Courteney Cox and husband David Arquette host a backyard BBQ party for their friends at their home in Malibu, Calif., on Sunday.

The celebrities in attendance included actress Laura Dern, Ellen DeGeneres and her longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi as well as Cox’s BFF and former Friends star Jennifer Aniston (sans boyfriend John Mayer). Portia and Ellen both wore fedoras that matched their outfits!

Looks like a great summer home with a tennis court, crystal clear pool and massive stainless steel grills!

10+ pictures inside of Courteney Cox’s backyard BBQ… More Here! »

On today’s Ellen DeGeneres Show, the lesbian talk show host talked with Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain about their views on same-sex marriage and her plans to marry her partner, actress Portia de Rossi, this summer.

“I’m obviously excited and to me this is only fair and only natural,” Ellen said.

McCain said “people should be able to enter into legal agreements, and I think that that is something that we should encourage, particularly in the case of insurance and other areas, decisions that have to be made. I just believe in the unique status of marriage between man and woman. And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue.”

“Blacks and women did not have the right to vote,” Ellen responded. “I mean, women just got the right to vote in 1920. Blacks didn’t have the right to vote until 1870. And it just feels like there is this old way of thinking that we are not all the same. We are all the same people, all of us. You’re no different than I am. Our love is the same. To me — to me, what it feels like — just, you know, I will speak for myself — it feels — when someone says, ‘You can have a contract, and you’ll still have insurance, and you’ll get all that,’ it sounds to me like saying, ‘Well, you can sit there; you just can’t sit there.’ That’s what it sounds like to me. It feels like — it doesn’t feel inclusive…It feels — it feels isolated. It feels like we are not — you know, we aren’t owed the same things and the same wording.”

Responded McCain, “Well, I’ve heard you articulate that position in a very eloquent fashion. We just have a disagreement. And I, along with many, many others, wish you every happiness.”

“Thank you,” joked Ellen. “So you’ll walk me down the aisle? Is that what you’re saying?”

“Touché,” McCain laughed.

“Well, my hope is someday it won’t be called a contract; it will be called marriage,” Ellen ended.

You can watch the video of Ellen and McCain here.

Ellen DeGeneres has announced on her talk show that she plans to wed Portia de Rossi now that the California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of gay marriages.

Portia, 35, was in the studio at the time, and Ellen, 50, were applauded by audience members after the announcement was made on Thursday.

Ellen previously had a high-profile relationship with actress Anne Heche. In 1997, Ellen appeared on the cover of Time Magazine entitled, “Yep, I’m Gay”

The taped episode of Ellen making the announcement is said to air today, Friday.

Celebrities are speaking out on the decision by the California Supreme Court to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Here are just what a few of the he movers and shakers of the LGBT community had to say:

Ellen Degeneres: “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.”

T.R. Knight: “Our ‘certain inalienable rights’ are protected today. It makes me proud to live in a country that works to correct its sins.”

Melissa Etheridge: “I feel they have made an honest woman of me. What a wonderful blessing for us and the gay community. We’re moving forward. It makes me feel happy for the whole human race that we are finally getting out of our differences and coming together and we are putting this all behind us.”

Chad Allen: “I have to say I was completely shocked at the level of emotion of my own reaction. It’s not that I didn’t care, it’s just that I didn’t know that I cared that much… I’m thinking about getting married. I am in love with my partner, deeply madly in love with him, and though I am not ready to propose yet, it is in there.”

To read more celebrity reactions on California’s same-sex marriage ruling, visit Advocate.com.

Lauren Conrad drops by Monday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show to chat up her reality TV hit The Hills.

On moving into her new mini-mansion: “[MTV] filmed us moving in. There were three girls. We had a lot of stuff. It was raining the whole weekend. We had like 15 crew members with cameras. It was madness.”

On her, Audrina and Lo thinking their new home was creepy: “We thought the house was haunted. It was built in 1922–it was an old house. We felt it was kinda creepy. We were probably freaking ourselves out but we were convinced it was haunted. We saged it [to remove the creepiness].”

Watch Lauren on Ellen here.

A svelte-looking Christina Aguilera makes an exclusive appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about the joys of motherhood.

“Are you nursing?” Ellen jokingly asked.

“I guess it’s a little obvious,” Christina laughed, as she looked down.

“It’s gonna be a healthy boy!” Ellen said.

Also talked about on the show were the penis balloons Christina had at son Max Bratman’s bris party.

“We’re not a conservative couple,” Christina confessed of herself and husband Jordan Bratman.

Watch Christina on Ellen here: Part I and Part II.

Jake Gyllenhaal does a little lipsynching and booty-shaking to the tune of “I Will Survive” in celebration of talk show host Ellen DeGeneres‘ 50th birthday (tomorrow is her actual birthday)

Other celebrities who join in on the “karaoke” fun: Victoria Beckham, Queen Latifah, Kate Walsh, Jamie Foxx, Paris Hilton, Sharon Osbourne, David Spade, Heidi Klum, Masi Oka and Celine Dion. Watch the video below!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELLEN!

25+ screencaps inside of the aforementioned celebs singing… More Here! »

Daytime talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres is teaming up with Brad Pitt to continue his efforts in helping to re-build devastated parts of New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina.

Ellen made an initial donation and has asked her viewers to join her in supporting the cause. You have the ability to contribute cash or adopt a part of the house. How cool is that!

Team Ellen has already raised $169,838 and far surpasses any of the other team-sponsored homes.

Visit MakeItRightNola.org to join Brad & Ellen’s team!