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Oprah Winfrey stories: 177 news summaries

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Oprah to Test Clout on Trail for Obama

Multimedia titan will campaign with senator in early primary states

Nov 27, 07 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Now that the Barack Obama camp has confirmed that Oprah Winfrey will stump for the candidate in key primary states, analysts are wondering whether Winfrey's massive clout will translate into votes. Celebrity endorsements rarely do, the Chicago Tribune notes, but Winfrey, who can turn a book into a best-seller in... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Obama 2008 • Election 2008 • presidential election

Oprah Secretly Visits South African School

'We have closure,'
says father of girl
who alleged abuse

Nov 26, 07 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey yesterday secretly visited the South African school she founded, People reports, to meet with a girl who said she was abused by the staff. The media titan also met with the girl's parents for the first time. "The meeting went well," said the girl's father. "... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

OPINION

Black Families Need Their
40 Acres

The ticket to black success is property ownership, says Gates

Nov 18, 07 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With a poll last week showing that African Americans no longer think of themselves as a "single race," Henry Louis Gates Jr explores causes of  the widening gap between middle class and poor blacks. His study of 20 highly successful African Americans, from Oprah to Whoopi to... More »

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African Americans • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • poverty • homeownership • slavery • values • Frederick Douglass • homeowners

Johnny (Sorry, Jay) Top TV Icon

The famous faces of TV are (nearly) all present in this Hall of Fame

Nov 15, 07 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Letterman and Stewart made the cut, but Leno got stiffed when Entertainment Weekly and TV Land did their list of the top 50 TV icons. Leading the list, of course, the guy who started it all:
  1. Johnny Carson
  2. Lucille Ball
  3. Oprah Winfrey
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Jerry Seinfeld • list • Oprah Winfrey • Johnny Carson • Dick Clark • Bill Cosby • icons • Lucille Ball • Homer Simpson • Mary Tyler Moore • Carol Burnett • Walter Kronkite

Oprah: 'The Buck Stops With Me'

Winfrey vows to clean house after sex-abuse charges

Nov 5, 07 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - When first told of abuse allegations at her South African school for disadvantaged girls, Oprah Winfrey "spent about a half-hour going around my house crying," the talk show star said today. Winfrey, who has publicly discussed the abuse she suffered as a child, called the incident "one... More »

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South Africa • Oprah Winfrey • Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

Celebs Who Carry a Big Stick

Oprah, Bono and Michael Jordan are among the most influential celebs

Nov 4, 07 5:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah is not just the queen of daytime talk shows. With her wide-ranging cultural, political and philanthropic interests, she's also the most influential celebrity in a new poll from E-Poll Market Research, Forbes reports. The top celeb honchos:
  1. Oprah Winfrey
  2. Bono
  3. Michael Jordan
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Paul McCartney • Angelina Jolie • Michael Jordan • Bono • list • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Jon Stewart

Tearful Oprah Apologizes for Alleged Abuse at SA School

Talk queen's school in crisis as claims surface

Oct 30, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tearful Oprah Winfrey apologized today to students and parents amid abuse allegations at her exclusive $40 million South African school for girls, the Independent reports. "I've disappointed you. I'm so sorry," the talk show host said. A school matron stands accused of grabbing one girl by the... More »

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South Africa • Oprah Winfrey • Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

Could Kids' Cookbook Be
a Copycat?

Jessica Seinfeld's take on sneaking veggies into meals isn't the first

Oct 19, 07 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Full of clever ways to get kids to eat their veggies, Jessica Seinfeld's new cookbook, Deceptively Delicious, has been endorsed by Oprah and is already topping bestseller lists. But it has at least one detractor: Missy Chase Lapine, whose book The Sneaky Chef, published in April, is full of... More »

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Jerry Seinfeld • vegetables • Oprah Winfrey • publishing • HarperCollins • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks

NBC Buying Oxygen for $925M

Women's channel fills out NBC's cable roster

Oct 9, 07 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC Universal is snapping up Oxygen Media, saying it will pay $925 million for the cable channel aimed at women—up to $500 million less than some analysts expected. The channel launched in 2000 with much fanfare to challenge Lifetime, but never had a hit show, despite backing from Oprah... More »

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NBC Universal • Oprah Winfrey • Oxygen Media

Follow Big Bucks to Small Screen

The 20 biggest personalities on TV
have salaries to match

Oct 1, 07 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - On the boob tube, prime-time stars aren't the ones who are really cashing in. Think daytime talk-show titans, a syndicated sitcom legend, and a reality humiliation expert. Forbes lists the top 20 earners:
  1. Oprah Winfrey, $260 million
  2. Jerry Seinfeld, $60 million
  3. Simon Cowell, $45 million
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entertainment • Simon Cowell • Jerry Seinfeld • list • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Jay Leno • George Lopez • Judge Judy • Keifer Sutherland • Dr Phil

Oprah Tops List of TV's Biggest Earners—Again

She collected cool $260m; second-place Seinfeld nabbed $60m

Sep 28, 07 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Talk show diva Oprah Winfrey continues her reign as the Queen of  Media, topping Forbes' list of 2007's 20 highest earning TV stars with a whopping $260 million. Jerry Seinfeld came in a distant second with $60 million—mostly from residuals. They were followed by Simon Cowell ($45 million), David... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • 24 • Donald Trump • Simon Cowell • news • Jerry Seinfeld • list • money • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Jay Leno • late night talk show • David Letterman • daytime talk show • primetime TV • Forbes • Kiefer Sutherland • Judy Sheindlin • George Lopez • Dr Phil

Fake Memoir Author Pens Debut Novel

'A Million Little Pieces' writer James Frey calls it fiction this time

Sep 13, 07 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced author James Frey, whose memoir "A Million Little Pieces" was revealed as fiction last year, will publish a debut novel, "Bright Shiny Morning," with HarperCollins, the Wall Street Journal reports. Frey's fabricated memoir about losing his life to drug addiction sold some 3 million copies and... More »

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fiction • Oprah Winfrey • James Frey • memoir • HarperCollins • A Million Little Pieces • Bright Shiny Morning • novel • book

Oprah Throws Star Power Behind Obama

Fundraiser at Winfrey's estate pulls $3M for candidate

Sep 9, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey made her first foray into politics yesterday when she hosted a massive fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama at her California estate, pulling in an estimated $3 million, a record for the senator. Obama rubbed shoulders with Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg; Stevie Wonder performed.  Winfrey told her... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • Stevie Wonder • campaign fundraising • Chris Rock • Election 2008

Letterman Will Visit 'Oprah'

Dave agrees to pop in on Madison Square Garden show

Aug 30, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman will appear on Oprah Winfrey's show next month for the first time, helping her kick off the new season with a rare appearance outside his Ed Sullivan Theater comfort zone. After a lengthy, frosty interlude, relations between the two started thawing 2 years ago when Oprah popped up... More »

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television • New York • Oprah Winfrey • September 11 • David Letterman

Literati Rejoin the Fray
Over Frey

Publisher Nan Talese assaults Oprah, a year later, in absentia

Jul 31, 07 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than a year after Oprah delivered her on-air dressing-down to James Frey for fictionalizing his own memoir, his publisher, Nan Talese, hasn't forgiven or forgotten.  At a literary convention in Texas last weekend, Talese called Oprah's behavior  "mean and self-serving,"  said the confrontation was "... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • Nan Talese • James Frey • Joyce Carol Oates • book

Stars Collide as Oprah Backs Obama

Mogul plans fundraiser for first candidate she's ever endorsed

Jul 18, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a first-ever move for Oprah Winfrey, the multimedia powerhouse will throw her impressive public muscle behind a presidential candidate—Barack Obama. She's opening her Southern California mansion for a megabucks fundraiser for her fellow Chicagoan on September 8. Tickets start at $2,300, the LA Times reports, and dinner... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Election 2008

100 Biggest Celebrities

New Forbes list is full of ‘biggest-ever’s

Jun 15, 07 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes’ new list of the 100 most powerful celebrities is packed with broken records, including the highest-grossing athlete (Tiger Woods: $100M in the past year), the highest-grossing concert tour (The Rolling Stones: over $400M in sales) and the highest-paid film role (Johnny Depp: $92M for Pirates II). But the ubiquitous... More »

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Rolling Stones • Tiger Woods • Johnny Depp • list • money • Oprah Winfrey • 50 Cent • Halle Berry • celebrity • Jim Carrey

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