Golden Globes 2020: Ellen DeGeneres receives Carol Burnett Award

Ellen DeGeneres was houred with Carol Burnett Award at Golden Globes 2020 for her contribution to world of television. award which is equivalent to Cecil B. DeMille award was started in 2018  to salute excellence in Television. DeGeneres became second recipient of award after Burnett herself who received award last year.

Inspiration to many

Kate McKinn, host of Saturday Night Live presented hours to DeGeneres saying that she had been immensely inspired by her and proved that even lesbians can make it big in world of Television. She also added that it was DeGeneres who had provided her with a roadmap for a way to be funny that is grounded in an expression of joy. 

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DeGeneres who is a pioneering sitcom star, TV talk-show host and game-show MC spoke about power of television in her winning speech. On st, she also houred Australians dealing with devastating fires and n pretended to tell her life story, spending plenty of time on day she was born and kind of car that brought her home from hospital. n she fast-forwarded to say that

 “I had a sitcom. And I lost that sitcom. n I had ar sitcom, and I lost that sitcom, too. I got to do something I always wanted to do: make whiskey. n I got a talk show. I got a talk show. And I was able to be myself. I feel like you all have gotten to kw me. I’m an open book.” 

 

DeGeneres’ show, Ellen became a landmark in TV history in 1990s after it was revealed that she was a lesbian. In 2016, she also won Presidential Medal of Freedom by n-president Barack Obama. She currently hosts two series, superhit talk show, Ellen DeGeneres Show and an NBC game show called Ellen’s Games of Games.

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