“Glee” star Chris Colfer and Ellen DeGeneres both win at the People’s Choice Awards

 

The People’s Choice Awards were handed out last night and Chris Colfer won the award for Favorite TV Comedy Actor.

It was the gayest category of the night since his competition included three other openly gay TV stars: Jesse Tyler Ferguson of Modern Family, Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory and Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother. The fifth nominee was Darren Criss who is straight but who plays a gay character on Glee.

Ellen DeGeneres, to no one’s surprise, won the award for Favorite TV Talk Show Host. She bested Kelly Ripa & Michael Strahan, Dr. Phil McGraw, Rachael Ray and Steve Harvey.

It was the record 14th People’s Choice win for Ellen who first won in 1995 when she was starring in her ABC sitcom.

Also of LGBT interest, the Netflix hit Orange is the New Black won for Favorite Streaming Series over competition that included Arrested Development, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, House of Cards and Losing It with John Stamos.

Go to PeoplesChoice.com to see full list of nominees and winners.

Ellen Degeneres To Host 2014 Academy Awards

Ellen Degeneres, one of the foremost funny people in America, will be hosting the 2014 Academy Awards on March 2, 2014. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made the announcement this morning amid the already fresh buzz about the newly elected president of the Academy, Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Isaacs is the first African-American president of the Academy, and she resoundingly approved of Ellen's nomination to host.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

Ellen DeGeneres will host this year's Oscars. DeGeneres herself announced the news Friday morning on Twitter, writing, "It's official: I'm hosting the #Oscars! I'd like to thank @TheAcademy, my wife Portia and, oh dear, there goes the orchestra."

DeGeneres previously hosted the show in 2007 and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work.

"I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say -- the third time's the charm," DeGeneres said in a statement.