Portia de Rossi takes wife’s name

Los Angeles — Portia de Rossi has officially taken wife Ellen Degeneres’ last name.

A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted De Rossi’s request to take the last name of her partner during a closed hearing Thursday. The television star will now legally be known as Portia Lee James DeGeneres.

The couple were married in August 2008. The 37-year-old Australian-born actress asked for the name change last month.

Neither woman attended the hearing. They married during the five-month window in which gay marriage was legal in California.

Stephen Colbert to testify on Capitol Hill

New York — The United Farm Workers union says Stephen Colbert will visit Capitol Hill today to testify at a U.S. House committee hearing on farm workers who are illegal immigrants.

Colbert will appear as an expert witness. He has focused on the UFW’s “Take Our Jobs” campaign on his nightly show on Comedy Central, “The Colbert Report.” He had spent a day last month picking vegetables on a farm in upstate New York.

The UFW launched the “Take Our Jobs” campaign in June to invite U.S. citizens and legal residents to replace illegal immigrants who work on farms.

The hearing is before the House Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee.

Nancy Wilson files for divorce

Los Angeles — Court records show rocker Nancy Wilson has filed for divorce from writer-director Cameron Crowe after more than 20 years of marriage.

The Heart singer-guitarist cited irreconcilable differences for the divorce, which was filed Sept. 16.

The court filings say Wilson and Crowe separated in 2008.

They were married in 1986 and have twin 10-year-old sons. Wilson is seeking joint custody.