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Beyonce: Oprah Will Be Blue Ivy's Godmother?

Little Blue Ivy Carter already has a lot going for her, but it seems her mega-famous mom and dad plan to stack the deck in her favor even more by adding one more multi-millionaire icon to her life.

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Radar Online reports that Beyonce and Jay-Z have decided who they'd like to serve as the "spiritual guardian" for their daughter and it's not Solange or Kelly Rowland, as many had guessed. Instead, it's the Queen of all Media - Oprah Winfrey. According to the report, it won't become official until a ceremony this Christmas, but Oprah has already accepted the role.

And no, Stedman won't be joining her as the baby's godfather. That title will go to Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith, a longtime friend of Jay's. God, I hope these rumors are true, if only for the possibility of Oprah participating in a ceremony with a dude named Ty Ty.

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Jerry Sandusky Wants Oprah or Barbara Walters for Interview

Well this is a douchebag with some nerve, a lot of it, so this story should come as no surprise to anyone. Jerry Sandusky wants some of the biggest names in journalism to sit down with his creepy self for an exclusive interview!

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Jerry and his butch wife Dottie Sandusky are hoping to get Oprah are Babs for a television interview. Nevermind that Jerry gives some of the most incriminating responses and awkward pauses in interviews, we have an attention loving idiot, and his equally stupid lawyer, on our hands!

Sandusky's attorney, Joe Amendola, said that Jerry and his enabling wife are "considering speaking together publicly after the new year ... either to Oprah Winfrey, '60 Minutes,' 'Rock Center' or Barbara Walters."

It is unknown if anyone has made Sandusky any offers or if his lawyer is just hopeful.

As much as I love Lady O and Barbara Walters, I only wanna see Nancy Grace interview this a*shole! Bring it.

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network Continues to Fail, Loses Gayle King

Oprah Winfrey's sh!tty network is losing Gayle King, THE best friend of Lady O herself. On Tuesday OWN confirmed that Gayle was leaving her OWN network show, The Gayle King Show, for CBS' Early Show.

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Just months ago Jenny McCarthy ditched OWN years after making a deal with Winfrey.

OWN said: "We are so happy for Gayle's opportunity of a lifetime. She'll be a fantastic host for the new morning show on CBS and we wish her all the best..."

Gayle's new gig begins in January.

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Why OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, is Failing

Jenny McCarthy jumped ship from Oprah's network a few weeks ago, ditching Winfrey for NBC, which generated more bad publicity for Oprah's cable channel. There are many reasons why the Oprah Winfrey Network has been a massive failure, a predicament unforeseen by Lady O and her staff. To simplify, maybe Oprah shouldn't have named a television channel after herself only to feature a roster of shows that don't involve her. The only show on OWN that Oprah appears on is "Oprah Season 25: Behind the Scenes," which is now no longer airing new episodes.

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A few months ago I met an OWN employee in Hollywood who told me that "Behind the Scenes" is the highest rated show on the network. Maybe that has something to do with Oprah's fans wanting to watch her on TV, they've been doing so for 25 years afterall, so why would she assume that things would suddenly be different?!

Besides the lack of Oprah's presence on her network, OWN's shows are dated. Ryan & Tatum O'Neal have a show, so does Shania Twain, The Judds, and Sarah Ferguson. We don't care about them! We wonder why the former Queen of Daytime TV would launch various shows about has beens? We have VH1 for that. 

Each OWN reality show is as boring as Scott Pelley on the CBS Evening News. We want fun and entertainment!

Oprah has peppered nearly each episode of her talk show with humor, but her network is filled with preachy or heavy content that may teach us how to become better people, but we're too busy falling asleep during these valuable life lessons to take notice of their value.

Oprah is out of touch, sadly, and her OWN debut has been rushed. She should have used her talk show as a launching pad for her network, for at least two seasons instead of one, before leaving the #1 rated talk show on television.

Whenever Lady O is giving away free swag, fans are very interested in her preferences; but when she attempts to fill hour after hour of our time with shows that feel like dated after school specials, we're going to tune out and we won't return.

It will take years for OWN to become successful, and I think it will take many hours of Oprah in front of the camera on her network to help the cable channel reach its goals. There were rumors that Oprah was going to be joining the late night TV circuit with a late night show that would air on OWN. No evidence has supported this rumor, but a late night show could single-handedly revive the network.

In summary, if you have a network named after you, designed to appeal to your fans, you shouldn't be afraid to show your friggin' face on it. Just a tip.

Jenny McCarthy Ditches Oprah's Failing OWN Network

Oprah Winfrey's OWN network is an absolute disaster, but I may get into that in a separate post. After Jenny McCarthy worked with Oprah and her team for over a year, she's decided to ditch OWN for NBC.

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Fox411 reports that McCarthy signed with Lady O in 2009, but she realized that she needs to move on.

"Jenny wasn't thrilled with the direction that OWN producers were going with on the show... Jenny followed her bliss and walked right off the project."

Ouch!

Jenny has been on Oprah on numerous occasions speaking out against autism, a condition that her son was suffering from, until she "cured" him.

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Oprah's Farewell Show: Beyonce Sings Good-Bye

The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show doesn't air until tomorrow, but a star-studded farewell event held in Lady O's honor aired yesterday. 

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Naturally, the celebs came out in force to pay tribute to the Queen of Talk, and of course she acted surprised to see every one of them. But it was Beyonce who may have left the biggest impression when she brought down the house with her epic song and dance routine dedicated to Oprah. 

Jump in to see Beyonce rock the crowd and kiss Oprah's @ss. 

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Miley Cyrus to Appear on Oprah Tomorrow

Miley Cyrus sat down with Oprah yesterday for the first time since 2007. The interview is set to air tomorrow and should be an interesting one. I think it's safe to say a lot has changed for Ms. Miles since 2007, and Lady O has never been one to mince words.

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Miley attracted a throng of paparazzi and reporters while leaving Oprah's studio yesterday, but there's still no word on what the queens of media discussed during their sit-down. My guess is there was some talk about the bong incident and Billy Ray and Miley probably gave the scripted answers that her publicists wrote for her while Big O sat there and gave her one of those "Girl, what were you thinkin'?!" looks that she does so well. Maybe Miley cried. Probably not. I'm pretty sure she's the biggest bad-@ss in the Cyrus family. Billy Ray is probably crying right now.

Anyway, you'll have to wait til tomorrow to find out what happened, so drop the kids off early, pour an extra big glass of morning wine, and get ready for Y'all-fest '11. 

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Oprah's Secret Revealed: She Has a Half-Sister She Never Knew About

Well, the secret's out: Oprah has a younger half-sister that she just found out about over the holidays. Finding out you have a long lost sibling who's also a world-famous billionaire is the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.

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Op's half-sis, Patiricia is a 47 year-old single mom from Milwaukee who is no doubt overjoyed at having come out the same uterus as one of the most famous and powerful women in the world. Apparently, Oprah's mom spent the 60s touring the country and getting knocked-up, as Patricia is one of several half-siblings for Oprah, two of whom died in recent years. Oprah's mom, Vernita Lee, is apparently not big on coming up with new names for her many, far-flung offspring, as Oprah had another half-sister named Patricia who died in 2003.

Oprah and Vernita were living in separate states and had no contact with one another at the time that Patricia was born and put up for adoption. Mother and sisters were reunited in front of Oprah's audience this morning, and knowing the Queen of Talk and her fans, I'm guessing it was a quiet, low-key affair, with not a single tear shed.

Oprah's Family Secret Revealed Today

Oprah is revealing a family secret on her show today that shook her "TO THE CORE!" The talk show queen told her audience that she has been keeping a secret for months now and today is the day when we will find out what it is.

I'm thinking that Oprah anonymously donated her eggs decades ago so that she could allow someone to be the surrogate mother of her child, and now that child has been found. I've already made a detailed spreadsheet in Excel indicating how I will spend the millions of dollars my biological mother, aka Oprah, will be giving me. I've also created a spreadsheet of how she should spend the remainder of her estimated 2.7 billion dollars. Hint: on me.


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Oprah: 'Sarah Palin Won't Be President'

Now that Oprah is doing interviews to promote the January 1st launch of OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, she's been holding several interviews. In this Sunday's edition of Parade magazine, Oprah talks about her hopes and fears, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, and more. 

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Oprah said that she tuned into the first episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska and she was impressed. "I would say that America's going to fall in love with her from [her reality series, Sarah Palin's Alaska]. When I saw that first episode, I went, 'Whoa! She is charming and very likable.'"

Sarah Palin's debut episode was pretty interesting and the show earned TLC its highest ratings. Oprah was also asked if the thought of Palin running for president scares her.

Oprah said: "It does not scare me because I believe in the intelligence of the American public."

Muahahahahahaha! The joke's on Sarah. Sarah can't speak in complete sentences and she doesn't read any newspaper things or book stuff. Everyone except Mama Grizzly knows that she's a total joke. Expect Sarah's angry response via Twitter within the next few hours.

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