Oprah Winfrey
*Guess who’s getting back to the big screen and will be starring in a comedy written by “Sex and the City’s” producer, Michael Patrick King. Yep, none other than Ms. Oprah Winfrey. The flick will also star Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock. When asked about putting together the film, King told deadline.com that he was […]
*Oprah Winfrey is now admitting that she was once afraid her OWN network would never live up to the success of her daytime TV show. “All the bells went off. This is why I lived in fear about this network. I kept thinking I have to repeat the 25-year phenomenon of the ‘Oprah’ show. I […]
Via Eurweb.com: On Monday’s season premiere of her talk show, Winfrey announced that she was flying her entire studio audience to Australia, where she’ll tape several episodes of her talk show and take the group of 300 to various tourist spots. [See clip below.] The total cost of the trip is unknown, but Australian taxpayers […]
Via Eurweb.com: In newly-released video footage of today’s “Oprah Winfrey Show” season premiere, John Travolta is not only shown as the first guest, but he dances her onto the stage to begin her farewell run. The actor literally leads Winfrey by the hand into her 25th and final season — to the tune of “Love […]
*Harpo Productions just released a schedule of the first week of guests for the 25th and final season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” However, Monday’s season premiere remains “top secret,” with only hints of “celebrity guests and a surprise musical performance. Later in the week, Winfrey will host country music stars The Judds and […]
Via Eurweb.com: Oprah Winfrey and Laurence Fishburne are among TV’s highest-paid performers in various categories, according to a newly released breakdown of star salaries from TV Guide. Winfrey, of course, tops the talk show category with $315 million earned this year. Judge Judy Sheindlin places second with $45 million, followed by David Letterman (“The Late […]
*The cost of launching Oprah Winfrey’s cable network OWN is set to soar beyond its $100 million budget – because executives have already spent three quarters of the money before its January 2011 debut. Brass at Discovery Communications invested the sum in a joint venture with Winfrey to premiere the talk show host’s new […]
Via EURWEB.com: Oprah Winfrey has reclaimed her title as world’s most powerful celebrity in a poll conducted by Forbes magazine. With 315 million dollars in earnings, Winfrey, 56, who next year is set to launch her own television channel, dethrones Angelina Jolie as the top power player with the actress slipping from No. 1 to […]
It must be a great day to be a new employee at “O, The Oprah Magazine.” Oprah Winfrey swung by the magazine’s offices on Tuesday and handed out to all “O” magazine employees an Apple iPad, a personalized leather iPad carrying case and a check for $10,000, regardless of how long the staffer has been […]
She’s more than just a great talk show host or someone who recommends what books you should read. Oprah Winfrey is an unappreciated prophet, according to her long-time boyfriend Stedman Graham! PHOTOS: Oprah Through The Years In remarks that are sure to stir controversy, Stedman said that Orpah is unappreciated in Chicago. “I don’t think […]
Via Huffington Post: When two struggling families appeared as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the home foreclosures they were facing, they had no idea a surprise guest would make their problems disappear. The Eller family and the Allgood family shared their stories with Oprah and explained how the national recession took […]
Appearing via satellite at the Discovery Communications upfronts in Los Angeles, Oprah Winfrey played clips from her upcoming reality series “Behind the Scenes: The Oprah Show Final Season,” which follows the TV host as she works on the last episodes of her talk show. Read more