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Oprah Network's New CEO: Oprah

Winfrey expected to take full control of channel

(Newser) - The Oprah Winfrey Network is struggling —what to do? Why, bring in Oprah Winfrey as CEO, of course. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal Winfrey will also become chief creative officer of her own network; she already serves as chairman of the cable channel. The move, expected sometime this...

Oprah Finale Draws Biggest Audience Since 1994

And it's not the only TV finale drawing eyeballs this week

(Newser) - It's starting to look like Americans haven't moved from the couch all week. Early numbers show yesterday's finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show drew the most viewers it has had in 17 years. The final episode—which featured no guests , but rather a personal conversation between Oprah,...

Oprah Winfrey's Favorite Things: Her 9 Craziest Audience Giveaways
 Oprah’s 9 Craziest Giveaways 
May 25, 2011 11:35 AM CDT

Oprah’s 9 Craziest Giveaways

Cars, clothes ... herb rub?

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey is famous for giving gifts to her audience, and those gifts have ranged from the extravagant (diamonds, cars) to the just plain bizarre (glitter Uggs?!). Slate lists her nine most memorable gifts:
  • Spanx, 2000: The slimming undergarments might seem ubiquitous now, but they were new and still
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Oprah Winfrey's Final Guest? Oprah Winfrey
 Oprah's Final Guest: Oprah 
May 25, 2011 9:12 AM CDT

Oprah's Final Guest: Oprah

The stage belongs to talk show queen on final show

(Newser) - After all the guessing, rumors, and speculation about who might appear on Oprah Winfrey’s final show, the answer turned out to be quite simple: Oprah herself. The talk show queen was the only person to take the stage during yesterday’s taping of her last episode, which airs today,...

25 Years Later, We Still Need Oprah
 25 Years Later, 
 We Still Need Oprah 
OPINION
May 24, 2011 1:57 PM CDT

25 Years Later, We Still Need Oprah

She's an antidote to our cynical world: Mary Elizabeth Williams

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey’s TV tenure can be summed up in a single word: “miraculous,” writes Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon . “Winfrey's entire empire is built on the idea that miracles—not just good fortune or persistence or community but honest-to-God miracles—are within our reach every...

Guy Fakes Robbery to Score Oprah Tickets

He admits to cops he didn't want wife to be mad at him

(Newser) - Tickets to Oprah’s farewell spectacular were pretty hard to come by—so one Canadian man beat himself up in an attempt to score some. Robert Spearing, 44, told police that two men beat him up and stole his tickets to Tuesday’s show. But he later admitted that he’...

Oprah Basks in Star-Studded Farewell

Thousands pay their respects for Winfrey's legacy

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey wiped away tears yesterday as celebrity after celebrity surprised her during a farewell double-episode taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show that will precede her finale. "Thank you is not enough, but thank you," Winfrey told the crowd of 13,000 gathered at Chicago's United Center...

Oprah to Obama: What Took You So Long?

Winfrey addresses birth certificate issue in interview

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey sat down with the Obamas a few hours after the president released his long-form birth certificate and she wondered: Why did the president wait so long? "When it first came up, were you thinking, 'I hope I was born here?'" she asked. In response, Obama...

James Frey Returning to Oprah
 James Frey Returning to Oprah 
Apr 21, 2011 9:04 AM CDT

James Frey Returning to Oprah

Talk show queen eviscerated him for faking memoir

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey eviscerated him on her talk show (and later apologized for it ), but James Frey is ready to return to the scene of the crime. The author, who famously found himself the recipient of Oprah's wrath when it was revealed he fabricated portions of his so-called memoir,...

Jane Curtin: Belushi Was Totally Sexist

'SNL' was a 'misogynistic environment,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - You hear a lot of nostalgic reminiscing about John Belushi and how funny he was , but not from Jane Curtin. Yesterday on Oprah she recalled the "misogynistic environment" of Saturday Night Live in the 1970s, noting that Belushi was particularly to blame. "[John] said, 'Women are just fundamentally...

Obamas On Oprah: First Couple Returning for One of Winfrey's Final Shows
 Obama Returning to Oprah 
Apr 13, 2011 4:45 AM CDT

Obama Returning to Oprah

First couple to appear on one of host's final shows

(Newser) - President and Michelle Obama have been lined up to appear on one of the final episodes of the Oprah Winfrey Show. The Obamas—who last made a joint appearance on Oprah in 2006—will tape an episode of the chat show later this month, and the show will be aired...

Shirley MacLaine: I Had 3 Men in One Day

It was her one experiment with 'sexscapades,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - Shirley MacLaine certainly has no problem discussing her apparently very active sex life. She disclosed to Oprah Winfrey yesterday that she's had "an awful lot of lovers," as well as "a lot of awful lovers." Even so, she says, she wasn't into "sexscapades ... although I...

Oprah's Network Already Getting a Reboot

After just two months, advertisers are worried

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey’s cable network has been on the air for just two months, and it’s already getting a reboot. Advertisers are worried about struggling ratings—last week, the audience actually fell below the numbers that Discovery Health had been getting before the Oprah Winfrey Network replaced it. (And...

Dead Baby Linked to Oprah's School

Teen student brought infant in bag to hospital while seeking treatment

(Newser) - More bad news for Oprah Winfrey's scandal-plagued school in South Africa: A dead infant was discovered in a bag belonging to a student brought to the hospital for excessive bleeding, reports E! The 17-year-old girl remains in the hospital, and officials believe she gave birth at Winfrey's Leadership Academy for...

Oprah: I'll Unveil Big Secret Monday

Family secret 'shook me to my core'

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey knows a thing or two about staging reunions, but she's taking the one on Monday to a personal level: The talk-show diva says she'll unveil "the miracle of miracles," a family secret she'd discovered only recently. "I was given some news that literally shook me...

Oprah's a Hypocrite, and Her New Network Proves It

Winfrey preaches one thing, practices another, writes Nancy Franklin

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has always been a sort of contradiction: A person who touts “the betterment of the species,” yet frequently features guests like, well, Jenny McCarthy; a person who is interested in “spirituality and personal growth,” yet connects with her audience through very, very expensive gifts....

Oprah Winfrey Network Launches
The Oprah Winfrey Network
Is Here
Jan 1, 2011 2:34 PM CST

The Oprah Winfrey Network Is Here

But it's mostly previews until Monday

(Newser) - As the world battled its New Year’s Eve hangover , Oprah Winfrey celebrated 2011 by launching her highly anticipated Oprah Winfrey Network , or OWN. The Discovery Health Channel officially turned into OWN today at noon, the New York Times reports. Winfrey welcomed viewers and called it “very exciting” to...

Oprah to Barbara Walters: 'I'm Not a Lesbian'

Tearful Winfrey dismisses 'dumb rumors' in interview

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey looked to settle the gay rumors swirling about her relationship with best friend Gayle King in an interview with Barbara Walters, Mediaite reports. “I’m not a lesbian—I’m not even kind of a lesbian,” Winfrey said. The persistent "dumb rumors" are irritating, she...

Oprah: You All Get a 2012 VW Beetle!

Winfrey gives away yet-to-be-unveiled car

(Newser) - Oprah's always giving stuff away to audiences, but yesterday's gift was a bit over the top: The top-secret, redesigned 2012 VW Beetle. The talk show host, who owns the current model, featured the VW Beetle on her show yesterday as one of her "favorite things" and all 275 members...

Oprah Sued for Plagiarism
 Oprah Sued for Plagiarism 
Oct 29, 2010 1:07 PM CDT

Oprah Sued for Plagiarism

It seems so unlike the feel-good talk show host...

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey, plagiarist? That's what a Philadelphia writer claims in a new lawsuit. Charles Harris, who authored a booklet called How America Elects Her Presidents in 2000, says he mailed 10 copies to Winfrey in 2008 hoping she would promote it. Instead, he claims, she recited portions of the work...

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