"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good," entertainment mogul and actress Oprah Winfrey told Ms. reporter Joan Barthel. "I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to...

America's first lady of talk shows, Oprah Gail Winfrey (born 1954), is well known for surpassing her competition to become the most watched daytime show host on television. Her natural style with guests and audiences on the Oprah Winfrey Show earned...

Oprah Winfrey, who began her career as a Midwest talk show host in 1985, wielded such clout in the entertainment field at the end of the twentieth century that her participation in a project guaranteed its success. Her strong identification with her...

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history.[1] She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and...

Saunja Johnson Philadelphia Tribune, The 02-28-1995 Oprah Winfrey turns tragedy into triumph. "Knowledge is power!" With knowledge you can soar and reach as high as your dreams will take you," says Oprah Winfrey, talk show host, actress and producer. Winfrey soars and...

FOR THOUSANDS of years, our ancestors didn't talk about their emotions. They killed bison and elk, returned to their caves and kept it to themselves if they had been afraid of woolly creatures, had felt small and had longed for the lost comfort of...

Oprah Winfrey sure knows about building a brand.The little girl born in Kosciusko, Miss., wasn't even supposed to be called Oprah. Allegedly, her parents intended to name her Orpah -- a name from the first chapter of Ruth in the Bible -- but the birth...

Oprah Winfrey got Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy to do the one thing he hates most: talk about his work."You probably shouldn't be talking about it, you probably should be doing it," the 73-year-old author told Winfrey in a rare TV interview, which aired Tuesday...

My essay is about Oprah Winfrey's life, which includes her childhood, education, young career and problems faced, later career and achievements, marriage, and how she affected the history of America.