Oprah Winfrey
Terrence Howard voices appreciation for Oprah Winfrey’s boobs
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:13
Melbourne, Mar. 6 : Terrence Howard has described what it was like to film racy love scenes with Oprah Winfrey in their new movie `The Butler' and appreciated the doyenne of television's breasts, terming them as "tig ol' bitties."
The 43-year-old actor said in an interview with Movie Fanatic "To be able to make out with Oprah and to have love scenes with her and those tig ol' bitties... I mean she's very, very, very beautiful."
Nigerian oil tycoon takes Oprah''s place as richest black woman in the world
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 12:42
London, Dec 5 : Oprah Winfrey has lost her long-held position of the world's richest black woman in the world to a Nigerian oil tycoon, it has been revealed.
Oprah Winfrey planning to start business in organic food
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 12:53
New York, Nov 12 : Oprah Winfrey is apparently getting into the organic food business.
The online filings for the US Patent and Trademark Organization have revealed that there are several applications for “Oprah’s Organics” which were filed late last month, the New York Post reported.
Oprah Winfrey credits meditation for relaxed life
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 11:38
Washington, November 12 : Oprah Winfrey has admitted that her life has become better since taking up meditation.
The queen of talk show also encourages participants of the 21-Day Meditation Challenge with spiritual wisdom teacher Deepak Chopra, which started a week ago, to stay with the practice saying that it will finally help them ease stress.
Oprah Winfrey revealed secret behind famous `Love Sandwich`
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Mon, 11/05/2012 - 14:19
Washington, November 5 : Oprah Winfrey, who enjoys cooking and by all accounts is quite fantastic at it, has shared the secret behind her famous `Love Sandwich'.
The 58-year-old media proprietor was asked how and why she created the treat.
Winfrey's tryst with motherhood
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 11:07
Cape Town, Oct 16 - Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, who doesn't have children, says the first graduates of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls gave her an opportunity to play a mom.
After handpicking 72 underprivileged girls from South African shantytowns five years ago and helping them get higher education, the 58-year-old said she has been able to experience all the ups and downs of motherhood.
Oprah Winfrey reveals `emotional journey` with academy’s 1st graduates
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Sat, 10/13/2012 - 09:39
Washington, October 13 : Oprah Winfrey has opened up about her emotional journey to provide education to underprivileged girls in South Africa.
The students in Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls lovingly call the 58-year-old "mom Oprah."
Oprah Winfrey still `highest paid woman` in Hollywood
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 14:09
London, Oct 3 : Oprah Winfrey has been crowned as the highest paid female Hollywood celebrity - earning 106 million pounds in a year.
The former host of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’, who’s net worth is 1.75 billion pounds, continues to earn from her TV channel and top production company Harpo, the Sun reported.
Britney Spears came second on the Forbes list, with 37 million pounds that she earned following her world tour.
Winfrey crowned highest paid woman in Hollywood, again
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 13:29
Los Angeles, Oct 2 : Oprah Winfrey remains unbeatable when it comes to earnings. She has once again been named as Hollywood's highest paid woman by Forbes magazine.
Winfrey earned $165 million between May 2011 and May 2012. Last year also she was on top of the list.
Winfrey voted world's highest paid celebrity
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Tue, 08/28/2012 - 09:47
Los Angeles, Aug 28 : Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has been voted the world's highest paid celebrity after banking $165 million in the past year.
She has left behind directors Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg in a survey by Forbes magazine. The news comes just days after she was listed as the 11th most powerful woman in the world in another survey by the same publication.
Oprah Winfrey tops Forbes’ list of highest paid celebs
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Tue, 08/28/2012 - 08:01
Washington, Aug 28 : Oprah Winfrey's talk show may have called it quits last year, but her earning and pulling power certainly hasn't.
For the fourth year in a row, the talk show host is at the top of Forbes' Highest-Paid Celebrities list, ABC News reported.
On May 25, 2011, she hosted the last episode of her syndicated talk show from Chicago.
Gabby Douglas gives balance beam lessons to Oprah Winfrey on TV show
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 09:19
London, August 20 : Gymnast Gabby Douglas, who will be appearing on ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’ this week, sat down on the couch with the host on Saturday in West Des Moines, Iowa, and talked Olympic triumphs and her life outside of sport.
The 16-year-old Olympic sweetheart clutched her medals as she posed for photographs with Oprah, which the pint-sized star later tweeted.
Oprah Winfrey slammed for `ignorant` India special
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 11:49
London, July 25 : Oprah Winfrey has sparked outrage after the recent broadcast of a two-part TV special about her trip to India in January.
The Oprah's `Next Chapter' special was dubbed "myopic, unaware, ignorant and gauche" by one Indian commentator and "snobbish" and "snooty" by another.
The Daily Bhaskar website said that the "ill picturized and badly scripted show" portrayed the country "in poor light," the BBC reported.
Slums to royalty: Oprah showcases shades of India
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 03:02
New Delhi, July 22 - From heart wrenching poverty to majestic heritage as well as the glitz, glamour and royalty, international talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has offered viewers a glimpse of different layers of India, speaking highly of its culture and value system.
But the paradox between the beauty of the country and the prevalent poverty also left her "confused".
Oprah Winfrey sells Chicago apartment for $3m loss
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 11:09
New York, July 19 : Oprah Winfrey has sold her apartment in the ritzy Streeterville area of Chicago for 2.75 million dollars - nearly 3 million dollars less than the 5.6 million dollars that she had bought it for in 2006.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the 58-year-old talk show host never actually moved in to the home, and chose instead to live in a massive spread a few blocks away, the New York Daily News reported.
Oprah Winfrey sells Chicago apartment
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 10:34
Chicago, July 19 - Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has sold her apartment in Chicago, Illinois, for $2.75 million.
The 58-year-old's Streeterville-area apartment was sold Tuesday, reports contactmusic. com. Six years ago, she had bought the place for $5.6 mn.
Discover India with Oprah Winfrey in two-part series
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 11:24
New Delhi, July 11 - Oprah Winfrey went to the slums, visited the Taj Mahal, socialised with Bollywood's gliteratti and explored real India on her maiden visit to the country. Now, the international talk show queen is set to share all that in a two-part series on her show - "Oprah's Next Chapter".
Oprah Winfrey caught in family row after buying dad’s barber shop
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 11:19
London, July 5 : Oprah Winfrey is embroiled in a bitter row with her stepmother.
Barbara Winfrey, who is married to Oprah's father Vernon, has accused the billionaire chat show host of forcing her out of her husband's life.
She claims that the 58-year-old has used her fortune to take control of the barbershop Vernon has run for more than 50 years.
Oprah to appear on Kardashians' show
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 09:45
London, June 28 - Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, who interviewed the Kardashian family on her show "Oprah's Next Chapter", will make an appearance on an episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians".
Winfrey, 58, bonded quite well with Kim, Khloe and Kourtney on the show.
In the two-part special show, Kim opens up about her relationship with Kanye West and Khloe spills the secret to her happy marriage with Lam Lam.
Kim Kardashian’s interview leveled me, says Oprah Winfrey
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 13:28
Washington, June 15 : Oprah Winfrey has revealed that Kim Kardashian's answer to her question about her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries has leveled her.
The talk show host wanted to know if the 31-year-old socialite's marriage to the NBA star was a publicity stunt.
"This interview I'd say was another level of forthrightness and honesty," People magazine quoted Winfrey as writing on her Facebook page.
Oprah Winfrey launches Book Club 2.0 ahead of BookExpo America
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 07:58
Washington, June 2 : Oprah Winfrey has announced that she will be reviving her book club ahead of the scheduled opening of BookExpo America, on Tuesday in Manhattan.
`Oprah's Book Club 2.0,' a joint project of Winfrey's OWN network and her O magazine, begins on Monday this time with digital elements such as enhanced eBooks and social media outreach on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
Losses at Oprah Winfrey’s OWN approach $330m
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 11:07
Washington May 8 : Oprah Winfrey's cable channel has suffered losses that are fast approaching a staggering 330 million dollars, according to a report.
And now industry insiders are predicting that the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) will not be able to survive another year if it does not find a hit show to help it in making a dramatic turnaround.
Oprah Winfrey orders lavish lunch for homeless man
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 12:15
London, Apr 26 : Oprah Winfrey showed off her generous side earlier this week when she treated a homeless man to lunch at a posh Beverly Hills restaurant.
The TV titan was in a creative meeting with executives from her OWN network on the Scarpetta eaterie's patio, and enjoyed a five-course meal while she listened to her employees' ideas, the Daily Express reported.
Gaga takes Oprah to her childhood home
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 08:36
New York, March 13 - Oprah Winfrey will feature Lady Gaga's childhood home in an upcoming two-hour special on the superstar.
Gaga, who grew up in a New York apartment with her parents and sister, will be seen in a candid chat with the TV titan for her show on Own Network, reports femalefirst. co. uk.
During the chat, Winfrey also talks to the singer's mother Cynthia Germanotta.
Cynthia said, "Her (Gaga) father and I were like, I think she (Gaga) has a screw loose." (IANS)
Oprah Winfrey marks Bobbi Kristina’s first interview since Whitney’s death
Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 13:46
Washington, Mar 7 : Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, sat down with Oprah Winfrey for her first interview since her mother passed away last month.
The 19-year-old is Houston's only child with ex-husband, Bobby Brown. She sat down with Winfrey, who has been a friend of the family for a long time, to "share personal memories of her mom and how she would like the iconic superstar to be remembered."
