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Winfrey’s ‘unimaginable’ Oscar

Oprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscar for her charitable work on Saturday in what she called an unimaginable moment for a black woman who...

Oprah Winfrey and James Earl Jones awarded Oscars

Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey and actor James Earl Jones are to receive honorary Oscars, it has been announced. Winfrey, who was nominated for...

Oscar organisers downplay talk of Oprah as host

Oscar organisers on Friday downplayed speculation that former talk show queen and Oscar nominee Oprah Winfrey might be hosting Hollywood's top film honours next...

Gaga ousts Oprah on Forbes celebrity power list

Flamboyant pop singer Lady Gaga ousted U.S. media mogul Oprah Winfrey to top this year's Forbes celebrity power list released on Wednesday. Gaga, whose real...

Beyonce, Madonna honour Oprah

The stars came out to honor Oprah Winfrey in a pair of spectacular farewell shows taped in front of 13,000 ecstatic fans Tuesday as...

Oprah tickets a concern in terror trial jury selection

Tickets to see talk show queen Oprah Winfrey in the flesh were at issue Monday during jury selection in the case against a Chicago...

Obamas return to Oprah, as show winds

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will appear together on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in May, as the TV chat show queen nears the end of her 25-year reign. The White House and publicists for the daily TV show said on Tuesday the Obamas would tape their appearance in Chicago on April 27, and the show will air on May 2. Publicists said it would be the Obamas' first joint appearance on 'Oprah' since 2006. Winfrey, regarded as the most influential woman on U.S. television,

Oprah dodges lawsuit over fattest president

NEW YORK - A federal judge in Pennsylvania has tossed out an author's $100 million lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey for violating the copyright in the political booklet, 'How America Elects Her Presidents.'
Charles Harris claimed in a lawsuit that in 2008, as Winfrey began supporting Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Harris sent 10 copies of his booklet to 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in hopes of gaining publicity. He followed up with several inquiries. Harris got no response, but

The Oprah Winfrey show concludes

The final original episode of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' will air May 25. Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo Productions confirmed the date Friday. Winfrey announced live on the show in November 2009 that she would end its run after 25 years. She since has launched cable's Oprah Winfrey Network.
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" has been in reruns for the last few weeks. But Winfrey tweeted Thursday that she was "hard at work planning the final shows" and new episodes would begin April 7. The

Oprah Winfrey eyes feature role

LOS ANGELESS: Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, who has done select roles in Hollywood, is planning to star in a feature adaptation of Lynn Nottage`s Pulitzer-award-winning play `Ruined`.
HBO is developing the project as a potential TV movie and a starring vehicle for Winfrey with her Harpo Films production. Nottage is developing the screenplay. Loosely inspired from by Bertold Brecht`s `Mother Courage and Her Children`, the story centres on an independent businesswoman, Mama Nadi,