Ellen DeGeneres to be awarded Mark Twain humour prize
Ellen DeGeneres to be awarded Mark Twain humour prize
WASHINGTON — Ellen DeGeneres is winning the nation's top humour prize 15 years after breaking ground as the first lead character on primetime TV to reveal she's gay.
The Kennedy Center in Washington is announcing Tuesday that DeGeneres will receive the 15th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humour. She'll be honoured Oct. 22 with a lineup of star performers.
In a statement, DeGeneres says receiving the same award as Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell makes her wonder, "why didn't I get this sooner?"
It was in 1997 when DeGeneres came out on Time magazine's cover and on TV's "Ellen" to a record 46 million viewers. The sitcom was cancelled a year later.
DeGeneres bounced back with movie roles, a hit talk show and as a judge on "American Idol."
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