Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is one of the highest paid and most watched TV celebrities of all times. Oprah is an American multiple- Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is also an influential book critic, an... [more]

Oprah Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is one of the highest paid and most watched TV celebrities of all times. Oprah is an American multiple- Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award -nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. According to Forbes magazine, she was the richest African American of the 20th century and the world's only Black billionaire for three straight years. Life magazine has ranked her as the most influential woman of her generation and Time magazine has ranked her as one of only four people to have shaped both the 20th century and the early 21st. In 2005, Business Week ranked her as the greatest Black philanthropist in American history.

 
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TV personality Oprah Winfrey hosts The Oprah Winfrey Show: Fridays Live From New York at Rumsey Playfield on September 18, 2009 in New York City. (Getty Images) more pics » Ending one of the most successful runs on television ever, Oprah Winfrey will announce tomorrow that she plans to stop filming her immensely popular afternoon talk show in 2011. Oprah Winfrey and guest Mariah Carey on a recent episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show . (Getty Images) The news broke this afternoon from Tim Bennett, the president of Winfrey's Harpo production house. In a statement released to affilliate stations across the country, Bennett says ... Read Full Story
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NEW YORK — Is it too soon to begin missing Oprah? Why put it off? In less than two years, she will vanish from sight as a five-hours-weekly broadcast TV fixture. How could we not be feeling early pangs of withdrawal and loss? Let's go ahead and start our seven stages of grief. For nearly a quarter-century Oprah Winfrey has been our moral arbiter, lifestyle coach and window on the world. Her show has been our church, Chautauqua and kaffeeklatsch. She has inspired us to monitor her ricocheting weight gains and losses as a national pastime, akin to following the Dow or baseball box ... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, will announce on Friday she is ending her popular daytime talk show in 2011. Winfrey's production company, Harpo Inc, said on Thursday she would make the official announcement on Friday's live program from Chicago and talk about the reasons behind the decision to end it after 25 years on the air. She is expected to move to cable network OWN, or Oprah Winfrey Network, a Los Angeles-based joint venture she formed with Discovery Communications Inc, when her current syndication deal for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" runs out ... Read Full Story
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US television superstar Oprah Winfrey, who rose from a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a global star, will on Friday announce that her talk show will end in 2011, her production firm said. "The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011," Tim Bennett, president of Winfrey's Harpo production company, wrote in a letter to affiliates. "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which is currently syndicated in 145 countries, has transformed Winfrey into a cultural phenomenon. She is credited with changing the way people talk to each other, having popularized a confessional interview ... Read Full Story
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US television superstar Oprah Winfrey, who rose from a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a global star, will on Friday announce that her talk show will end in 2011, her production firm said. "The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011," Tim Bennett, president of Winfrey's Harpo production company, wrote in a letter to affiliates. "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which is currently syndicated in 145 countries, has transformed Winfrey into a cultural phenomenon. She is credited with changing the way people talk to each other, having popularized a confessional interview ... Read Full Story
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International talk show superstar Oprah Winfrey, who rose from a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a globally-recognized star, will end her show in 2011, her production company said. "The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011," Tim Bennett, president of Winfrey's Harpo production company, wrote in a letter to affiliates. "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which is currently syndicated in 145 countries, has transformed Winfrey into a cultural phenomenon. She is credited with changing the way people talk to each other, having popularized a confessional interview style that has coaxed secrets, ... Read Full Story
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We all knew the day would eventually come when Oprah would say good-bye. Unfortunately – it looks like that day is closer than we expected. Eyewitness News has learned that Oprah will announce on Friday that she has decided to end her talk show. Oprah told her staff of her decision during a company meeting on Thursday afternoon. The president of Harpo Studios notified media partners later Thursday. She is expected to make a public announcement on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” tomorrow, November 20, 2009. The end date for the show is expected to be Oprah’s 25th season on September 9, 2011. Winfrey started ... Read Full Story
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By Gina Gomez Nov.21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bradley Lockhart, father of Shaniya Davis [the young girl who was raped and murdered] appeared in the ‘Oprah Winfrey Show‘ on Friday. The show was watched by a large number of people as this was the first time that the father of the deceased girl was appearing on television since [...]  
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Boston (DbTechNo) - After more than 20 years on air the Oprah Winfrey show will be winding down in 2011. This rumor has been swirling around for quite some time now, but it has now been confirmed by Oprah’s production company, Harpo Productions Inc. There are 2 possible reasons for the show to conclude in 2011, both [...]  
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Since yesterday, we knew the official public announcement was coming and today we got it.  Oprah Winfrey announced on a live broadcast that she will end  "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011 after 25 years.After much prayer and months' of careful thought, I've decided next season, season 25, will be the last season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show.With those words, the most powerful woman in television shook up not only the daytime TV world, but the TV...  
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After 25 seasons on the air, the Oprah Winfrey show will come to an end in 2011: Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. A Harpo spokeswoman declined [...]  
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Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday that her popular daytime talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show will end its run in Tim Bennett the President of Harpo announced in a letter released to ABC affiliates on ThursdayTomorrow Oprah will announce live on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she has decided to end what is arguably one ...  
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PR professionals: one of the "holy grails" in terms of media placements has about two years left before it is no more. Oprah Winfrey told employees late yesterday that she will no longer host the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" after September 2011. One can imagine Winfrey may have more programming on her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network. Expect Winfrey to talk about the move on her show today. After the jump, the full memo to staff from...  
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CHICAGO (AP) – Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey planned to announce the final date for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" during a live broadcast, according to her production company, Harpo Productions Inc. She said at the beginning of the show that she had some news...  
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It’s official: Oprah Winfrey will end her famous talk show in 2011. The much speculated rumor was made official yesterday and will come at the end of next year as Oprah readies...  
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The Oprah Winfrey Show is set to end. From tears on the sofa to the world's biggest book club, has it been a TV classic?The queen of the talk shows will finally hang up her microphone after 25 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show. We've been here before – she'd previously set 1997 and 2006 as retirement dates – but this time it's really, really happening, honest. She's leaving in 2011 to concentrate on her new channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network...  
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Following the news that Oprah Winfrey will announce on her live show on Friday that her popular syndicated daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” will end its run in 2011, her best friend Gayle King told Access Hollywood that the daytime queen was behind the decision to end her show.  
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