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Oprah Winfrey
The work spaces of over-achievers
Peer at the desks of interesting people, including Oprah Winfrey’s covered in flowers, West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin’s overflowing with awards and creator of South Park Trey Parker’s, surrounded in junk food and pop culture. It’s a touch voyeur, but none-the-less fascinating.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Anna Bligh continues to draw headlines
Julia Gillard reclaims her mantle atop the table which, in a sign of the times, is led by women, writes Media Monitors’ John Chalmers.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: WikiLeaks drives Rudd to the top of the press coverage
WikiLeaks gets the water loving Rudd-duck back to number one, with plenty of TV and radio coverage.
Australian Oprahmania: by the numbers
Thousands of Oprah fans are screaming for their idol (and celebrity guests including Jay-Z, Bon Jovi and Russell Crowe) at the renamed “Oprah House” in Sydney this morning. So just how big is the American multi-media gigastar? Crikey runs the numbers…
She didn’t even wave: papers lovelorn over Oprah’s flying visit
You may have heard Oprah’s in town. But newspaper editors felt jilted — the talk show queen wasn’t coming to town, despite all the lovelorn pleading.
Herald Sun’s golliwog doll cue: credibility has run its race
Did anyone at the Herald Sun stop and think last night before putting a golliwog doll next to Oprah Winfrey on the front page of today’s paper?
Oprah needs Australia as much as Australia needs her
As the Oprah caravan arrives in Australia today to play at our most famous big top, the hype does not match reality, writes Peter Cox of Cox Media.
Pobjie: Oprah’s here, Australia, wake up and smell the McCoffee
Ben Pobjie explores a nation of self-conscious citizens, gleefully sucking up Oprah’s star dust.
Video of the Day: You’re going to the rally, you’re going to the rally!
Stephen Colbert joins Jon Stewart to chat up the upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity (and Colbert’s alternative Rally to Keep Fear Alive — now merged into the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear) and gets joined by a certain talkshow queen notorious for giving out free things to her audience…
The world’s most powerful women
Another of Forbes’ famous lists, this one being the most powerful ladies in the world. Seems rather odd that Michelle Obama — wife of US president Barack — nabs the number one spot. Oprah sits at number three.
Forbes 400: a demographic breakdown
Forbes has just released its famous Forbes 400 list of the 400 wealthiest people in the US. Gawker breaks down the group into demographics, such as Oprah Winfrey being the only black person to make the cut.
Crikey Says: Friday numbers for your digestion
Wrap your brain around the number 21 million. Now look at these numbers.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Are these the six key figures for this term of parliament?
An interesting top seven for the first week of the Second Gillard Government…
What if Oprah was Herald Sun Sports Editor?
Today, Olympic champion Usain Bolt is the guest Sports Editor of the Daily Telegraph. Here is Leigh Josey’s brilliant mind tackling the idea of the Herald Sun sports section with Oprah Winfrey as guest editor.
Video of the Day: ‘We’re going to Australia!’
Watching Oprah Winfrey announce to her 300-strong audience that she is taking them all on a trip to Australia is terrifying, hilarious and a strong lesson in building suspense. Beware, there is a lot of screaming.
Crikey Says: Australi-Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
By now you’ll have been horrified to learn that Oprah Winfrey — along with 300 underprivileged, upper-middle-class, diamond-earring-bedecked, screaming American women — are set to rape and pillage our fair nation.
Oprah heads to Oz
Talkshow queen Oprah is heading down under, bringing 300 members of her audience to Sydney as part of a Tourism Australia promo. Watch Oprah give her audience the big news (get ready for the screaming).
Reason #73673 why Oprah would be a great boss
Media queen Oprah Winfrey is known for being generous with staff, but this week was like an episode of Oprah’s Favourite Things, with all O magazine staff getting $10,000 cash and an iPad.
Daily Proposition: Five great articles to read from the couch
Since early last year, the Crikey website has prided itself on collecting really interesting articles from everywhere. In that spirit, here are five really great reads for tonight.
Why Sarah Palin should be the next Oprah
Ellen, Phil, Tyra… many names are being thrown around as to who should succeed Oprah when she leaves her long-running talk show next year, but Jon Friedman makes the case for a pretty novel one: Sarah. And you know you’d watch it, too.
Video of the Day: Video of the Day: 25 years of Oprah screaming celebrities’ names
Oprah is ending The Oprah Winfrey Show after 25 years on air. Celebrate with 25 years of O screeching out her guest’s names:
Media briefs: Dark lords Murdoch & Microsoft v Google … That’s just not cricket
Sony launches missile Sony has launched a new salvo in the battle for the home media centre market against Windows Media Centre-based PCs and Apple’s “Digital Media Hub” strategy. PlayStation 3, already in 675,000 Australian homes — and 20% of those in the last three months — gains a new “TV” icon. Initially this provides direct access ABC iView […]
Who will be the next Oprah?
Now that Oprah Winfrey has announced she’s ending her show, who will emerge as the heir to her TV throne? Ellen? Dr Phil? Glenn Beck? The NYT weighs up the contenders.
