Tom Cruise's two-part interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" includes a snowmobile ride and a frank discussion of his rocky media image, followed by an in-studio celebration of "Risky Business" 25 years ago, a person close to the production told The Associated Press Wednesday.
Magician David Blaine's latest feat of endurance likely will last less than 17 minutes, but he's planning to do it in front of talk show queen Oprah Winfrey -- and her audience of millions
Tom Cruise's two-part interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" includes a snowmobile ride and a frank discussion of his rocky media image, followed by an in-studio celebration of "Risky Business" 25 years ago, a person close to the production told The Associated Press Wednesday.
Magician David Blaine's latest feat of endurance likely will last less than 17 minutes, but he's planning to do it in front of talk show queen Oprah Winfrey -- and her audience of millions
On her program Monday, Oprah Winfrey and her design expert Nate Berkus unveil his latest miracle: building a dream house for a couple in order to give their three young daughters a second chance.
Are you truly happy? Where you live, what you do and how much sex you have just might be the answer! The biggest complainer Oprah knows is her makeup artist Reggie Wells. After a recent "Oprah Show," he agreed to take Pastor Will Bowen's complaint-free challenge. Reggie wears a purple wristband, and every time he utters a complaint, he has to change the wrist he wears it on.
Headlines about Oprah Winfrey last week focused, quite rightly, on the icon's plans to start her own cable television channel. But there's another story to be told about Winfrey's partner in the venture, Discovery Communications, and how its relatively new CEO is on a mission to remake the company.
Oprah Winfrey is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a special episode of her show airing Monday. In this video clip shot in conjunction with the special, Winfrey, 53, stands on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial – where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech – and talks about the impact he had on her life.
Discovery Communications and Oprah Winfrey announced the Discovery Health network will be turned over to Winfrey next year, becoming OWN -- the Oprah Winfrey Network
Oprah Winfrey admits that she was "devastated" by the allegations of physical and sexual abuse at her Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. But looking back at the institution's tumultuous first year, Winfrey says "I don't regret" opening the school.
Oprah Winfrey delivered her "favorite" candidate in the presidential race something his campaign hoped for Sunday: the largest crowd yet of any event in the race to '08, according to the Obama campaign.
Oprah Winfrey cheered and praised Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Iowa Saturday, saying it was a personal matter for her to speak out for the first time for the junior senator from Illinois.
After 20 years covering politics, I'm a hard sell. I've seen every gimmick known to politicians: train trips, hang gliders, pyrotechnics and "intimate" conversations with voters in barber shops, front porches, diners and ice cream shops.
Saying she felt compelled to support "the man I believe has a new vision for America," Oprah Winfrey spoke passionately about Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama at two rallies in Iowa Saturday.
Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, usually the home of the University of South Carolina football team, is getting ready for Oprah Winfrey and Sen. Barack Obama.
The father of a girl who complained about the conduct of a dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls here said Wednesday he fully supports the talk show host and her vision for the school.
Political observers say Oprah Winfrey's decision to campaign with Sen. Barack Obama could help him make inroads into what many many consider Sen. Hillary Clinton's natural constituency: women.
Oprah Winfrey paid a secret visit Sunday to her elite Leadership Academy Girls School in South Africa, which has been embroiled with abuse allegations after a 12-year-old pupil aired claims of misconduct.
L.N. Mzamane, the former headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's South African school, issued a statement Thursday, hitting back at allegations that she was aware of abuse allegedly committed by a dorm matron there.
Ask the Osmond family to gather – and you'd better have a big room! 100 members of the famous clan taped an emotionally charged appearance on Oprah Winfrey's show to pay tribute to family patriarch George Osmond, who died on Tuesday. On the episode, scheduled to air Friday, Marie Osmond tells Winfrey, "My dad is my hero ... He was my strength."
More than 100 members of the Osmond family had long been scheduled to gather on Oprah Winfrey's show. But now the special episode – which was taped Thursday to air Friday – will also serve as a tribute to family patriarch George Osmond, who died Tuesday, at age 90.
As part of Oprah Winfrey's YouTube-themed show, Sean "Diddy" Combs – who has been running a contest online to find a new personal assistant – made his choice on the program Tuesday.
Good Morning AmericaA former dorm matron appeared in court Monday to face a series of charges that she mistreated girls at Oprah Winfrey's $47 million South African school – while Oprah herself held a press conference declaring it "the most devastating experience of my life."
Oprah Winfrey has issued a statement in response to the arrest of a dorm matron at her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, near Johannesburg.
Beehive? Bob? Crewcut? Mullet? Hilary Swank's next hairdo is out of her hands, as Oprah Winfrey took the shears to the Oscar winner as part of a charity effort airing Friday on her talk show.
A mother whose daughter and granddaughter attend Oprah Winfrey's school in South Africa considers the talk-show host heaven-sent, despite allegations of abuse being investigated there.
Gayle King – Oprah Winfrey's best friend and a partner in the $46 million endeavor to provide education to underprivileged girls – says the two have taken a hands-on approach to investigating possible staff improprieties at the boarding school in Henley-on-Klip, south of Johannesburg.
She only wanted to give underprivileged African girls a chance at a better life. But a tearful Oprah Winfrey begged for forgiveness Sunday from students' parents at her all-girls academy, currently reeling from allegations of abuse.
Rosie O'Donnell turned down the opportunity to promote her upcoming autobiography, Celebrity Detox, on Oprah Winfrey's talk show because, she says, the subject matter is "too raw."
The parents of a Tennessee preacher shot to death by his wife convinced a judge to keep the convicted killer at home, but they couldn't keep her off the air.
Television history was made Monday, when, after many years of his pleading - make that, requesting - David Letterman finally appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
The impact of a prominent presidential endorsement often fails to resonate at the polls, but popular talk show host Oprah Winfrey's backing of Sen. Barack Obama could prove to have a more significant effect.
It's big news that the goddess of talk, Oprah Winfrey, is throwing a huge shindig for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama at her California estate that is expected to bring in $3 million.
Oprah Winfrey, whose 2-year-old Golden Retriever Gracie died in May by choking on a plastic ball, learned a lesson from the tragedy, the TV mogul says in her magazine.
1. Dreamgirls star Beyonce graces the cover of SI's 2007 Swimsuit Issue. Though we can't confirm that Beyonce sent 100 copies to co-star Jennifer Hudson, who critics say stole the movie, with the note, "Take that!"
"Oprah's Favorite Things," an episode of Oprah that usually airs annually around Thanksgiving, has repeatedly been one of her best rated shows of the year. This year, though, it's not running at all.
You win some, you lose some. The big issue is whether you know how to keep your gains when they occur and cut your losses when they don't. Take our quiz and learn.
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey handpicked on Sunday 73 South African disadvantaged girls, the first of hundreds of girls who will attend her new school just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Tyra Banks was a supermodel for 15 years--Victoria's Secret, Sports Illustrated, you name it--and more recently the host of America's Next Top Model, a reality show with legs. Some scoffed when Ban...
XM Satellite Radio and Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Radio have signed a three-year, $55 million deal to launch a channel featuring the popular talk show host, the companies said Thursday.
Author James Frey on Thursday admitted he lied and embellished events about himself and other characters in his best-selling book about substance abuse and recovery.
Luxury store Hermes on Wednesday apologized to Oprah Winfrey for turning her away last week, saying that its Paris store was closed to set up for a public relations event when the talk show host stopped by.
The midsize-sedan market is jammed bumper-to-bumper with 40 virtually indistinguishable models. So if you want to launch a new one, you need a little something extra to stand out. Luckily for Ponti...
Forget Sand Hill Road—Oprah's mouth is the new path to cash. "She went wild over my curried-chicken sandwich," says Margaux Sky, 50, whose Art Café & Bakery in San Luis Obispo, Calif., was saved wh...
Is Oprah doing for music what she did for books? The publishing world heaved a sigh of relief when Oprah kicked her book club back into high gear last year, since her selections quickly become best...
BEND, ORE. (CNN/Money) - Long before reality television started dominating prime time, MONEY magazine launched its "Millionaire of the Month" column in the October 1998 issue.
Until last year, when they published an enormous bestselling hit by an unknown child poet, Cheryl and Peter Barnes were best known for producing children's books like Nat, Nat, The Nantucket Cat. H...
Somewhere en route from dirt-poor Mississippi schoolgirl to TV news anchor to talk-show empress to award-winning actress to therapist for an anxious nation, Oprah Winfrey became a businesswoman. It...
The Web isn't all that funny. That's why we were psyched to see daily Webzine Modern Humorist launch in April with a terrific parody of Oprah's new magazine, O. Its take, J: The Jerry Springer Maga...
Talk about power: It was the fall of 1997, and Oprah Winfrey's contract with her distributor was up, so the time had come to renegotiate. Oprah is a syndicated show, meaning it gets sold to individ...
You probably heard that institutional investors just snapped up $55 million worth of 7.9% 10-year bonds backed by the estimated future royalties of rock icon David Bowie. Turns out the offering may...
Next Oprah: Men who waste money and the women who love them After writing the 1986 bestseller Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, I decided to explore one of the biggest areas of confli...
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