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31 unusual facts about Oprah Winfrey


Apollo Chorus of Chicago

In recent years, the Apollo Chorus has performed with artists such as Jackie Evancho and Josh Groban, and was featured on Oprah Winfrey's final show.

Asian Home Gourmet

In April, 2011, Asian Home Gourmet was mentioned in Oprah Winfrey's O, The Oprah Magazine as a choice Asian food available in supermarkets.

Bjørn Benkow

Among the persons Benkow claimed to have interviewed are Bill Gates, Michael Schumacher, Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Thatcher, all of them denying that the interviews took place.

Canton Jones

The club performed for celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder, Dr. Bobby Jones and Ray Charles, as well as performing at high profile events such as the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games and at the first gospel concert ever held at the US Pentagon.

Chris Bohjalian

The novel was critically acclaimed and was selected by Oprah Winfrey as the October 1998 selection of her Oprah's Book Club, which helped push the book to great financial success.

Debt club

Oprah Winfrey has popularized this idea through the eight-step Debt Diet presented on her television series.

Dude, Where's My Country?

Topics covered range from who the Democrats should put up for the presidency (Moore proposes Oprah Winfrey or, surprisingly, General Wesley Clark, once the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO) right through to 'How to talk to your conservative brother-in-law', a guide on how to avoid interpersonal conflicts at Thanksgiving dinner with the family.

On page 87 Moore praises Oprah Winfrey for being the only mainstream media to show antiwar footage two months before the war that no other U.S. media would show.

Eugene Montgomery

Montgomery also painted anonymous portraits, such as Woman with Mandolin, which hangs prominently in the guest house of Oprah Winfrey.

Felicia Bond

Oprah Winfrey named If You Give a Pig a Pancake her “favorite book for children”

Gloria Naylor

It was adapted as a 1989 film of the same name by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.

Henley on Klip

Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls - an investment in the future of South Africa by the Talkshow hostess Oprah Winfrey

John Strelecky

Strelecky has said that this book was inspired by his own experiences while traveling in Africa, and also from the Oprah Winfrey TV show episode where she delivers 50,000 Christmas presents to children in South Africa.

Judy Finnigan

The TV show also launched two very successful "clubs", the Richard & Judy Book Club and the Richard & Judy Wine Club, both of which are similar in style to those used by Oprah Winfrey.

Malva Pudding

In December 2006, Oprah Winfrey's personal chef Art Smith traveled to South Africa to cook Christmas dinner for the pupils of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.

Mary Robison

Her novel One DOA, One on the Way was chosen by Oprah Winfrey's Book Club for 2009 summer time reading.

Moira Forbes

The bi-weekly series features candid, one-on-one interviews with dynamic, notable leaders and has featured guests such as Sheryl Sandberg, Oprah Winfrey, Arianna Huffington, and Donna Karan.

Note to God

This emotionally packed song, which brought the studio audience to their feet and Oprah Winfrey to tears on The Oprah Winfrey Show, was accompanied by an orchestra, David Foster and the Western Michigan University’s vocal jazz ensemble, Gold Company when it debuted on the show.

Playing Gods

A sticker sheet is provided with the game to allow for other gods and religions, including Scientology (represented by Tom Cruise with a UFO over his head), Zeus, Jehovah’s Witnesses, beer, the Cult of Oprah, the Almighty Dollar, war, Islam, J.R. “Bob” Dobbs (of the Church of the Subgenius), the Flying Spaghetti Monster, death, Satan, television, the Goddess, atheism, the Magic 8 Ball, McWorld (American consumerism), and others.

Players may choose to be any god from Jesus to Buddha, from Cthulhu to Zeus, from the Cult of Oprah to the Almighty Dollar.

Shelton Johnson

In 2010 he invited Oprah Winfrey as an icon for the African-American community to visit the parks, to spread "the word that the national parks really are America's best idea, and that this beauty belongs to every American, including African-Americans".

Stanley Nelson Jr.

On May 4, 2011, Stanley Nelson and Freedom Riders were featured by Oprah Winfrey in a special program celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders.

The Oprah line

The Oprah line is a colloquial term for Oprah Winfrey's finishing time of 4:29:20 in the 1994 Marine Corps Marathon.

The Road

On March 28, 2007, the selection of The Road as the next novel in Oprah Winfrey's Book Club was announced.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, McCarthy said that the inspiration for the book came during a 2003 visit to El Paso, Texas, with his young son.

Things Unspoken

Things Unspoken is the planned name of a book by Vernon Winfrey documenting the youth of Oprah Winfrey.

University of the Free State

On receiving her honorary doctorate from the university, Oprah Winfrey called the transformation of the university as “nothing short of a miracle” when referring to the incident and subsequent racial integration.

Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery

According to an episode of Oprah Winfrey that aired on October 24, 2006, 30% of people who undergo weight loss surgery such as VBG or gastric bypass suffer from addiction transference, which is transferring the previous addiction to food with a new addiction to alcoholism.

Weatherford College

Stedman Graham - American educator, author, businessman, speaker, partner of media mogul Oprah Winfrey

Wouldn't Get Far

After the final verse of the song, The Game paraphrases Snoop Dogg's final verse at the end of 2Pac's song "All Bout U" from his 1996 album All Eyez on Me, mentioning all the places he "sees the same hos", using current artists and events like West and Oprah Winfrey covering Hurricane Katrina.

WVOL

In 1970, when Heidelberg was acting program director of WVOL, he was the first person to employ Oprah Winfrey, then a local high school student, as a broadcaster.


Alan Kendall

With the Bee Gees, Kendall appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, a Command Performance for the Queen of the United Kingdom, as well as numerous other live performances.

America in the King Years

In 2010 Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo, announced that it would be partnering with HBO to produce a miniseries based on Branch's trilogy, to be written by Robert Schenkkan.

Beverly Engel

She has appeared on: CNN, Oprah!, Sally Jesse Raphael, Ricki Lake, and Leeza, and is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences throughout the United States and Canada.

Bill Flanagan

He was one of the producers of The Concert for New York City after the September 11 attacks and has produced, co-produced or executive produced two televised concerts from the White House, The Beatles Revolution for ABC, Elvis Lives for NBC, and VH1 specials with Garth Brooks, Paul McCartney, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Springsteen, and Oprah Winfrey.

Carl Doy

Carl's Together Collection was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Oprah Winfrey said "It is so fabulous, I think it's the best.".

Charlotte Laws

She promoted the book on Larry King Live, Oprah Winfrey, The Late Show and over a hundred radio and television shows throughout America and Canada.

Dani Shapiro

On October 20, 2013 she appeared on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday on Winfrey's OWN to discuss her book Devotion.

Eve Ensler

Celebrities who have starred in the play include: Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Idina Menzel, Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, Marin Mazzie, Cyndi Lauper, Mary Testa, Sandra Oh and Oprah Winfrey.

Food libel laws

In 1998, television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and one of her guests, Howard Lyman, were involved in a lawsuit surrounding the Texas version of a food libel law known as the False Disparagement of Perishable Food Products Act of 1995, for a 1996 episode of her show in which the two made disparaging comments about beef in relation to the mad cow scare.

Ithuteng

Oprah Winfrey donated $1.14 million to the cause after it appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in February 2006.

Juan-Carlos Cruz

While at the Bel Air he created pastries for celebrities such as Jack Nicholson, Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts.

Kay Unger

The Kay Unger New York and Phoebe Couture labels have been worn by Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek, Vanessa L. Williams, Tyra Banks, Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris Hilton, Dakota Fanning, Angela Bassett, and Marcia Cross.

Kitty Kelley

Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey.

Lovely Hoffman

In 1985, the novel was adapted into a film, directed by Steven Spielberg, which starred Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg in the lead role as Celie.

Mark Victor Hansen

In 2005 he co-wrote, along with Robert Allen, the book "Cracking the Millionaire Code" in which he highlights several self-made millionaires such as Bob Circosta, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Alexander Graham Bell, Oprah Winfrey, and others, using them as examples of how to build wealth.

Mavis Amankwah

She was a keynote speaker at the prestigious Business 2012 event, alongside Stedman Graham (Oprah Winfrey's partner), Lord Alan Sugar and Sir Richard Branson.

McCall Corporation

Its name was changed to Rosie in 2001 as part of a partnership with then-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell to capitalize on the success of Oprah Winfrey's O: The Oprah Magazine for the Hearst Corporation.

Nancy Noel

Her paintings hang in the homes of many people, including Oprah Winfrey, Mikhail Gorbachev, Robert Redford and Jane Seymour.

Richard Hack

During the same period, he was a frequent guest on Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Charlie Rose, Tomorrow, Entertainment Tonight, and Access Hollywood.

Selan

In September 2011, Selan joined the house band as a keyboardist, vocalist and trumpet player for Rosie O'Donnell's "The Rosie Show" which aired on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network.

Stuart Linder

ShareCare was created by Jeff Arnold and Dr. Oz, with help from the Oprah Winfrey-owned Harpo Studios, as well as Sony Pictures Television and Discovery Communications.

Tamar Geller

Geller trains the dogs of several celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Ben Affleck, Owen Wilson, Olivia Newton-John, Eric Idle, Nicollette Sheridan, Goldie Hawn, and the Osbournes.

The Gift of Fear

The book has been endorsed by a wide variety of celebrities including Marcia Clark, Carolyn Hax, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, David Mamet, and others who have referred to the book in interviews.

Timberly Whitfield

Her early credits (on both sides of the camera) include co-hosting The History Channel’s Field Trips USA and Year by Year for Kids, and interviewing celebrities (ranging from Oprah Winfrey and Gwyneth Paltrow to classical performing artists) for A&E Television NetworksBreakfast with the Arts .

Too Late with Adam Carolla

Carolla walks in the woods with a guy who looks somewhat like Benjamin Franklin, and plays straight man as the "1780s guy" questions current phenomena such as metrosexuals ("We call them homosexuals") and Oprah Winfrey ("Nubian sorceress").

Whitesboro, New Jersey

Stedman Graham (born 1951), a 1,000-point scorers for the Middle Township High School boys varsity basketball team, he is an educator, author, businessman, speaker, who is the longtime partner of media mogul Oprah Winfrey.