Author: Oprah
She is the embodiment of the American Dream, a Mississippi girl born into poverty who became the queen of US television. But now viewers are deserting her. By Guy Adams They call it the O-Factor: the power to make or break, to change lives, to sell
Not Everyone Likes Oprah – HULIQ.com
Has billionaire Oprah Winfrey s image started to slip? According to The New York Times, nearly every aspect of Oprah s empire has had a downturn over the past three years. Make no mistake – the brand is very much alive but the slippage is
Oprah Winfrey Show suffers ratings slump – Daily Telegraph
Oprah Winfrey’s downturn in fortunes is being attributed to her outspoken support for Presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Audience figures for her flagship chat show have fallen by nearly 7 per cent this year, according to Nielson Media Research, its
A Few Tremors in Oprahland – New York Times
LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of all media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished. Ms. Winfrey s public support of Senator Barack Obama for president may have cost her support from white women backing Senator Hillary
Is Oprah Suffering Obama Backlash? – FOX News
Ratings for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and circulation of the talk queen’s magazine, “O,” are suffering steep declines, indications that her core audience white women 35-54 may be disatisfied with some of her recent forays into political
The other O-factor in Oprah’s gentle decline – Guardian Unlimited
The O-factor can still have the power to sell millions of books, make or break careers and even change lives, but in her own fortunes Oprah Winfrey appears to be suffering a gentle decline. Across a range of indicators, the sparkling media empire
Lantern Floating, Oprah, Paul McCartney and Jessica Simpson – KGMB9
Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of all media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished. The average audience for The Oprah Winfrey Show has fallen nearly 7 percent this year, its third straight year of decline. Oprah’s Big Give, an ABC
Oprah plans her own network, despite falling ratings – International Herald Tribune
LOS ANGELES : Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished. The average audience for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” has fallen nearly 7 percent this year in the United States, according to Nielsen Media
Oprah’s cable channel a go despite ratings dip – Houston Chronicle
LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of all media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished. The average audience for The Oprah Winfrey Show has fallen nearly 7 percent this year, according to Nielsen Media Research its
Author: Oprah
NEW YORK: Popular talk show host Oprah Winfrey is going on a 21 day vegetarian diet after she was inspired by Kathy Freston’s book “Quantum Wellness”. Winfrey will stay away from meat, fish and all dairy products, perezhilton.com reports. She said
Sideshow: Oprah makes a clean start on diet – Philadelphia Inquirer
Oprah , who has test-driven numerous diet plans, has started a new regime that is overseen by a diet-book author who apparently is also a spiritual counselor. Oprah’s first move? To have an inner makeover ( eee www! ) by going on a 21-day detox that
Oprah s Going Vegan – andPOP
(andPOP) – Oprah Winfrey announced that she and three members of her staff are going on a vegan diet for three weeks. The media mogul recently regained a lot of weight. Winfrey said that she doesn t know if she ll feel better or worse but that
Oprah Goes Vegan – Access Hollywood
Oprah is championing a new cause and not one animal will be harmed along the way. The talk show queen has announced she is going vegan on her official blog. After rereading the book, A New Earth, Oprah was inspired to remove meat and animal
Dennis Richmond is bigger than Oprah – San Francisco Gate
While longtime readers of The Poop probably don’t find it unusual, a casual observer of this space might wonder, “Why is the Chronicle’s parenting blog spending three posts in a month obsessing over 62-year-old news anchor?” It’s because the recently
Oprah Winfrey Goes on 21-Day Cleanse Diet – FOX News
The talk show host has started a 21-day cleanse diet developed by spiritual counselor Kathy Freston, author of “Quantum Wellness,” Oprah says on her blog. Oprah plans to eliminate caffeine, sugar, alcohol, gluten and animal products on the diet
Follow Oprah’s lead on trying vegan diet – Daily News Journal
Oprah Winfrey, queen of talk show TV, has decided to go vegan for 21 days and has invited her viewers to join her. Her Web site offers a helpful menu, recipes, and opportunity for comments at http://tinyurl.com/6ha8gv . Oprah stated: “How can you say
Oprah Winfrey goes vegan for 21 days – MSNBC
Oprah is championing a new cause and not one animal will be harmed along the way. The talk show queen has announced she is going vegan for 21 days as part of a cleanse, on her official blog. After rereading the book, A New Earth, Oprah was
Monarch Park student to appear on Oprah – Inside Toronto
Oprah Winfrey s long reach has extended to East York, bringing local student Shannon Stevens to be interviewed on Winfrey s daytime show. Shannon attends Monarch Park Collegiate and was one of a dozen students who built a school in Kenya as part
Author: Oprah
( Oprah.com ) — Most of my clients don’t realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. Most strive for physical beauty without directly addressing the second concept, assuming that once they “fix
Parcells, Oprah invoked at trial – Woonsocket Call
PROVIDENCE When former Sen. William Irons was mentioned in connection with the CVS bribery trial it was interesting. When TV megastar Oprah Winfrey was discussed it was somewhat amusing. But it became downright surreal on Wednesday when the name
Oprah Winfrey – Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
IN THE HEADLINES Obama bids for a delegate milestone in Oregon, Kentucky primaries Veterans’ college aid bill a likely issue in presidential campaign Obama’s crowds reflect enthusiasm, but also careful crowd building ___ Oregon, Kentucky
Oprah invites actress to talk about makeover show – Daily Pilot
Costa Mesa actress Norma Jean will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show today to discuss her recent appearance and makeover on the TLC show 10 Years Younger. Norma Jean was one of eight people selected by Oprah to appear in a big re-reveal
Beyonc and Jay-Z on Oprah? – andPOP
(andPOP) – Mediatakeout.com is reporting that newlyweds Jay-Z and Beyonc may soon be the next couple to hit Oprah s couch. Though, not yet confirmed, rumours are circulating that the couple are in talks with the media mogul for an exclusive
Healthy Eating News Stories and Articles – Atlanta Journal Constitution
Best Diet Tip: Dump ‘Emotional Eating’ If he’s good enough to be Oprah’s personal trainer and food muse, surely he’s got some tips for the rest of us Bush vetoes farm bill WASHINGTON President Bush vetoed the $300 billion farm bill on
Same-sex weddings: marriage made in Hollywood – The Independent
Elton John and David Furnish entered into a civil partnership in 2003, 12 years after they met. “If I’m this emotional now just saying it, I can’t imagine how it’s going to be. We are very, very excited.” That was a misty-eyed Ellen DeGeneres
Author: Oprah
Oprah Winfrey is the subject of a new statue by controversial artist Daniel Edwards. Oprah Winfrey is now immortalized with dogs on her gold-painted head, thanks to the latest creation by controversial pop culture artist, Daniel Edwards . “Memories
EXHIBIT HONORS PASSING OF OPRAH‘S DOGS: Sculptor Daniel Edwards of – EURweb
*Sculptor Daniel Edwards is at it again. The man behind the infamous Oprah Sarcophagus (a bronze statue of Oprah Winfrey with exaggerated breasts and hips) has created a new bust of the TV host that features her two recently-departed dogs. The
Sideshow: A memorial for Oprah’s 2 late dogs – Philadelphia Inquirer
Daniel Edwards has struck again. This time, the artist who created a shocking sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug has struck at the very heart of American spirituality with a bust of the queen of the new age, Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey s Golden Retrievers – Anorak
Gone??!! I couldn t believe what I was hearing. Yes, I saw it. I saw the caretaker rocking back and forth on the ground, his arms wrapped around himself, crying hysterically. My brain took in the whole scene, but it wasn t tracking properly. The
Author: Oprah
THERE have been no shortage of contenders over the course of her 40 year career, but this time Cher has truly outdone herself with her worst wig ever. The flamboyant singer startled the audience with course, brassy blonde tresses during an appearance
Winfrey Presents Tutu With Lincoln Prize – Post Chronicle
U.S. television personality Oprah Winfrey has presented the Lincoln Leadership Prize to her friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The event took place Tuesday night at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Chicago. Among the guests at the gala were
Madonna ‘To Do An Oprah Winfrey’ With New Girls School In Africa – Sound-Check Music
Work will begin on a new multi-million dollar Girls School in Africa later this year thanks to a huge investment from Madonna. The school will be built in Malawi, the same country that pop star adopted two-year-old David Banda from eighteen months
Oprah Winfrey – Chicago Tribune
May 13, 2008 “Bright Shiny Morning” is a terrible book. One of the worst I’ve ever read. But you have to give James Frey credit for one thing: He’s got chutzpah. Two and a half years after he was eviscerated by Oprah Winfrey for exaggerating many of
OPRAH CANCELS BIG GIVE – PR Inside
Talk show host OPRAH WINFREY has cancelled her charity spectacular OPRAH‘S BIG GIVE. The show, which recently completed its first run on U.S. network ABC, invited 10 members of the public to battle over who could find the best and most unusual ways
Gavin MacLeod Joins Oprah for ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Reunion – Palisadian-Post
Gavin MacLeod, honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, will appear on the May 19 ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’ as part of a reunion devoted to the seminal television sit-com ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ which ran from 1970 to 1977. MacLeod, who portrayed Murray Slaughter
Madonna to build girls’ school in Malawi: lawyer – Reuters South Africa
LILONGWE (Reuters) – U.S. pop diva Madonna plans to start building a multi-million-dollar girls’ school in Malawi for underprivileged children this year, her local lawyer said on Wednesday. “A task force of four prominent Malawians has already been
Author: Oprah
I m quoted briefly in columnist Lou Jacobson s column in Stateline.org today on the impact of social issues on the 2008 election. I get the feeling most normal people on both sides of the issue are tired of the abortion debate, but for some
Preparing for the Kentucky Derby – Dayton Daily News
When facing the press Wednesday, April 16, 2008, about a sexual harassment investigation in his office, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann says the thought of resigning has never crossed his mind. Produced by Laura A. Bischoff; DDLY; News; Ohio Attorney
Mid-Columbia News – Tri-City Herald
With their fingers poised on a buzzer, Skyler Peterson, left, and Alexis Rice, members of Kennewick High School s Knowledge Bowl team, listen to Phill Dron, history teacher and Knowledge Bowl coach, ask a question during a practice session Thursday
Author: Oprah
Oprah Winfrey joined Trinity United Church of Christ when she moved to Chicago in the mid-1980s but stopped going — in part because of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s fiery speeches, according to a published report. Newsweek quoted an unnamed longtime
The oversaturation of Oprah – MSNBC
When Tom Cruise bounced up and down on Oprah s sofa on that infamous day three years ago, the reaction was swift: Media and fans concluded that when he jumped the couch, he jumped the shark. The settee itself was castigated, as if even an inanimate
Sofa, So Good: Tom Cruise’s Mission: Oprah – Washington Post
Oprah Winfrey with Tom Cruise in Colorado for Part 1 of a mostly sit-down interview. (Harpo Productions Via Reuters) “I never stop learning,” Tom Cruise boasted proudly from his corner of the couch, and Oprah Winfrey beamed back at him from hers
Tom Cruise launches new web site as “thank you” to fans – Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, May 7 — Tom Cruise has launched a new Web site to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first starring role in a movie — as a “thank you” to his fans for supporting him throughout his career. Cruise landed his first major part 1983’s Risky
Beckhams tell Oprah of a riotous night out with the Cruises which – Daily Mail
David and Victoria Beckham lift the lid on their friendship with superstar Tom Cruise – and the truth is stranger than fiction. Paying tribute to their celebrity friend, the couple revealed to chat show host Oprah Winfrey how they once did the conga
Tom Cruise tells Oprah he wants more challenges – Reuters
CHICAGO, May 5 (Reuters Life!) – Hollywood’s stars paid tribute to Tom Cruise on Monday’s Oprah Winfrey television show, with the actor saying he hoped for more challenging roles and to work with the likes of Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. In the
Oprah to ‘Help Whip Cancer’ – ABC6.com
Story Created: May 6, 2008 at 6:29 PM EDT Story Updated: May 6, 2008 at 6:29 PM EDT CHICAGO — Some of the most famous women in the world are lending a hand to celebrate moms this Mother’s Day and also raise awareness about an important women’s
Cruise says he feels at home on set – MSNBC
The 45-year-old actor appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday to celebrate his career. It s been 25 years since the release of Risky Business and the iconic scene of him dancing in his underwear. It was the second of a two-part
Prime Pick – Salon
There’s sure to be love in the air and sweat on the foreheads tonight on “Top Chef” (10 p.m. EDT on Bravo) when the cheftestants are asked to cater a wedding with 200 guests. Of course imaginative cheftestant Richard will dream up a magnificent
Author: Oprah
I m quoted briefly in columnist Lou Jacobson s column in Stateline.org today on the impact of social issues on the 2008 election. I get the feeling most normal people on both sides of the issue are tired of the abortion debate, but for some
Hip-Hop Rumors: Remy Ma Update! Illseed’s Bugtastic Post! Blu Cantrell – allhiphop.com
You heard this by now, but here are a few more details. Mos Def’s ex-wife, Alana Wyatt, is going to reveal the intimacies of her relationship with the super private rapper. Not too cool if you ask me. Are people going to have to sign privacy clauses
Preparing for the Kentucky Derby – Dayton Daily News
When facing the press Wednesday, April 16, 2008, about a sexual harassment investigation in his office, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann says the thought of resigning has never crossed his mind. Produced by Laura A. Bischoff; DDLY; News; Ohio Attorney
Suits question how Kan. prosecutor handled abortion records – Kansas City Star
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline talks to a men’s group at the Topeka Bible Church in Topeka, Kan. Saturday, Sept, 16, 2006. How prosecutor Phill Kline and his employees handled patient records is a major issue in a legal dispute before the Kansas
Author: Oprah
TOM Cruise goes back on Oprah, but instead of jumping couches he denies rumours of a split with wife Katie Holmes. Cruise returned to the Oprah Winfrey show today and talked about his love for Katie Holmes, but this time he was denying marital
BLAINE’S BREATHLESS FEAT A RECORD – New York Post
The 35-year-old magician claimed the world breath-holding mark at 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds, yesterday during an air-deprived stunt on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” “I feel happy . . . a lifelong dream,” Blaine told Oprah. “I can’t believe I did that
Tom Cruise Interview on Oprah TV Show – Best Syndication
[Best Syndication] Oprah Winfrey interviewed Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at their home in Telluride, Colorado. The beginning of the show they exchange hello s and they show the house. It is really a beautiful home. Suri has a tiny little office
Tony Blair makes Time’s Top 100 list – Reuters UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and tween idol Miley Cyrus have joined Time magazine’s “100 most influential people” list alongside other world leaders, celebrities and sports stars. U.S. television talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey
Tom Cruise to Oprah: Keep the couch cover, I might jump all over again – New York Daily News
Oprah Winfrey and Tom Cruise in Telluride, Colo., where they taped an interview at Cruise’s home that aired on Friday. The infamous couch-jumping. Despite the fallout, Cruise said he might do it again. (Click for more photos of Tom Cruise.) CHICAGO
Tina Turner announces U.S. tour – San Francisco Gate
Chicago – Tina Turner says she’s hitting the road again for her first U.S. tour in seven years. The 68-year-old singer announced on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that her tour will begin Oct. 1 in Kansas City. Tickets for Turner’s tour go on sale May 12
Tom and Oprah talk marriage – News.com.au
IN A far cry from his last nutty chat with Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise got serious with the chat queen about the reality of his marriage. WHEN Tom Cruise last had a TV chat with Oprah Winfrey he astonished the world by bouncing on the couch, crowing
Tom Cruise tells Oprah he’s happily married – Straits Times
CHICAGO – TOM Cruise returned to the Oprah Winfrey show on Friday and talked about his love for Katie Holmes, but this time he was denying marital problems instead of jumping on the couch to prove his passion for the young actress. ‘That’s laughable
Tom Cruise aims to repair image – New York Daily News
Tom Cruise went on Oprah in hopes of rebuilding his public image. Tom Cruise ’s sit-down with Oprah Winfrey Friday was sparked by the 25th anniversary of the release of ” Ricky Business ,” the 1983 hit that launched him to fame. Yet if the phrase
Author: Oprah
Ronald Werstler, of Mobile, Alabama, outside of the Oprah Winfrey studios breaking 2×4 boards in half with his bare hand to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. As the posh lunch crowd sauntered past Harpo Studios Tuesday, a model-thin woman with
Oprah’s couch is safe: Cruise more subdued during taping – NPR News
A photo released by Harpo Productions Inc. show talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and actor Tom Cruise at Cruise’s home in Telluride, Colo., on Friday, April 25, 2008, where Winfrey taped a one-on-one interview with Cruise for “The Oprah Winfrey Show
‘Sex and the City’ stars reunite on The Oprah Winfrey show – New York Daily News
The stars of ‘Sex and the City’ – from l. Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker – reunite on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The cast of ” Sex and the City : The Movie” reunited April 24 on The Oprah Winfrey Show , four years
Barbara Walters: I had affair with U.S. senator – CNN
Appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of her relationship with Brooke that lasted several years in the 1970s, according to a transcript of the show provided to The Associated Press.
Barbara Walters reveals past affair with married US senator during – Minneapolis Star Tribune
NEW YORK – After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters now says she had a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as “exciting” and “brilliant.” Appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scheduled to air Tuesday
Blaine sets breath-holding record on ‘Oprah‘ – CNN
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — David Blaine took on a Zen-like appearance in the water tank as the minutes ticked by during his attempt to set a new breath-holding record. Oprah Winfrey, however, was anything but calm. David Blaine is on “Oprah” Wednesday
Oprah’s couch is safe: Cruise more subdued during taping – Boston Globe
CHICAGO Tom Cruise didn’t jump on Oprah Winfrey’s couch this time. The actor was in Chicago on Thursday to tape an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” a tribute to his showbiz career that took off 25 years ago when he danced in his underwear in
WJZ Speaks To Oprah On “The Color Purple” – WJZ
It’s the story of a young woman named Celie who triumphs despite enormous obstacles to find her own voice. It’s very similar to Oprah Winfrey’s story. “I’m thrilled to have ‘The Color Purple’ in Baltimore,” said Winfrey. “After all, Baltimore is
