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Critic's Notebook: Oprah Winfrey quickly makes her new network her own

Critic's Notebook: Oprah Winfrey quickly makes her new network her own

Experts and guests seem grounded in reality on Oprah's new cable channel, OWN, which feels like a video women's magazine.You have to love a woman who says she's chosen a "slow roll-out" for her new television network and then promptly goes head-to-head with the Rose Parade to begin it. But that admirable and infuriating mixture of humility and hubris is precisely what has made Oprah Winfrey one of most culturally influential people of her time. Her latest project, the Oprah Winfrey Network (convenient acronym, OWN), debuted Jan.

 

Hugh Jackman injured in Oprah show stunt

Hugh Jackman injured in Oprah show stunt

Australian movie star Hugh Jackman was slightly injured on Tuesday while performing a stunt during the taping of an Oprah Winfrey show at the Sydney Opera House.

 

Oprah Winfrey Network Unveils New Shows With Judds, O'Neals

Oprah Winfrey Network Unveils New Shows With Judds, O'Neals

Oprah Winfrey's new network is planning new series on two pairs of entertainers with complicated lives: country music stars the Judds and actor Ryan O'Neal and his daughter, Tatum.The OWN network says both shows will appear sometime next year, along with a new makeover show starring Carson Kressley of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."

 

Sarah Ferguson joins OWN network with 6-part series

Viewers will watch as the Duchess of York struggles to rebuild her life with the help of some of experts.

 

TV biopic on Oprah Winfrey based on Kitty Kelley's book in planning stages, producer says

TV biopic on Oprah Winfrey based on Kitty Kelley's book in planning stages, producer says

Oprah Winfrey's quarter-century run on daytime TV may be accompanied by a TV film dramatizing her life.

 

Book: Oprah throws diva snit

Book: Oprah throws diva snit

The image of Oprah as America's benevolent earth mother is about to take a serious hit, thanks to -- who else? -- biographer Kitty Kelley, whose book on the talk show queen comes out Tuesday.

 

On Winfrey's New Channel, a Show Starring Winfrey

On Winfrey's New Channel, a Show Starring Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey's coming cable channel, OWN, will announce Thursday that the queen of talk will host an evening interview show. The show, called "Oprah's Next Chapter," will place Ms. Winfrey in prime time when it begins after her current talk show ends in September 2011.

 

Roger Ebert gets ‘voice’ grandkids recognize

Roger Ebert gets ‘voice’ grandkids recognize

Film critic Roger Ebert says computer programmers have captured his voice from movie commentary tracks so he can type what he wants to say and listeners hear a vo

 

Tyra Banks to leave talkshow

Tyra Banks to leave talkshow

'Tyra' to end run in the spring -- Following Oprah Winfrey and Bonnie Hunt's announcements that they're stepping away, Tyra Banks is the latest to leave the talkshow game.

 

Oprah Winfrey ending talk show in 2011

Oprah Winfrey ending talk show in 2011

Oprah Winfrey will announce Friday that she is ending her talk show, said a spokesman for Harpo Productions. The final show will air in September 2011.

 

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