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 Oprah's Sick Puppy Hangs On 


Mar 19, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though Oprah Winfrey lost one of her new puppies to disease, a second is “holding steady for now,” a rep tells the Chicago Tribune. Ivan, one of the cocker spaniels Winfrey adopted earlier this month and showcased on her TV program, died of the highly contagious parvovirus. Littermate... More »

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disease • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • death • infection • puppy • dog • cocker spaniel

 Rihanna Feels Unworthy: Oprah 

It's a sign of low self-esteem, she says

Mar 13, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna took back her abusive boyfriend because she feels bad about herself, Oprah said on her show yesterday. "If you go back with a man who hits you, it is because you don't feel you're worthy of being with a man who won't," she said. Guest Tyra Banks... More »

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entertainment • Oprah Winfrey • Tyra Banks • abuse • domestic violence • Rihanna • Chris Brown

Oprah Offers Sneak Peak
Into First Lady Chat

Host to give fans a look at White House interview, new puppy

Mar 6, 09 2:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey will tell viewers all about her White House interview with Michelle Obama on today's show, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The host also plans to give fans their first look at the cocker spaniel puppy she adopted from a Chicago shelter recently. The Obama interview will be showcased in... More »

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Michelle Obama • Oprah Winfrey • first lady • interview • Gayle King • O Magazine

Octuplet Mom Turns Down
Free, 24-Hour Child Care

Starts video diary to explain her side of story

Mar 2, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman has rejected an offer from a nonprofit group for free, 24-hour care for her 14 kids, the Los Angeles Times reports. The group’s founder says Suleman lost interest when it vetoed a reality show based around their care, but Suleman disputes that in a video diary for... More »

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child care • Oprah Winfrey • blog • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 'Octu-Dad' 
 Bares Mom's 
 Breast Stunt 

Sperm donor believes Suleman was still married when they dated

Feb 22, 09 5:42 PM CST
(Newser) - A sperm donor who believes he fathered all of Nadya Suleman's octuplets said he thinks she was still married when they started dating and she asked him for sperm, reports the Huffington Post. They had been seeing each other just weeks when she took a sample of sperm he had... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • Good Morning America • sperm donors • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Ed Doud

 Oprah Visits the White House 

Michelle Obama interviewed for her magazine

Feb 19, 09 9:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey and BFF Gayle King traveled to Washington this week for a sit-down with Michelle Obama, the Washington Post's "Reliable Source" reports. An upcoming issue of O, the Oprah Magazine will feature the interview with the first lady, and that news is sparking speculation that Obama will... More »

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Michelle Obama • Oprah Winfrey • interview • Gayle King • O, the Oprah Magazine

Octuplets' Home in Danger
of Foreclosure

Octu-grandma in loan default; Octu-grandpa talking to Oprah

Feb 19, 09 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman acknowledges that her 3-bedroom home is too small for her brood of 14, but the family is in danger of losing even that, the Los Angeles Times reports. Records show that the suburban California home, which is owned by the octuplets' grandmother, is in pre-foreclosure, with a projected... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • foreclosure • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

Oprah: 'I Could Be Senator, I'm Just Not Interested'

Winfrey 'amused' that Blago considered her

Jan 26, 09 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Oprah was “amused” by the news that Rod Blagojevich had considered naming her to Obama’s Senate seat—but would not have been interested, ABC News reports. “Absolutely not,” Winfrey said in an interview this morning, citing the demands of managing her media empire. “I think... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Illinois • Good Morning America • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • political appointment

 Blago Wanted Oprah for Senate 

Kicks off media blitz
as his impeachment trial begins in Illinois

Jan 26, 09 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich considered handing Barack Obama’s Senate seat to Oprah Winfrey, he told Good Morning America today in an appearance made while boycotting his impeachment trial, which starts today. "She seemed to be someone who had helped Barack Obama in a significant way to become president," Blagojevich... More »

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Senate • corruption • impeachment • Oprah Winfrey • trial • Illinois • Good Morning America • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Diane Sawyer • Senate seat

 Oprah's Take: 'It's Sacred' 


Jan 20, 09 9:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The impact of today's inauguration was not lost on Oprah, a key early backer of Barack Obama. "It means everything," she told Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times. "It means everything and more and everything. It's like no moment I ever expected to experience." Sweet found... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Don't Tell Hillary: Biden Was Offered State Job, Wife Says

VP-elect shushes wife after admission that stunned Oprah

Jan 19, 09 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - This time a gaffe came courtesy of the other Biden: The future Second Lady revealed to Oprah today that her husband had been offered a role as either Barack Obama’s vice-president or as secretary of state, ABC News reports. Joe Biden laughed after his wife’s slip-up, which caused... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • secretary of State • Oprah Winfrey • vice president • Jill Biden

 Oprah Smoked Crack: Ex  

Tell-all dishes the dirt

Jan 16, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has admitted to a brief flirtation with cocaine in the 1970s, but the media mogul’s drug history is actually much seedier, the National Enquirer reports. Oprah’s ex-lover has written a tell-all that claims the two regularly freebased coke in the 1980s, and saying she “was... More »

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drugs • cocaine • sex • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • drug abuse • crack cocaine • celebrity tell-alls

 Fake Holocaust Memoir 
 May See Light as Novel 

Henry Rosenblatt working to find outlet for disgraced story

Jan 8, 09 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Herman Rosenblat’s Holocaust memoir was exposed as fake, but that doesn’t mean no one can profit off it: A small New York press is considering publishing the work as fiction, Gawker reports. Rosenblat, who even fooled Oprah a la James Frey, spun a touching but debunked story about... More »

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Holocaust • Oprah Winfrey • concentration camp • publisher • James Frey • novel • book • fake memoirs • Herman Rosenblat • Roma Rosenblat

 Year's Top 10 
 Moments of 
 Celeb Activism 

Oprah, Paris, Will.i.am make a difference

Dec 29, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s been a big year for celebrity activism—so big that it deserves its own year-end top 10 list, Tina Daunt writes in the Los Angeles Times. Some famous faces that made a difference in 2008:
  • Oprah Winfrey fought hard for Barack Obama, including hosting a traffic-stopping garden
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Barack Obama • Don Cheadle • Ron Burkle • Paris Hilton • Oprah Winfrey • Matt Damon • political activism • activist • Sarah Silverman • George Clooney • Will.i.am • Proposition 8 • Norman Lear • Best of 2008

Publisher Cancels 'Fake' Holocaust Memoir

Rosenblat ordered to return payment

Dec 28, 08 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A publisher has canceled a Holocaust memoir attacked by experts as a fake, reports Publishers Weekly. Angel at the Fence, which was promoted by Oprah Winfrey, purported to tell the story of Holocaust survivor Henry Rosenblat, who claimed he was saved by food tossed over a concentration camp fence by... More »

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Holocaust • Oprah Winfrey • memoir • fake memoirs

Obama Gets
Knocked for
Bad Science

Group also zings Cruise, Oprah, McCain for scientific flubs

Dec 27, 08 5:14 PM CST
(Newser) - He’s about to lead the free world, but Barack Obama’s a little fuzzy on science, says a group that put the president-elect—along with John McCain, Tom Cruise, Oprah, and many others—on its celebrity list of shame. Obama’s offense? Suggesting that rising autism rates could be... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Tom Cruise • science • Oprah Winfrey • Kate Moss • Demi Moore

Oprah-Endorsed Holocaust Memoir Attacked as Fake

Experts say author's Buchenwald love story couldn't have happened

Dec 24, 08 2:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The Oprah-hyped author of an amazing memoir of love and Holocaust survival is being labeled the latest publishing fake by some researchers, the New Republic reports. Herman Rosenblat tells a poignant story of how a young girl saved him when he was a child prisoner at Buchenwald by giving him... More »

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Holocaust • Oprah Winfrey • concentration camp • publisher • memoir • book

Sold-Out Kindles Still Available—for a Price

Amazon loses out as savvy buyers trade e-book for big returns

Dec 20, 08 2:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Amazon.com has run out of Kindle e-book readers, sending their prices soaring on the second-hand market and on sites like eBay, reports Bloomberg. Ever since an Oprah endorsement in October cleaned out the online retailer’s stock, those with Kindles in hand have sought to secure a return on... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • Christmas • holiday shopping • Kindle • Amazon.com • ebooks • second-hand • used electronics • bidding war

 Oprah House-Hunting  
 in DC  

Oprah Winfrey starts housing search in DC.

Dec 19, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Call it Chicago on the Potomac—Oprah Winfrey and the Obamas may soon be neighbors again. The multimedia titan, an early and enthusiastic supporter of the president-elect’s campaign, is house-hunting in Washington, the New York Post reports. The hot rumor is that she's leaning toward a $50 million Georgetown... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • Oprah Winfrey • housing • Barack Obama supporters

Oprah Seals Production Deal With HBO

Talk-show host's production company will do films, miniseries on cable mainstay

Dec 16, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has a production deal with HBO, ending a long-lived partnership with ABC, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The exclusive, 3-year arrangement will allow Oprah’s Harpo Films more flexibility than before. “Being on a cable channel like HBO offers us a tremendous amount of creative freedom not seen... More »

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television • cable TV • ABC • HBO • Oprah Winfrey • Harpo Films • production deal • creative freedom

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