Portia De Rossi will be starring in a new pilot, “The Smart One,” for ABC. The show just got a pilot ordered from the network which will be produced by Portia’s partner, Ellen Degeneres.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Portia de Rossi will star as a  “brilliant and successful woman who begrudgingly goes to work for her less-brainy but more popular sister – a former beauty queen, weather girl and now big-city Mayor.”

The show will be written Donald Todd and produced by DeGeneres and Lauren Corrao.

If the show gets picked up De Rossi will be a very busy actress as it was announced last year that “Arrested Development” would be returning for one more season.

Portia has starred in two shows that have gained cult status after a short run. “Arrested Development” was cancelled after just three seasons and “Better Off Ted” was cancelled after two seasons.

Do you like the premise for “The Smart One?” Do you want to Portia De Rossi’s new show?

In other Portia / Ellen news, the celebrity couple recently purchased Brad Pitt’s mansion. Ellen also recently became the spokesperson for JC Penney. One Million Moms recently started a protest against JC Penney for choosing an openly gay woman as its spokesperson.

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi have placed their 3 acre Beverly Hills homes on the open market just after they sat down with Architectural Digest for their November 2011 issue.

The main home on the property offers 9,200 square feet of space while two guesthouses and a koi pond also sit on the property. All together there is 15,000 square feet of livable space.

In Architectural Digest the happy couple showed off beautiful artwork including tables, chairs, blankets and rugs from around the world.

The home features a luxurious pool in the backyard and sweeping views of Los Angeles.

Speaking to the magazine Ellen revealed:

“We never had a house when I was growing up,” and “We always rented. But my father would dream, and we used to look at houses all the time. I’d pick out which bedroom would be mine and get all excited.”

She adds: “The first thing I did when I made money was buy a house. And then…”

De Rossi chimed in:

“Another one,” De Rossi says. “And another one and another one and another one.”

Given the homes recent exposure and the couple’s renovating touches a buyer will likely come forward in the not to distant future.

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Not only is Ellen DeGeneres one of the biggest talk show hosts on the planet, perhaps even the biggest since Oprah left her heralded show, she’s also a music executive (she recently launched her own record label), a spokesperson (American Express anyone?) and now a studio executive, starting her own production company (Very Good Production) which has worked with Warner Bros to sell their first project to NBC.

Not only has the show been sold, it’s set to feature Degeneres’ wife Portia de Rossi in a leading role.

The not-yet-titled project had received interest from all four big networks and was eventually picked up by NBC.

According to Deadline:

The project will feature de Rossi as one of two dueling sisters, and will be written by Samantha Who? writer Donald Todd. Since producers Todd and DeGeneres have major comedy backgrounds and de Rossi worked with humor in acclaimed shows Arrested Development and Ally McBeal, the multi-camera project looks to have great potential.

As a fan of Ellen when the showed aired I personally can’t wait to see what a veteran team of show runners and comedians can do, especially in a space that of recently has been lacking in the female comedy setup with unimaginative shows that border on lazy and uninspired (apart from in my opinion Hot In Cleveland).

Do you think Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi will be able to pull off comedy gold? If Ellen’s past and present successes say anything about her choice in business I think NBC might have a hit on their hands.

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Congrats to Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi, who were married Saturday afternoon after announcing their engagement just three months ago! Their rep confirmed to PEOPLE that “[They] were married tonight in an intimate ceremony at their home in Los Angeles” in an exclusive report.

It sounds like the whole thing was pretty romantic, too: De Rossi’s mom flew in from Australia for the ceremony and the two even swapped handwritten vows. Oh, and did I mention that they were even outfitted in the same designer? Both girls wore Zac Posen, with Portia in a light pink gown and Ellen in an all-white suit.

Everybody loves a happy couple.

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Ellen DeGeneres announced that she’ll be marrying her girlfriend Portia de Rossi since California State Law has decided to legalize same-sex marriages. After making the announcement yesterday during the show’s taping, someone spilled to TMZ and Ellen subsequently released the following to The Advocate:

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.

The next couple I hope we get to see walk down the aisle is Cynthia Nixon and longtime girlfriend Christine Marinoni, especially after she revealed that she would consider if “if it became legal” in New York.

There are a lot of people celebrating out there, celebrities or not, and that includes all the Californian wedding planners and florists. If they’re happy, I’m happy!

Image: WENN

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