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Oprah Winfrey

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    I'm Playing Susan Lucci In Awards Show Spoof!

    Well, I'm Italian! (And she's half.) It's part of You Like Me!, a wacky revue in which an assortment of wonderfully offbeat performers re-enact classic acceptance speeches in all their weepy glory.

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2011

    Oprah Winfrey Rumored to Be Possible Host of Next Year's Oscars

    ​[Insert obligatory "And you get an Oscar! And you! And you!" joke.] Oprah Winfrey, ruler of Earth, is rumored to be a candidate to host next year's Academy Awards, although nothing is official at this stage in the game. Look, anything beats Franco and Hathaway. At the Oprah Oscars, winners won't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Oprah Tickets Now Almost Viable Excuse for Getting Out of Jury Duty

    ​The trial of the century might be the Rod Blagojevich trial. But the television program of the century is clearly the Oprah Winfrey show. As such, a potential juror being questioned on the second day of selection for the Blagojevich retrial explained that she had tickets -- and not just one, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Horrifying Poll Claims You Become Your Mother at the Age of 32

    "I will destroy you with my eyes."​A super-scientific Hallmark UK poll has declared that you will basically become your mother at the age of 32. That's horrifying enough, but even worse, according to the respondents, you'll start saying the annoying, naggy things she does, watching the soap op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Drunk Arrested Priest Offers Blow Jobs to Cops, Promises the Wrath of Oprah

    A priest from Ohio was arrested on Sunday for DUI after he wrecked his car. It's pretty much your standard man of faith gone wrong story, until what happened next... Once in jail, Father Ignatius Kury started misbehaving. And that's where nakedness and Oprah comes into the mix. [Warning: Don't watch ... More >>

  • Theater

    February 16, 2011

    Spider-Man? Turn Off the Kvetch.

    Our critic leaves Peter Parker hanging

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    What Will Keith Olbermann Tweet at 8 P.M.?

    ​Keith Olbermann, recently departed host of MSNBC's Countdown, is coming back to the 8 p.m. slot just three days after he signed off. Despite talk in this morning's New York Times of a gag order, in which Olbermann can not speak about his departure, he has promised a dispatch tonight on his ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Gayle King Is Oprah's Mother, Not Her Lover

    ​Remember when Oprah Winfrey told Barbara Walters that Gayle King is so very many things to her, including the mother she never had? Well, Gayle was moved to tears to hear that on TV, since it's not the kind of thing you get up the nerve to vocalize in person.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Young Ladies Like Oral Sex, But That Doesn't Make Them Slutty, Thank You Very Much

    ​New sex research from the University of Alberta indicates some interesting things about young women and oral sex. The short and sweet: It's becoming common -- maybe even as common as regular sex, not that "regular" indicates any sort of judgment, mind you. In fact, oral has "become a fundamen ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 4, 2010

    Free Will Astrology: August 4 through 10, 2010

    ​New sex research from the University of Alberta indicates some interesting things about young women and oral sex. The short and sweet: It's becoming common -- maybe even as common as regular sex, not that "regular" indicates any sort of judgment, mind you. In fact, oral has "become a fundamen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2010

    The Chelsea Clinton Wedding Lacked Oprah, Other Promised Famous People

    ​Even adults think their parents are a little lame. Sure, most grown people come to terms with their adolescent authority angst, but even little Malia and Sasha will probably never think Daddy is as ice cold as the rest of the world does. So what must Chelsea Clinton think about Bill and Hilla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Sarah Palin's Camping Trip With Kate Gosselin Denotes Evil Forces Afoot

    ​Here's some news that will make you forget all about the oil spill and whether Charlie Rangel violated ethics rules and how freakin' hot it is. This news, in fact, will make you forget possibly everything except the clear and present reality that we are all most certainly doomed. Kate Gosseli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Barack Obama Was Really, Really Happy to Meet Pharrell Williams

    God bless America. All photos via BBC.​And the award for best life this week goes to N.E.R.D's Pharrell Williams, who spent Monday night inducing Anna Wintour and Oprah to dance at the Met Gala after party, only to then head south on Wednesday to take part in the White House's Cinco De Mayo ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Video Proof of Tom and Katie's Unbridled Passion

    Here's all the proof you need that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are as romantically on fire as they were the day he proposed to her atop the Eiffel Tower.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Regarding That One Time Diddy Rapped with Anna Wintour and Oprah

    ​Anna Wintour, Diddy, and Oprah got their rap on like it was 1998. MTV's Jersey Shore is being sued for profiting off of... being Jersey Shore. Letterman's extortionist is off to the hoosegow. The SexFraggle now known as Ke$ha played a Bat Mitzvah at Cipriani. These are Wednesday's Gossip Folk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Proof That Anna Wintour Actually Danced During Diddy and Pharrell's Performance at the Met Gala After Party?

    Second from the left, no? Credit: BBC​It's not quite Katie Couric busting the world's most unseemly move, but the above photo would seem to be evidence of Vogue editrix Anna Wintour's ability to clap her hands in a somewhat demonstrative and possibly even rhythmic way. Or is it just a lookalik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    I Talked Oprah on Joy Behar!

    ​Yes, a talk show host had me on to discuss a talk show host last night, when the hilarious Joy Behar devoted a segment of her HLN show to Kitty Kelley's headline grabbing book about Oprah Winfrey. When Joy mentioned the lesbian rumors shot down in the book, I smirkily said:

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Gossip Folks: The Oprah-Rielle-Blowjobs-DMB Connection

    ​Consider this column still "in beta" or whatever, but we're gonna start rounding up some of our local gossip for you. We don't have a better title for it right now, and if you have one, we'd love to hear your ideas. In the meantime, we've got Oprah's big "get," Cindy Adams and Her War at Home ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 8, 2009

    Il Divo

    ​Consider this column still "in beta" or whatever, but we're gonna start rounding up some of our local gossip for you. We don't have a better title for it right now, and if you have one, we'd love to hear your ideas. In the meantime, we've got Oprah's big "get," Cindy Adams and Her War at Home ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Studies in Crap: The Itchy, Whiskery Horror of Macrame

    Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Creating With Macrame Author: Suzanne Stiles Date: 1971 Publisher: American ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    In Praise Of The Whitney Houston Oprah-Interview Soundboard

    Rich Juzwiak's FourFour blog is required reading for any number of reasons: his absolute command of subjects ranging from horror movies, The-Dream, or America's Next Top Model chief among them. But mostly it's the animated GIFs. Nobody on earth is doing better work in this regard. We have already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Tyler Perry Assembles The World's Greatest Blactresses

    ​So Tyler Perry--you know, the Madea guy--is writing and directing a film called For Colored Girls, based on the brilliant series of monologues called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. (The play surfaced in '75, when you had to have long, interesting title ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    What Will We Find in Mario Batali's Genes?

    Photo borrowed from nerdapproved.com From the producers who brought us African American Lives and Oprah's Roots comes a new PBS series called Faces of America. Popular icons like Stephen Colbert, Malcolm Gladwell, and Yo Yo Ma have agreed to have their DNA deconstructed to discover what role their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Interview: Artist Ben Frost on His Latest Show, Plague Landscapes, at Brooklynite Gallery

    "I faked my own death and everybody believed me: even my mum cried when she read about it in the paper." In 2000, Australian artist Ben Frost faked his own death, sending out newspaper funeral notices that doubled as invites to his solo exhibition. Some, of course, saw this in poor taste--but wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    "World's Richest" Meet in Secret, Plot New World Order or Something

    Get out your tinfoil! ABC today reports a heretofore secret meeting of "America's Richest Givers", including Mayor Bloomberg, Oprah, David Rockefeller, George Soros, Ted Turner, and other illuminati, were invited by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to a "window-lined private room" -- as opposed to one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    The French Eat & Sleep More than the Rest of Us; Mexicans Try to Push Pork

    The French spend more time eating and drinking than the rest of the world, according to a new study. Other findings include how the Turkish spend their free time: 35 percent of it is for entertaining friends; while Mexicans and the Japanese spend half their free time watching television. [CNN] For ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Week in Review: Swine Flu False Alarm Total Panic Edition

    In the week that we thought maybe we had swine flu, ran frightened from our offices, wandered the East Village for hours looking for wireless or a good doctor, and eventually received an email with the subject line "It's NOT Swine Flu," we sheepishly came back to our desks, only to find an army of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    'This Is Why You're Fat' Looking for Book Deal

    A lit agent is shopping around a book proposal for an offline version of the popular website This Is Why You're Fat.[Eat Me Daily]McDonald's President and COO Ralph Alvarez says it's a misnomer that the company is doing well because of the economic downturn; McD's is preparing for a challenging year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Palin Named Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor

    We can never get enough Sarah Palin, so we're pleased to announce that in a poll conducted by real estate company Zillow, the governor of Alaska has been named America's Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor. She took 14 percent of the vote, with Oprah Winfrey a point behind. Oprah outpolled Palin a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    Flipping The Ticket: Palin Becomes Rightbloggers' Hero/Victim

    We can never get enough Sarah Palin, so we're pleased to announce that in a poll conducted by real estate company Zillow, the governor of Alaska has been named America's Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor. She took 14 percent of the vote, with Oprah Winfrey a point behind. Oprah outpolled Palin a ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 3, 2008

    Death Becomes Them

    Indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie finally hit the mainstream

  • Columns

    March 18, 2008

    Valerie Bertinelli on "Spitzer's Dick"!

    No more governor, so it's full speed ahead with Valerie Bertinelli and Kerry Butler

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    TABLOIDED

    No more governor, so it's full speed ahead with Valerie Bertinelli and Kerry Butler

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    What I Learned at Beige Last Night... Simon Cowell Has a Small Pecker?

    No more governor, so it's full speed ahead with Valerie Bertinelli and Kerry Butler

  • Columns

    January 8, 2008

    Oscar Predictions Filled With Greed and Vengeance!

    From the seer, suckers: The nominees, plus trash talk about some non-nominees

  • NYC Life

    December 4, 2007

    A Short Interview With Perez Hilton

    From the seer, suckers: The nominees, plus trash talk about some non-nominees

  • Books

    November 27, 2007

    Color Me Impressed

    Beowulf, meet the Replacements! Great books from 2007 you may have missed.

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2007

    It's Official: Gray is the New Brown

    Beowulf, meet the Replacements! Great books from 2007 you may have missed.

  • Screens

    January 24, 2006

    Afrocentrifugal Force: Looking Blackward With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

    Beowulf, meet the Replacements! Great books from 2007 you may have missed.

  • Music

    September 13, 2005

    Bloc-Rocking Beats From Brooklyn, Annotated at Last

    Beowulf, meet the Replacements! Great books from 2007 you may have missed.

  • Columns

    April 26, 2005

    Listen (Without Prejudice)

    Uncle Dave's daily music enjoyment program

  • Music

    February 17, 2004

    How Too Late It Is

    Snarltooth seether heads beyond the valley of the handlers, but good luck hearing her do it

  • News

    July 15, 2003

    Spirits Up!

    What's Behind the Sudden Surge in Spirituality?

  • Columns

    March 11, 2003

    NY Mirror

    What's Behind the Sudden Surge in Spirituality?

  • NYC Life

    April 9, 2002

    NY Mirror

    What's Behind the Sudden Surge in Spirituality?

  • Columns

    November 13, 2001

    Horoscope

    What's Behind the Sudden Surge in Spirituality?

  • Columns

    April 25, 2000

    NY Mirror

    What's Behind the Sudden Surge in Spirituality?

  • Film

    February 1, 2000

    In the Heat of the Moment

    What's Behind the Sudden Surge in Spirituality?

  • Film

    December 1, 1998

    Continental Drift

    What's Behind the Sudden Surge in Spirituality?

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