TOXIC ELLEN CHASING WHOLESOME CASH!

DESPERATE to rebuild her toxic image and return to the top of the Hollywood A-list, Ellen DeGeneres is in talks to produce same-sex and transgender-themed movies for family-friendly Hallmark, tipsters tattle.

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The power-hungry 65-year-old - dethroned as TV's talk show queen after a shameful bullying scandal last year - is now eager to restore her tarnished rep by working behind the cameras while cranking out "wholesome" projects with wife Portia de Rossi, 50, a source says.