CHICAGO (AP) – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk show host to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat, according to anFBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial.
Oprah made the big announcement today that her long-running talk show is going to well… stop running. She seemed sad about it, choking back tears & all. I’m guessing her fans & the hundreds of authors & publishers who benefited from being in her good grace are sadder than us all. But let’s not be […]
http://modpoll.com/poll.js?pid=agdwb2xsMmdvcgwLEgRQb2xsGIr7KAw&theme=&width=200 CHICAGO— “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Oprah’s production company said Thursday night. Oprah plans to announce the final date for her show […]
Making Precious An interview with Lee Daniels and Gabourey Sidibe By Sergio A. Mims Since it made its premiere this past January at the Sundance Film Festival, few films have been as acclaimed or talked about than Precious. Based on the bestselling book, Push, by Sapphire, the film relates the tale of Precious, an overweight, […]
