All posts containing the tag: "Oprah"
Posted Oct 30th 2009 7:20AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah took a hard stand on Chris Brown, but just a few days ago the talk show host allowed another famous alleged woman-abuser on her show -- and now the victim says she feels betrayed.
The man in question is gospel singer BeBe Winans -- who is accused of shoving his ex-wife Debra Winans to the ground in front of their kids back in February. BeBe was on "Oprah" on Friday to pimp out his new gospel CD -- his domestic violence charge is pending until another court hearing next year.
Debra tells TMZ she's "hurt by Oprah's decision to have Bebe on the show" -- especially after she refused to have Chris Brown on her show in the wake of the Rihanna beating.
Calls to Oprah's people were not returned.
Filed under: TV, Oprah, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Exclusives
Tags: bebe winans, BebeWinans, chris brown, ChrisBrown, debrah winans, DebrahWinans, domestic abuse, DomesticAbuse, oprah, rihanna
Posted Oct 29th 2009 2:45AM by TMZ Staff
We've confirmed Levi Johnston plans to come out swinging -- the famous Palin-impaler is gonna go the full monty for Playgirl.
Levi's manager already said he was 90% sure the teen baby daddy would take it all off for the adult rag -- but now comes the confirmation ... in the form of the greatest statement ever:
"Everything's gonna hang out. We're talking full johnson."
His manager tells us Levi's gunning to shoot the nudie pics on November 16th ... the same day Sarah Palin makes her Oprah debut.
A Playgirl rep tells us of the shoot: "We're working on some athletic scene stuff for Levi: gyms, rinks - that sort of thing."
Filed under: Hot Bodies, Playboy, Exclusives
Tags: bristol palin, BristolPalin, levi johnston, LeviJohnston, oprah, playgirl, sarah palin, SarahPalin
Posted Oct 12th 2009 7:45PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Oprah
Tags: Oprah
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 7:00AM by TMZ Staff
You know you're screwed when the supreme intergalactic powers of President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey combined aren't enough for a successful bid to host the 2016 Olympics in Chicago.
Chicago was just eliminated from consideration for the 2016 Olympics -- in fact, it was eliminated in the first round of voting.
The winning city was Rio de Janeiro -- which, if you think about it, is awweeeesome!
Filed under: Oprah, Talk Sports, Barack Obama
Tags: obama, olympics, oprah
Posted Sep 24th 2009 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
With members of her own family attacking her credibility, Mackenzie Phillips hit the streets of NY last night and defended her decision to go public with the story of her incestuous decade long affair with own father.
Although her father John died in 2001 and can't defend himself ... the 49-year-old "One Day at a Time" simply explained her decision by saying, "There's a time for everything."
And, of course, there's a time to sell books ....
Filed under: Paparazzi Video
Tags: incest, Mackenzie Phillips, MackenziePhillips, mamas and the papas, MamasAndThePapas, One Day at a Time, OneDayAtATime, oprah
Posted Sep 19th 2009 10:52AM by TMZ Staff
Instead of Mariah Carey figuratively holding up Nick Cannon, it was Nick literally valiantly holding up Mariah on the set of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" yesterday.
Nice to see Nick doing some of the heavy lifting.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Oprah, Mariah Carey
Tags: mariah carey, mariah carrey, MariahCarey, MariahCarrey, nick cannon, nick canon, NickCannon, NickCanon, oprah, oprah winfrey, oprah winfrey show, OprahWinfrey, OprahWinfreyShow, the oprah winfrey show, TheOprahWinfreyShow
Posted Sep 3rd 2009 2:55PM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey is firing back at the comments Chris Brown made about her in the new People Magazine.
Here's the background: People had asked Brown about the fact that Oprah did "a show on abuse, inspired by Rihanna." Chris replied:
"I commend Oprah on being like, 'This is a problem,' but it was a slap in my face. I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school. She could have been more helpful, like, 'Okay, I'm going to help both of these people out.'"
We called Oprah to see how she felt about Brown's statement, and her rep sent us the following response:
"Oprah is very appreciative that Chris Brown performed at her school but she takes domestic abuse very seriously. She hopes he gets the counseling he needs."
Filed under: Oprah, Chris Brown, Exclusives
Tags: abuse, Chris Brown, ChrisBrown, Oprah, statement
Posted Jul 31st 2009 10:00AM by TMZ Staff
Law enforcement officials in Chicago are currently investigating a suspicious package found outside of Oprah Winfrey's studio in Chicago.
Cops say the Chicago Bomb and Arson Unit is investigating a backpack with wires hanging out of it that was found in a flowerbed outside of Harpo Productions -- where she films her television show -- this morning at around 6 AM.
Oprah's studio has not been evacuated.
UPDATE: Cops say after conducting tests it was determined the backpack was not a bomb. Cops left the scene at 9:20 AM Chicago time without incident.
Filed under: Oprah
Tags: Oprah, package
Posted Jul 27th 2009 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
We're approaching the 24th hour of Stephon Marbury's absolutely nonsensical web-rant -- and now the basketball star is resorting to eating Vaseline right out of the jar.
Still not wearing a shirt, Marbury -- who insists he's neither on drugs nor out of his mind -- threw down a finger-full of the petroleum jelly ... and then declared he wanted someone to write him a check for "a billion dollars" so he could start his own TV network "like Oprah."
For the record, we contacted the good people at Vaseline about the incident, who told us "Vaseline is for external use only -- it is not intended for eating ... I don't know what he's trying to prove."
Neither do we.
P.S. -- He's still going strong, click here to check it out.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Talk Sports
Tags: NBA, oprah, stephon marbury, StephonMarbury, vaseline
Posted Apr 25th 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
Oprah is setting the record straight on her locks -- she's weave free. Apparently this is a hot topic for O worshipers, so she addressed it on her show yesterday by releasing a picture of her natural hair -- before it's straightened.
The picture may explain her non-weave, but where the hell did her eyelashes go?
Filed under: Beauty, Oprah
Tags: hair, oprah, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey, video, weave, wig
Posted Apr 24th 2009 11:27AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey just had another Aha! Moment -- when she decided to wage a legal war against an insurance company using her signature catchphrase.
Just a few days ago, Oprah's lawyers fired off a cease and desist letter to Mutual of Omaha demanding they shut down their plans to run a gigantic advertising campaign with the slogan, "Official sponsor of the aha moment."
In the letter, sent April 21, Oprah's peeps claim they have the rights to the "Aha Moment" slogan and they threatened to sue because O doesn't want Mutual to mislead her fans into thinking she's associated with them.
But Mutual of Omaha is fighting back with a lawsuit, claiming that even if Oprah had trademark rights to the phrase, she "abandoned" those rights by failing to "police their alleged mark" when other businesses used it in the past.
In the suit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Nebraska, Mutual asks the judge to rule that they have the right to use the phrase in their campaign.
A rep for O tells us, "Harpo has not filed a lawsuit or counterclaim against Mutual of Omaha. We hope to reach an amicable resolution on this issue."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Oprah
Tags: aha moment, cease and desist, CeaseAndDesist, lawsuit, mutual of omaha bank, O, oprah, oprah winfrey
Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:50AM by TMZ Staff
Today's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was supposed to mark the 10 year anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School -- but not anymore.
Oprah just announced on her website she's decided to pull the episode: "I decided to pull the Columbine show today. After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers. Today, hold a thought for the Columbine community. This is a hard day for them."
Instead, Oprah will air an episode about a mother being released from prison.
Filed under: Oprah
Tags: anniversary, columbine, columbine high school, ColumbineHighSchool, high school shooting, HighSchoolShooting, massacre, oprah, oprah winfrey, oprah winfrey show, OprahWinfrey, OprahWinfreyShow
Posted Apr 12th 2009 6:30AM by TMZ Staff
What's the one phrase that can get mild-mannered Danny Glover doubled over? Well, if you're a photog with a lot of balls, and you've seen "The Color Purple," you might know that it sounds a little like this:
"What's it like to be the only person to wear the pants in a relationship with Oprah?"
Too bad Whoopi Goldberg was the woman he was shacked up with in the movie ...
Filed under: Oprah
Tags: danny glover, DannyGlover, lax, movie, oprah, the color purple, TheColorPurple, video, whoopi goldberg, WhoopiGoldberg
Posted Mar 15th 2009 1:35PM by TMZ Staff
Comedian Jackie Mason used what some say is a racial epithet in describing President Barack Obama during his act Thursday night, infuriating at least several people in the crowd.
During a performance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in NYC, Mason referred to Obama as a "schwartza" -- some say it's equivalent to the "N" word -- others say it's just part of the Yiddish culture and a literal translation of the word "Black."
We're told one person walked out fuming, "He's more offensive to the Jews than Madoff tonight."
We spoke with Mason by phone a few minutes ago, and he was outraged at the criticism, saying, "I'm not going to defend myself. Chris Rock has told a lot more jokes about whites than I have against Blacks. What about the demeaning words Blacks say about Jews?"
Mason added, "If it's a racist society, the white people are the ones being persecuted because they have to defend themselves." Mason called people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson "professional racists."
Mason added, "I'm an old Jew. I was raised in a Jewish family where 'schwartza' was used. It's not a demeaning word and I'm not going to defend myself."
And there was this parting shot: "I'm more talented than Oprah Winfrey and look at how much she makes. I can't even make a living."
UPDATE: Rev. Al Sharpton just sent us this statement:
"At this stage in Jackie's life and career he should get our prayers more than our responses. It is sad that maybe he forgot he used the same term against Mayor David Dinkins when he was elected the first African-American Mayor of New York City and got in trouble for it. As for him attacking me, maybe he forgot that he has had me on his TV show and has taken me to dinner and commended me for forgiving a white male who tried to kill me by stabbing me while I was leading a non-violent march. I'm sure Jackie just forgot."
Filed under: Barack Obama, Exclusives
Tags: Al Sharpton, AlSharpton, Barack, Bernie Madoff, BernieMadoff, Chris Rock, ChrisRock, Feinsteins, Jackie Mason, jackie mason scwartza, JackieMason, JackieMasonScwartza, jesse jackson, JesseJackson, Jewish, Loews regency, LoewsRegency, madoff, new york city, NewYorkCity, nyc, Obama, oprah, Oprah Winfrey, OprahWinfrey, President Barack Obama, PresidentBarackObama, schwartza
Posted Feb 23rd 2009 10:30AM by TMZ Staff
While out in Beverly Hills this weekend, Oprah Winfrey showed off one of her favorite things ... frozen yogurt.
But fear not -- the Big O worked off the calories by actually walking amongst other pedestrians.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Oprah, Food Glorious Food
Tags: frozen yogurt, FrozenYogurt, o, oprah, Oprah eating, Oprah Winfrey, OprahEating, OprahWinfrey
