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Bravo's Andy Cohen Gives Some Tough Love To Oprah

Posted 05.11.2012

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Following various reports of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network ratings struggle (it was recently dubbed the most “successful failure in television today...

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Oprah's Lifeclass Toronto: Pure Pandemonium Part Deux

Renee Gold | Posted 04.23.2012

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Renee Gold

Why come to Toronto if you aren't going to shine a bit of a light on the live audience and city in general? Why have the speakers counsel these random Skypers from across the world when they could have done some personal exercises with members of this audience?

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23 Secrets to Improve Your Life

Erica Diamond | Posted 04.19.2012

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Erica Diamond

All four speakers at Oprah's Lifeclass taught us some incredible lessons. I wanted to share them with you.

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Beverly Johnson's New Beauty Biz

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.12.2012

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She's still got it! Beverly Johnson, who became an instant fashion icon after she was the first black woman to grace the cover of American Vogue i...

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5 Lessons Your Startup Business Can Learn From Oprah and OWN

Carol Roth | Posted 04.04.2012

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Carol Roth

As someone who has been busting myths around entrepreneurship for a while now, I am thrilled to have Oprah Winfrey as an ambassador to talk about the challenges of a new endeavor in our current competitive market environment.

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Can Beverly Johnson "Save" Oprah?

Liz Smith | Posted 04.02.2012

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Liz Smith

Beverly Johnson and her campers have high hopes for her "Full House," which one insider describes as "'Three's Company' on Acid!" Can this show "save" Oprah's OWN?

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Classic Vs. Creative: Fried Chicken (RECIPES)

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 04.01.2012

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Barbecued, baked or buffalo-style, chicken is one versatile piece of meat. But there's nothing quite as classic (albeit controversial) as poultry that...

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Rosie O'Donnell Headed To Broadway

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 03.21.2012

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Rosie O’Donnell is wasting no time finding her next job now that her OWN Network talk show has been canned. I'm told the comedian is getting ready t...

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Donna Karan Tells Oprah What It's Like Being A Fashion Icon

Posted 01.31.2012

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Fashion icon Donna Karan sat down with Oprah Winfrey to talk about about her philanthropic work and what's it like to have her own name as a successfu...

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Sean Penn Tells Oprah His Humanitarian Work In Haiti Helped Him Get Through Divorce

Posted 01.30.2012

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On "Oprah's Next Chapter" (Sun., 9 p.m. EST on OWN) Oprah Winfrey visited Haiti with Sean Penn. Together they explored how Haiti is recovering fro...

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Things That Need To Happen In 2012 Hollywood

Posted 03.02.2012

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From what we can gather, the world will not end in December of 2012. Not even the Mayans, who are credited with creating the calendar that birthed thi...

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Oprah Dedicated To Turning OWN Around

AP | By LYNN ELBER | Posted 02.28.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Oprah Winfrey earned the rare opportunity to convert her media charisma into a monogramed TV channel. Now she's the one tasked with res...

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Oprah Turns To Black Audiences To Save Network

hollywoodreporter.com | Posted 12.09.2011

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Since the launch of her new television network in January 2011, Oprah has had difficulty matching the success she had with her talk show. But OWN exec...

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WATCH: Chaz Bono Pops The Question Atop Seattle's Space Needle

Posted 11.27.2011

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It's been a big year for Chaz Bono -- from starring on "Dancing With The Stars" to being nominated as one of Out magazine's 100 LGBT people of the yea...

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Fashion Icon Lands Reality Show (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 11.23.2011

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In 1974, Beverly Johnson became the first black model to be featured on the cover of American Vogue, making her an instant fashion icon. Now with over...

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Lisa Ling Covers Black Men In Jail

eurweb.com | Posted 11.19.2011

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Lisa Ling has covered a range of topics on her documentary series "Our America," from underage sex trafficking to the difficulties of being gay and Ch...

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Sex And The Cult Of Oprah

Jincey Lumpkin | Posted 12.27.2011

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Jincey Lumpkin

Thanks to Mother O, I have been reexamining my burning ambition and tireless drive to push, push, push in the direction of success. Is it wrong to want to change the world and make people more open to sex?

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Rosie O'Donnell: My New Show Will Be Fun, Not Like 'The View'

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 11.21.2011

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She’s back. On Monday night, Rosie O'Donnell hosted a benefit that raised over $1 million dollars for Rosie’s Theater Kids, an arts education orga...

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Is Oprah Trying to Sabotage 'DWTS'?

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 11.02.2011

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Oprah Winfrey has made it clear that she doesn’t want to see her friends taking part in "Dancing With The Stars" -- even famously telling The Duches...

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What's Oprah's New Motto?

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 10.01.2011

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Oprah Winfrey is the first to admit that she is technically challenged (she emailed today about the "magic box" that is her iPad), but when it comes t...

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In Serving Life Prison Hospice Care Teaches Inmates About Dying With True Dignity

Adrian Margaret Brune | Posted 09.28.2011

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Adrian Margaret Brune

Serving Life shows a different take on the U.S. penal system's obligation to dying prisoners and those trying to change their lives before it's too late.

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Oprah Can't Swim?!

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 09.12.2011

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Is there anything Oprah Winfrey can't do? Well, actually there is. The queen of TV is revealing one thing that's got her in the deep end ... she can't...

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How Did This Couple Survive Infidelity?

Huffington Post | Sara Wilson | Posted 08.13.2011

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It seems as if everyone is talking about infidelity these days. Too often, though, the conversation begins and ends at the mea culpa, and doesn’t go...

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The Next Oprah (VIDEO)

Erin Gibson | Posted 07.31.2011

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Erin Gibson

We're all sad that Oprah left our afternoons empty and cold and hopeless and depressing and lacking joy. But the good news is that there are tons of talented Americans who are perfect replacements for the Queen of Daytime.

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How Being a Finalist in the Search for the Next Oprah Inspired My Reinvention

Linda Grasso | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Grasso

One recent issue of People had an article profiling the contestants on Your OWN Show -- the upcoming series to pick and groom "the next Oprah." My interest in the reality show was more than casual.

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