Comedian Ellen DeGeneres rescues kitten

LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres has a new reason to dance after she became a hero to a kitten she found at a furniture store in L.A.

DeGeneres spotted the sickly and dehydrated cat in an ottoman. The animal was covered with fleas.

The store proprietor told her that the kitten came from an abandoned litter. The two other cats recently died.

DeGeneres took the cat, paid for its medical care and took the cat to the vet.

She has named the cat Ridiculous because she says she's so ridiculously cute.

Now she's asked an animal sanctuary to help Ridiculous find a home.