Oprah’s going back in time.
On Monday, Sept. 21, the Queen of Talk will take a trip back to the 1960s as Jon Hamm and January Jones of the hot AMC series Mad Men stop by for a visit, AMC revealed on Thursday. The episode will feature a ’60s themed set, a studio audience dressed in vintage costumes, and a performance by the Jersey Boys.
O will also unveil her “Favorite Things” from the 1960s.
Whitney Houston says ex-husband Bobby Brown was emotionally abusive during their 14 year marriage and at one point slapped and spit on her.
On Monday, Whitney — who is staging a career comeback with the release of her album in 7 years, I Look To You – told Oprah that the crooner wasn’t physically abusive but that “he slapped me once but he got hit on the head three times by me.”
The Queen of Talk kicks off the 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday, Sept. 14 with what she says is “the best interview” she’s ever done — her one-on-one with Whitney Houston.
In this sneak peek, Whitney describes the day her mother, gospel legend Cissy Houston, staged an intervention to get the star into rehab — with the help of the local sheriff!
Oprah Winfrey has addressed her recent controversy with disgraced R&B crooner Chris Brown.
The singer, who pleaded guilty to one count of assault over beating Rihanna in the early hours of February 8, and was sentenced to community labor and domestic counseling, recently suggested the talk show host could have been more supportive of him following the incident.
“I commend Oprah on being like, ‘This (abuse) is a problem’, but it was a slap in my face. I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school. She could have been more helpful, like, ‘OK, I’m going to help both of these people out,” Chris told PEOPLE last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Jennifer Hudson made her first post-baby appearance at a taping of Oprah Winfrey’s 24th season kickoff in Chicago Tuesday.
Oprah Winfrey is calling her upcoming interview with R&B diva Whitney Houston “the best interview I’ve ever done.”
In a two-day TV event beginning Monday, Sept. 14, The Queen of Talk sits down with Whitney for a “jaw-dropping, open, honest and candid” conversation about her 14-year marriage to Bobby Brown, drugs, rehab and her journey back from near disaster.
Whitney’s new comeback album, I Look To You, which is expected to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts later this week.
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Jay-Z has worked hard to keep the intimate details of his marriage to R&B star Beyonce private, but leave it to the Queen of Talk to convince the hip-hop mogul to open up –at least about date night!
“I’m gonna get killed for this, but I’ll tell you anyway,” Hov reveals in a new interview for the October issue of Oprah Magazine. “There’s a great pizza spot we go to every Sunday. It’s our tradition. It’s a small place in Brooklyn, you can bring your own wine, and there are candles there. It’s a nice date.”
Jay-Z will release his much-anticipated new album, The Blueprint 3, on Fri., Sept. 11.
Dr. Phil McGraw is scheduled to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show for the first time since launching his own daytime talk show under Winfrey’s Harpo fold in 2002.
“Tell It Like It Is Phil” will join the cast of Oprah’s 24th season premiere week Thursday, Sept. 17.
Expect Dr. Phil “set the record straight” and “bring viewers the story of a woman whose father is a serial killer,” according to a show press release.
Winfrey’s premiere week will also feature two days of Whitney Houston (Sept. 14 and 15), a show honoring the late Michael Jackson (Wednesday) and show live from New York, featuring Mariah Carey and Live! hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa (Friday).
Oprah Winfrey will dedicate an upcoming episode of her Emmy-winning daytime talk show to the late King of Pop.
On Wednesday, Harpo Productions announced that the entire Sept. 16 edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show will feature excerpts from the Queen of Talk’s historic 1993 interview with hitmaker Michael Jackson — who died of a drug overdose is his Los Angeles mansion June 25. His death has been ruled a homicide.
The 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show premieres Monday, Sept. 14 with a two-part interview with singer Whitney Houston.
Earlier this summer, Oprah joined Jay-Z as he returned to his childhood home in Brooklyn’s tough Marcy Housing Projects. The Queen of Talk got the hip-hop head honcho to open up about his days as a 13-year-old crack dealer, his use of the N-word, and life as Beyonce’s permanent armpiece.
Check out some highlights of their chat in the new October issue of O Magazine, on newsstands Sept. 15.
