Oprah Winfrey

With Ratner in Its Rearview Mirror, Academy Honors Oprah, James Earl Jones

Awards | Oscars
 November 13, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Highlight of third Governors Awards might have been award to its least-famous honoree, makeup pioneer Dick Smith

  

Governors Awards: A Night for Honorary Winners, and Oscar Contenders

Awards | Oscars
 November 12, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The Academy's annual ceremony for honorary Oscars has become an irresistible stop on the campaign trail

  

Did Oprah Push Peter Liguori Out of OWN and Discovery?

Television
 November 9, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Well-regarded programming exec is out just four months after Winfrey seized control of struggling OWN

  

Is Oprah Winfrey's OWN Killing Itself With Kindness?

Television
 October 14, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Competing with bridezillas, bad girls and real housewives, OWN vows to "bring light" -- even at the expense of short-term success

  

Rosie O'Donnell Show, 'Oprah's Lifeclass' Premiere to Low Ratings

Television
 October 12, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

O'Donnell's debut doesn't give OWN ratings infusion

  

This Week in TV: 'Walking Dead' Awakens, Rosie Returns and HBO Gets 'Enlightened'

Television
 October 10, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 1 year ago

"Walking Dead" and its companion talk show, "Talking Dead," premiere, while Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Keys and Demi Moore take on breast cancer for Lifetime

  

Russell Brand: Rosie O'Donnell's First Guest on 'The Rosie Show'

Television
 September 30, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 1 year ago

Brand, who O'Donnell says has replaced Tom Cruise as her current celebrity crush, will appear on the Oct. 10 OWN premiere

  

Glenn Beck's Show Web Launches, GBTV Projects $20M in Revenue

Media
 September 12, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The former Fox News host has netted 230,000 subscribers

  

Lady Gaga Tops Oprah on Forbes' 'Most Powerful Women' List

Media
 August 24, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

"You and I" belter bests the former Queen of Daytime Talk in Forbes' annual ranking of influential females

  

Katie Couric's Talk Show Gets a Name

Television
 August 22, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Like Oprah and Ellen, the former CBS News anchor is sticking to tradition and lopping off her last name

  

Tyler Perry TV? It Might Happen, Says Lionsgate

 August 10, 2011 By John Sellers 1 year ago

The "Medea" star may launch an Oprah Winfrey-style network

  

7 Things We Learned at the 2011 TCA Summer Press Tour

Television
 August 9, 2011 By John Sellers 1 year ago

Peter Tolan wears skimpy underwear, Oprah looms large...

  

Obama Birthday Party Promises Star Power -- But Where Are His Hollyw'd Pals?

Media
 August 3, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

With most of the Chief Executive's famous supporters too busy to help him celebrate his big day, the prez will have to dig deep for glitz

  

Comcast-NBCU Under Fire for Dragging Its Feet on Diversity

Media
 August 2, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: From civil rights groups to Oprah Winfrey, criticism is rising at the cable giant's slow moves on its diversity pledge

  

TCA: Oprah Winfrey on OWN -- ‘I’m In!’

Television
 July 29, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Talk-show giant reaffirms her commitment to her network at press gathering

  

OWN Gets Oprah the CEO -- But Needs Oprah the Star

Television
 July 13, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

The solution isn't for the network to better reflect her voice -- it's for the Queen of Talk to talk to her fans again

  

Greetings From Sun Valley: The Rich and Fabulous Gather at Herb Allen's Conference

Media
 July 8, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

The world's movers and shakers gathered in Idaho this week for the annual Allen & Co. confab. Click through our gallery and feel like you were there.

  

'Oprah' Finale Raked in 16M Viewers

Television
 June 8, 2011 By John Sellers 1 year ago

She exits with her most-watched episode in 18 years

  

Oprah's Farewell Show Gets the Letterman Top 10 Treatment (Video)

Television
 May 27, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Late night host pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to queen of daytime talk after her final syndicated show

  

Ratings: 'Oprah' Finale Highest-Rated Episode in 17 Years

Television | Ratings
 May 26, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Show scored 13.3 household rating in the overnight metered markets

  

'Oprah' Finale: Winfrey Recalls When She Was 'Just a Jheri Curl and a Bad Fur Coat'

Television
 May 25, 2011 By John Sellers 2 years ago

On her final show ever, Winfrey displayed the humor and humanity that made her a daytime hero

  

Oprah Embraces Poetry Doc -- and Complicates Things for 'Louder Than a Bomb'

Movies
 May 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Makers of vibrant high-school poetry film find Oprah's Doc Club a new destination in a changing landscape -- but it comes at a price

  

Oprah Winfrey to Fans: 'You Have Been the Love of My Life' (Video)

Television
 May 25, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Daytime-TV giant bids adieu to her flock with a rousing farewell speech

  

Bye Bye 'Oprah Winfrey Show': 8 Defining Moments

Television
 May 24, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

As daytime talk TV's queen wraps up 25 years on the air, a look back at her most memorable highlights

  

I Hate Oprah (But I'll Be There for Her Finale)

Television
 May 24, 2011 By John Sellers 2 years ago

My mom sped home through residential neighborhoods to see this woman's show. I don't think she's even sure why she did it.

  

Will Jada Pinkett and Will Smith Spice Up the 'Oprah' Finale?

Television
 May 11, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

"Men in Black" star and his wife will apparently be on hand to say goodbye to an iconic daytime talk show

  
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