Oprah Winfrey
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Editorial: Two-year project becomes cultural coup for region, major fundraiser for Hibiscus Children's Center...Lyric Theater in Stuart. With a week to go, do you plan to bid on "Strawberry Girl," signed by Oprah Winfrey; the seventh Harry Potter book, signed by J.K. Rowling; or "Training A Tiger," signed by Tiger Woods? Comments are the sole... In this article: Hibiscus Children's Center, Barack Obama, Treasure Coast, Stuart, WPTV, Jane Goodall, and Tiger Woods |
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Baltimore Sun | 2 days ago
Don't look to 'Twilight' series for strong female role models
...write a strong, realistic heroine and show Ms. Meyer how it's done. Oprah Winfrey has announced she will be ending her daytime talk show in 2011, after its 25th season. Will she be able to replicate her remarkable success when she moves on...
In this article: Edward Cullen, Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, Mississippi, New Moon, and Mormon
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TC Palm | November 12, 2009
Auction to benefit Hibiscus center features celebrity-signed books
...- named for the "I think I can" train engine - ongoing now on eBay and culminating Friday when 12 books from such names as author J.K. Rowling, Oprah Winfrey, John Glenn and President barack Obama go on the block at The Lyric Theatre. Soon...
In this article: Carl Hiaasen, Jane Goodall, Barack Obama, Jimmy Buffett, Anthropologist, Playboy magazine, Mike Luckovich, EBay, and Tarzan
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Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment | July 23, 2008
From land of Oz to wonderland - Stay In Touch - Entertainment - smh.com.au
...in Forbes' list of the world's richest stars. According to the annual Celebrity 100, Rowling earned $US300 million last year, even beating US talk show host Oprah Winfrey ($US275 million). Cameron Diaz's roles in Shrek and What Happens In...
In this article: Merrick and Rosso, Oz, Who magazine, Amelia Earhart, Dean Geyer, Lara Bingle, J. K. Rowling, US, Tasma Walton, and Orlando Bloom
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Business Wire Entertainment News | October 14, 2009
Novel Signature Collection Offers Glimpse into Celeb Psyche
...from some of the most iconic figures of our time, including President Barack Obama, John H. Glenn, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, J.K. Rowling and Tiger Woods. Volunteer mom Karla Preissman wanted to foster a love of reading among...
In this article: Florida, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, Stuart, Florida, Nobel Prize, Liberal Party, Tiger Woods, Carl Hiaasen, and J.K. Rowling
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Independent.co.uk - Books | July 24, 2008
JK Rowling tops list of billionaires
...million since it came out last July, according to the magazine. Rowling even earned more than US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who took home $275m (GBP137.5m) last year. Elsewhere in the Forbes round-up, David Beckham came second in the...
In this article: JK Rowling, Forbes, Harry Potter, Mark Burnett, Tiger Woods, The Deathly Hallows, Maria Sharapova, David Beckham, and The Police
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 19, 2007
Oprah reigns as richest female entertainer
...the top of a Forbes magazine list of the wealthiest women in entertainment. Runner-up to Winfrey on Forbes' new top-20 ranking was British author J.K. Rowling, creator of boy wizard Harry Potter, with career earnings of $1 billion, followed...
In this article: Forbes, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Madonna, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, NEW YORK, and U.S.
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Reuters Entertainment Summary
...Jan 19 (Reuters Life!) - U.S. talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey has earned an estimated $1.5 billion during her career, putting her at the top of a Forbes magazine list of the wealthiest women in entertainment. Runner-up to Winfrey...
In this article: Anorexia, Reuters, Naomi Campbell, Shilpa Shetty, Gisele Bundchen, Los Angeles, Academy Awards, Sundance Film Festival, and Forbes
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Description from Wikipedia:
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American media personality, actress, television producer, literary critic and magazine publisher, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African Americans of all time, and was once the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, including being raped at the age of nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19. Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
- Name At Birth:
- Orpah Gail Winfrey
- Birth Date:
- January 29, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States
- Residence:
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Occupation:
- Talk show host, media mogul, Actress
- Salary:
- $385 million (2008)
- Net Worth:
- over $2.3 billion
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