I couldn&#;t do the kinds of shows that I see some other people do, I just couldn&#;t. I&#;ve reached a level of maturity in this work myself. There was a time, when I first started out, that I would say, I was far more exploitative. You just put a person on for the purpose of having. I wouldn&#;t do that anymore. I was in the middle of a show with some white supremacists, skinheads, Ku Klux Klan members and in the middle of that show I just had a flash, I thought, &#;This is doing nobody any good, nobody.&#; And I had rationalized the show by saying, &#;Oh, people need to know that these kinds of people are out here.&#; I won&#;t do it anymore. I just won&#;t do it. There are certain things I won&#;t do &#; Satanism of any kind, any kind of Satan worship. I no longer want to give a platform to racists; I just don&#;t because I think no good can come of it. So if you don&#;t know that it exists, I&#;m sorry, you won&#;t hear it here. But that&#;s growth for me. I taped a show last year with a guy who was a mass murderer. He killed eighty people. I did the whole interview, and I had the families of some of the people he killed. In the middle of it, flash, I thought, &#;I shouldn&
Among the most successful global media leaders the world has witnessed, Oprah Winfrey has been an American Talk Show host, news anchor, television producer, actress, entrepreneur, author and philanthropist in her career spanning over 40 years. Her mercurial rise as a media mogul is largely credited to her talk show which ran for 25 years in national syndication (not any particular network) from to . ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ is the highest-rated television program of its kind in history. It helped Oprah discover herself as a host that could find an instant connect with her audiences, making her a household name in the United States and beyond. Oprah has been called the “Queen of All Media”. She has been an academy award nominated actress for her supporting role in Steven Spielberg’s movie “The Color Purple”. She has acted and voiced in over a dozen series, movies and animation films since then. In January , Oprah Winfrey received the prestigious Golden Globes&#; Cecil B. DeMille Award. She was the first African American woman to be honored with it. As an entrepreneur, Oprah established Harpo Incorporated in . She has since ventured into film and television
“I remember thinking, my life won't be like this, it will be better. And it wasn't from a place of arrogance, it was just a place of knowing that things could be different for me somehow.”
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In , Oprah became the first African-American woman to reach billionaire status, according to Forbes Magazine. She has broken through cultural, geographical and gender barriers, letting the world know it’s not your circumstances, but your heart, that determines how far you go in this world.
As Oprah’s wealth and influence have grown, so has her compassion. In , Oprah's Angel Network began presenting a $, "Use Your Life Award" to people who help improve the lives of others. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Oprah has donated more than $50 million to charity, including 50 local organizations such as the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Children's Memorial Hospital and the Chicago Academy of the Arts. After selling off some of her clothes, Oprah donated a box full of money—including a $1 million check—to Chicago’s Providence St. Mel School.
The Oprah Winfrey Foundation was established to support the inspiration, empower
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from to She has also acted in several movies including The Color Purple, The Butler and A Wrinkle in Time.
Oprah Winfrey was born Orpah Gail Winfrey in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Vernita Lee, a former maid, and Vernon Winfrey, a coal miner, barber, and city councilman. Winfrey was named &#;Orpah&#; after a character in the Book of Ruth. People made the mistake of calling her &#;Oprah&#;. She decided to keep this name. Her parents are Vernita Lee, a maid, and Vernon Winfrey, a barber. She went to Tennessee State University in She started to work in radio and television in Nashville. She hosted television programs in Baltimore and Chicago.
Due to her ability to read and write before the age of three, when enrolled in school she has often promoted several grades ahead of her age. At the age of six, Oprah went to live with her mother Vernita. Vernita worked in her maid job often, so Oprah was freque
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