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Who is Oprah Winfrey?
\"The story of how a young Southern girl who was raised on a pig farm became one of the most influential and inspiring people in the world. We all know Oprah Winfrey as a talk-show host, actress, producer, media mogul, and philanthropist, but the \"Queen of Talk\" wasn't always so fortunate. She suffered through a rough childhood and went on to use her personal struggles as motivation. Oprah's kindness, resilience, and determination are just some of the many reasons why her viewers--and people all around the world--love her. The richest African American person of the twentieth century, Oprah is often described as the most influential woman in the world.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Right Here on Our Stage Tonight
Before the advent of cable and its hundreds of channels, before iPods and the Internet, three television networks ruled America's evenings. And for twenty-three years, Ed Sullivan, the Broadway gossip columnist turned awkward emcee, ruled Sunday nights. It was Sullivan's genius to take a worn-out stage genre-vaudeville-and transform it into the TV variety show, a format that was to dominate for decades. Right Here on Our Stage Tonight! tells the complete saga of The Ed Sullivan Show and, through the voices of some 60 stars interviewed for the book, brings to life the most beloved, diverse, multi-cultural, and influential variety hour ever to air. Gerald Nachman takes us through those years, from the earliest dog acts and jugglers to Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and beyond. Sullivan was the first TV impresario to feature black performers on a regular basis-including Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, James Brown, and Richard Pryor-challenging his conservative audience and his own traditional tastes, and changing the face of American popular culture along the way. No other TV show ever cut such a broad swath through our national life or cast such a long shadow, nor has there ever been another show like it. Nachman's compulsively readable history, illustrated with classic photographs and chocked with colorful anecdotes, reanimates The Ed Sullivan Show for a new generation.
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Oprah Winfrey
\"In Oprah Winfrey, early readers will learn about the life, accomplishments, and contributions of celebrity Oprah Winfrey. Vibrant, full-color photos, and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they learn about her life\"-- Provided by publisher.
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MoneyWatch Report
Meanwhile, stocks closed mixed yesterday led by gains in tech and industrial companies. The Dow did decline twenty-six points. The NASDAQ closed up eighteen, hitting a new record. The S&P 500 gained three points.
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Tyra Banks: it all began right here
According to her Web site, Tyra. com, Banks created Bankable Productions in 2003 as a subsidiary of her parent company, Bankable Enterprises. The production company develops television shows and feature films that are \"of&the-charts entertaining, uplifting and have wide appeal across various demographics.\" Knowing that she could not model for the rest of her life, Banks diversified her career in her early 20s, appealing in a recurring role as Will Smith girl friend in \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\" and other popular TV shows including \"Soul Food.\"
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Oprah Winfrey : an inspiration to millions
An introduction to the life and career of the media mogul and humanitarian Oprah Winfrey.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Patricia Sheridan column
From an artist's perspective, being able to be creative and support your idea or even in business to be able to commit to a project you know the audience will relate to is the part that I get off on. When you reach that point, you start to focus on philanthropy because people who help people resonate the strongest in their absence.
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Oprah Winfrey : a biography of a billionaire talk show host
\"Read about Oprah's life and accomplishments\"--Provided by publisher.
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Oprah Winfrey
\"Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her parents are Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee. They were not married when Oprah was born, and she was raised by her grandmother. Her full name is Oprah Gail Winfrey.\" (Biography for Beginners--African American Leaders) She is a talk show host and businesswoman. Learn more about Winfrey's life and her home and family. Resources for more information are included.
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