Los Angeles  - Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey was named the most powerful woman in Hollywood Friday as the Hollywood Reporter unveiled its annual list of the most powerful females in the US movie capital.

Winfrey was chosen "based on her dizzying array of Oprah-branded media and her immense cultural influence," the trade publication's editor-in-chief Elizabeth Guider said in a statement Friday.

CHICAGO, Dec. 4 - Oprah Winfrey has told "Access Hollywood" that, contrary to reports, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" may not end in 2011.

Winfrey told the entertainment news program she doesn't plan to pull the plug on her syndicated talk show when the Oprah Winfrey Network kicks off on cable in 2011 on the Discovery channel.

"I'm not done!" Winfrey said. "I'm a very multi-dimensional woman. I can do a show. I can have OWN. I can have a magazine. I can do radio."

New York, Dec 4 : Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will take her popular daytime show to Washington DC during the week of Barack Obama''s inauguration.

She strongly supported Obama during his run for White House last spring, even joining him on some campaign stops along the way.

Ever since her announcing her support for Obama, Winfrey vowed not to use her daytime show to provide a platform for any political candidates.

But, once the election was over she devoted her show to discussing Obama, and the implications of his historic win.

Washington, Dec 3 : Even though American television host Oprah Winfrey was backing President-elect Barack Obama during the elections, she still accepted at least five million dollars from his rival.

Winfrey had, according to federal tax returns and other reports, accepted the donation for her self-named South African girls’ school, Fox News reports.

The Emmy Awards winner tendered her full support to Obama during his campaign, threw a lavish launch party in his honour, endorsed him on her show, and even cried when he won.

However, it has now been revealed that Winfrey is also a very close friend of Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who happens to be a leading Republican donor and supporter of John McCain.

Washington, Dec 1 : Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has credited comedian Robin Williams for making her TV’s biggest star.

London, Nov 25 : TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey has asked a court to dismiss a defamation case brought by the ex-principal of her girls school in South Africa.

According to the lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia last month, Mzamane is seeking more than 250,000 dollars in damages for remarks Winfrey made insinuating that she failed in her duty as the head of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls after a dorm matron was accused of assaulting and abusing six students last year.