Via Newsone.com: Washington D.C.– The Root reported today that BET founder Sheila Johnson is offering words of advice to media mogul Oprah Winfrey on her OWN channel as covered in Journal-isms this weekend. In an interview with NPR’s Michel Martin, Johnson stated “The only advice that I say, let’s open up your circle a little […]
It happened in its own time. After three years of planning, delays and management misfires, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network arrives Jan. 1, the biggest launch of a cable channel in more than decade. Read More:
*Barbara Walters’s interview with the president and first lady did well on Friday night, early viewing figures indicate. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=68354
Former President George W. Bush stood firmly behind many controversial decisions made during his presidency in an interview with Oprah Winfrey today, defending his response to the Sept. 11 attacks and adding that the worst insult he received in his two terms in office came from rapper Kanye West. Appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” […]
Oprah and her best friend Gayle have officially confronted the lesbian relationship rumors that have followed them for years. Well, sort of. Oprah released a 14-second clip of her recent camping trip to Yosemite National Park where Gayle, of course, joined her. Before heading into their camper to go to bed, Gayle joked “Let’s just […]
Oprah Winfrey received the Minerva award at this year’s annual Women’s Conference in Long Beach, California.
Tyler Perry appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show today and cried after sharing the details of his horrific childhood and abusive father. In addition to being beaten by his father (once, so badly that he blacked out for three days), Tyler Perry was also sexually abused by four different adults when he was a child. […]
Via Chron.com: During show airing Monday afternoon focusing on the urban education crisis, Oprah Winfrey gave $1 million to Houston’s YES Prep Public Schools. Oprah showed a video of YES Prep and invited CEO Chris Barbic and teacher Melanie Singleton on stage, surprising them with a $1 million check from Oprah’s Angel Network. “The $1 […]
VIA Eurweb.com: Oprah Winfrey is making sure that the 300 audience members involved in her upcoming Australia trip won’t get saddled with the gift taxes that blindsided recipients of her big car giveaway in 2004. TMZ spoke with Larry Edema from Michigan – one of the audience members on the Australia show – who said […]
HOUSTON—Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, people who fled that city are thanking Oprah Winfrey for helping them to build new lives in Houston. “I’m so grateful for everything she’s done,” said Tanika Thomas, a single mother who lost her home in the lower 9th Ward. Thomas was among the estimated 120,000 New […]
The Oprah Winfrey Network hasn’t even launched yet and already a lawsuit has been filed against the cable upstart by a former employee – who, by the way, says her legal action was a long time coming. On Friday, Catherine Dunn sued for wrongful termination and discrimination claiming she was fired because of her Multiple […]
In an effort to understand the world of celebrity, we use four huge public figures to test the theory of the 4 personality types: driver, expressive, amiable, analytical.
