The Cultural Importance Of Oprah
We come from a history of disregarding feeling as frivolity, and prior to Oprah we hadn't paid attention to its heft. She understood that our emotional lives inform every single thing we do.
We come from a history of disregarding feeling as frivolity, and prior to Oprah we hadn't paid attention to its heft. She understood that our emotional lives inform every single thing we do.
AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 11.22.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for t...
Posted 11.21.2009 | Impact
Oprah Winfrey announced today that 2011 would see the end of her daily talk show, arguably the most influential and popular talk show in television hi...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
The news that the queen of daytime TV is leaving her perch — which only broke around 5PM ET Thursday — was big enough news to be A1 news a...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
Oprah's Friday announcement that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" — which began in 1985 — will end its run in the fall of 2011 will bring to a clo...
Posted 11.19.2009 | Media
Text By Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press; Video from NBC Chicago CHICAGO — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday th...
Posted 11.12.2009 | Media
Sarah Palin's interview with Oprah Winfrey will air on Monday, Nov. 16, but snippets of the pre-taped show can already be found online. The Chicago...
Deadline Hollywood Daily | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media
The industry has been betting that the daytime diva would extend The Oprah Winfrey Show for at least another year or two because of the huge cash lice...
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.26.2009 | Comedy
Deborah King | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
Mackenzie Phillips has done everyone a huge favor by acting as our societal point person for incest and speaking out very publicly. I applaud her courage.
New York Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media
Consuelos is no longer part of "The Oprah Winfrey Show's" Friday roundtable panel discussions, which last season included comic Alexandra Wentworth a...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey is opening her talk show's 24th season with a flourish. One week of programs include a Chicago block party with the Bla...
New York Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media
DR. Phil McGraw is set to make his first appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" since launching his own show seven years ago. ...
Stacie Krajchir | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
This high-octane bromance gathering includes a colorful cast of characters: the Governor of Guam, a judge, a pediatric dentist, an entrepreneur and their perspective brothers.
Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.
Dr. John Grohol | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media
Perhaps it never occurred to Oprah that nobody is paying much attention to the likes of Somers or McCarthy because their story is a bunch of malarkey based upon anecdotes and stories.
Deborah King | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media
Elizabeth's book and the massive media blitz are designed not as much to inspire others through times of hardship (Elizabeth's stated purpose) but to punish John for his transgressions.
Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment
The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media
Two years after their daughter Madeleine disappeared while on a family vacation in Portugal, Kate and Gerry McCann have sat down with Oprah Winfrey to...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media
Flashback to 1993: Lorena Bobbitt (remember her?) makes headlines around the world for cutting off her husband's penis with a knife. In case you don't...
Paige Donner | Posted 04.28.2009 | Entertainment
Baby seals were the stars of this year's Genesis Awards which honor members of the Hollywood community for their activism in drawing attention to the inhumane treatment of animals.
David Quigg | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living
For all the bigoted blather about how gay people undermine the true meaning of marriage, I -- on a totally non-political, human level -- feel exactly the opposite.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 12.09.2008 | Media
A couple of months ago, there was a media kerfuffle when Oprah Winfrey said she would not have Gov. Sarah Palin on the show during the election. Now ...
Paula Duffy | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment
While she says she told her kids she was guilty of perjury because she was too weak to stand up and tell the truth, she hedged in her apology to her Olympic relay race teammates.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media
Gwen Ifill appeared on "Oprah" Friday to debrief following Thursday night's Vice Presidential debate, which she moderated. Oprah asked Ifill about th...
Joyce McFadden | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment