Oprah Winfrey received the Minerva award at this year’s annual Women’s Conference in Long Beach, California.

Tyler Perry appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show today and cried after sharing the details of his horrific childhood and abusive father. In addition to being beaten by his father (once, so badly that he blacked out for three days), Tyler Perry was also sexually abused by four different adults when he was a child. […]

Oprah Winfrey is making sure that the 300 audience members involved in her upcoming Australia trip won’t get saddled with the gift taxes that blindsided recipients of her big car giveaway in 2004.

Oprah Winfrey is among the five entertainment industry luminaries chosen to receive this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. Presented by the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center for lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts, the Kennedy Center honors are an annual event.

After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey is calling it quits with her talk show and moving on to her OWN Network which debuts January 1, 2011. In a recent interview with TV Guide, she discusses her last and final season and the secrets to success. Here are a few excerpts:

The Oprah Winfrey Network hasn’t even launched yet and already a lawsuit has been filed against the cable upstart by a former employee – who, by the way, says her legal action was a long time coming. On Friday, Catherine Dunn sued for wrongful termination and discrimination claiming she was fired because of her Multiple […]

Forbes has released its annual Celebrity 100 and it seems black women are back in full force. This year’s list was topped by two of our favorites. They are powerful black women known the world over by one name (and sometimes even by one letter) – O and Bey, Oprah and Beyoncé

Glam

In an effort to understand the world of celebrity, we use four huge public figures to test the theory of the 4 personality types: driver, expressive, amiable, analytical.

It is the new trend to go weave-less?

Do you have a big talent, a big personality, a big sense of humor, and a big dream for yourself? If so, this could be your BIG BREAK - the chance of a lifetime to host your own TALK show...on OWN.

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Via Huffington Post: When two struggling families appeared as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the home foreclosures they were facing, they had no idea a surprise guest would make their problems disappear. The Eller family and the Allgood family shared their stories with Oprah and explained how the national recession took […]

Usher tapped into his Michael Jackson moves when he visited the ‘Oprah Winfrey‘ show’ yesterday. Usher was joined on stage by the Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am.