This video from Oprah Winfrey's talk show in 1988 will not only teach you how to get the perfect "hourglass figure" (LOL), but will also remind you of the value of perfect shoulder pad placement.
Here's Oprah in 1983, at the age of 29, introducing herself as part of her taped audition for a new morning show in Chicago.
Following reports that Donald Sterling will be forced sell his team, Oprah Winfrey, David Geffen and Larry Ellison are considering banding together to buy the Los Angeles Clippers.
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It was a rainy and cold Tuesday when this Jezebel staffer left the Gawker Media office on the mission: to find a Teavana® Oprah Chai Tea Latte, now available at a Starbucks near you. The mission was successful and we can now report that it left us feeling both fantastic and slightly insane.
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In the second part of a Daily Mail interview with Oprah Winfrey's ex-stepmother Barbara Winfrey, Barbara alleges that Oprah has had her partner Stedman followed, that Gayle is more important to Oprah than Stedman and that Oprah is obsessed with the color of her skin.
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In "the first of a two-part world exclusive interview" with the Daily Mail, Barbara Winfrey is telling all about her former husband Vernon's daughter. The dirt ranges from allegations that Oprah is snotty about what kind of towels she uses to claims that she encouraged a rift between Barbara and Vernon to comments…
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The cast of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 did a Q&A for kids this week, and star Andrew Garfield got a healthy dose of side-eye from Emma Stone when he answered the question of how Spider-Man got his suit in a particularly smarmy way.
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Yes, Lindsay Lohan's flakiness, pathological tardiness, and refusal to adhere to a shooting schedule—all of which have become the meat of her docu-series—makes her look totally unprofessional and a risky hire for potential producers. But the real reason why Lindsay is the final nail in the coffin of her career is…
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Lindsay will be on The Ellen Degeneres Show on March 31, but clips of the entire interview were already released online. In it, the actress—who wore a sleeveless top despite some painful-looking large bruises and welts on her arms—talks about her current relationship with Oprah, which appeared strained on the most…
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Ladies, there’s another battle in this feminism war: Sleep. And who gets it. That’s right, a biological necessity now a luxury.
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A brilliant move by the documentary team behind Lindsay is that they filmed Oprah's reaction as she got briefed on the progress of the docu-series. The news was not good: Lindsay was being difficult, refusing to film and holding the entire production hostage. Oprah sucked on her cheeks before saying she would rather…
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Looks like Oprah's getting into the overpriced beverage business! The TV/magazine/everything ever tycoon has partnered up with Starbucks for their new Teavana Oprah Chai Tea collection, on sale at the end of April.
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Oprah has reworked/rebranded/renamed her series Oprah's Next Chapter, the show where she sits in a room and gabs with some of her nearest, dearest, wealthiest and most beautiful friends. Now it's called Oprah Prime and this Sunday's episode is dedicated to "aging gracefully."
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Lindsay was supposed to be her redemption song, but it's unlikely that Lindsay Lohan can carry the tune. It was apparent very early on in last night's premiere of the OWN docu-series—particularly when she was shown ditching her AA meetings within days of leaving her sixth stint in rehab—that Lindsay is not doing her…
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Brand new Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o was recently asked by the staff at Conan to name which of her celebrity encounters over the past few months has left her most starstruck. Considering the highfalutin crowd she's been running around with lately, Nyong'o has plenty options. Her choice, however, was a no-brainer…
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Miley Cyrus' tongue, the most rogue member of her traveling band, found its way into Katy Perry's mouth last night at her Bangerz concert in L.A. Another day, another trolly pseudo-provocation. Hooray.
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Lindsay Lohan's long-awaited (and very creatively titled) eight-part series Lindsay has gotten a release date and time: Sunday March 9 at 10 pm on OWN. Coincidentally, March 8 is International Working Woman's Day!
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Is the Queen of Talk poised to become the next Queen of Broadway? According to the latest Broadway buzz (that is a fun term), Oprah is in discussions to make her debut in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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How can we as a society tolerate you if you have the temerity to conduct your life in such a way that the appearance of your corporeal being actually corresponds with the number of years you've existed on earth? It's as if no one told you that the eight things you're doing nearly every day to feel better are…
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