Posts Tagged Oprah

The Death of Broadcast Television, One Daypart at a Time

Posted on January 26, 2010

Another day, another piece of news about broadcast television’s slow, painful death rattle. It’s no longer just primetime that’s hemorrhaging: the big old networks are fighting battles in daytime, in news, and royally fucking up their once-sturdy late night empires.
Broadcast’s grand formula has always been straight-through-the-day coverage, with morning shows giving way to daytime chatters [...]

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Link Time!!!

Posted on January 21, 2010

New clip and photos of Kristen and Dakota in The Runaways! – BuzzSugar
Marisa Tomei is headed to Sundance – JustJared
Leno gets personal at Letterman’s expense – PopEater
Watch Rihanna perform “Redemption Song” on Oprah – Lainey Gossip
The fourth Pirates movie set to start filming this Summer – Pink Is the New Blog
NBC might keep Conan on [...]

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Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities’ Names

Posted on November 20, 2009

Television will never be the same after Oprah goes off the air in 2011. If we had a “Favorite Things” list about O, in the top spot would be the way the talk-show host introduces celebrity guests. Mashup at left.
Earlier: Oprah’s Favorite Things 2007: The Audience Freaks Out!

Tags: Ears, Levi, Freak, Audience, Celebrity, Oprah

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Clooney, Carrey and Oscar’s Frontrunner Are Coming to the Movies

Posted on November 8, 2009

The Oscar season begins in earnest this weekend. But will the moviegoers bite?

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
The Story: George Clooney and Jeff Bridges star. Based on the true story of a US Army psychic ops unit.
The Pitch: Dr. Strangelove meets Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Who It’s For: Comedy with a social message type [...]

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Are Precious”Oscar Hopes Doomed or Are Pundits Just Crazy?

Posted on October 27, 2009

It’s tough to be an Oscar favorite in October, five full months before the awards. And a little film called Precious is learning that it’s even harder to be Oscar’s front runner, especially if no one has seen you yet.
The ultra-low budget film about an overweight, abused girl in Harlem won huzzahs last year at [...]

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How Did Michael Buble Become the Biggest Star on Earth?

Posted on October 21, 2009

Last week he beat out the much-heralded return of KISS for the top slot on the album charts. This week, the Canadian crooner Michael Buble slam-dunked the biggest phenomenon in all entertainment: the Twilight series.
Tragic as it was to witness the heartbreak as the Buble uprising ripped out of Gene Simmons’ painted hands the Billboard [...]

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BEYONCE BREAKS HER SILENCE

Posted on October 7, 2009

Beyonce is finally breaking her silence on Kanye’s VMA outburst:
Well, I knew his intentions, and I knew he was standing up for art; and he told me before, when they said the nominees, he’s like, ‘You have this award,’” Beyoncé told O: The Oprah Magazine editor Gayle King after accepting her award. “And when they [...]

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Oprah: Chynna & Bijou Phillips Respond To Mackenzie’s Incest Claims

Posted on September 27, 2009

Chynna Phillips appeared on Oprah today to respond to her half-sister Mackenzie’s shocking revelations that she’d had a sexual relationship with their father John Phillips. Chynna says she believes her sister; however, she wouldn’t share Oprah’s stage with her.
It seems as though various members of Phillips’ family are split over the allegations made in Mackenzie’s [...]

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Incest Revelations Will Be Nothing in the Future of Celebrity Biographies

Posted on September 23, 2009

Mackenzie Phillips is setting the media ablaze with her revelation that she had sex with her father. Having come this far, just what will celebrity biographies have to confess to get attention a decade from now? Here’s a preview!
These days, just about any celeb can get a book deal, but if they really want to [...]

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Whitney Houston says husband painted evil eyes in house

Posted on September 15, 2009

Singer Whitney Houston said in an interview aired on Monday that life with former husband Bobby Brown descended into a nightmare of drugs and fights, and that at one point he painted “evil” eyes on the walls of their home.
Houston, 46, making a music comeback after seven years, told chat show host Oprah Winfrey [...]

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