JOHNSON: Ellen DeGeneres move to U.K. about more than politics, source says

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi didn’t truly move to England due to the fact that Trump won, according to an insider. They were heading overseas regardless.

Earlier this week, sources told TMZ the mates moved to the U.K. due to the fact that Trump’s triumph near them “very disillusioned” astir surviving successful the states and resolved to “get the hellhole out.” But it appears they’d been considering a alteration for a while.

“They ever wanted to person a caller commencement erstwhile Ellen retired from her TV show,” said my source. “They were bushed of their California life.”

People successful their ellipse thought they would determination to Australia since Portia is from there. But they seemingly listened to their Montecito neighbors Prince Harry and Meghan Markle connected wherever to unrecorded successful England.

DeGeneres has been unfastened astir being “kicked retired of amusement business” aft staffers complained of a toxic workplace.

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Lyle and Erik Menendez successful Beverly Hills Municipal Court tribunal successful 1991. (AP)

Ryan Murphy and the formed of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” get an “A” from a antheral who lived done it.

Roger Smith was 2nd successful bid to Jose Menendez astatine their video organisation company. He testified astatine the archetypal trial.

“Javier Bardem [who played Jose] got the cleanable blend of charm and evil,” Smith told me.

Smith came to judge the intersexual maltreatment suffered by the boys aft Leslie Abramson arranged a two-hour gathering with a starring intersexual psychologist.

“Jose was a macho Cuban known to beryllium cheating connected his woman with different women,” Smith says. “But this benignant of parental domination isn’t astir sex, it’s astir control.”

The 2 boys were perfectly cast. But Chloe Sevigny was “too classy” according to Smith. “I had meal with Jose and Kitty astatine slightest a fractional twelve times and she was an alcoholic surviving nether his thumb.”

As to whether oregon not the publicity from the bid gets the boys retired early, Smith says that’s a pugnacious decision.

“They’ve done mode much clip than necessary. Gavin Newsom has to determine the governmental downside of letting them out.”

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Gay activistic Allen Roskoff isn’t blessed Donald Trump got reelected.

He besides isn’t blessed with Mayor Eric Adams, Queens DA Melinda Katz, Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, South Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres and respective different “notorious hackmeisters” featured connected the invitation to his 35th yearly vacation enactment connected Dec. 20.

“It’s a legendary party. People hold with anticipation to spot who gets skewered,” Roskoff said.

The invitation shows Trump and First Lady Melania with Hitler mustaches. Matt Gaetz has his limb upraised successful a Nazi salute.

“The worst is yet to come,” proclaims the invite, accompanied by clips of “Springtime for Hitler” from Mel Brooks’ classical “The Producers.”

Among past guests are Lance Bass from NSYNC, Jamie-Lynn Sigler from “The Sopranos,” “Law and Order” franchise actors Kathleen Chalfant and Kathryn Erbe and Kyan Douglas from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.”

Invites besides went retired to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, State Attorney General Tish James, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Rep. Jerry Nadler.

Mayor Adams attended erstwhile parties, but isn’t invited this twelvemonth “since helium turned acold right,” Roskoff told me.

Roskoff, who heads the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, told me, “We are astir to person a president who is simply a stark raving lunatic with unqualified and unsafe furniture members and appointees. We are gathering a absorption to prevention democracy.”

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Brooke Nevin has been acting Hollywood since she was 14, but the 41-year-old has avoided aggregate hook-ups.

She’s been dependable with histrion Michael Traynor for 20 years, and they person a 6-month-old son, Griffin.

“I’ve ne'er swiped close successful my life,” Nevin told maine with a laugh.

The histrion is promoting “F*** Marry Kill” a Liongate/Buzzfeed movie coming retired Dec. 6 astir immoderate young women acrophobic their dates are serial killers.

“It’s a fun, irreverent, rom-com, thriller, enigma mashup,” said Nevin, who plays the older sister of 1 target.

Nevin is broadening her resume by directing and producing and has a movie retired soon titled “Jingle Bell Love.”

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Wilbur Ross knows however to to motorboat a book. After respective parties successful the U.S. for “Risks and Returns: Creating Success successful Business and Life,” Ross went to Harry’s Bar successful London.

His guests included designer Norman Foster, Emilia and Jose “Pepe” Fanjul, Laurence Graff, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild with her beau Lord Saatchi, and Lord William and Lady Annabel Astor.

After the bash, Ross and his wife, Hilary Geary, were the guests of the Duke of Marlborough and his sister, Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill astatine Blenheim Castle.

After helium caught his breath, Ross flew to California for different book-signing astatine the Nixon Foundation.

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How bash you instrumentality a opus that’s 47 years aged and get it backmost successful the Top Ten?

For euphony curator Brad LeBeau, you take the close record; get a modern premix and the beforehand it to the close ears.

The Village People’s “Goddess of Love” — which came retired 47 years agone — has fixed the set their archetypal Top 40 grounds successful 40 years.

“The radical has taken connected mythical proportions since they archetypal deed the country successful 1977. And this way was a natural,” said LeBeau.

LeBeau’s steadfast Pro Motion — which has worked connected records by Adele, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Madonna — conscionable celebrated its 40th anniversary.

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This year’s New York Comedy Festival wrapped past Sunday aft 11 days, much than 300 shows and 160 acts astatine much than 100 venues crossed the city.

But 1 peculiar lawsuit was astatine Gracie Mansion wherever Mayor Eric Adams honored the laminitis and queen of drama Caroline Hirsch and her spouse Andrew Fox for creating the festival 20 years ago.

The Mayor recalled increasing up successful South Jamaica, Queens with his 5 siblings watching Flip Wilson’s show.

“We were capable to hide that being dyslexic and being bullied successful schoolhouse and being called dumb students would engulf your full life. You spot drama arsenic a performance. I spot it arsenic a beingness raft.”

The politician besides recognized the important interaction drama has connected the city’s economy. More than 20 years later, laughter is inactive the champion medicine.

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After “Saturday Night Live” ended and the formed celebrated astatine Mermaid Oyster Bar, Charli XCX and her unit partied astatine Fushimi.

Charli, who hosted the amusement and was its philharmonic guest, unwound with formed members Kenan Thompson and Michael Che portion JPatt from The Knocks performed and included a way from Charlie XCX’s “Brat” medium to the delight of the precocious nighttime enactment crowd.

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Broadway prima Michael James Scott, who started retired successful the “Book of Mormon” and present stars successful “Aladdin,” volition sing songs from his vacation album, “A Fierce Christmas,” astatine a payment meal for the Children’s Oncology Support Fund (COSF) connected Dec. 3 astatine the backstage nine Coco’s astatine Colette.

The enactment besides serves arsenic a kick-off for the Snow Ball Gala successful Aspen connected Feb. 8.

The Coco dinner, with guests including Candace Bushnell and Peter Thomas Roth, volition beryllium hosted by media enforcement Monica Elias and COSF laminitis Thomas Pierce, who is getting Oscar buzz for “The Brutalist,” which helium produced. The movie stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones.

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Lauren Bush Lauren, granddaughter of President George H. W. Bush, was honored astatine a enactment hosted by James Borynack and Adolfo Zaralegui, who ain the Wally Findlay Galleries.

The gallerists donated 25K to assistance Lauren and her non-profit FEED supply schoolhouse meals to the underserved successful Africa and astir the world.

Lauren’s hubby David Lauren (son of decorator Ralph Lauren), parent Sharon Bush, Quest magazine’s Christopher Meigher, instrumentalist Lucia Hwong Gordon, divorcement lawyer Daniel Stock and socialite Lauren Day Roberts checked retired the paintings of Bronx-born creator Ronnie Landfield and Hugo Greenville astatine the gallery’s East 57th Street location.

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Out & About: Leonardo DiCaprio, Janelle Monae and Robert De Niro are each expected to instrumentality to Miami Art Basel connected Dec. 6 for the yearly planetary creation just arsenic celebrated for its parties arsenic the art. Santina Semadar Panetta, the creator known for her neo-pointillism technique, volition beryllium exhibiting with Artifact Projects astatine the Red Dot Fair from Dec. 4 to Dec. 8 … The victims of the Twin Towers calamity and the warfare successful Ukraine are being honored successful videos by artists Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov successful an accumulation astatine Mriya Gallery successful Tribeca. The works are displayed utilizing FRMD, a caller integer creation work that is revolutionizing however creation collections are shown … Natasha Lyonne, shaper Steve Garrin and Park West Gallery COO John Block astatine the Netflix screening of “His Three Daughters” astatine AMC Theatres, Lincoln Square.