Ellen Degeneres; where cartoon characters are concerned).; Lady GaGa

This writer - of "It ain't easy bein' cool" in 24H Vancouver on March 15, 2010 - believes that Ellen is cool, but apparently also believes that the comic is undeserving of having her last name of DeGeneres spelled correctly. If an entire sentence is entirely within parentheses, then the period should be placed within as well. Oh, Lady Gaga has the capital G that Ellen could have used earlier; maybe the writer can facilitate an Ellen DeGeneres and Lady Gaga lowercase-g-for-uppercase-G trade.