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Oprah Offers Scientologists Tom Cruise, John Travolta Reality Show

She's already admitted that launching OWN, her own network, was a mistake because she rushed into it when she wasn't prepared, but Oprah is yet to give up trying to save it. She's turned to her A-list friends for help, it has emerged. Oprah is asking her A-list, Scientologist friends to agree to do r...

19 May 2012
08:01 GMT

Oprah Winfrey Admits OWN Network Was a “Mistake”

For months now, there's been a lot of talk about how OWN, or the Oprah Winfrey Network, turned out to be one of the most resounding failures in television. Oprah herself is the first to admit to that: she was wrong to have launched it when she did. As must be common knowledge, Oprah put an end to her longtime,...

3 April 2012
04:12 GMT

Heads Roll at Oprah's OWN to Save Struggling Network

Oprah is realizing that she started with OWN, her network, on the wrong footing. After firing Rosie O'Donnell over the weekend, the talk show host fired plenty other associates / collaborators. TMZ describes it as a “bloodbath” and, if what it's saying is accurate, there's no better way t...

20 March 2012
11:12 GMT

Watch: Lady Gaga's Full Oprah Interview

Just recently, Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia sat down for a no holds barred interview with Oprah Winfrey for her Next Chapter show. You can now see it in full here. As we also informed you over the weekend, this will be Gaga's last interview in a while, since she tells Oprah she'll no longer be doing a...

20 March 2012
09:40 GMT

Lady Gaga Announces Complete Media Blackout

Lady Gaga is going into “hibernation.” Speaking with Oprah Winfrey for her OWN show, the singer promises she would be doing no more interviews because she’ll be focusing on new music. A preview for the interview is above and will undoubtedly make Gaga’s little Monsters a bit sad. Still, they m...

18 March 2012
04:35 GMT

Oprah Fires Rosie O’Donnell for Poor Ratings

This isn’t going to help those rumors about how the OWN Network is failing: Oprah Winfrey has announced that The Rosie Show with Rosie O’Donnell would not be picked up for a second season, mostly because of disappointing ratings.Oprah, or the Queen of Media, as she’s dubbed in the press, launched he...

18 March 2012
03:32 GMT

Whitney Houston's Sister in Law Fuels Conspiracy Theories with Oprah Interview

Whitney Houston's family sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired this Sunday. Patricia Houston, the singer's sister in law and manager, was also invited – and she might have provided fuel for the ongoing conspiracy theories. As the video below will confirm, Oprah asked Patricia abo...

12 March 2012
08:25 GMT

Bobbi Kristina's Interview with Oprah – Video

As announced weeks ago, this Sunday brought the first interview with Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina for an Oprah special. You can see her segment in its entirety below. This is the first time the singer's family talks to the press ever since her sudden demise in February, when she was found de...

12 March 2012
03:57 GMT

Bobbi Kristina Agreed to Oprah Interview Because She Trusts Her

Oprah nabbed the first interview with Bobbi Kristina (Krissi) since Whitney Houston's death. The special will air this Sunday, and it was possible only because the singer's 18-year-old daughter trusts the Queen of Television.The moment word got out that Bobbi Kristina and Whitney's brother and sister i...

7 March 2012
06:03 GMT

Bobbi Kristina Talks to Oprah – First Look

For the first time since her mother's death, Bobbi Kristina opens up for the camera. With her, so do Whitney Houston's closest family members, her sister in law and her brother – for an Oprah special that will air this month. As we also reported over the weekend, the special has been taped for Oprah...

6 March 2012
06:18 GMT

Bobbi Kristina Will Do Oprah Special This Month

Bobbi Kristina, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s daughter, will finally break her silence in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that will air later this month. Other family members will also be featured in the TV special.Ever since the singer’s unexpected death on February 11, Bobbi Kristina (or Krissi, as ...

3 March 2012
06:05 GMT

Oprah “Begs” Viewers on Twitter to Watch Her Show

Ever since she started OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, the Queen of Media has been fending off rumors that she was in the ratings limbo and that she might never get back up in the saddle again. Her most recent tweet isn't helping either. On Sunday night, as a new episode of her show aired at the same time as t...

14 February 2012
09:46 GMT

Beyonce Chooses Oprah as Godmother for Blue Ivy

Beyonce and Jay-Z have decided on who will be the godparents of their first child, daughter Blue Ivy Carter, born at the beginning of the month. The godmother, several reports indicate, will be none other than Oprah herself. Blue Ivy Carter is already famous in her own right, even becoming, a few days after she was b...

27 January 2012
06:25 GMT

Oprah Winfrey May Revive Show to Boost OWN Ratings

On her final show, marking the end of a 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Queen of Television made it a point of saying that this was not “farewell” but rather “see you later.” Reports are now saying chances are high Oprah will be reviving the show on her OWN network. In November 2009...

27 May 2011
08:49 GMT

Lady Gaga Knocks Down Oprah as Forbes’ Most Powerful Celebrity

It’s a clash of the titans in this year’s Forbes’ Most Powerful Celebrity list, and Lady Gaga comes out the winner: the pop star has managed to bring down Oprah Winfrey from the top spot, which she secured for herself. Each year, the prestigious Forbes magazine names its most powerful celebrity, whi...

20 May 2011
05:26 GMT

Duchess Sarah Ferguson Talks Royal Snub with Oprah: It Was Incredibly Hurtful

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, was not invited to Prince William and Katherine Middleton’s wedding a couple of weeks ago because of the bribing scandal she was involved in last year. Though she saw it coming, she didn’t take the royal snub lightly. Speaking to Oprah just recently, Sarah says tha...

12 May 2011
02:42 GMT

Oprah’s Surprise Guest on Final Show, the Biggest Star Ever: Herself

The clock is ticking on the biggest and most popular show on television, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which is scheduled to air the final episode on May 25. With the dates leading to this one packed with only huge stars, the question of who will be on the final one keeps popping up. Oprah has some of the biggest names inv...

6 May 2011
04:11 GMT

Shania Twain Opens to Oprah Winfrey About Painful Divorce

Five years after her marriage to music producer Robert “Mutt” Lange came crumbling down amidst talk of his cheating with her best friend, country singer and now author Shania Twain is finally speaking out on the painful topic: “I thought I would never sing again,” she tells Oprah Winfrey. ...

4 May 2011
08:01 GMT

The Media Outed Catherine on Mental Issues, Michael Douglas Tells Oprah

Actor Michael Douglas taped an appearance on Oprah Winfrey the other day, in which he opens up about his wife’s mental issues and how she’s doing now, after she’s received treatment, as the video below will confirm. Catherine Zeta Jones has been suffering from Bipolar disorder II for years and,...

28 April 2011
04:28 GMT

Oprah Offers McGhee Parents of Sextuplets $250,000 Present, Luxury Vacation

On the same episode that brought Celine Dion fans their first look at her twins Nelson and Eddy, Oprah had as guests Rozonno and Mia McGhee, parents of 8-month sextuplets who have caught her eye thanks to a Facebook picture. The McGhees came on the show to speak of how difficult is to raise six children at the sa...

22 February 2011
10:04 GMT

Celine Dion Welcomes Cameras into Her Home for Oprah Interview

Celine Dion is taking her twins Nelson and Eddy on their first televised appearance. After having them with her in Las Vegas upon her return, the diva is now on Oprah, discussing miracle birth, picking names and offering fans a tour of her impressive home. The singer gave birth to the twins in October last year a...

21 February 2011
04:16 GMT

First Transgender Supermodel Lea T Does Oprah

Since becoming designer Riccardo Tisci’s muse and the face of the latest Givenchy campaign, Lea T has been living the supermodel dream. However, she was born Leo and was a boy. On Oprah, she speaks of the transition from man to woman and the prejudices she had to face. Technically, Lea T. is not a woman jus...

19 February 2011
09:51 GMT

Oprah Winfrey Is ‘Taking It Slow’ with Half-Sister Patricia

After yesterday’s huge revelation that she has a half-sister she didn’t even know about, Oprah Winfrey, the Queen of Television, says she’s taking things in stride, giving herself all the time she needs to fully absorb this in. Speaking with the media about how it feels to know that her family has a...

26 January 2011
11:32 GMT

Oprah’s Big Secret Revealed: She Has a Half-Sister

Over the weekend, the Queen of Television Oprah Winfrey announced that, come the Monday show, she’d be making public a very well kept and valued family secret. As it turns out, Oprah has a half-sister she never knew about. On the show, Oprah revealed how she found out about Patricia in November 2009, who bears ...

25 January 2011
05:24 GMT

Oprah to Duchess Sarah Ferguson: Don’t Spend If You Don’t Have Money

Earlier this year, the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, was publicly shamed as a video of her accepting bribe for access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew emerged in the media. Friend Oprah Winfrey has a piece of advice for her now stop spending like crazy. As we also informed you at the time, Ferguson defended her act...

29 December 2010
11:09 GMT

Hugh Jackman Injured in Stunt on Oprah’s Show in Australia

Hugh Jackman has just proved that not only is he a true daredevil, but also that he’s the type of guy for whom the show always goes on, even if something goes bad. After a spectacular entrance, Hugh hurt himself – but kept rolling. The Hollywood Reporter says Jackman flew to Australia to be on Oprah&rsquo...

14 December 2010
11:20 GMT

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Do Oprah Interview

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, who make up one of the most beautiful couples in showbiz right now, sat down with Oprah for a full interview about their marriage, his cocaine and alcohol addiction, and how they managed to make it all work.As fans may remember, shortly after getting married, the two were faced with the...

1 December 2010
05:24 GMT

Michael Jackson’s Kids Talk to Oprah: He Was the Best Dad Ever

When at the Jackson California home to interview Katherine Jackson, Oprah also got the chance to sit down with Michael’s three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, in what is the first interview ever to be conducted with them. Despite the fact that certain members of the family opposed the idea of having Op...

9 November 2010
07:47 GMT

Michael Jackson’s Parents Talk to Oprah: Beatings, Drugs, Surgery and Death

The interview that Michael Jackson’s parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson, taped with Oprah earlier this year, is out. It’s an emotional piece, meant to shed some light into the late singer’s childhood, life, supposed drug addiction and, eventually, death.The first part of the interview, as the videos...

9 November 2010
06:50 GMT

Lisa Marie Presley on Oprah: I Wish I’d Saved Michael Jackson

Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, was married to Michael Jackson between May 1994 and January 1996. In a new interview with Oprah, she speaks for the first time about her time with the late King of Pop. Lisa insists that, despite the picture painted by the media, her marriage to Michael was the r...

22 October 2010
10:21 GMT

Susan Boyle Performs, Talks Relentless Bullying on Oprah

Singing sensation Susan Boyle has taped her third appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, in which she talks about her book “The Woman I Was Born to Be,” her upcoming album “The Gift” and being relentlessly bullied when she was growing up. Just like she says in her book, Susan was deprived of ox...

20 October 2010
10:01 GMT

‘Sister Wives’ Wife Loses Job After TLC Polygamous Show Airs

The Brown family is being investigated for felony bigamy but that’s not the only price they’re paying for agreeing to do a reality show for TLC, “Sister Wives,” since one of the wives has also lost her job as a result. Kody Brown and his four wives were on Oprah the other week, where they talk...

19 October 2010
03:47 GMT

Katherine, Joe Jackson Tape Oprah Interview

Katherine and Joe Jackson, the parents of the late King of Pop Michael Jackson, have just taped an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which will be aired at a later time, it has emerged. Though only last week, word in the industry had it that Oprah had secured a tell-all interview with Mel Gibson’s presumably abused...

12 October 2010
05:19 GMT

Michelle Obama Is World’s Most Powerful Woman

Forbes magazine has just issued its annual list of the world’s most powerful women: filled with singers, actresses and politicians, Michelle Obama ranked in at number one this year. However, the magazine celebrates all the women it has included on the list for the way they shape current conversation and, this w...

7 October 2010
10:57 GMT

Oprah Interview Will Launch Oksana Grigorieva’s Music Career

Oksana Grigorieva, Mel Gibson’s former lover and the mother of his daughter Lucia, is scheduled to make an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the bitter split – and, it would seem, re-launch her music career. News first broke that several networks were locked in a bitter bidding war to get...

6 October 2010
04:40 GMT

Oprah Lands Oksana Grigorieva Interview

Following a bidding war between networks, Oksana Grigorieva will tell her story, including details on the much-mediated Mel Gibson scandal, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, it has emerged.Yesterday, word got out in the media that the Russian singer had finally decided to go public with her side of the story, thus putting a...

30 September 2010
07:46 GMT

Bidding War over Oksana Grigorieva’s Tell-All Interview

Ever since the scandal broke this summer, as tapes of an enraged Mel Gibson made by ex Oksana Grigorieva emerged, the Russian singer has kept very quiet about the whole sordid affair – but she won’t stay that way for long. Though she only spoke out once on the Mel Gibson controversy, Oksana is now negotia...

29 September 2010
04:35 GMT

Jenny McCarthy on Jim Carrey Split: It Stopped Being Fun

Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey were, for almost 5 years, one of the oddest and happiest couples in showbiz. They broke up in April this year, and the former glamour model is now speaking out about it. Over the weekend, reports emerged that Jenny had broken off her relationship with the comedian because his recurrent b...

29 September 2010
03:33 GMT

Oprah Is Forbes’ Most Powerful Celebrity Again

At the end of last year, Oprah Winfrey announced that, after more than two decades on the air, she would no longer be hosting the legendary and universally popular The Oprah Winfrey Show, since she had other projects to pursue. Of course, said announcement did little in terms of diminishing her popularity &ndash...

30 June 2010
04:53 GMT

Bribe Money Was for a Friend in Need, Sarah Ferguson Tells Oprah

A short while back, British tabloid News of the World came out with a story that shook the Royal Family to its foundation: footage of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and former wife of Prince Andrew, taking bribe in exchange for access to Andrew, a UK Representative for Trade and Investment. During the Oprah intervie...

2 June 2010
09:35 GMT

Sarah Ferguson on Oprah: I’d Been Drinking When I Asked for Bribe

Earlier this month, the News of the World tabloid orchestrated a sting that revealed how easily the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, could be talked into offering the key to her high-placed contacts within the royal family, including her former husband. Today, Oprah will air the first in...

1 June 2010
03:02 GMT

Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson Talks Bribing Scandal on Oprah

Last weekend, the Duchess of York and Prince Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson was caught on tape by a reporter from News of the World as she was asking for bribe and received a down payment for access to her former spouse, who is a UK Representative for Trade and Investment. Shamed, the Duchess left for LA short...

28 May 2010
08:06 GMT

I’m Beautiful but Not Influential, Robert Pattinson Tells Oprah

Robert Pattinson, together with Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, was on Oprah the other day on an “Eclipse” special that also included countless surprises for fans. One of them was also how RPattz, usually a rather shy guy, showed throughout the interview his incredible sense of humor, as People magazi...

14 May 2010
09:37 GMT

Robert Pattinson on Oprah: Kristen Stewart Is Pregnant

Members of the main cast of “Eclipse,” Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Dakota Fanning, recently shot an Oprah special which aired the other day. While talking about the film and spending so much time together, the Queen of Television could not have possibly not asked the one que...

14 May 2010
05:18 GMT

Preview of Oprah’s Special ‘Twilight: Eclipse’ Episode

Oprah Winfrey is becoming more and more involved in the Twilight phenomenon. She was the one to debut the first trailer for the third film in the series, “Eclipse,” as well as the one to treat a handful of lucky fans to an advanced screening of the film that drops in theaters two months from now. Now, Opr...

11 May 2010
11:52 GMT

Naomi Campbell Breaks Down in Tears on Oprah

Model Naomi Campbell, one of the most gorgeous women in the world but also among those with the most flammable temper, has recently taped an appearance on Oprah. Meant to address the controversy around a blood diamond she reportedly received, her fits of rage and what glamour really looks like, the interview sees Nao...

4 May 2010
06:43 GMT

Nadya Suleman Sold Swimsuit Pictures for $100,000

In mid-January, a series of photos of Nadya Suleman in various models of two-piece swimsuits and striking what seemed to be glamour poses leaked online. Few knew for certain what the pics were, but many believed they would be part of an upcoming photospread, which turned out to be true, as they ran in Star magazine w...

21 April 2010
11:04 GMT

Nadya Suleman Defends Herself in Emotional Oprah Interview

As announced a few days ago, Nadya Suleman is making one final – and perhaps the most important – attempt at clearing her public image. The mother of 14, also known as OctoMom after delivering octuplets, has taped an appearance on Oprah, and it promises to hold the answers to all the questions that have b...

20 April 2010
10:57 GMT

Oprah Responds to Release of Controversial Biography

A few days ago, “poison pen” biographer Kitty Kelley came out with a book simply called “Oprah: A Biography.” In it, she made the most startling of claims, saying that basically the television personality had forged a more dramatic past in order to appeal to audiences, which means her entire c...

20 April 2010
07:43 GMT

Nadya Suleman Tapes Appearance on Oprah

Though she doesn’t have any new project to promote and it should have been clear to her by now that there is very little she can do to fix her image in the media, Nadya Suleman continues to make the television rounds. Just recently, she taped an appearance on Oprah, which should air next week, says Star magazin...

15 April 2010
10:34 GMT


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