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They actually had more lenders than borrowers after they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, but now the balance has shifted back. I noticed that a couple of the people she mentioned are still looking for funds.

So, in honor of these “personal” issues, I’m naming a new measurement for a candidate: the Oprah Factor. John Edwardrs has it through the roof, and Rudy Giuliani can only scare middle-aged housewives. Just look at that picture.

Next up is a personal favorite of Oprah Winfrey and, well, if it’s good enough for her … Bistro 110 is a short walk from Chicago’s popular Magnificent Mile (on East Pearson Street) and the French cooking has been an instant favorite with the likes of Madonna and Julia Roberts as well. Crusty French bread with warm roasted garlic? Sign me up! Another popular dish is the roasted snapper, which is filleted table-side.

Ms. Rai’s agents have successfully marketed her as ‘The Most Beautiful Woman in the World’ which has surely created a buzz around her. Ash’s splash, driven by hard-nosed marketing shoved her onto shows such as 60 Minutes, David Letterman and The Oprah Winfrey Show. It is precisely here that I choose to take particular umbrage as an Indian woman. Hollywood-headed Ash, who considers herself, an ambassador of Indian women was quizzed by Oprah on some ‘real’ issues and she came across as a giggly, simpering star doing no justice whatsoever to the image of the modern Indian woman. Perhaps she should stick to gifting saris to the Americans. Moreover how she should ever handle the prying paparazzi in Hollywood seems quite a mystery judging by her ‘media hounded, much beleaguered’ Greta Garboish laments.

Oprah Winfrey’s writing a book about weight loss. And gain. And loss.

Nahhh, gayman, it's not at all interesting to think about, and couldn't be more ridiculous. You see, the vast majority of gay people wish to live within the law, wish to keep their bedroom life private, and are not interested in foisting themselves upon the children of others. Pedophilia is not about gay porn or heterosexual porn; it's about the rape of babies. If a young girl were in Justin's position, I would be equally outraged. Yes, her viewers would be pedophiles (technically, pederasts). Since you are not outraged by Justin's story, I can only guess that you are under eighteen, or a pedophile yourself. For the record, Oprah Winfrey doesn't pay guests.

Näyttelijä Tom Cruise hämmensi taannoin amerikkalaiset televisionkatsojat riehumalla The Oprah Winfrey Show -ohjelmassa. Hän todisteli rakkautta Katie Holmesiin hyppimällä sohvalla ja huutamalla.

Oprah Winfrey?!? Maybe things aren't going as well in Iraq as I thought. What's next? Demonstrations because searches are interfering with voting for American Idol?

It features the voices of such big names as Julia Roberts, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Oprah Winfrey, Andre 3000, and Cedric the Entertainer.

Oprah Winfrey has aired that her dreamy Angel Lane is now a reality. Katrina survivors have been given a new start in a Texas town thanks to the highly persuasive Oprah and Habitat for Humanity. That will be a road where everyone who lives knows damn well that you can be close to reaching hell one moment and then walking through heaven the next. Good for them.

Despite her shriveled womb and the impassioned pleas of television overlord Oprah Winfrey, 62-year-old Janise Wulf gave birth to her 12th child last Friday.

On The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah is starting a new segment, America’s Debt Diet. So many people are in debt, I know I am, and Oprah is trying to do her part and bring attention to this huge problem.

If you believe this guy’s theory, you will be impressed with how long Chappelle ‘fought the power’ and resisted the threats made by the Crusaders. You will probably also be amazed to find out that Oprah Winfrey was willing to break into Chappelle’s house, with Louis Farrakhan’s thugs in tow no less, in order to really prove that she means business.

Oprah, Dave. Dave, Oprah. The cold war between television titans Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman has thawed to the point where Winfrey has accepted Letterman’s invitation to appear on the “Late Show” on Dec. 1.

Little Leo DiCaprio went on the Oprah Winfrey show to talk about the dangers of global warming. Sources close to President Bush report that he apparently sat bolt upright in his chair and screamed, "Holy shit! It looks like this thing IS really important! I'd better do something about that!"

Maybe if people these days did not rush to play house before they barely know one another, maybe there would be fewer disturbing incidents such as the one she spilled her innards about on Oprah Winfrey since studies indicate couples shacked up and living in sin are more likely to have disputes escalating to physical violence than couples that have solemnized their love for one another before God and man through the binding act of marriage. But in this day of escalating cohabitation and out of wedlock births setting new records, I will probably find many so-called Christians and Conservatives who probably have fewer problems with this sign of obvious social decay than letting their kids go Trick-Or-Treating.

Dr. Phil says he scored a 55. Oprah Winfrey scored a 38. I scored a 40…where’s my talk show??

I will not have any damned one telling me that I am not African, I really don’t care whether they are dark Yanks or whether they’re Nguni. I am a hell of a lot more “African” than Oprah Winfrey — who claims to be (yeah right) of Zulu blood — could ever hope to be.

A confidential source reports that the Mayor of New Orleans and Oprah Winfrey will be sharing a helocopter flight over the city today. Also, he tells me that the NAACP is asking for permission to fly over the city to evaluate.

It's quite obvious that most Indians are usually classified as Brown. But a one month visit to India can easily make the classification of "Brown" fairly dubious. I myself lived in Delhi for seven years and remember clearly the treatment I received as one who was the darkest in the entire school. I believe some bitterness still lies with me even after all these years. I cringe every time I hear a Malayalee parent tell their daughter not to go out in the sun and cautioning her that she could "go black." The issue really got to the forefront a few months ago when Aishwarya Rai was asked on Oprah about the "skin-lightening" industry in India. Ms. Rai obviously skipped around the question in her usual irritating yet diplomatic style but it was obvious that Oprah Winfrey, an African-American, was not satisfied with the answer.

I wouldn’t disagree. But, I would argue, your role isn’t about making your life work, it’s about FINDING what works. Several years ago, after a Start Up I worked for failed and I asked the inevitable question, "What am I meant to do next?", I saved an editorial written by Oprah Winfrey in her magazine, “It’s your JOB to find what you are meant to do,” she wrote.

Herndon Davis describes his landmark series as “a one-hour long, black gay/lesbian focused, empowerment news program--a cross between The Chris Matthews Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

In our blog entry of June 2, we were remiss in mentioning that the May 2005 issue of Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine named St. Lucia and the Pitons as one of the "Five Places to see in Your Lifetime".

Okay, on a sidenote, today is Tuesday! What’s the big deal about Tuesday? Well, I just watched Tuesdays with Morrie on Hallmark Channel on Friday, directed by the very influencial celebrity Oprah Winfrey. Hallmark rocks and Oprah’s great too. And just so happens that today is a Tuesday, and it was actually… more touching that a great Hallmark drama.

I’ve previously mused about an Oprah Winfrey candidacy (trust me, I have no doubt she leans to the left), now throw in this stuff about her being a Zulu descendant and the most powerful person in entertainment.

Just watched the Oprah Winfrey show, someting I always indulge myslef when I'm on holiday in Sweden... Anyways I was completely blown away, on the show Greg Behrendt, the author of "He's just not that into you" talked about his book and explained a few things about guys. I was chocked because the guy was so right, basically saying that if a guy is interested he will call, he will not text and he will NEVER be too busy to see you!!! The fantastic thing is that this guy is not a psychologist blabbering on and on about some freudan shit, he's just a normal guy who used to pull the stunts that guys still are and have been doing for years. I am going to order this book this second and give one to all my single girlfriends because this book is going to save us so much time, and so many brunches of confusion trying to figure out what guys really mean! Its like the Enigma machine of dating and relationships but in paperback format!

Levy (DreamWorks exec) admitted that studio executives had expressed concern over Cruise's well-publicized, erratic May 23 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, during which Cruise bounced around the room, on and off furniture, sank to the floor and repeatedly announced his love for Holmes.

Generous media mogul Oprah Winfrey has treated staff working on her hit daytime Tv show to a 20th anniversary holiday to remember.

I like Oprah Winfrey. I think she took her life and molded it into something to be proud of and she's definately making a difference in this world. You might not agree with her all of the time, but that's okay ... you don't need to. She makes mistakes just like all of us do, but over all I think she's a woman of substance and I admire her for it.

Thank God for Tivo (images via Defamer), so I could watch the freak show that was the Tom Cruise episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Seriously the man is deranged. "I admire her and I thought I wanted to meet her — so I called her." Is there something about Katie Holmes that we just don't know about? It's all so over the top, that the "relationship" rings totally false.

Professor Bainbridge takes the Discovery Channel's Greatest American program to task for, well, absurdity. On the list is Oprah Winfrey, Brett Favre (please, no Cheesehead complaints here...great QB, NOT one of the all-time greatest Americans, ok?), Donald Trump, Ellen Degeneres (!?!?!), Hugh Hefner. It seems that the list was created by asking people to nominate the greatest American, and the resultant 100 are those who got the most votes. There are some great Americans on the list (Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Ronald Reagan, eg), but I find...

So I guess this show that was on Oprah a few days ago was a big deal as I got 5 phone calls from family and friends asking if I had seen it. Supposedly the book, YOU: The Owners Manual is #1 on all the top seller lists and is now hard to find due to being sold out. Supposedly doctors are getting tons of phone calls and visits asking about some of the solutions and advice that were on the show. Baby aspirin is flying off the shelves because of this one show!

Derek Jeter and Oprah Winfrey Show teamed up to “…fulfill the dream of teen John Tartaglio, who had both legs amputated earlier last year after battling a massive infection” according to Jeter.

Speaking of juicy things, my wildest dreams are coming true! Tomorrow, the Oprah Winfrey Show will be featuring the lusty Bollywood star…that’s right! Aishwarya Rai will come to rock American television airwaves again. I have an exclusive engagement with Oprah, so if any of you see any cute boys for me, tell them to get in the queue. I have a date with Oprah and Ash.

George Armelagos, an anthropologist at Emory University, calls this shift the King Henry VIII and Oprah Winfrey Effect. In Tudor England, it took hundreds of gardeners, farmers, hunters and butchers to keep Henry VIII fat. In America today, anyone can bulk up without help, but it takes a new set of vassals - personal trainer, nutritionist, private chef - to keep Oprah from looking like Henry VIII.

Update: Here's a collection of interesting Google Map satellite photos, including Bill Gates' house and lawn mower art of Oprah Winfrey's face. Perljam.net has done the link legwork so you don't have to. I'll have to take their word about Gates' house, however; I couldn't figure out which one it is.

To date, Oprah's Angel Network and its support foundation have raised over $17 million: five million dollars from viewers responding to The Oprah Winfrey Show: ChristmasKindness South Africa; 5.1 million dollars from viewer donations; and an additional seven million dollars from celebrity contributions and sponsors such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com and Paul Newman of Newman's...

Other women: Why are we letting self-hate rule us? Aren’t we stronger and better enough today not to listen to the likes of Oprah Winfrey and this star or that star? A man who does not accept you as you are is WRONG for you. You have to find worth without a man before you can enjoy that worth with a man.

What if Opra invited Harry Potter and Pokemon on to her show to explain how to use a Macintosh, an iPod, Voice Over IP, Bluetooth, Skype, and Vonage? SURELY it would be a hit episode?

I think we can say that the Oprah Winfrey Pontiac G6 Giveaway worked for Oprah but not Pontiac. There is alot of hubbub over a Detroit Free Press article today that says G6 sales are 30% below expectations and they are using a lot of incentives to mov... [Read More]

California First Lady Maria Shriver said Friday that she would prefer Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger not run for president. “I want him back home, actually,” Shriver said on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” when asked about the possibility of Schwarzenegger’s running for the top office if the U.S. Constitution allowed it. Shriver’s comments raised questions about whether she was encouraging her husband not to seek reelection in 2006. The Republican governor already has opened an account to raise money for a reelection campaign,...

MARIA SHRIVER and her mother EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER made history yesterday (08APR05), when they joined pal OPRAH WINFREY for their first ever TV interview together.