Happy 50th Birthday to...Ellen DeGeneres!!!
It's a milestone birthday to one of the true gay icons. We love Ellen for so many reasons. She makes us laugh, she dances through life, she 's out and proud and really paved the way for a lot of other celebs to come out.
On Friday's episode of her daytime show, some of the entertainment world’s biggest names did a karaoke turn for our Ellen in a pre-recorded segment. Victoria Beckham, Jake Gyllenhaal and Celine Dion belted out a version of Gloria Gaynor’s seventies disco classic, ‘I Will Survive’. Supermodel Heidi Klum, Jamie Foxx and Paris Hilton also shook their stuff for the singing tribute. Earlier in the show, producers played ‘Happy Birthday’ voicemail messages left by celebrities for Ellen - including Annie Lennox, the Spice Girls and Tom Cruise, who left two messages. But the highlight seemed to be an on-air call from Justin Timberlake.
Cheers to Ellen!!!
Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily
News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession
with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen
at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never
seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.