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Oprah School Mistress Not Charged with Crime
Posted: November 28th, 2008, 4:56pm CST by TMZ Staff
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O Goes Lo-Budge
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 12:59am CST by TMZ Staff
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Oprah: Burn Baby, Burn
Posted: November 17th, 2008, 5:54am CST by thebrokenfarted
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Dammit, nature. You proved yourself to be unpredictable once again. Over the weekend, a fire broke out on Montecito, California Friday, which caused a lot of concern for the groups of rich people and celebrities like Oprah Winfrey with houses in that area.
For Winfrey, who was in Chicago working on her show as she monitored the fire’s spread near her 42-acre estate, a chief concern was her dogs.
“We already had a plan for getting the dogs out and going to the Four Seasons (hotel) because they take dogs,” she said on her talk show on Friday.
“When it’s in your neighborhood, when it’s your friends, when it’s your house you feel differently about it. You see it differently,” she said.
Celebrities that are at a loss in the area: Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Spielburg, Steve Martin, Rob Lowe, and even some of Snoop Dogg’s groupies. In my eyes, all this really means is instead of having six homes scattered across the nation, these guys are just going to have five. Apparently that’s enough to have Oprah dedicate almost 30 minutes of her show whining about it.
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Fires rage throughout southern CA; Rob Lowe saves neighbors
Posted: November 16th, 2008, 2:19am CST by Ceilidh
Tags: Oprah
A CBS News segment about the Montecito fire from Friday. Fires are now burning throughout Southern CaliforniaMontecito, a small but very upscale suburb of Los Angeles, became the scene of a roaring out of control brush fire turned home-destroying blaze on Friday. Many celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Jeff Bridges and Arnold Schwarzenegger have homes there. All of those homes seem to have escaped the inferno, but Taxi and Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd has not been so lucky.
The caretaker for actor Christopher Lloyd’s house “fled for his life” in a firestorm last night, said Lisa Loiacono of Sotheby’s International Realty. Loiacono manages the property for Lloyd, who is filming on location in Vancouver, Canada, and was not in Montecito. Loiacono said the property’s 8 acres were all “torched,” and the house “at least partially burned, if not totally.” Loiacono was unable to enter the area this morning.
The house, Lloyd’s main residence, had been listed for sale in the spring of 2007 at $11.3 million but was recently withdrawn from the market while he made upgrades. He owns a second, smaller, home in Montecito that is still on the market for $3.6 million.
The property believed lost is one of Montecito’s more unusual homes. The 5,500-square-foot main house has one bedroom, and there is a separate guesthouse. The house was built in 1972 from adobe bricks made on site. And the living room and bedroom share an outdoor area with a large patio and stone-lined reflecting pool.
Lloyd personally cared for many of the rare and exotic plants on the grounds. It is also believed that the Mountain Drive home of Eva Loggins, Kenny Loggins’ ex-wife, was destroyed by the fire.
[From Los Angeles Times]
burned homes in MontecitoRob Lowe, a full time Montecito resident whose home appears to be safe, was fleeing the area with his children. He was stopping by neighbors’ homes to make sure others were getting out, as well, when he found a family trapped behind their gated drive. The gate was powered by electricity and because of the fire, the power was out and they couldn’t get the gate to open. Lowe and some others were able to pry the gate and the family got out. Lowe discussed the situation with Winfrey.
Lowe said among the evacuating neighbors he saw was filmmaker Ivan Reitman, director of “Stripes” and “Ghostbusters,” and a neighbor with whom he and Winfrey are mutual friends.
“The next door neighbor’s house, they were trapped behind their gates and could not get out,” Lowe said.
“The next door neighbors the Simmons? You mean the Simmons?,” Winfrey asked.
“The Simmons could not get out of their gate. Their daughter was lost on the property and so I had another gentleman and I pried the gates open. … We tried to comfort the Simmons, and embers were raining down. They were in our hair, they were in our shirts. The wind was easily 70 miles an hour and it was absolutely Armageddon.”
[From AP]
The area’s median home value, even in the current property slump, is $2 million. Over 5,400 homes have been evacuated and more than 110 homes have been destroyed by the flames.
Note by Celebitchy:
Which Simmons were saved?
Update: It was not Russell Simmons or Rev. Run:
When I first heard this story I thought that Lowe might have saved Rev. Run and his family from the MTV reality show “Run’s House,” because their daughters are older and seem more likely to go missing like that, but they live in New Jersey. Russell Simmons’ ex wife, Kimora Lee, and their two daughters, Ming Lee, 8, and Aoki Lee, 6, may be the Simmons referred to in this story. I watched the Oprah show mentioned in this story and it’s not clear who Lowe was referring to. We have contacted Russell Simmons’ rep for clarification and will let you know. No matter which Simmons family Lowe was helping everyone seems to be ok now and that’s what matters.
According to Russell Simmon’s rep it was not Russell, or his brothers Danny or Rev. Run and his family, who do not own homes in that area. It sounded like it might be a famous Simmons family by the way Oprah phrased it, but these are her neighbors and it is likely that she knows them which is why she mentioned them by name.Fires are burning throughout southern California
Fires are also raging in communities southeast and northwest of Los Angeles throughout southern California. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. 2,000 acres have been burned southeast of LA in Yorba Linda, Brea, Anaheim and Corona. A separate massive brush fire has erupted in Sylmar northwest of LA, which LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said has destroyed more homes than any other fire in the past decade. Here’s a google map of the Sylmar fire, and a photo map showing the fires throughout southern California. Parts of Interstate 5 have been shut down and Los Angeles has undergone rolling blackouts as some lines were taken out of service due to the fire.The Montecito fire is still burning, and fire officials say it is 60% contained.
You can keep up with this story on Google News.
[details from LA Times]
Here’s a more recent news report about the fires. There’s a map at around 25 seconds in that shows where the fires are burning. Our thoughts are with the people who have fled and lost homes and thank goodness there are no reported casualties.
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Oprah Sends Thoughts and Prayers to Her Montecito Neighbors
Posted: November 14th, 2008, 5:15pm CST by Perez Hilton
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As we mentioned earlier, a destructive wildfire that broke out Thursday has claimed over 80 structures in the ritzy Montecito area of California.
Oprah Winfrey is one of the many famous figures who has/had a home in the community.
She started Friday's Oprah Winfrey Show with a message to her California neighbors:
"The first thing I wanted to talk about is the raging fire burning right now in my neighborhood of Montecito, Calif. All our prayers are with all the folks and neighbors in Santa Barbara. Hope you're well today. And those of you who lost your homes, our hearts go out to you."
Another famous Montecito resident, actor Rob Lowe, called into the show and recounted evacuating his home.
"We got in the car, pulled out of the driveway and the entire mountain behind us was flames, 200 feet high, shooting into the air…This thing came on so fast, you just can't believe it… I'm very lucky. My house is fine. Although I'm looking—I'm talking to you right now and I'm looking out of my office and I can see the smoke billowing still… I've lived out here since 1976 and seen a lot of fires, but last night…I mean, I watched 12, 13 homes burn to the ground. It's so tragic. It's so sad. And this is the worst I have ever seen by far."
In case you were wondering, Oprah's home has, so far, survived the fires. Super O's home is less than a mile from several homes devastated in the blaze and within several hundred yards of the mandatory evacuation zone.
Our thoughts and prayers go out, too, to all the fire victims.
[Oprah image via WENN. Montecito image via AP Photos.]
X17 Online
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Oprah's Message to Montecito Fire Victims
Posted: November 14th, 2008, 4:15pm CST by X17Online
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Massive wildfires continue to rage through the steep hillsides near Oprah's home in Montecito, California.
As of Friday afternoon, more than 80 homes had been destroyed and hundreds of acres charred.
On her talk show Friday, Oprah sent a message to those affected by the blaze.
- "All our prayers are with all the folks and neighbors in Santa Barbara. Hope you're well today. And those of you who lost your homes, our hearts go out to you."
- "We got in the car, pulled out of the driveway and the entire mountain behind us was flames, 200 feet high, shooting into the air...This thing came on so fast, you just can't believe it."
"I'm very lucky," he continued. "My house is fine. Although I'm looking—I'm talking to you right now and I'm looking out of my office and I can see the smoke billowing still..."
"I've lived out here since 1976 and seen a lot of fires, but last night...I mean, I watched 12, 13 homes burn to the ground. It's so tragic. It's so sad. And this is the worst I have ever seen by far," Lowe said.
TMZ.com
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Oprah Seasons Her Pooch
Posted: November 14th, 2008, 1:00pm CST by TMZ Staff
Tags: Oprah naturaldisasters Winfrey
Filed under: Oprah, Natural Disasters
Bet you wish you were Oprah Winfrey's dogs right now, cause they could be headed to the Four Seasons Hotel.Her dogs are holed up at her Montecito estate, and even though her home is not threatened immediately, she's taking precautions."I don't have...
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Oprah and Lowe -- Hot Properties
Posted: November 14th, 2008, 11:15am CST by TMZ Staff
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Filed under: Oprah, Natural Disasters, Rob Lowe
Assuming fires don't ravage them, Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe have some pretty nice houses in Montecito to return home to. Oprah purchased her 14,000 square foot house back in 2001 for a reported $55 million. It features six bedrooms and 14 bathrooms....
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Oprah Dodged Bullet So Far
Posted: November 14th, 2008, 8:19am CST by TMZ Staff
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Filed under: Oprah, Natural Disasters
Oprah Winfrey's Montecito estate is not in immediate danger, at least so far.Her 45-acre estate (which is about three miles from the center of the fire) has not been evacuated, but as one person on scene said, "No one in the area is safe." We're told...
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Jennifer Aniston: I Am So Dating John Mayer
Posted: November 13th, 2008, 5:15pm CST by TMZ Staff
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Filed under: Hook-Ups, TV, Wacky & Weird, Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer
Jennifer Aniston appeared on Oprah today, and she actually talked. And smiled!The two not only discussed Jen dating John Mayer, but they also talked about her feelings toward Brad Pitt and Angelina Joile. Oprah definitely has the power to get people...
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Oh-Pra Please!
Posted: November 10th, 2008, 11:48am CST by TMZ Staff
Tags: paparazzivideo Oprah prezelection2008 Barack Obama
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Oprah, Prez Election 2008
Forget Rahm, Oprah's gonna be Obama's host whisperer. Yet she just won't admit the depth of her power. See Also Touched by Oprah ...
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Touched by Oprah
Posted: November 8th, 2008, 9:45am CST by TMZ Staff
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Work On Earth Finished, Oprah To Return to Home Planet [Oprah Winfrey]
Posted: November 7th, 2008, 3:38pm CST by Pareene
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
Days after winning the presidency for a skinny black man from Kansas and Kenya and Indonesia (and also rescuing funny-but-unwatched sitcom 30 Rock), it's been revealed Queen of Media Oprah Winfrey will end her syndicated talk show in 2011, according to Broadcasting & Cable. But according to sources with Oprah's production company, Harpo, the show will merely shift from syndication to her new cable network, forcing cable providers to add "OWN," which is currently called the Discovery Health Channel, or "the channel with the world's fattest man and the dying babies." What's going on? No one knows.The head of the Discovery cable empire David Zaslav stirred the Oprah pot when he announced on a conference call that Oprah was going to end her show in 2011 and focus primarily on building OWN. "This is her chapter two," he said.
Those comments forced Harpo to release a statement:
“While David Zaslav’s comments are true that Oprah’s current contract to produce ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ will expire in 2011, she has not made a final decision as to whether she will continue her show in syndication beyond that.”
So Oprah will either continue her talk show on cable, or end it, or both. It's unclear. But would she really abandon her show a year before Barack Obama needs to be reelected?
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Oprah forced to act like a normal person
Posted: November 7th, 2008, 1:00pm CST by Nick
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Oprah forced to poop like a normal personDuring Barack Obama’s post-election speech in Chicago on Tuesday night, Oprah Winfrey was *gasp* forced to use a porta-potty. It was the first time in her life she’s ever used one. Via Starpulse:
Millions of Americans saw the talk show queen in tears during Obama’s moving post-election speech in Chicago, Illinois’ Grant Park - and Winfrey was so determined not to miss a word, she kept her legs crossed and dashed for a porta-potty as the new President left the stage.
She says, “In all these years at every event, I’ve said, ‘No, I’m not going to do the porta-potty’ but I said I better use it.” (Source)
This story has to be fake. Not that it’s beneath Oprah to take a monster dump in a porta-potty mind you — it’s just that my analytical mind will not bend enough to accept this as fact. First, I didn’t hear anything regarding hundreds of people dying in Chicago Tuesday night, which is a natural result of an Oprah public bilge dump. Second, unless someone finally figured out how to collapse space/time, how do you explain The Big O “dashing” anywhere and/or wedging herself into a portable toilet?
[WENN]
TMZ.com
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Oprah's Mystery Man Exposed!
Posted: November 6th, 2008, 2:30pm CST by TMZ Staff
Tags: wackyandweird Oprah Oprah
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Oprah
The man whose shoulder Oprah Winfrey used to cry on at Barack Obama's victory rally was a total stranger -- but we found out who he is. Sam Perry, a corporate development consultant, happened to be in the right place at the right time and comforted...
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Oprah Winfrey Jinxes Barack
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 12:40pm CST by TMZ Staff
Tags: Oprah prezelection2008 Barack Obama
Filed under: Oprah, Prez Election 2008
Oprah Winfrey called into "The Ed Lover Show" on Power 105 this morning and confessed she already has a dress she picked out for Barack Obama's inauguration. Counting your chickens before they hatch, O?...
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How Do We Say This Delicately???
Posted: October 6th, 2008, 11:01pm CDT by Perez Hilton
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
Uhmmm…
Isn't black supposed to be slimming?????
Well, there's no sugarcoating this.
Oprah got FAT again, y'all!
The plus-sized talk show host showed off her very full figure at the opening of Tyler Perry's new film and TV studio in Atlanta this past weekend.
Is she gonna blame this on her thyroid again????
[Photo via Getty Images.]
Derek Hail
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Oprah Winfrey’s Mom Has a Case of the Dumb
Posted: October 3rd, 2008, 6:00am CDT by thebrokenfarted
Tags: Oprah
Oprah Winfrey’s mother, Vernita Lee is claiming ignorance and counter suing Valentina Inc for allowing her to spend over $150,000 she, for god knows what kind of reason, didn’t realize she had to pay back.
According to court papers, Lee resolved a 2002 case with the company over a $175,000 bill. The resolution prohibited Valentina from receiving more credit.
Lee claims the company extended her credit anyway, taking advantage of her “lack of knowledge, ability, and-or capacity” when creating her credit account.”
Oprah’s mom makes it seem like credit is some free thousand dollar coupon. You’d think after the first time, or after seeing people’s houses being foreclosed on because of bad credit, or, hell, looked at Ed McMahon lately, some common sense would enter her brain, but for some odd reason she sees credit as some really awesome thousand dollar coupon. As giving as Oprah makes herself out to be on television, I wouldn’t bother bailing her out just because of her stupidity.
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Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy open up to Oprah
Posted: September 24th, 2008, 8:35am CDT by SeriouslyOMGWTF
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For the first time since Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy started dating, the two will open up about their relationship today on Oprah Winfrey. I can’t wait to see what they have to say because they are so cute together and seem so in love!
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Gayle King -- It's Nasty
Posted: September 17th, 2008, 11:25am CDT by TMZ Staff
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Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Oprah
We're confused. Gayle King said the whole "Sarah won't be on Oprah during the campaign" thing was a "nasty internet rumor." But Oprah gave us a statement saying exactly that. And then the photog confessed he had a crush on Palin ... and Gayle was...
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Oprah Winfrey Top List Of Most Generous Celebrities
Posted: September 11th, 2008, 11:14pm CDT by Sparkle-C
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Parade magazine just published a list of the 30 most generous celebrities and not surprisingly Oprah Winfrey tops the list. Oprah donated over $50 million to various charities dealing with education, health, women and child advocacy and her own Oprah’s Angel Network. Go O! Fifty Million Dollars Kids! That’s A LOT of money.
Number two on the list is a bit of a shocker; musician Herb Alpert gave $13 million to various charities last year including his own music foundation. I had no idea that the 73 trumpet player had that much paper. Good for him.
Number three was Barbra Streisand at $11 million, Fourth place was Paul Newman at $10 million and Fifth place goes to Mel Gibson with a total donation of $9.9 million. Brad and Angie come in at sixth place for giving away $8.4 million to their foundation that funds reconstruction in New Orleans and well as their donations to refugee aid.
Kudo’s to all above! Thanks for putting out all that good Karma in the world and keeping the universe balanced. But shame shame shame on the following celebs who, as the saying goes, “Have more money that God”, but only donated a miniscule amount of their annual income to help the world’s less fortunate.
Jerry Seinfeld $3 million; Hugh Hefner $2 million; Tiger Woods $1.3 million and Steven Spielberg at $1 million.
Seriously? OMG! WTF?
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Tatum O’Neal opens up to Oprah on Friday
Posted: September 10th, 2008, 10:42pm CDT by SeriouslyOMGWTF
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Tatum O’Neal opens up to Oprah Winfrey on Friday about her recent drug bust for drugs in NY. I can’t wait to see what she tells Oprah about the night that put her back in the news for all the wrong reasons. -
Oprah Winfrey has American Idols and the American Idol today!
Posted: September 8th, 2008, 7:56am CDT by SeriouslyOMGWTF
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Oprah Winfrey is starting her new season today and she brought 175 Team USA Athletes from the 2008 Olympic to the show to welcome them back as they welcome her back. And what better way to welcome them all, but to have David Cook sing a song for all of them.
So tune in to The Oprah Winfrey Show weekdays now that she back!
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Oprah to Palin: I Can Pencil You In Later
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 1:41pm CDT by TMZ Staff
Tags: celebrityjustice Oprah prezelection2008
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Oprah, Prez Election 2008
Oprah has issued a statement to TMZ -- she won't put Sarah Palin on her show until after the election.Here's the statement: "The item in today's Drudge Report is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin...
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Oprah Tired Of Posing For O Magazine Covers [Oprah Winfrey]
Posted: August 21st, 2008, 8:07am CDT by Ryan Tate
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
Such a pain! "It takes a lot of time and energy and she's sick of it. She's given them six months to figure out what to do without her." [Post]
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Oprah’s rich
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 2:00pm CDT by Nick
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
She really wanted to make $400 millionAccording to an in-depth study conducted by TV Guide, celebrities makes millions of dollars a year. Who knew! The results of their shocking research:
- Oprah Winfrey’s income: $385 million/year
- Simon Cowell: $50 million/year
- David Letterman: $32 million/year
- Charlie Sheen: $825,00/episode of Two and a Half Men
- William Peterson: $600,000/episode of CSI
- Mariska Hargitay: $400,000/episode of Law & Order: SVU
- Kyra Sedgwick: $275,00/episode of The Closer
At $385 million a year, can you imagine how much money Oprah has to pay in taxes? The poor thing. There’s no way I’d want to have to shell out that kind of money to the government every April. Nope, I’m happy just the way I am with my Ramen Noodles, 12 Guatemalan roommates, and scurvy. Besides, if you want to be fat, gay, and old you don’t need to make hundreds of millions of dollars a year . . . you just need to be this guy.
[WENN]
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Oprah Appreciates Rollback Savings
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 4:30pm CDT by TMZ Staff
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Pearl -- Oprah Treated Me Like Doody!
Posted: July 16th, 2008, 3:49pm CDT by TMZ Staff
Tags: celebrityjustice Oprah
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Oprah
Barry Pearl -- that's Doody from "Grease" to you - says "Oprah's Big Give" is plenty generous ... except when it comes to paying up for movie clips they use on the show. Here's how it works -- in order to use a clip from "Grease" on TV, it must be...
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Oprah Stops London Traffic For Barack
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 8:23am CDT by TMZ Staff
Tags: Oprah prezelection2008
Filed under: Oprah, Prez Election 2008
TMZ.com: So our papper sees this black car with tinted windows in London yesterday and figures, it's the queen. He was right!He baited Oprah into rolling down the nice piece of glass, by questioning her support of Obama. Fact is, her big endorsement did... Read more
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Oprah Still Putting the O in Obama?
Posted: June 20th, 2008, 9:54am CDT by TMZ Staff
Tags: celebrityjustice Oprah
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Oprah
TMZ.com: Oprah Winfrey has been more than mum since she first gave Barack Obama her O-stamp of approval in May -- she's been utterly silent, some say because it's bustin' her ratings.So when we caught up with her BFF Gayle King in New York yesterday, we... Read more
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Oprah gives Stanford University commencement address
Posted: June 17th, 2008, 7:37am CDT by Helen
Tags: Oprah
Oprah Winfrey delivered the commencement speech to Stanford University graduates, giving away free books to the 4,700 students. She had hoped to give them cars, but said she couldn’t quite pull it off.She had, as commencement speakers do, some advice for the students.
“When you are doing the work you are meant to do, it feels right,” she said, as the Class of 2008 snapped photographs with their cell phones and tossed beach balls to each other in the warm morning sun. “Feelings are really your GPS system for life. Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead.
“Every wrong decision was the result of me not listening to my voice. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it.”
At the first commencement ceremony to be held in the new Stanford Stadium, Winfrey spoke about the need to be open to life’s numerous lessons - and the importance of feelings, learning from failure and finding happiness.
In a speech that was both personal and humorous, she spoke about her early days as a television news anchor in Baltimore. It was rough: Her boss didn’t think anyone would remember the name Oprah and wanted her to change her name to Susie. He also sent her to a salon because he didn’t like the way she looked.
“Do I look like a Susie to you?” she said to laughter.
She also talked about her own experience opening a school in South Africa.
She spoke about how she built a school for girls in South Africa and spent time and energy picking out sheets and pillows, only to learn later that one of the dorm matrons had been accused of sexual abuse.
“I had been paying attention to all of the wrong things,” Winfrey said. “I built a school from the outside in, instead of from the inside out.”
I’m impressed that Oprah even talked about her school’s issues, because she didn’t really need to bring it up at all.
Oprah’s own goddaughter, Kirby Bumpus, graduated on the day. Oprah told the students that she hadn’t been allowed to visit while her best friend Gale King’s daughter was a student for fear of embarrassing her.
Oprah got good reviews for her speech, with students saying that she spoke from her heart.
The two books Oprah gave away were Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” and Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind”.
Note by Celebitchy: Here’s a video of Oprah’s commencement speech, via The Huffington Post. Header image is from Stanford.edu, where you can also read a transcript of the speech.
A Socialite's Life
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Oprah Needs To Give Others Turns On That 'Forbes' List
Posted: June 12th, 2008, 11:59am CDT
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
Forbes magazine has once again released their list of the 100 richest celebrities in the world and your spiritual guru Oprah Winfrey is once again at the top. She made $275 million this past year. Do you think she'll ever run for office? It's not like things could get much worse and at least we'll have a president who likes to read.
Here's the top ten:
The Top 10
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Tiger Woods
3. Angelina Jolie
4. Beyonce Knowles
5. David Beckham
6. Johnny Depp
7. Jay-Z
8. The Police
9. J.K. Rowling
10. Brad PittWait, where's Madge? Snap! Madonna didn't make the list. And Angelina Jolie makes more money than her husband! That's got to cause a few snickers over the dinner table in France on Angie's part. Who knew Johnny Depp did that well for himself? That gay pirate thing pays off! And what's with Tiger Woods? Hasn't he gotten a ball stuck in a sandtrap yet? People love that guy. Golf is so friggin' boring. Watching it on TV is worse. They need to spice it up with pyrotechnics or something.
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Oprah Winfrey Might Be On '30 Rock'
Posted: June 8th, 2008, 3:59pm CDT
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
Looks like Oprah is pulling a Britney. The powerhouse talk show host might make an appearance on the sitcom 30 Rock.
According to Keith Powell, who plays Toofer on the hit show, the rumor going around the cast is that NBC is working really hard to get Oprah on the program next season.
Keith couldn't contain his excitement, saying, "There are very few people in the world that if I meet I would hyperventilate over and that would be her."
When asked if Oprah would play herself or someone else if she were to be on the comedy Keith said, "She'd have to play herself. I think we've talked about her so much she'd have play herself and then you'd have to watch me loose all bowel movements."
Wow. If Oprah sees that quote she might be inclined to turn down the offer. No one wants to see your B.M.s.
But then again, everyone is hailing Tyra as the new Oprah. O needs to get on her best game and put that bitch back in her place -- and 30 Rock might be a great way to do just that.
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Oprah Winfrey Blogs About Her 21-Day Vegan Detox Diet
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 4:45pm CDT by Sparkle-C
Tags: Oprah
Oprah Winfrey is going vegan for a 21-day detox plan. She’s not only giving up meat and dairy, Oprah and three friends are giving up caffeine, sugar, gluten and alcohol. Look out studio audience! The O may be a bit edgy over the next month.
In true Oprah-stye, she is going to be blogging about her progresses and her comfort food withdrawals. And take it from a blog who knows, you do have food withdrawals when you do this 21-day detox. (We did Dax Moy’s detox and although we told everyone we completed it, we gave in and had added Red Bull back in on about day three.)
“This 21-day cleanse gives me a chance to think about [eating] differently and see what my attachments are to certain kinds of foods – and what I’m willing to do to change,” she wrote on Sunday (day one). “Don’t know if I’m going to feel better or worse, but I’m willing to try to see if my body at least feels differently.”
So far, Oprah says she is enjoying her detox, but keep in mind she has a high-priced personal chef cooking her yummy vegan things like ‘strawberry rhubarb wheat-free crepes”. On our 21-day detox plan we mostly ate oatmeal and chicken. Oprah sucks.
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Embracing The V
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 3:30pm CDT by Perez Hilton
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
For 21 whole days, Oprah is going vegan.
No meat. No fish. No dairy.
Nada!
The queen of talk was reportedly inspired by Kathy Freston's book Quantum Wellness and says, "this 21-day cleanse gives me a chance to think about [eating] differently and see what my attachments are to certain kinds of foods – and what I'm willing to do to change.
You can keep up with Oprah's vegan experiment on her blog.
So far, she says, "Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying."
Have fun on that, O, but we need our chorizo to feel happy.
Salchichon!
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Tom Cruise & Oprah: Reunited & It Feels So Good
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 12:29pm CDT
Tags: Oprah
Tom Cruise invited Oprah on over to see his house in Telluride, Colorado and "clear the air" since their infamous interview about three years ago, during which Tom professed his love for Katie Holmes and jumped all over the talk show host's couch.
This time, Oprah sat down on Tom's couch (not wearing shoes, I might add) and decided to talk to Tom about the "sofa incident," Tom's apology to Brooke Shields and his interview with Matt Lauer. Cruise tried to dissect the rumors and also to explain Scientology. Hmm, I have to say that I kind of felt bad for him, but then I also remembered that he's a really good actor. Also, I love the word "brouhaha."
After the jump, there's a video clip of Oprah trying to squeeze into Suri's playroom under the stairs. It totally reminds me of my old studio apartment in Hollywood, except I bet Suri gets better parking.
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Tom Cruise Sets the Record Straight On Oprah
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 7:22pm CDT
Tags: tom cruise Oprah Interview
It’s an interview that’s been three years in the making, ever since his infamous ‘couch jumping’ incident. And Oprah’s interview with Tom Cruise certainly lives up to every expectation.
Airing today, Part One of the interview, which takes place in the “Risky Business” actor’s Telluride, Colorado home, deals with a myriad of issues.
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Tom Cruise Doesn't Have to Explain Himself, But He Will Anyway [The Crazies]
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 2:33pm CDT by Richard
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
Tom Cruise has been greatly misunderstood! He jumps on couches because he's happy, not crazy! He didn't mean to scare Oprah! Other foam-at-the-mouth batshit declarations! The gay Valkyrie recently taped an interview with Oprah Winfrey, where he tried to explain his crazypants behavior. On his glib-calling: ""I was feeling pressed in the interview with Matt Lauer. For me, my issue was really about child drugging. It's not like it is today, like people are really kind of openly talking about this." Right. Nothing is like it is today. On his nutty Scientology video: "It was a very private moment. I'm actually talking to my congregation. It's [taken] totally out of context." Yes. Ten-minute-long videos can easily be taken out of context. More gobbledygook, from Us, after the jump. ON BUYING A SONOGRAM MACHINE FOR HOLMES DURING HER PREGNANCY
Cruise says he and Holmes took great pains to keep her pregnancy private. "We went in the middle of the night, and we were very excited — this is such a private moment," he says.
"My life was already a zoo," he says. When news leaked, "it was off the charts."
As for purchasing a sonogram machine for Holmes, Cruise explains, "When you're having a baby, you just want it to be as safe and as easy as possible."
ON DAUGHTER SURI"She's spectacular," he says. "She really is just magic."
His two children with ex Nicole Kidman, Connor and Isabella, "were really excited."
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Cher discusses affair with Tom Cruise
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 12:21pm CDT by Celebrity Gossip Blog
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Cher revealed her relationship with Tom Cruise.
“He was a shy boy. He didn’t have any money. One night we walked into this restaurant in New York and this girl came up, this waitress came up and she took our order and stuff like that and he said, ‘I knew that girl in school and she wouldn’t give me the time of day.’ “
Cher went on to say,”I lived in his apartment.” Tom Cruise was 23 at the time; Cher was 39.
Can’t say I’m really surprised. Cher has always been popular among gay men.
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Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey together again
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 6:59am CDT by SeriouslyOMGWTF
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
The way that Tom Cruise is looking at Oprah Winfrey scares me. He looks like he is telepathically trying to convert her to Scientology or eat her. Doesn't look like much has changed since he jumped on her couch 3 years ago.
Oprah was brave enough to go to Telluride for day one of her interview with Tom, guess that is why she brought the cameras along to document her whereabouts just in case anything happened to her.
BTW we will have two opportunities to see if Tom Cruise has gotten better or worse since he was last on her show, Friday he will be in Telluride and on Monday he will back on Oprah's couch. Now the question is will his butt be the only thing on her couch???
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Tina Turner Is A Liar!
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 11:14am CDT by Perez Hilton
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
She had said she was retiring from touring.
Oops, she changed her mind!
Tina Turner announced at a special Las Vegas taping of the Oprah Winfrey show with Cher this past weekend that she was going back on the road!
That's cool, bbs. Tina is a legend and we don't want her retired! She can do whatever she wants, change her mind as many times as she desires. She's earned that luxury, honey.
Turner's new tour starts October 1st in Kansas and tickets go on sale May 12th.
The 68 year old legend says that Sophia Loren told her to stop "lolling about her Swiss home and get back to work."
This is definitely going to be one of the biggest tours of the year!
This special divas episode of Oprah - with Cher and Tina from Vegas (they sang Proud Mary together!) - airs on May 8th.
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Tom Cruise is Heading Back to Oprah
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:47am CDT
Tags: tom cruise Oprah Gossip
After a headline grabbing, couch jumping appearance back in June of 2005, Tom Cruise is making his triumphant return to The Oprah Winfrey Show.
“Tom will be doing the Oprah show,” Cruise’s rep Julie Polkes told People magazine. “He is really looking forward to it.”
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Hide the couch, Tommy Cruise returns to the Oprah Winfrey show
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 6:42pm CDT by Hot Momma
Tags: katieholmes oprahwinfrey tomcruise Oprah Winfrey
Tommy Cruise is returning to the Oprah Winfrey show. Cruise has not been a guest on Oprah since that last appearance, almost three years ago, on June 23, 2005. If you recall, he was on the show to promote his film, War of the Worlds, but went couch crazy instead, over-acting even more then usual in declaring his love for Katie Holmes.
MSNBC’s The Scoop reports that the show will most likely air during May sweeps. The focus of the show might be the 25th Anniversary of “Risky Business??” Sources claim that other celebrities have been invited to the taping and it will be an “A-list affair.” Could Katie and baby Suri make an appearance as well?
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Tom Cruise returning to Oprah
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 3:47pm CDT by JayBird
Tags: Oprah
Tom Cruise has finally come crawling back to Oprah. Or Oprah has finally come crawling back to Tom Cruise. It’s really hard to say. Tom famously embarrassed the crap out of himself when he appeared- couch jumping like a moron – on Oprah’s show in 2005. It really marked the beginning of a significant decline for him. Unfortunately, Tom – being Tom Cruise – didn’t realize he embarrassed the crap out of himself. In all likelihood, he still has no clue.
Tom and Oprah haven’t had much to say to each other since then. It’s not really known if that’s a coincidence or if there was an actual rift between the two. Oprah wasn’t invited to TomKat’s wedding – and given that Tom used her show to announce to the world “I love this woman!” a million freaking times, you’d think Oprah would get an invite. Winfrey also did a show where she talked about what she was really thinking during bizarre moments in the Oprah Winfrey Show’s past. She admitted she found Tom’s behavior a little bizarre… and that Katie Holmes was clearly incredibly uncomfortable.
Either way, whatever might have been going on between Oprah and the Cruises is long over – Tom’s scheduled to appear on the show during May sweeps.
Tom Cruise is returning to “Oprah”! The actor hasn’t appeared on Winfrey’s daytime talk show since his June 23, 2005, appearance where in addition to promoting “War of the Worlds,” he very enthusiastically expressed his love for future wife Katie Holmes (we’re putting the whole couch incident in the past).
It’s not clear what the focus of this show will be, but it is well-timed to May sweeps, and a quick look at the calendar shows that this summer is the 25th anniversary of Cruise’s breakthrough role in “Risky Business.”
A rep for Warner Home Video does confirm that there are “special plans” for the anniversary, and details are being finalized. Other celebrities have been contacted about being involved in the show according to sources close to them, so expect it to be an A-list hour of television. Cruise’s publicist wasn’t available for comment and “The Oprah Winfrey Show” didn’t respond by deadline.
[From the Scoop]
Never let it be said that the pint-sized actor won’t rise to the occasion for the sake of publicity. I sincerely hope Oprah nails down all her furniture before Tom comes on stage. In fact, if I were Oprah’s staff, I’d make sure to find some weighted shoes to have Tom wear, to further discourage jumping of any sort. It’ll be interesting to see if he manages to conduct himself with a modicum of decorum, or if he goes all manic on us again. Something tells me Tom Cruise may re-enact the infamous underwear dancing scene from Risky Business. And at this point, I think I’d rather he keep his pants on.
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Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch again?
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 2:23pm CDT by SeriouslyOMGWTF
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
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Courtney Hazlett has The Scoop that Tom Cruise might actually be allowed to sit/jump on Oprah’s couch again in May! Cruise has not been on Oprah Winfrey’s show since his crazy appearance back in 2005 where he declared that he was in love with Katie Homes in a way no other man has or ever should. Although the appearance has not been confirmed, with the 25th Anniversary coming up for Risky Business (per The Scoop) it would make sense because it looks like he won’t have any movies coming out any time soon.
Hopefully if and when he is back on Oprah she will replace the couch cushions with cement, I would love to see him jump on that! Sorry the sadist side of me came out!
And yes I know that is Craig Bierko doing the famous Oprah/Cruise appearance in Scary Movie 4, but I would rather look at Craig Bierko any day over Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey! Plus the SM4 version was more realistic!