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?

"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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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?

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
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?

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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