by Marissa on February 14, 2012 12:00pm
Oprah Winfrey is honoring the late Whitney Houston‘s legacy by rebroadcasting the two-hour special the two filmed in 2009. The lengthy interview contains frank admissions of Houston’s drug use; Winfrey will also add her memories with the legendary entertainer.
The Houston special will celebrate “the magic of a musical icon who has gone too soon,” said OWN. It’s set to air on Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern.
If you missed it the first time around, check out Jennifer Hudson‘s emotional tribute to Whitney Houston during the 2012 Grammy Awards here.
by Marissa on November 21, 2011 10:00am
What’s next for Oprah Winfrey after 25 years of “The Oprah Winfrey Show”? “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” obviously. The OWN series will show Winfrey conducting field interviews with celebrities and other key cultural figures.
“After 25 years I got myself out of the studio chairs,” Winfrey said in a statement. “I moved into the next chapter, and I am having more fun than ever — moving around the country and the world talking to people I’m really interested in getting to know, and I think viewers will be, too. It is so energizing to be out and about in
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by Marissa on November 8, 2011 10:00am
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will award media mogul Oprah Winfrey with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at its third-annual Governors Awards ceremony. Traditionally, the award goes to those in the motion picture industry — Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Jerry Lewis are among its previous recipients — which has caused a bit of controversy since Winfrey has spent most of her career on television.
“I understand people thinking, ‘What’s her list of credentials for films,’” said Winfrey, “but I don’t think there’s room for criticism in the do-good department.” To her
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