Last Friday, actress Portia de Rossi filed papers in L.A. County Superior Court petitioning to have her name legally changed to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. According to TMZ the petition says, "petitioner is taking the last name of her spouse." Ahh, that's sweet.

Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres were married in August of 2008.

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