December 12th, 2013
12:08 PM ET
Why Oprah Winfrey chose not to have kidsOprah Winfrey has practically raised a nation of "Oprah Winfrey Show" viewers, but the mogul nonetheless thinks that her own biological progeny wouldn't be as enraptured. "If I had kids, my kids would hate me," Winfrey told the Hollywood Reporter in a new interview. "They would have ended up on the equivalent of the 'Oprah' show talking about me; because something [in my life] would have had to suffer and it would've probably been them." 
August 12th, 2013
01:47 PM ET
Oprah on shopping racism: Clerk did me a favorIn the end, the store clerk who denied Oprah Winfrey a pricey Tom Ford handbag did the mogul a favor. Last week, Winfrey told "Entertainment Tonight" that she'd recently experienced racism while shopping in Zurich, Switzerland. The OWN CEO was eyeing a crocodile-skin purse in an upscale retailer, yet when she asked to see it a sales associate refused to help, telling her the purse was too expensive for her. 
August 1st, 2013
04:30 PM ET
Oprah Winfrey on 'The Butler': People need to see thisIf you want to be a friend of Oprah Winfrey's, there's one word that better not be in your vocabulary - even if you happen to be the director of her latest movie. That particular word starts with an "N." 
February 13th, 2013
01:03 PM ET
Beyoncé's doc gets an 'O'-mazing reviewWe've already covered how this is Beyoncé's world, and the rest of us just live in it, so it's no surprise the 31-year-old was able to pull Oprah Winfrey out to her HBO documentary premiere in New York on Tuesday night. "I only did this for you!" Oprah told Bey on the red carpet. "I haven’t been on a red carpet in God knows when." 
January 28th, 2013
02:59 PM ET
How Cissy Houston learned of Whitney's deathAlmost one year to the day after Whitney Houston's death, Cissy Houston is releasing "Remembering Whitney," a book about her daughter's extraordinary life and untimely demise. While promoting the memoir on “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” the 79-year-old gospel singer detailed the moment that she learned Whitney, nicknamed Nippy by her family, had died on February 11, 2012. “My son called me and he was screaming, ‘Mom, Mommy.’ Then, oh God. I said, ‘What is wrong, what’s wrong?’ He just said, ‘Nippy. Nippy.’ I said, ‘What’s wrong with Nippy?’ … I was getting annoyed because he wasn’t telling me anything. He said, ‘Mommy.’ I said, ‘Is she dead?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, Mommy, she’s dead.’ And I don’t remember too much else after that.” 
January 18th, 2013
04:40 PM ET
Ratings in for Oprah Winfrey's interview with Lance ArmstrongIt was hard to ignore the equal opportunity present in Oprah Winfrey's interview with Lance Armstrong, the first part of which aired on OWN Thursday night. While the "Oprah's Next Chapter" episode was all about Armstrong and his troubles, Winfrey did have something to gain: exposure for her still-growing network. |
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