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ARISE Magazine in Africa Celebrates 100 Dynamic Women

By goodblacknews on November 11, 2012

ARISE Magazine, Africa’s “first and foremost” fashion glossy, has released its first ever list of 100 dynamic women across the diaspora. Honoring women from business, government, entertainment, philanthropy, and fashion, ARISE’s list of 100 Dynamic women reads like a who’s who of prominent women from around the globe.

The inaugural honorees include Nkosazana DlaminiZuma, the chairwoman of the African Union; philanthropist Melinda Gates; media mogul Oprah Winfrey; singer and campaigner Angélique Kidjo; actress Sophie Okonedo; Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Paterolem Reserves in Nigeria; and many more.

Pick up the latest issue of ARISE or head on over to their website to read the entire list of their 100 Dynamic women of 2012.

article by Britni Danielle via clutchmagonline.com

Oprah Winfrey and Huffington Post Launch “HuffPost OWN”

By goodblacknews on November 4, 2012
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HBO And Oprah Developing Drama On Wealthy Black College President

By goodblacknews on October 24, 2012

HBO and Oprah Winfrey are teaming up to produce an original drama series that will center on “a wealthy academic who has become the first black president of a prestigious liberal arts college. He and his family are thrust into national headlines, forcing them to present an idyllic public façade, all while engaging in agonizing personal battles and struggling with dark obsessions,” says THR.  The series will be penned by playwright Thomas Bradshaw, who will also co-executive produce with Winfrey and Harpo Studios’ Kate Forte.  This is part of a long-term deal Harpo has with HBO to develop miniseries, films, documentaries and scripted series for the network.

article by Tambay A. Obenson via blogs.indiewire.com

Rihanna and Oprah Top Forbes’ List Of Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Women

By goodblacknews on October 2, 2012

Singer Rihanna and media mogul Oprah Winfrey have topped Forbes‘ list of Hollywood’s highest-paid women for 2012. Out of a short list of only ten high-powered ladies in entertainment, Oprah landed at the number-one position with her take of $165 million for the period ranging from May 2011- 2012. Britney Spears came in second by earning $58 million. Rihanna’s take for 2012 was $53 million, from her album sales, endorsement deals, and touring revenues. Yet, it was close in the upper echelons of this ranking, with Britney Spears being followed closely by Taylor Swift, who landed at number three with her $57 million dollar income. Ellen Degeneres tied with Rihanna, earning $53 million as well through her television deals.

Special To Premiere On First Graduating Class Of Oprah’s South African School

By goodblacknews on September 26, 2012
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

Oprah Winfrey poses with the graduates on her arrival at the inaugural graduation of the class of 2011 at Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls on January 14, 2012 in Henley on Klip, South Africa. (Photo by Michelly Rall/Getty Images)

The Oprah Winfrey Network will premiere a television special on October 14 following the journey of the first graduating class from Oprah’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.  The two-hour special, The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, will give viewers a look into the challenges and victories the 72 girls, who were only twelve and thirteen when they left home to enroll in the school, faced during their time at the academy.

Oprah’s OWN Network Delivers Best Series Debut Ratings Ever

By goodblacknews on September 18, 2012

 

Iyanla Vanzant and Oprah Winfrey on OWN's 'Super Soul Sunday'

Iyanla Vanzant and Oprah Winfrey on OWN’s ‘Super Soul Sunday’

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network has been hitting highs recently, and this past weekend was no exception.  OWN’s new series Iyanla: Fix My Life featuring Evelyn Lozada, had a two-night premiere, Saturday and Sunday, and is the network’s highest rated series debut ever, ranking number 2 in all of cable when it aired Saturday night.  Season 2 of Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s premiered Sunday night and was the highest rated episode in the series history, ranking in the top 5 of all cable series during the time period.

Oprah Kicks Off 25th and Final Season With A Bang!

By goodblacknews on September 13, 2010
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Oprah Winfrey opened her talk show’s 25th and final season Monday with the surprise of a lifetime for her audience, a favorite tactic for the media maven. The 300 audience members will travel to Australia in December — courtesy of Winfrey — on an eight-day, seven-night trip that has been in the making for nearly a year, according to her production company, Harpo Productions. While there, the Sydney Opera House will be the site of a special “Oprah Winfrey Show” taping before thousands of Australian fans.
Monday’s surprise trip rivals one of Winfrey’s most famous episodes, when she gave away cars to each of her audience members to open her 19th season in 2004. She’s also known for giving away thousands of dollars in gifts to the lucky audience members who attend her annual “Favorite Things” show.
Winfrey announced last year that she would be taking her longtime talk show off the air.
“Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and it feels right in my spirit. It’s the perfect number — the exact right time,” Winfrey said in a statement at the time.  Since then, the television mogul has said her show will go out with a bang. As of January 1, Winfrey will move on to her new OWN network, and as a result, she told TV Guide that she has different standards for her guests for the upcoming season. “This year will be about creating moments,” she said.
The premiere week of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will feature an appearance by country stars Naomi and Wynonna
Judd; a return visit to Williamson, West Virginia, where Winfrey did an episode on HIV/AIDS in 1987, to talk with the guests of that show; a one-on-one with Bethany Storro, a victim of an acid attack caused by a stranger; and the announcement of Winfrey’s latest book club selection, according to a press release. The premiere episode is supposed to be filled with celebrity guests and a surprise musical performance. “The Oprah Winfrey Show” first hit national airwaves on September 8, 1986.
“I was beyond excited … and as you all might expect, a little nervous,” Winfrey said in her statement announcing the show’s last season. “I knew then what a miraculous opportunity I had been given, but I certainly never could have imagined the ‘yellow brick road’ of blessings that have led me to this moment with you.”  Winfrey told TV Guide, “the show hasn’t been a big part of my life. It’s been my life. I didn’t have children. I had the show.  “I don’t intend to be crying the whole season,” she told TV Guide. “The only time I get really emotional and nostalgic about the show is when I think about the viewers. Hopefully some of them will follow me to OWN, but I know not everybody will.”
But leaving behind “The Oprah Winfrey Show” won’t be the end of her entertainment career.  OWN, short for the Oprah Winfrey Network, is touted as “a multi-platform media company designed to entertain, inform and inspire people to live their best lives.”  It launches on what is currently the Discovery Health Channel.