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Alicia Keys reveals how Oprah Winfrey taught her to find joy in her work after giving up her boundaries to be successful. The 39-year-old singer took some life-changing advice from the 66-year-old talk show host after she felt “overworked” having let down her boundaries and said yes to everything her agent threw at her. Speaking…

Ava DuVernay has recalled the “traumatizing” experience of seeing her father restrained by police in their backyard. The Selma filmmaker spoke candidly about the terrifying time her dad was “wrestled to the ground” by cops, despite not having done anything wrong. Speaking to Oprah Winfrey on her two-part special, “Where Do We Go From Here?,” DuVernay…

After having a successful career in entertainment for more than 70 years, Cicely Tyson is being given her flowers for her accomplishments. Tyson, 95, has been chosen by the Peabody Awards as this year’s Career Achievement Award recipient. The veteran actress who has appeared in roles including The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Roots, A Lesson…

Oprah Winfrey is leveraging the mega platform of her television network to facilitate a town hall meeting about the current racial turmoil simmering in America. The forum — “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” — will feature an august body of politicians, entertainers, educators and civic leaders who will weigh in on the…

Oprah Winfrey praises the graduating class of 2020 for having “purpose, vision, passion and energy” despite the current coronavirus pandemic. The 66-year-old media mogul celebrated those marking the end of their education with a poignant speech about hope and love. Speaking in the Facebook Watch stream, she said: “You are indeed the chosen class, for such…

Anxiety and fear are emotions that many people have felt at some time over the last three months. With jobs being lost, children out of school and the economy potentially headed for a depression, people are anxious for answers. Inspiration coach Iyanla Vanzant started a daily Facebook motivational chat from her home for fans seeking…

Oprah Winfrey is set to host free wellness workshops with WW. The 66-year-old media mogul will lead an interactive four-week virtual experience titled “Oprah’s Your Life in Focus: A Vision Forward – Live Virtual Experience” in collaboration with lifestyle and weight loss company WW. Beginning on Saturday, May 16, 2020, Oprah will host 90-minute events…

Amid Wanda Cooper-Jones’ searing pain caused by the killing of her son Ahmaud Arbery, Oprah Winfrey called the grieving mother to offer her condolences. Winfrey paid her respects to the matriarch on Friday, May 8, 2020, on that day that would have been Arbery’s 26th birthday, Cooper-Jones later relayed to TMZ. The call followed Winfrey’s…

Alicia Keys says Oprah Winfrey is her “beautiful big sister.” The 39-year-old is releasing her book More Myself: A Journey on the television icon’s “An Oprah Book” publishing imprint, and she has revealed how her friend helped shaped the memoir. Keys told “Entertainment Tonight”: “She’s a beautiful big sister to me, a special human in my life,…

Oprah Winfrey has reunited with Stedman Graham. The 66-year-old media mogul’s partner had been staying in their guesthouse for two weeks since returning from a work trip as a precautionary measure because she is still not fully recovered from pneumonia and didn’t want to risk catching coronavirus, but now that the incubation period for the…

The list of celebrities that has joined the fight against the crippling global pandemic known as COVID-19 just swelled with Oprah Winfrey‘s announcement Thursday, March, 2. The media mogul is donating $10 million to relief efforts across the country and in select cities that are near and dear to her heart. “I still remember growing…

Idris Elba’s wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, is viewed by many as the quintessential embodiment of the urban term “ride-or-die chick” as she refused to leave his side after he contracted COVID-19. Sabrina Elba explained her controversial decision to stay by her famous husband’s side, as well as the criticisms she received, with Oprah Winfrey on…

Oftentimes, Twitter resembles a scene at the Roman Colosseum from antiquity. It frequently saves its greatest ovation and roars when the players in the arena meet their doom – or in this case, a fall. Oprah Winfrey is now the object of mocking laughter after the billionaire baroness lost her equilibrium onstage while ironically pontificating…

Oprah Winfrey often pretends to recognize famous people who say hello to her. The 66-year-old media mogul admitted she frequently comes into contact with stars that she can’t remember meeting in the past, so she has to fake a greeting. Asked if she’s ever pretended to know a celebrity when she in fact didn’t, she admitted:…

Michelle Obama said that she and Barack Obama “bawled like babies” when they dropped off youngest daughter Sasha, 18, to begin her collegiate career at the University of Michigan. But she told Oprah Winfrey that there was one benefit to being an empty nester: she rediscovered her marriage to her husband. The former FLOTUS had…

HBO surprised no one when it announced it bought and will air the inflammatory Russell Simmons documentary that accuses the music mogul of raping several employees back in the day. This is the same cable network that aired the damning docu-series “Leaving Neverland,” which convinced many people that Michael Jackson sexually assaulted several boys during…

Round 10 of the Mo’Nique and Oprah Winfrey feud has officially commenced. Or perhaps it is round 12 or 13. We’ve lost count. The comedic actress fired off on Winfrey once again, this time for allegedly favoring disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein over the likes of accused sexual assault perpetrators Russell Simmons and Michael Jackson. Weinstein…

Russell Simmons rape accuser is now blasting Oprah Winfrey for “abandoning us” after the media mogul pulled out as an executive producer of the documentary just weeks before it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Alexia Norton Jones, who is the featured woman in the documentary “On the Record,” said her pain was compounded exponentially…

Oprah Winfrey sounded off on Russell Simmons and debunked rumors that she divorced herself from the upcoming documentary about his rape accusers because she was punked or intimidated. “This is not a victory for Russell, and I unequivocally say that I did not pull out because of Russell,” the 65-year-old billionaire network owner told “CBS…

Oprah Winfrey says Russell Simmons tried multiple times to get her to quit as executive producer of the documentary about his sexual assault allegations, Fox News reports. However, the billionaire television station owner makes it clear that she did not step down because the hip-hop legend and Def Jam founder wanted her to. On the…