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Katie Couric: The new Oprah?

The "CBS Evening News" anchor is reportedly considering a return to daytime. Could she be the next queen of talk?

Katie Couric has the name recognition, but some bloggers say she may be too divisive to draw a daytime audience.

"CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric is the latest name being floated as a possible successor to Oprah Winfrey in the "who will rule daytime?" sweepstakes. Syndicators have reportedly approached Couric, whose current contract expires in May, about helming a ... More

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Oprah's 'mesmerizing' interview: 'I'm not a lesbian'

In a sit-down with Barbara Walters, the talk show queen broke into tears when discussing her relationship with her best friend, Gayle King

"She is the friend that everybody deserves," says Oprah of longtime friend Gayle King.

The video: In a clip from the upcoming "A Barbara Walters Special: Oprah, The Next Chapter," which airs tomorrow on ABC, Barbara Walters asked Oprah about her relationship with her best friend Gayle King and the lesbian rumors that have surrounded them for years... More

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Jonathan Franzen on 'Oprah': 'A public kiss and make up'?

Nine years after their famous feud, the queen of talk and the acclaimed author make peace

What did Jonathan Franzen learn from his 2001 tiff with Oprah? "To have more respect for television."

The video: Nine years after Oprah Winfrey and Jonathan Franzen's highly publicized feud — she picked his book, The Corrections, for her book club; he called some of her previous picks "schmaltzy"; she dis-invited him from her show — the two have cleared... More

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Oprah's Australia giveaway: The backlash

The beneficent Oprah is taking 300 lucky fans on a lavish trip to Australia — reportedly angering Aussie taxpayers who have to help foot the bill

Some of Oprah's past offerings  such as the new car she gifted to each of her audience members in 2004  have triggered a similar backlash.

To kick off her 25th and final season, billionaire talk-show host (and persistently extravagant gift-giver) Oprah Winfrey gleefully announced this week that she'll be taking 300 lucky audience members on an all-expense paid trip to Australia. Less gleeful: Australian... More

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Oprah, the movie: Who should play the queen of talk?

The news that Kitty Kelley's much-savaged Oprah Winfrey biography will be adapted as a TV movie has the media playing the casting game

Who should play the Queen of Talk?

Veteran TV producer Larry A. Thompson has optioned the rights to Kitty Kelley's unauthorized tome, Oprah: A Biography, a book whose sordid claims sparked Oprah's fury this spring. Thompson (who's dramatized the lives of Sonny and Cher, among other famous names... More

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Oprah vs. Zach Anner?

The nascent Oprah Winfrey Network is accused of rigging a contest in order to thwart the TV dreams of a wheelchair-bound young man. Really?

Zach Anner: Victim of discrimination by the Queen of Talk?

Charming wheelchair-bound Zach Anner was the easy frontrunner in Oprah Winfrey's "Your OWN Show" contest — a web-based vote-off designed to find "the next big TV star" — until last Tuesday, when a sudden surge in votes for fellow contestant Phyllis... More

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Can Oprah rule prime time?

The "Queen of Daytime" is taking her talk show global for a new night-time series. Will "Oprah's Next Chapter" succeed?

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

How do you top a 24-year run as a wildly successful daytime talk show host? By going prime time: When it launches in 2011, The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) will carry a slate of new Oprah-branded shows, anchored by her own flagship night time program, "Oprah's Next... More

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