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Portia de Rossi has filed a legal request to change her name to "Portia Lee James DeGeneres" - to honor her wife, Ellen - according to a court document. Originally named Amanda Lee Rogers - Portia changed her name to Portia Lee De Rossi when she was 15-years old. Now she'll be Portia Lee James DeGeneres.

We've loved Portia in Ally McBeal, Arrested Development, and Nip/Tuck.

Openly gay actress Sara Gilbert will be joining five other women on a new CBS talk show targeted to moms. Sara is mother to two children - along with Allison Adler, her partner of eight years. The two are raising son Levi Hank, born to Allison in 2004, and daughter Sawyer, born to Sara in 2007.

Sara will be joined by Sharon Osbourne, Big Brother host Julie Chen, actress Holly Robinson Peete, Broadway actress Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Leah Remini from King of Queens.