Posts with tag "oprah winfrey"

Oprah May Save the Biggest Star in the World for Her Final Guest

Posted May 4th 2011 at 09:15 AM by Rob Shuter

It's one of the best kept secrets in all of entertainment: who will be Oprah Winfrey's final guest, ever? With only 20 days left until the the May 25 finale, friends of the talk queen hint that the leading candidate at the moment is the biggest star in the world ... Oprah herself! "How can one celebrity possibly sum up 25 years of such a groundbreaking show?" an insider asks. "Who could ...

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Yale Professor Believes Oprah Winfrey Is a Religious Icon

Posted Apr 22nd 2011 at 11:42 AM by John Mitchell

Many people joke about Oprah Winfrey's saintly nature, and the Queen of Talk has indeed used her show as something of a pulpit, preaching the importance of "being your best self." So it was only a matter of time before a bona fide brainiac conducted a study to prove what we already know: Oprah is a religious icon. Yale professor Kathryn Lofton writes in her new book, 'Oprah: The Gospel of an ...

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President Obama Heads to 'Oprah' for Final Season

Posted Apr 14th 2011 at 11:16 AM by Kiki Von Glinow

Talk about going out with a bang. President Obama and First Lady Michelle will make the trek to Harpo studios on April 27 to tape a show with the first lady of talk, Oprah Winfrey, for her final season, according to Entertainment Weekly. The show will air May 2. No word yet on what the focus of the episode will be, but being that it is one of Winfrey's final shows, we have a feeling that she'll ...

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Oprah Winfrey's Final Episode Will Pull in $1 Million for Commercial Spots

Posted Apr 13th 2011 at 10:01 AM by AOL TV Editors

It's no secret Oprah Winfrey is a major power player in the industry, but this latest news is still surprising. Commercial spots during the series finale of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' are commanding $1 million a pop -- yes, 30-second ads. According to the Hollywood Reporter, that's close to par with the finales for beloved sitcoms 'Everybody Loves Raymond' ($1.22 million) and 'Seinfeld' ($1.42 ...

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Oprah Won't Publicly Support Obama in 2012 Election

Posted Apr 6th 2011 at 01:48 PM by Rob Shuter

When talk show queen Oprah Winfrey announced she was publicly supporting Barack Obama for president back in 2008, she shocked many TV insiders who had always thought it best for talk show hosts to keep their political views to themselves. Now as the 2012 election process has officially begun, sources tell me this time around Oprah's support will be much more private. "For 2012, much has ...

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Oprah Winfrey Wants to End Reign With Donald Trump Makeover

Posted Mar 30th 2011 at 01:20 PM by Sarah Crow

Oprah Winfrey's audience has come to expect big things from the talk show empress -- from new cars to star-piloted trips to Australia -- but if she gets her way, on her final episode, she'll give a gift the whole world can enjoy. The New York Post reports that Winfrey's wish is to give Donald Trump and other celebrity guests on-air makeovers in an episode before she takes her final bow. The ...

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Revealed: Final Air Date of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'

Posted Mar 25th 2011 at 09:40 PM by Tracey Harrington McCoy

The queen of talk has spoken: the final original episode of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' will air Wednesday, May 25, the Associated Press reported. The talk show host's production company, Harpo Productions, confirmed the date Friday. No word on who her final guest will be. Though the show has been in reruns the past few weeks, Winfrey Tweeted on Thursday that she was "hard at work planning the ...

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On Learning to Love Oprah's BFF, Gayle King

Posted Mar 24th 2011 at 11:30 AM by Eliot Glazer

Pop-Ed: Once upon a time, I resented Gayle King. Oprah Winfrey was always a one-woman show, the center of attention on a program about single-handedly changing people's lives every day. And yet, over the years the sight of Gayle King, Oprah's best friend, became more ubiquitous -- Gayle on the red carpet, Gayle in the audience, Gayle hosting Oprah's 50th birthday party, Gayle in the car on ...

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Shania Twain's New Series: See a Sneak Peek

Posted Mar 19th 2011 at 03:16 PM by Christine Fenno

Shania Twain started off 2011 with a New Year's Day wedding in Puerto Rico. But before the big day, she suffered her personal hardships in secret, including fallout from an infidelity scandal and an unexpected divorce. She also suffered an insecurity about performing that she wrestled with privately in recent years. Now, instead of singing about her feelings, she's talking about them. 'Why Not? ...

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David Arquette: I Thought Courteney Was Having an Affair

Posted Feb 24th 2011 at 08:15 PM by Tracey Harrington McCoy

In a candid interview on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' that aired Thursday, David Arquette opened up about his marriage to Courteney Cox, their separation and whether or not he believes they'll get back together, UsMagazine.com reports. Although the couple publicly announced their separation in September 2010, Arquette revealed they'd been discussing the possibility of splitting for many months. ...