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The undisputed queens of ’90s daytime talk shows — see their lives and VERY different looks today

The undisputed queens of ’90s daytime talk shows — see their lives and VERY different looks today

Published by Daniella Wilson

The ’90s created several of the most iconic talk shows and their success was largely down to the queens of daytime television who hosted chats on everything from teenage troubles to celebrity interviews and polarising political issues. Read on to find out where these famous hosts are today and see their total transformation… © Getty Images,Variety via Getty Images Ricki Lake found talk show success for over a decade Ricki Lake Ricki Lake worked as host on her self-titled talk show between 1993 and 2004, debuting when Ricki was just 24 years old. She’d already broken into mainstream fame in John Waters’ 1988 musical Hairspray and appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. While other hosts in the ’90s appealled to an older demographic, Ricki Lake was targeted at younger audiences.  In 2012, she returned to the world of talk shows, earning a Daytime Emmy for The Ricki Lake Show. Today, she’s still using her hosting talents for podcast The High Life with Ricki Lake, discussing midlife, divorce and wellbeing, as well as working as a producer with …

How Oprah Winfrey became America’s cultural Oppenheimer

How Oprah Winfrey became America’s cultural Oppenheimer

Published by Sam Flores

Recently, I learned about a concept called atomic change. The term’s meaning depends on who’s employing it. One professional coach’s website describes it, in so many words, as making discrete adjustments to a business that, over time, lead to its significant transformation. An engineering professor defines it as “a change applied to a class definition (i.e., its source code) such that a) it is minimal (cannot be decomposed into other atomic changes) and b) the program compiles and builds after the change.” Then we tumble into the realm of inspirational gurus and thought leaders, where breathwork and manifesting meet motivational speak, popping with familiar verbal kernels like “sparking joy” and “habit formation.” It all reduces to the promise of small daily actions that, over time, build into the conquest of your wildest dreams. Notice how similar the programming instructions are for computers, systems and people. Atomic change suggests that the soul, like the mind, can be reconfigured as gradually as we might update a laptop one key and chip at a time. That premise — …

Oprah Winfrey announces immersive ‘AHA’ Las Vegas Sphere experience

Oprah Winfrey announces immersive ‘AHA’ Las Vegas Sphere experience

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Media icon Oprah Winfrey is set to host a series of live performances at the Las Vegas Sphere in 2027, an event she describes as the culmination of decades dedicated to fostering self-discovery and personal growth through publishing, broadcasting, and live appearances. Scheduled for April 2-4, the four shows form a production titled “Oprah Winfrey’s AHA,” referencing the breakthroughs and moments of insight Winfrey has long categorized as “AHA” moments, a recurring theme across her body of work. Organizers stated the two-hour presentation will blend visual art, poetry, storytelling, and music, featuring appearances by Grammy-winning artist Jacob Collier, author and poet Ocean Vuong, musician Ajeet, and gospel singer Wintley Phipps. Winfrey explained that the project was conceived after she attended a performance by rock band U2 at the venue. “This is the culmination of everything I’ve wanted to say my whole …

Oprah Audience Calls For ‘Same Passion’ For Black Child-Killers As For Lindsay Clancy

Oprah Audience Calls For ‘Same Passion’ For Black Child-Killers As For Lindsay Clancy

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Oprah Winfrey flew into Massachusetts to host a “watershed” conversation about Lindsay Clancy. What the cameras captured was not a sombre conversation regarding her three dead children. It was a room brainwashed into treating a child-killer as a ideological cause – and then demand the same energy for black women who have murdered their kids. Yes really. The takeaway from this particular creepy corner of culture is no longer “killing your children is unthinkable.” Rather, it is “lets make sure we support child killers of color just as much as white child killers.” As we now know, Clancy strangled her three children – 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan – with exercise bands in the family basement on January 24, 2023, then cut herself and jumped from a second-story window. She has never denied the killings. Her defense argued postpartum psychosis and a lack of criminal responsibility. Prosecutors said the acts were planned. After 21 days of testimony and more than 80 witnesses, the jury hung. A …

7 photos of billionaires still in education before they were rich

7 photos of billionaires still in education before they were rich

Published by Daniella Wilson

Although today the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are all billionaires, at one point they were in full-time education just like us. So while they now control empires with fortunes beyond our imagination, in the past they also would have sat through the same lessons as many of us, including the dreaded double maths. But if you saw photos of them while they were still in education, how many do you think you’d actually be able to recognise? Scroll down to find out… © oprah/Instagram Oprah now has a vast media empire Oprah Winfrey Oprah is now worth over a cool $2 billion thanks to her media empire, but in this adorable photo, the star still had pigtails! With her serious expression, we wonder if this young Oprah knew what she would go on to achieve… © Corbis via Getty Images Bill is one of the world’s most successful billionaires Bill Gates Despite dropping out of Harvard, Bill became the world’s youngest billionaire in 1987, and although that record …

Oprah Winfrey addresses criticism over making pair of MAGA personalities famous

Oprah Winfrey addresses criticism over making pair of MAGA personalities famous

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Oprah Winfrey has addressed her part in platforming the careers of pro-Trump doctors Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. Mehmet Oz on her titular talk show. Winfrey’s The Oprah Winfrey Show show aired from 1986-2011. She introduced McGraw — who is no longer a licensed psychologist after letting his license lapse two decades ago — as a weekly expert and relationship strategist in 1998. Oz, who holds medical and business degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, began appearing on the program as a medical expert in 2004. Both TV doctors have since become allies of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. McGraw, AKA Dr. Phil, serves on Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission and promotes MAGA initiatives through his conservative cable network Merit Street Media and …

Oprah Winfrey makes ultra-rare appearance with longtime love Stedman Graham amid major milestone

Oprah Winfrey makes ultra-rare appearance with longtime love Stedman Graham amid major milestone

Published by Daniella Wilson

Oprah Winfrey made a rare appearance with her longtime love, Stedman Graham, as she celebrated the 40th anniversary of her hit series, The Oprah Winfrey Show, in Chicago. The talk show legend was joined by Stedman at the special event, as they posed with a large platter of fried chicken alongside her former private chef, Art Smith. Oprah was glowing in a cream co-ord look paired with white sneakers and tinted sunglasses, while her 75-year-old partner stood by her side in a black suit and white button-up shirt. © InstagramOprah and Stedman were pictured in Chicago together Oprah and Stedman’s 40-year romance Oprah and Stedman have been together since 1986, and have kept their relationship out of the public eye in recent years, with the pair not making an appearance as a couple since 2019 at the Tyler Perry Studios opening gala. The 72-year-old shared that their decision to step back from the limelight as a couple came down to the constant tabloid stories about them. During an interview on the Goop podcast, Oprah revealed …

Oprah Winfrey is closing her school for girls in South Africa next year

Oprah Winfrey is closing her school for girls in South Africa next year

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Oprah Winfrey will close the South African school for underprivileged girls she established two decades ago at the end of next year. Winfrey launched The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 following discussions with Nelson Mandela, who emphasized the transformative power of educating young women. Mandela was among guests at the school’s opening ceremony. While Winfrey’s charitable foundation funded and managed the institution, an initial agreement stipulated the academy’s campus near Johannesburg would eventually transfer to the provincial education department. “The dream was never simply to build a school,” Winfrey said in an academy press release on Wednesday. “It was to invest in the limitless potential of young women. That mission doesn’t end with one campus. It continues in every girl whose future can be transformed through education.” Winfrey launched The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 …

Oprah Winfrey Says She Will Close Her School for Girls in South Africa Next Year

Oprah Winfrey Says She Will Close Her School for Girls in South Africa Next Year

Published by Sam Flores

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year. Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 after being inspired by conversations with former South African President Nelson Mandela about the transformative power of educating girls. He was among the guests at the school’s opening ceremony. Winfrey’s charitable foundation ran and funded the school, but it was always part of the agreement that the academy campus near Johannesburg be ultimately handed over to the provincial education department, the academy said. “The dream was never simply to build a school,” Winfrey said in a statement issued by the academy on Thursday. “It was to invest in the limitless potential of young women. That mission doesn’t end with one campus. It continues in every girl whose future can be transformed through education.” The academy said Winfrey’s commitment to educating South African girls would continue through an expanded national scholarship program supporting academically talented girls …

Oprah Winfrey Reacts to Her Own Viral Moments, From Meghan Markle to the Car Giveaway to ‘The Color Purple’

Oprah Winfrey Reacts to Her Own Viral Moments, From Meghan Markle to the Car Giveaway to ‘The Color Purple’

Published by Sam Flores

“Vanity Fair ain’t gonna get me crying in here, I can tell you that right now,” Oprah Winfrey says, snapping herself out of an emotional memory as part of Vanity Fair’s Scene Selection. Her steely vow aside, the talk show host turned media mogul digs deep while reacting to standout clips from her 40-plus years in the spotlight. One such pop cultural keystone? Winfrey’s groundbreaking car giveaway, which happened on September 13, 2004, during the season 19 premiere of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Winfrey wore a red Celine suit to match the big, bright bow that topped each vehicle—one for every member of her studio audience. “You get a car! You get a car! Everybody gets a car!” Winfrey shouted as a way to avoid “pandemonium,” her voice rising above the screeches of the overjoyed crowd. At the time, she had no idea she had coined a catchphrase. But Winfrey did have a hunch about the staying power of one Barack Obama, a then senator from Illinois, where her show was filmed, whose profile got …