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First Preggers Guy:
It's My Right to Have Baby

Pregnant transgendered man kept his uterus to be a 'mom,' he tells Oprah

Apr 4, 08 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pregnant transgendered man always wanted to have a baby and kept his uterus so he could do so, he told Oprah Winfrey yesterday. The 34-year-old man, who's expecting in July, had his breasts removed years ago and underwent hormone treatment to change his sex. He decided to step up... More »

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pregnancy • Oprah Winfrey • baby • transgender • sex change

Oprah Dedicates Program to
Her Late Dog

Puppy mills probe a tribute to beloved spaniel Sophie

Apr 2, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey's show on Friday will be in honor of her late cocker spaniel, Sophie, AP reports. The show features a probe into "horrific" abuses at puppy breeding mills, according to the correspondent who investigated the piece. Sophie gave me 13 years of unconditional love," said Winfrey. "... More »

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television • Oprah Winfrey • puppy • talk show • puppy mills • dog

TV REVIEW

With Big Give, Oprah Shows Smaller Side

Reality charity show provokes sniffles, but writer calls it vain

Mar 21, 08 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new ABC show Oprah’s Big Give might be exactly what it claims—an epically scaled, nurturing-obsessed cult of personality—but the format is old and unsuitable, Nancy Franklin writes in the New Yorker, and the star is self-obsessed. The competition charity program sometimes reduced to her tears, Franklin... More »

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philanthropy • reality TV • ABC • Oprah Winfrey • competition • Ford • James Frey • Oprah's Big Give

 Poo-Poo to Navel-Gazing: 
 Look Lower 

Enough navel-gazing; looking lower will yield clues into your inner workings

Mar 12, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Poop isn't just joke fodder, Leslie Crawford writes in Salon, it can also be a vital way to assess your health and well-being, and Americans are being prompted to scrutinize (and rhapsodize over) what they produce in a variety of media. From Oprah to the popular book What's Your Poo ... More »

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health • toilet paper • Oprah Winfrey • bathroom • toilet • poop • bowel movements

Oprah Makes Giving Competitive

New show's contestants will compete to be the best philanthropist

Mar 2, 08 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Heavyweight philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will outsource giving to a whole new level tonight: Her new ABC reality show, “Oprah’s Big Give,” makes charity a competition. Contestants compete to raise money for needy folks and causes, and each week the lowest-earner is given the boot, reports the New ... More »

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philanthropy • Hurricane Katrina • reality TV • ABC • Oprah Winfrey • Extreme Makeover • Oprah's Big Give • Survivor

OPINION

Fey's 'SNL'
Spot May
Boost Clinton

'Bitch is the new black!' bit should help counter the Obama video blitz

Feb 26, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - She didn't rap over a stump speech, but Tina Fey's rousing defense of Hillary Clinton on "Saturday Night Live" may help the underdog candidate challenge Barack Obama's domination of viral videos, writes Time TV blogger James Poniewozik. Fey's lampooning of the arguments against Hillary, including that she's a... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • Rush Limbaugh • Oprah Winfrey • Tina Fey

Juno Barbs Prompt Protests

Adoptive parents hurt by 'iPod scene'

Feb 14, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Angry viewers are lobbying to axe "hurtful" lines from the trailer of quirky adoption flick Juno before showing it at the Oscars, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The offending scene—televised at the Golden Globes—has the title character quipping the Chinese "give away babies like free... More »

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China • adoption • Oprah Winfrey • protests • Jennifer Garner • foreign adoptions • Diablo Cody • Juno • Golden Globes • Ellen Page • offensive • Jason Reitman • Oscars

HS Kids Take Color-Blind
View of History

Women, blacks dominate students' list of famous Americans

Feb 4, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Martin Luther King Jr. is the most famous American in history, according to 2,000 high school students asked to name the top 10, reports USA Today. In a dramatic break from the "dead white male" paradigm, African Americans, women, and Arfican-American women dominated the list, with Rosa... More »

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list • Oprah Winfrey • Marilyn Monroe • Albert Einstein • Martin Luther King Jr. • Benjamin Franklin • famous Americans • Rosa Parks • Harriet Tubman • Susan B Anthony • Amelia Earhart • Thomas Edison

Maria Shriver Backs Obama

Says if he were a state he'd be California

Feb 4, 08 4:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Another member of the Kennedy clan, California's First Lady Maria Shriver, made a shock endorsement of Barack Obama yesterday, three days after husband Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Republican John McCain. Shriver's announcement electrified Obama supporters at a UCLA rally where Oprah, singer Stevie Wonder and Shriver's cousin Caroline Kennedy appeared, reports... More »

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Barack Obama • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Oprah Winfrey • UCLA • Stevie Wonder • endorsement • first lady • Maria Shriver

Oprah's Back on Campaign Trail

Talk show star to give Obama's California campaign a boost

Feb 2, 08 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey is getting back on the campaign trail, reports the New York Times. Insiders say she will join Barack Obama's wife Michelle and Caroline Kennedy at a rally in Los Angeles tomorrow, aiming to sway women voters Obama's way before Tuesday's crucial vote. Oprah's credited with having helped boost... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • California • Super Tuesday • Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gets Her 'OWN'
TV Network

Omnipresent magnate continues march to multimedia domination

Jan 15, 08 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey is launching her own TV network, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Oprah Winfrey Network, aka OWN, will be a collaborative enterprise with Discovery. OWN will replace the flagging Discovery Health channel in mid-2009. The channel’s programming will be managed by Oprah and in her “own... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • Oprah Winfrey Network

Dems Vie for Stars' Support

Obama, Clinton seek star power, cash

Jan 11, 08 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Democratic frontrunners Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are actively recruiting an army of Hollywood stars to help on the campaign trail. The LA Times runs down the supporting casts: Besides Oprah Winfrey, Obama has the support of George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Will Smith, Jennifer Aniston, and Halle Berry. Clinton's star... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Steven Spielberg • Oprah Winfrey • Scarlett Johansson • George Clooney • Rob Reiner • Chuck Norris • Will Smith

As NH Blitz Begins, So Do Attack Ads

Outside groups
rev up negative flyers, phone calls

Jan 4, 08 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Round two looks nastier already. As the presidential candidates swarm New Hampshire, a more aggressive wave of attack ads—from outside groups and the candidates themselves—is evident, the Washington Post reports. Labor and teacher unions, along with anti-tax and pro-life groups, have spent $4 million in recent months on... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Oprah Winfrey • SEIU • New Hampshire primary • attack ad

Best, Worst Celeb Do-Gooders

Jolie tops list of high-profile humanitarians

Dec 28, 07 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - From Angelina Jolie (nominated as a UN Goodwill Ambassador) to Madonna (the Malawian adoption controversy), these stars topped a Reuters poll that asked: Who gave the best—and worst—name to “celebrity humanitarianism” in 2007? The best:
  1. Angelina Jolie
  2. Bono
  3. Desmond Tutu
  4. Bill Gates
  5. Bill Clinton
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Angelina Jolie • Bill Gates • list • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity humanitarianism

NEW RELEASE

Debaters Inspires, Critics Argue

Film may play it by wrote, but it does it with conviction

Dec 25, 07 5:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The Great Debaters, which follows a Jim Crow-era black debate team, aims only for “inspirational pop entertainment in the Oprah Winfrey mode,” but it still manages to resonate, says the New York Times’ Stephen Holden. It is conventional, and sometimes clichéd, in telling the... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • movie review • civil rights • Denzel Washington • movies

I Like Ike,
Says Spector, But I Hate
His Enemies

Eulogy takes aim at Tina, Oprah, others

Dec 22, 07 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Phil Spector gave an impromptu and rambling—but highly entertaining—eulogy at pal Ike Turner's funeral in which he took potshots at Tina, Oprah, Whoopi, and even Eric Clapton, Fox News reports. Spector glorified Turner—“Ike could play circles around Eric Clapton and Eric knew it”—and vilified... More »

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Phil Spector • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • Oprah's Book Club • Ike Turner • Tina Turner

Republicans Don't Like Their Candidates

76% say they might
still shift support; most awaiting 'wow' moment

Dec 11, 07 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - No Republican candidate is viewed favorably by even half of the GOP electorate, according to a new poll that also found 76% of respondents might still change their candidate. The survey found Mike Huckabee overtaking Mitt Romney nationally, and statistically tied with Rudy Giuliani. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, holds a substantial... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Bill Clinton • Mike Huckabee • Oprah Winfrey • Democratic nomination • Republican candidate

Bill Talks of Love for 'Gifted' Hill

Bares their youthful romance at Yale Law

Dec 11, 07 3:39 AM CST
(Newser) - In an unusually personal speech aimed at softening his wife's image, former President Bill Clinton spoke about his early days at Yale Law School courting Hillary, who struck him as "the most gifted person in our generation." People sometimes characterize his wife as calculating, but "she has... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Iowa • Bill Clinton • Oprah Winfrey • courtship • Yale Law School

OPINION

Big O Is Outshining Senator O

Talk show maven dominates on campaign trail, Newsweek's Fineman says

Dec 9, 07 10:19 PM CST
(Newser) - “It’s Obama time!” Oprah Winfrey roared today before thousands of supporters at a campaign rally in South Carolina, but the Queen of Talk is upstaging the presidential hopeful, Newsweek’s Howard Fineman says. After remarks from Michelle Obama, Big O eloquently championed Obama’s cause, suggesting that... More »

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Barack Obama • South Carolina • presidential primaries • Oprah Winfrey • female voters • African-American voters • Election 2008

Oprah Shines for Obama

Talk show host slams criticism that Obama lacks experience

Dec 8, 07 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey made her debut in presidential politics today, challenging an electrified crowd of 18,500 in Des Moines to "think seriously" about Barack Obama, a candidate she said she supports not because he is a Democrat but for "very personal" reasons. “For the very first time... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Obama 2008 • Election 2008 • Iraq war

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