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NEWS ABOUT: Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey stories: 176 news summaries

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Shaniya Raped, Killed on Day of Abduction: Cops

NC 5-year-old was asphyxiated, arrest warrant says

3 hours, 44 minutes ago
(AP) - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released today. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according... More »

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kidnapping • murder • rape • North Carolina • Oprah Winfrey • child abuse • abduction • child prostitution • child rape • child abduction • child murder • Shaniya Davis • Bradley Lockhart • Mario Andrette McNeill • Antoinette Davis • Antoinette Davis charged with sex slavery • sex trafficking • Oprah Winfrey Show

6 contenders

 Who Will Be the Next Oprah? 

Rachael Ray, Sarah Palin, and other potential replacements

6 hours, 59 minutes ago
(Newser) - Who will fill the Oprah vacuum on daytime TV when the Queen of All Media leaves for her cable network in 2011? Mike Hess weighs the pros and cons of six candidates on PopEater .
  • Ellen DeGeneres: "Talked her way onto the cover of Winfrey's O Magazine ... coincidence
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entertainment • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Rachael Ray • Sarah Palin • Ryan Seacrest • Paula Abdul • daytime television • Oprah Winfrey replacement

 Emotional Oprah: 'It's Time' 

Winfrey tells fans 25 seasons the 'perfect number' to end on

9 hours, 53 minutes ago
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey fought back tears today as she officially announced the end of her show, telling the audience the decision came from the heart. “You may hear speculation in the press about why I am making this decision,” she said. “Here is the real reason: I love... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • talk show • TV industry • Oprah Winfrey Network • network television

  Top 9 Oprah Moments 

Crazy Tom Cruise, faker James Frey, and Sarah Palin make the cut

11 hours, 5 minutes ago
(Newser) - After 23 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the queen of talk has racked up quite a few memorable moments. In the wake of news that she's going to end the show in 2011, E! runs down the top nine, including Tom Cruise’s crazy couch dance, her car giveaway,... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • James Frey • Jennifer Aniston • talk show • David Letterman • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Michael Jackson • Sarah Palin • Portia de Rossi • Sarah Palin Oprah Winfrey

Analysis

By Ending Show, Oprah Bets Big on Cable

Move will wound ABC, CBS—and Winfrey?

13 hours, 4 minutes ago
(Newser) - Oprah's decision to end her network show in 2011 is a risky bet on cable TV that will cost CBS millions of dollars and ABC stations millions of viewers. Oprah will concentrate solely on her long-delayed cable channel, OWN, though it’s not clear how yet. She’s told her... More »

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CBS • cable TV • ABC • Oprah Winfrey • Discovery Communications • TV industry • Oprah Winfrey Network • network television • Discovery Networks

 Oprah Ending Show in 2011 

She will offer more details during tomorrow's broadcast

Nov 19, 09 5:42 PM CST
(AP) - Oprah Winfrey will end her talk show in 2011 after 25 years. She will provide more details during tomorrow's show, says her Harpo Productions. Winfrey started her broadcasting career in Nashville and Baltimore before relocating to Chicago in 1984 to host WLS-TV's morning talk show AM Chicago. It became The ... More »

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CBS • Oprah Winfrey • talk show • Oprah Winfrey Network

OPINION


 Levi, You're 
 the Buffoon 
 of My Dreams 

Meghan Daum on why 'Sex on Skates' is an important media figure

Nov 19, 09 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Levi Johnston may be an “opportunistic buffoon” and a “grammatically challenged, Playgirl-posing, pistachio-shilling media pawn,” but he’s also a guilty pleasure. He’s hot, he’s cute, and his "unverifiable claims" about Sarah Palin are fascinating, writes Meghan Daum of the Los Angeles Times... More »

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Barbara Walters • Oprah Winfrey • Sarah Palin • Playgirl • Levi Johnston • pistachios • Sarah Palin Oprah • Sarah Palin Oprah Winfrey • Levi Johnston Playgirl • Sarah Palin Barbara Walters • Levi Johnston Sarah Palin

 Palin on Fey's Parody: 
 'I Thought It Was Me' 

McCain campaign worried 'SNL' visit could be 'atrocious'

Nov 16, 09 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live to "neutralize" the effect of Tina Fey’s scathing impression, the former Alaska governor tells Oprah Winfrey. The campaign was “apprehensive” about having her appear on the show, thinking such an appearance could be "potentially atrocious." But Palin pushed... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alaska • Oprah Winfrey • Tina Fey • Sarah Palin • Sarah Palin Oprah • Sarah Palin Oprah Winfrey

 Levi Picking 
 'Porn' Over 
 Baby: Palin 

Sarah tells Oprah Johnston is too busy to see his son

Nov 16, 09 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - So much for not slamming Levi Johnston during her Oprah interview: Sarah Palin told Winfrey that her daughter’s babydaddy is too busy doing “porn” to visit his child. “Some of the things that he is doing is kind of heartbreaking,” Palin said when asked about Johnston’... More »

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(Newser) - Sarah Palin's book is already a sensation, and she hasn't even appeared on Oprah's couch yet. No question it will sell, but what other purposes might it serve for the self-styled rogue Republican, Andy Barr wonders in Politico . Herewith, his benchmarks to measure the book tour and media frenzy:
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Katie Couric • Barbara Walters • Oprah Winfrey • memoir • book • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue

 Palin Slams 
 Katie Couric 
 in Book 

Calls her 'badgering' and biased in her memoir

Nov 12, 09 6:22 PM CST
(Newser) - The Sarah Palin details are rolling in fast and furious. Some nuggets gleaned from the AP 's advance look at her new book and her taped interview with Oprah today:
  • She writes that Katie Couric was "badgering" and used only "gotcha" moments in their campaign interviews because
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Katie Couric • Oprah Winfrey • memoir • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate • Levi Johnston • Going Rogue

 In Interview, 
 Palin Covers 
 'Everything': 
 Oprah 

But Levi Johnston says not trashing him is a 'smart move' by Sarah

Nov 12, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey taped her interview with Sarah Palin yesterday, posting a video on her Twitter feed (watch it at left) where she says they “talked about everything”—including the campaign, Bristol’s pregnancy, the Palins’ marriage, and, of course, Levi Johnston. Apparently, though, no trash was talked about... More »

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entertainment • Oprah Winfrey • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

 Eyeless Chimp Victim 
 Recounts Ordeal on Oprah 

'I want the nightmares to stop,' says Charla Nash

Nov 12, 09 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman viciously attacked early this year by a crazed pet chimpanzee discussed her ordeal and revealed her ravaged face on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday. Charla Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelid—and hands—in the attack by a Connecticut neighbor's chimp. Doctors also removed both eyes because of... More »

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UNFAVORITE THINGS

 Oprah to Rosie: 
 Stop Calling 
 Me Gay! 

Winfrey to O'Donnell: 'I don't want to hear it anymore!'

Nov 6, 09 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Watch out, Rosie: You got yourself on Oprah’s bad side. The talk-show queen is upset with O’Donnell after the comedian recently told Howard Stern that Winfrey and BFF Gayle King "are the emotional equivalent of" a gay couple—especially since this isn’t the first time Rosie’... More »

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entertainment • lesbians • Rosie O'Donnell • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • homosexuality • Howard Stern • Gayle King

NIKKI FINKE

 Oprah Sets Date for 
 Cable Launch, 
 Show Move 

Discovery Channel to media mogul: 'Move it or lose it'

Nov 5, 09 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The long-awaited launch of Oprah's cable network is set for early 2011, and her syndicated talk show will move to the new Oprah Winfrey Network—and from Chicago to Los Angeles. The switch from Discovery Health Channel to OWN was originally set for mid-2009, and Discovery threatened to rescind the... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • ABC • Oprah Winfrey • Discovery Channel • Discovery Communications • Oprah Winfrey Network • syndication

Beck Pulls an Oprah, Pushing Thriller Writers

'It's almost conservative porn,' Fox host says
of one novel

Nov 5, 09 7:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah's book club used to stand alone in its power to boost authors' sales and profiles. Then came Glenn Beck. The conservative Fox News pundit has endorsed dozens of novels and regularly hosts fiction writers on his show, a rare habit among talk show hosts. But unlike Oprah, Beck singles... More »

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fiction • Oprah Winfrey • Glenn Beck • book • political thriller • publishing industry

Celebs, Execs, Lobbyists on White House Visitor Logs

Released records list 96 Obama meetings

Oct 31, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(AP) - George Clooney, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Obama, Michelle, or top aides at the White House, newly released records show. The White House late yesterday afternoon posted a list of roughly 480 records in... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Gates • Oprah Winfrey • George Clooney • White House visitors • Andrew Stern • Ed Yingling • Camden Fine

MENTAL WEDGIE

 Rosie: I Almost Dated Angelina 

O'Donnell also talks Kelli Carpenter, and whether Oprah Winfrey is gay

Oct 27, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rosie O'Donnell finally discussed her relationship problems on yesterday's The Howard Stern Show, but let's just skip right to the best part of the interview: Rosie's almost-date with Angelina Jolie. "She gave me her phone number," O'Donnell says. "There was a tentative plan to have dinner... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • lesbians • Rosie O'Donnell • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • homosexuality • Gayle King

 Palin to Hawk Book on Oprah 

It'll be ex-governor's first visit to a non-news talk show

Oct 20, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - In what could be a showdown for the ages, Sarah Palin will be bringing her trademark wink to the Oprah Winfrey Show on Nov. 16. Why would the conservative Palin sit down with a noted friend of Barack Obama’s? Because Nov. 16 is the day before her memoir,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • memoir • talk show • book • Sarah Palin • women's issues • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

happy ending

 Tyson, Holyfield Make Up 

Boxers reconcile 12 years after bizarre championship bout

Oct 16, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evander Holyfield forgives Mike Tyson for biting his ear during their heavyweight title fight in 1997, he said during a joint appearance with his former opponent on today's Oprah Winfrey Show. The boxers—who knew each other as teens—shook hands, and Holyfield said the famous bite “wasn't really... More »

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entertainment • television • boxing • Mike Tyson • Oprah Winfrey • Evander Holyfield • reconciliation • heavyweight

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