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*Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary just had an “aha moment.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The catch phrase, made famous by Oprah Winfrey to signify a sudden shot of clarity, was one of 100 new words or phrases added to the publication for its annual update. The first reference of “aha moment” found by Merriam-Webster researchers dates [...]
*Earlier this week, Star Jones suggested that CNN’s Anderson Cooper may have announced he was gay to help improve ratings for his daytime talk show, and compared the practice to Oprah Winfrey revealing that she smoked crack. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Jones made the comment as part of the “Professionals” panel on the Today [...]
*A Sept. 10 premiere date was announced today for “Katie,” the new syndicated talk show starring former “Today” and “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric. Executive producer and showrunner Jeff Zucker also revealed today that 14-year “The Oprah Winfrey Show” helmer Joe Terry will direct the daytime show, which has been cleared in 94% of the [...]
*A 240-page coffee table book entitled ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy” will be in stores just in time for the holiday season from Harpo and Abrams. Due Nov. 15, the publication will include 150 photographs, plus personal memories and highlights from the media mogul’s talk show, which ended in May 2011 [...]
*Oprah Winfrey made a personal appearance before TV critics this morning as the new CEO of her network OWN. During brief opening remarks before introducing Rosie O’Donnell to discuss her new talk show for the network, Winfrey announced that she will be hosting a new primetime show “OWN Your Life: The Oprah Class,” which will [...]
*During a cable industry trade show in Chicago today, Oprah Winfrey said says she’s ready to give 100 percent of her attention to nurturing her six-month-old Oprah Winfrey Network. As OWN was under development, Winfrey said she was also trying to finish the last 130 episodes of her syndicated TV talk show, the last episode [...]
*Gayle King has revealed that her BFF Oprah Winfrey is taking a very much-in-need vacation across the pond. “She’s just relaxing,” King told People of O’s break in London. “She’s on vacation right now. She’s taking a much-deserved, well-deserved break.” After ending “The Oprah Winfrey Show” last month after 25 years, Winfrey is squeezing in [...]
*Early figures show Wednesday’s finale of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scored its highest audience in 17 years. The Nielsen Co. said Thursday that the final episode delivered a 13.3 household rating in the nation’s metered markets. It was the highest number since February 1994. That’s when an “Oprah” episode called “People Shed Their Disguises” got [...]
*Oprah Winfrey ended her show after 25 years on Wednesday by addressing her audience solo from her studio in Chicago, recounting the life lessons she learned from the show through a mixture of laughter and tears. So what did the critics think of her farewell? Needless to say, there were mixed opinions about the amount [...]
*Late night host Jimmy Kimmel and R&B group Boyz II Men took a moment last night to say goodbye to Oprah Winfrey on last night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!.” “There are so many things I’d like to say,” Kimmel said in the intro, “but it’s difficult to get the words out so instead I’ve asked some [...]
*Oprah Winfrey’s 25-year talk show run ends this afternoon with an episode featuring only the host thanking her viewers and highlighting the lessons they have learned from one another over the past quarter century. According to the Associated Press, audience members who attended the Tuesday taping in Chicago of the final episode of “The Oprah [...]
*OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will suspend its regular programming tomorrow (May 25) from 4 to 5 p.m. ET and direct fans to her final broadcast of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” In addition, the network has scheduled six days of special Oprah filled programming May 25 – May 30 every night at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and [...]
*The morning after the most anticipated finale in daytime history, Gayle King will host “The Gayle King Show: Oprah Finale After Party,” a special send-off celebration live from Harpo Studios in Chicago on Thursday, May 26 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and the Oprah Radio channel on SiriusXM Radio. King will [...]
*Oprah Winfrey took her BFF Maria Shriver out to dinner in Chicago the night before news broke that her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with another woman ten years ago. Maria – who is the former first lady of California – and her daughters dined with Oprah and her boyfriend Stedman Graham and best [...]
*Oh, the power of “O.” Oprah Winfrey has now forced the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat to reschedule the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, ESPN Radio reported. The game was due to take place Tuesday in Chicago’s United Center, but Winfrey is taping one of her last shows in the arena. So now [...]
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