Oprah: Her Incredible Life
Oprah | Her Incredible Life
Oprah: A Friend for Life • THE WONDER OF OPRAH WINFREY: SHE’S JUST LIKE US—AND UNLIKE ANYONE BEFORE HER
10 Ways Oprah Changed the Culture • EXPLODING BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE TV SCREEN, OPRAH WINFREY HAS SHAPED HOW PEOPLE TALK, READ, VOTE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT’S POSSIBLE
Country Girl • BORN INTO MISSISSIPPI POVERTY, OPRAH WINFREY ROSE ABOVE RACISM, ABUSE AND FAMILY DYSFUNCTION TO GET OUT AND PUT HERSELF ON A PATH THAT NO BLACK WOMAN HAD WALKED BEFORE
Oprah Hits the Airwaves • STILL A COLLEGE STUDENT WHEN SHE WAS OFFERED HER FIRST JOB, WINFREY MADE FAST WORK OF THE PATH FROM JUNIOR REPORTER TO DAYTIME TALK SHOW HOST—AND RIVAL TO THE DAYTIME KING
America, Meet Oprah • IN HER FIRST PEOPLE PROFILE, WINFREY STOOD (IN HER RED COWBOY BOOTS) ON THE EDGE OF STARDOM, BOTH AT THE MOVIES AND ON TV. SO WHY ALL THE TALK ABOUT HER WEIGHT?
Oprah, Superstar • WHILE CREATING THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TALK SHOW IN HISTORY, OPRAH WINFREY BECAME A CELEBRITY, A BRAND—AND AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ON THE PLANET
Oprah & Stedman: Not Your Everyday Love Story • BEHIND ONE OF THE LONGEST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS IS A ROCK-SOLID RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS ENDURED FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES
Her Purple Passion • ALICE WALKER’S THE COLOR PURPLE DID MORE THAN JUST RESONATE WITH OPRAH WINFREY. IT CHANGED HER LIFE AND BECAME THE PIVOTAL STORY SHE VOWED TO SHARE—AND KEEP SHARING—WITH NEW AUDIENCES
An Open Book • IN 1997, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF HOSTING HER BOOK CLUB, OPRAH WINFREY SPOKE CANDIDLY ABOUT THE ROLE OF READING IN CREATING HER EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
Best Friends Forever • GAYLE KING AND OPRAH WINFREY MET AT A TV STATION ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO, AND IT’S BEEN LONG PHONE CALLS, SHARED MILESTONES, LAUGHS, TEARS AND ROAD TRIPS (‘I’M THE BETTER DRIVER,’ SAYS KING) EVER SINCE
‘They’re My Greatest Joy’ • GIVING AWAY CARS IS FUN, BUT NO VENTURE HAS BEEN MORE PERSONALLY GRATIFYING TO OPRAH WINFREY THAN BUILDING A SCHOOL IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SEEING THE GIRLS SHE CALLS DAUGHTERS THRIVE
Finding the Secret to Happiness • WHEN OPRAH MET A HARVARD PROFESSOR WHOSE THEORIES ABOUT LIVING A HAPPY LIFE MIRRORED HER OWN IDEAS, A BOOK WAS BORN
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Make Oprah a Birthday Cake • CHEF ART SMITH COOKED FOR OPRAH WINFREY FOR YEARS, FIRST AT HER HOME IN CHICAGO, THEN ON TV AND FOR HER A-LIST PARTIES. HIS HUMMINGBIRD CAKE HAS LONG BEEN AMONG HER FAVORITES. ENJOY!
