problem during a FaceTimed conversation she had with Ellen DeGeneres. Hollywood Lives reported that Ellen called Kim for a FaceTimed chat just as Kim was getting her makeup and hair done for the Webby awards. Ellen mentioned saying something about nude selfies and Kim did exactly that.

Imagine you are a normal kid attending local high school. You get good grades and have loving friends around you. Now, imagine someone at school is bullying you for your sexuality. Imagine them tormenting, torturing, and talking down to you every day because you are “different.” This is what Ellen DeGeneres had to live through during her life as she blossomed into an adult. Ellen would constantly live in fear of being bullied for her sexual orientation but throughout growing up she learned to stand for what she believes in and tried to fill humanity with as much kindness as she could hold, just like she continually does today. Ellen DeGeneres is a powerful figure that has prominently benefited modern society by supporting LBGT rights and equality, becoming an advocate of many charities and associations, and utilizing her talk show and fame to benefit numerous causes.

Marlee’s first accomplishment in the acting world occurred at the young age of 21, winning an Academy Award for best female actress from her role in the movie, “Child of a Lesser God.” She has guest starred in many shows, including “Seinfield”, “Law and Order”, “What the Bleep Do We Know!?”, “Desperate Housewives”, and many others. An important role that Marlee was recently involved with was the mother of Emmet on “Switched at Birth.” “Switched at Birth” is a television series depicting the lives of Daphne, who is Deaf, and Bay, who were switched at birth. Marlee was also featured on “The Celebrity Apprentice.” She raised approximately one million dollars for the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Not only is Marlee is a celebrity on the screen, she is an advocate for many causes in real life. Marley is advocate for the National Captioning Institute. She was an immense factor in passing a law that is mandatory for TVs thirteen inches and larger to require closed

Ellen Degeneres always had a talent for making people laugh. To get through the experience at a public speaking event, when she was frightened by a crowd she used her humor to entertain the audience. “From there she performed in stand-up comedy clubs at colleges and universities. Her stand-up comedy routine were based on her funny observations and normal everyday life” (Biography editors) At Clyde’s comedy club she landed a job as the emcee and and worked there several years until her act went on to bigger stages. From 1994 to 1998 Ellen Degeneres starred in her own sitcom called Ellen. “They originally called it these friends of mine in 1993, but was renamed in 1994. In 2003 she returned to television and became a huge daytime talk show host

Ellen has had big accomplishment in her lifetime from only starting at the age of 19. In all she has been in 5 successful movies and 5 successful tv shows. She has won over 60 awards/honors and over 100 nominations. Some of her most memorable award are outstanding talk show host which she has 5 time in a row. Another memorable award is is Choice Comedian which she won 6 times. The last memorable award was Best Voice Over For a Animated Movie that she won for the movie of Finding Nemo. She has wrote 3 books about herself. Her first book was called My Point… And I Do Have One that people didn’t really think would sell but actually was a big hit. second book that was even more of a success called The Funny Thing Is. Ellen’s last book was a huge

If I had to choose a role model it would definitely be her. She’s big hearted and courageous. Ellen supports numerous amounts of charities and foundations such as; Artists against Racism, Children’s Health Fund, Clothes off Our Back, Declare Yourself, Feeding America, Love our Children USA, Project Cuddle, Make It Right and countless others. What makes Ellen so great is she also support charities and foundations for animals as well such as, Halo Pet Foundation, Society for Animal Protective Legislation, and many more. She also, uses her show to help raise money for families in need and raise awareness. Ellen is an activist in the gay community. She was one of the first woman to be openly gay in show business. Which helped other to not only share their sexuality but admit to their sexuality. Ellen is unstoppable and very generous. She believe in helping others rather if it’s humans or animals. She paves a way for others to grow. Our ancestors would be proud of Ellen’s

“Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.”– Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen DeGeneres is one of America's most well known comedians and also a very prominent gay/lesbian role model for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community. From 2013 till today, she has been the host of an award winning talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. DeGeneres is also a twelve-time Emmy award winner, an actress, a producer, and an animal rights activist. This rhetoric analysis essay will revolve around her commencement speech given to the graduating class of Tulane University in May 2009. DeGeneres incorporated humor in her speech in order to