DETROIT (AP) — Kid Rock won’t renew his licensing agreement for Kid Rock’s Made in Detroit restaurant, the owners of the sports arena in which it’s housed said Wednesday. The news comes after the singer and musician was recently filmed delivering a vulgarity-laced rant against Oprah Winfrey. RELATED: Kid Rock Goes On Foul Mouthed Rant About […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s going on tour, and she’s bringing a rock-star lineup with her, including former first lady Michelle Obama and Grammy– and Oscar-winner Lady Gaga. Live Nation announced Wednesday that Winfrey’s wellness arena tour with WW (Weight Watchers Reimagined) — dubbed “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus” — will also […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward will be among the speakers at a tribute to the late Toni Morrison. The Nobel laureate’s longtime publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, announced Tuesday that the event will take place November 21 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. Other guests will […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In his five years as Texas’ governor, Republican Greg Abbott has overseen the execution of nearly 50 prisoners while only once sparing a condemned man’s life. But Abbott — who has proudly referred to the death penalty as “Texas justice” — has never confronted such intense pressure to halt a lethal […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Author Elizabeth Strout, whose “Olive, Again” is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick, has a pretty good idea about how the plainspoken Olive Kitteridge would have responded. “Olive would say, ‘Godfrey Mighty!'” Strout told The Associated Press in a recent email. “But even Olive would be impressed with Oprah onboard with […]
The new issue of PEOPLE celebrates extraordinary Women Changing the World—including Oprah Winfrey, who shares the five pivotal moments that changed her life. Moment No. 1: Moving from Milwaukee to Nashville as a young teen (via PEOPLE). “When I was in Milwaukee, I was trapped in a world where I could see how dire it was,” she says. […]
The new issue of PEOPLE celebrates extraordinary Women Changing the World—including Oprah Winfrey, who shares the five pivotal moments that changed her life. Moment No. 1: Moving from Milwaukee to Nashville as a young teen (via PEOPLE). “When I was in Milwaukee, I was trapped in a world where I could see how dire it was,” she says. […]
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey just made another monumental donation to Morehouse College. On Monday, while visiting the historically Black institution to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Scholars program, the TV juggernaut announced she would be donating an additional $13 million to the school. Her scholarship fund began in 1989 with a $12 million […]
During a recent sit down interview with Ellen DeGeneres, media mogul Oprah Winfrey opened up about how I recent brush with pneumonia almost got very serious. Winfrey stopped by the talk show while promoting her upcoming tour, when she revealed she had just gotten cleared after a nasty battle with pneumonia. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has selected Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ novel “The Water Dancer” as her next book club pick. Winfrey announced her choice Monday, telling The Associated Press that his narrative about a slave had a power and complexity that reminded of her of the late Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.” Coates’ novel comes out this […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is taking her motivational spirit on the road early next year with an arena tour to promote a healthier lifestyle. The talk-show host and chief of OWN television network said Wednesday that she will launch the “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus” tour starting Jan. 4 in Fort […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey praised her late friend and idol, Toni Morrison, hailing the best-selling author’s “confidence and self-assuredness and nobility.” Winfrey and Morrison knew each other for more than 20 years, dating back to when Winfrey was so determined to learn the author’s unlisted phone number that she called the local fire […]
