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Vicki Kennedy Oprah Interview VIDEO CLIP

Meg — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:34:26 +0000

Victoria “Vicki” Reggie Kennedy, widow of U.S. Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy, sat down for her first televised interview with Oprah Winfrey that will air on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

Ted Kennedy died at age 77 in August 2009 following a valiant seven month battle with brain cancer – funeral photos here.

The 55-year-old Louisiana native is a lawyer who first met her future husband when she interned in his Senate office’s mailroom following her college graduation. It wasn’t until 1991 that they reconnected and began dating. They were married in July 1992.

Kennedy was a devoted father to her children from a previous marriage, Curran Raclin and Caroline Raclin, who were 10 and 7 at the time of the marriage. Vicki’s step-children are Kara Kennedy Allen, Ted Kennedy Jr., and Patrick Kennedy.

Appearing on Oprah with Vicki Kennedy are her children Curran, Caroline, and Ted Jr. View photos and the sneak peek video below.

Oprah Winfrey Show to End in 2011

Missy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:07 +0000

Don’t get too excited because you still have a while to watch daytime talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. A statement was released yesterday afternoon by Harpo, Inc., Winfrey’s production company, announcing her plan to end her 20+ year reign. It read: “The sun will set on the Oprah show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011.”

Do you believe this will be the end for Oprah’s television days? Don’t forget she has the OWN channel on the Oxygen network. They have been pressuring her to use it or lose it – and want to see her bring the show to them.

Winfrey has lent her voice to the upcoming Walt Disney film The Princess and the Frog. The release date for the movie is Nov. 25th in a limited number of theaters and on December 11th worldwide. The budget for the children’s flick was $105 million, and as with most animated features aimed at the younger set, will likely rake in a bundle.

Just a thought — who would you want to see take over Oprah’s prime television time slot? For me it would be Ellen DeGeneres. Our friends at PopEater have already done their homework and have listed the Six Possibilities with pros and cons.

Check out the trailer for Princess and the Frog below.

Sarah Palin Oprah Interview (VIDEO)

Meg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:23:31 +0000

In their first ever meeting, Sarah Palin was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey this week. The piece is set to air Monday, November 16, 2009 on CBS. Oprah took some flack for not inviting Palin to appear on her show when she first arrived on the national scene in 2008.

The talk show host openly supported Barack Obama and decided, after endorsing him, that she would not let her show be used as a platform for any of the candidates. Obama actually appeared twice on her show but the appearances were prior to his declaration as a candidate.

The former Alaska governor spoke to Oprah on a variety of subjects, including her new book Going Rogue, her failed vice-presidential run with John McCain, her aspirations for the future, the infamous Katie Couric interview and her relationship with Levi Johnston.

See interview photos and check out the video below. We’ll replace it with the actual interview from The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday.

Oprah’s Double Standard on Domestic Abuse

Missy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:32:48 +0000

Back in September, singer Chris Brown spoke out about how betrayed he felt after talk show queen Oprah Winfrey aired a show on domestic violence and dedicated it to all the “Rihanna’s of the world.”

For Brown, who is no longer welcome on Oprah, this was a slap in the face and he felt she should have been as sympathetic to his plight as she was toward the victims. Brown isn’t the only one harboring hard feelings and it looks as though Winfrey may be operating under a double standard.

Gospel singer BeBe Winans was on Oprah last Friday promoting his new album. What is the problem with that? BeBe is accused of domestic violence against his wife Debra Winans. BeBe reportedly shoved Debra to the ground in front of their children. Charges are pending for the singer, who has another court date scheduled for early next year.

Debra spoke with TMZ and said that she was hurt that Oprah would have BeBe on the show.

Highest Paid Prime-Time Women 2009 According to Forbes

Missy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:20:16 +0000

Heads up Oprah, Tyra Banks is raking in the money too. Forbes came out with their highest paid women on prime-time TV for 2009 and the top earner may surprise you. With her daytime talk show and prime-time America’s Next Top Model, Tyra tops the list with earnings of $30 million last year!

Coming in second was Katherine Heigl, who pulled in $18 million for her work on Grey’s Anatomy as well as several film projects. Both women are fierce and like to shake things up with a little controversy from time to time just to keep life interesting.

Here are the top 10:

Tyra Banks $30 million
Katherine Heigl $18 million
Marg Helgenberger $9.5 million
Eva Longoria Parker $9 million
Mariska Hargitay $8.5 million
Julia Louis Dreyfus $8 million
Maura Tierney $8 million
Tina Fey $7 million
Marcia Cross $6.2 million
Jennifer Love Hewitt $6 million

Probably not too many surprises here. Clearly, these women are not only talented but have drive and ambition too.

Well done ladies!

Flight Attendant Corrine Gehrls Sues Oprah Winfrey

Andrea — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:21:45 +0000

A flight attendant on Oprah Winfrey’s private jet has filed a lawsuit against the talk show host, denying allegations that she had sex on board.

Corrine Gehrls, 39, was fired for allegedly having sex with chief pilot Terry Pansing, 57, while on the ground to refuel during a flight, while Oprah and other passengers slept “following their ingestion of sleeping pills.”

According to the lawsuit, the claims were made by fellow flight attendants Myron Gooch and Kirby Bumpus (the daughter of Winfrey’s best friend Gayle King), after Pansing reportedly complained about his work schedule, sometimes required that his hours be shifted so he could fly back to Chicago to “attend to his cats,” and insisted on staying in better hotels than the rest of the flight crew.

Pansing and Gehrls have both passed polygraph tests, but have not been rehired.

Gehrls is seeking more than $75,000 in damages from Gooch, Bumpus and Harpo Inc.

Mackenzie Phillips Family Secret Revealed on Oprah: Sex With Her Father (VIDEO)

Andrea — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:50:23 +0000

Mackenzie Phillips reveals her explosive family secret on Oprah, telling the talk show host, “I had sex with my own father.”

The interview coincides with the release of the former “One Day at a Time” star’s memoir, “High On Arrival.”

Mackenzie says her father, The Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips, introduced her to drugs, shooting her up for the first time. She also details being seduced by Mick Jagger when she was 18. But the biggest bombshell she reveals is that she was raped by her father when she was 19, as she faded in and out of consciousness.

“On the eve of my wedding, my father showed up, determined to stop it,” Phillips wrote. “I had tons of pills, and Dad had tons of everything too. Eventually I passed out on Dad’s bed.”

“My father was not a man with boundaries. He was full of love, and he was sick with drugs. I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father.”

She later confronted him, saying “We have to talk about how you raped me,” to which he responded, “You mean when we made love?”

The memoir reveals the two had a long-term incestuous relationship. John Phillips died in 2001. Mackenzie, 49, has battled drug addiction and trouble with the law since she was a teenager.

Watch Mackenzie Phillips on Oprah video below:

Bomb Squad Investigates Suspicious Backpack at Oprah’s Harpo Studios

Missy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:45:57 +0000

Chicago Bomb and Arson investigators were summoned to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios to investigate a suspicious dark-colored backpack with wire hanging out of it.

The backpack was found this morning around 6:00 a.m. in a flower bed outside the studio, according to News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor. She reported that there were no injuries and the studio was not evacuated.

Police are characterizing the incident as a “false alarm”.

See crime scene photo below.

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Kirstie Alley Oprah Interview April 30, 2009 (Photos, Video)

Meg — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:19:59 +0000

The date was November 7, 2006 and Kirstie Alley appeared on The Oprah Show, rocking a brown bikini. That was then. She is a guest of Oprah today and much has changed since that snapshot in time.

The actress ended her successful run with Jenny Craig some sixteen months ago and told her loyal fans that she would be launching her own weight loss system. It didn’t materialize and now she’s put the weight back on.

ET received a response from a Jenny Craig rep, who said “Jenny Craig maintains a friendly relationship with Kirstie and we are proud of her accomplishments while she was on our program. Kirstie successfully lost 75 lbs and maintained that weight loss throughout our 3 year relationship, which came to an end in December 2007. We remain supportive of Kirstie, wish her nothing but the best, and we would welcome her back at any time as a returning client.”

November 2009 UPDATE: Kirstie Alley will be featured in a new A&E reality docu-series that will take viewers through her new weight-loss program. The 10 half-hour shows will showcase the 58-year-old during her latest weight loss mission. The shows will air in 2010.

Check out several film clip of Kirstie Alley showing off her bikini body on Oprah and her new interview below.

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Oprah Winfrey’s Not So ‘Aha’ Moment

Missy — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:52:07 +0000

The queen of daytime talk shows, Oprah Winfrey may not be having such a great ‘Aha Moment’ now that she is in a legal battle over the use of the terms. Nebraska insurance company Mutual of Omaha filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday against Harpo Productions, claiming that Oprah has been violating their trademark “AHA”.

The insurance company took their case to the courts after they were instructed by Harpo Productions to cease and desist in their What’s Your Aha Moment campaign. The basis for Mutual of Omaha’s legal action is the fact that in February they laid claim to the phrase after receiving no opposition during the federal trademark registration process. Their stance is that nobody stopped them and now they have the legal right to use Aha in their marketing materials.

A spokeswoman for Harpo said that both sides expect to reach an amicable solution in this matter – read that to mean there will be some money changing hands.

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