Ellen DeGeneres Returns to Hollywood with Dory Role

0:00It's April 24th. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, where the headlines shine, powered by AI. Ellen DeGeneres, the 68-year-old comedian, is lining up a big Hollywood return by voicing Dory again in a new Disney short from The Finding. Nemo, franchise. This marks her first major film gig since the scandals that tanked her talk show. She first brought the forgetful fish to life in the 2003 hit Finding Nemo, then starred in the 2016 sequel, Finding Dory, which raked in over $1 billion worldwide and became one of the top animated films ever. Back in 2020, her show faced heavy fire over claims of bullying, racism, and harassment from staff, leading to an investigation, firings of top producers, and her own on-air apology. The Ellen DeGeneres show wrapped after 19 seasons in May of 2022. She bounced back with a Netflix special last year called For Your Approval, but it got

1:00rough reviews, scoring just 33% on rotten tomatoes. Ellen called the backlash a coordinated attack and said it taught her tough lessons. Now she's splitting time between a new $27.4 million mansion in Montecito, California, and the UK, where she and wife Portia. Derrassi briefly escaped post-election vibes before heading back. This Dory role could flip the script on her comeback story.