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Oprah's excellent Aussie Adventure is all about cultural understanding. Such as: men are "blokes," women are "sheilas," and everyone likes to hang out in "hip" McDonald's. Wait, what? Hello, pay-for-play! More »
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In newly-released recordings, disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich said appointing Oprah to Obama's Senate seat, "Nobody would assail this pick. It's huge!" He also said, "She's a kingmaker! She made Obama!" and "There's nothing affirmative action about her!" [NBC] More »
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If you want to feel really, really uncomfortable and really, really confused, and yet simultaneously stultified, we recommend you devote an hour to the most baffling, metaphor-larded and least enlightening coming-clean, ever, Sarah Ferguson's discussion of her recent bribery scandal: More »
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Apparently looking to shorten the arc from scandal to redemption, Sarah Ferguson is taping Oprah tomorrow for a show to be broadcast Tuesday, according to The Sun. She'll apologize for her attempted influence-peddling, which was caught on tape. [The Sun] More »
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We've already established that Kitty Kelley has nothing new to say about Oprah. But a reviewer of her book does! Specifically, about Oprah's creation of the depoliticized, internally-reliant self. More »
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"It's a validation that you're a real woman," Oprah once famously said of being Vogue's cover-model. So we can only imagine how more real she'll feel as the co-chair of fashion's biggest night, tonight's Met Costume Institute Gala. More »
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For those of you mired in the office and just dying to catch every uncomfy moment of Hunter's "silence-breaking" in real time, have we got a treat for you! "Oprah Exclusive: Rielle Hunter's First Television Interview": the liveblog. More »
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Apparently change came fast for plenty of opportunistic patriots last week — an unprecedented moment of national and romantic triumph! Like the sailor spontaneously sweeping a nurse into his arms in a symbolic burst of triumph on V-J Day, science teacher Jared Joiner tells the Washington Post's Monica Hesse that he was compelled to victorious face-sucking with a stranger. "It's like everybody felt they were automatically connected to everyone else. It felt like you were supposed to make out with someone when Obama won." More »
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Oprah Winfrey "struggles with her weight. She overcame depression. She rose from a childhood marked by poverty and abuse. On all these levels she appeals to a Saudi woman. People really idolize her here," Riyadh spa owner Princess Reema bint Bandar al-Saud tells the New York Times in an article about Oprah's very devoted Saudi fan base. Socioeconomically diverse Saudi women are so enamored with Winfrey that they pass around dog-eared copies of O: the Oprah Magazine brought back from Western sojourns and watch Oprah's show religiously. What's interesting is not only that Oprah is insanely popular in Saudi Arabia, but also that she's popular for the same reason she's popular in the U.S.: she serves as a beacon of hope and inspiration for many women who feel trapped. More »
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