Yesterday Ellen DeGeneres announced she is getting married, and mentioned she and Portia de Rossi are registered at Crate & Barrel, but she’s not really. Ellen said she was only joking. In fact, Ellen said the couple are not registered anywhere. Someone actually did register in the couple’s name, so if you bought a gift using that account, the joke is on you. Get a refund.

As we told you yesterday, Ellen DeGeneres announced on her show that she will marry Portia de Rossi. Portia was in the audience. The law goes into effect 30 days from yesterday, which should be about June 14, if the law counts weekends, and now business days only.

Don’t forget the prenup. Relationships take on a whole new meaning when they’re legal.

Back in October of 2007, reports falsely said that Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi had split. They were so wrong. On Ellen’s show today, Ellen announced that she and Portia are GETTING MARRIED. The announcement will air Friday.

Making this possible was a California Supreme Court ruling today that struck down the ban against gay marriage.

Ellen told the Advocate today:

I’m thrilled that the California supreme court overturned the ban on gay marriage. I can’t wait to get married. We all deserve the same rights, and I believe that someday we’ll look back on this, and not allowing gays to marry will seem as absurd as not allowing women to vote.

P.S. I’m registered at Crate & Barrel.

Ellen should start thinking about getting that prenup now.

Divorce lawyers are overjoyed.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi attended the Takashi Murakami Honors together. The look on their faces tells the story of a troubled relationship. We need a body language expert. Rumors are still circulating that Ellen and Portia are still having a lot of difficulties in their relationship due to the age difference, and Portia just isn’t happy any longer, and wants to move on. Ellen’s PR person has been denying any problems, and a split that was rumored. Despite the denials, rumors are still circulating that their relationship is rocky at best. I see them holding hands for appearances, but their faces show distant emotions rather than unity. Time will tell.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are not breaking up according to Ellen’s rep. The rep. is denying claims made by Star magazine that the couple are splitting up. Do you smell that? Where there’s smoke there’s fire.