ELLEN COO COO FOR PING PONG

Call me a ding-dong, but I paid no attention to this sudden Hollywood ping pong craze until cougar SUSAN SARANDON, 63, started trading balls with new toyboy JONATHAN BRICKLIN, 31, then invested with him and became co-owner of New York table tennis joint SPiN.  

And here’s a new super-exclusive: ELLEN DEGENERES, also a huge paddle-smasher, just served up a whopping $600,000 to buy a ping pong table that’s actually considered a work of art from an LA dealer.

Crafty Ellen, who’s looking to snare a tax deduction, declared the table’s a business expense by using it on her TV show!