By IrishCentral.com Staff Writer Published Saturday, March 31, 2012, 11:20 AM Updated Saturday, March 31, 2012, 11:20 AM World renowned Irish short-filmmaker Marie ORiordan is the latest to be added to the roster for Oprah Winfreys Lifeclass program on Winfreys network OWN. Invited to be part of the premiere of Oprahs Lifeclass: The Tour, ORiordan travelled to the US and will now be featured on an episode of the OWN show. The Irish Examiner reports on the exciting invitation ORiordan received from the media mogul Winfrey. With a 21 year career under her belt and a business that spans 150 countries, ORiordan was a perfect choice for an interview with Winfreys television show Lifeclass. Lifeclass is a self-help programme that, according to Oprahs Facebook page, showcases "all of Oprahs lessons, revelations and aha moments over the past 25 years broken down to help make your life better, happier, bigger, richer more fulfilling". An award-winning philanthropist, ORiordan expan

"A queen is not afraid to fail," Oprah Winfrey once said. "Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." Now the television queen may have a chance to prove the adage. Her Los Angeles-based Oprah Winfrey Network has been hobbled by missteps, ego clashes, a revolving door in the executive suite and, most important, low ratings. OWN's stumbles suggest, at the least, that even in celebrity-obsessed America, fame alone doesn't guarantee success. PHOTOS: 25 great "Oprah" moments The network was born 15 months ago with high hopes of becoming the television equivalent of Winfrey's O magazine. It paired the star who transformed a daytime talk show into a multibillion-dollar empire with the cable powerhouse Discovery, the parent of Discovery, TLC and Animal Planet . Both parties assumed that the 6 million fans who still watched Oprah's talk show in syndication, which aired its finale in May 2011, would flock to her cable channel. But sustainin

In Part 3 of our "Extra's" exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the busy network owner discusses what she has planned for OWN in the coming year. "My thing is I've always thought life is better when you can share it, "Oprah told "Extra's" AJ Calloway, adding, "Information that opens up your heart space and allows you to be the best you can be." This includes a pilot with New Age guru Iyanla Vanzant called "Lovetown USA," in which a whole town falls in love, and Winfrey's "Oprah's Lifeclass: The Tour," which kicked off in St. Louis. Watch the interview! Oprah also talked about President Barack Obama's upcoming presidential campaign and whether she will be helping out. She explained, "When I stepped out four years ago, nobody really knew who he was. I think if he needed me. I would do what was needed, but I don't think that's necessary this time around. Winfrey added, "I love Mr. Obam

It looks like reports of the OWN Network's imminent demise were greatly exaggerated. The past few weeks have been difficult for Oprah Winfrey 's cable channel, with a round of layoffs, the cancelation of Rosie O'Donnell 's talk show, and a study that suggested the network is losing $149 million per year. However, OWN has received some much-needed good news: In the first quarter of 2012, the network saw a 21 percent increase in total daily viewers. "We are pleased with our start for 2012, viewers are responding and connecting with our programming," said OWN president Erik Logan . Much of the ratings increase is attributed to Winfrey herself. Her Oprah's Next Chapter interview series debuted in January, and it's among the network's highest-rated shows along with Oprah Presents Master Class . Her interview with Whitney Houston 's family members shortly after the singer's death drew 3.5 million viewers, the same number that watched the Mad

COLUMBIA An Orangeburg mother who admitted suffocating her two young sons, then putting their bodies in a river, has shared her story with Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey traveled to Orangeburg last week to speak with Shaquan Duley, who faces a possible life sentence Friday. Duley has pleaded guilty to murder. Prosecutors say she killed the children after being badgered by her mother about poor parenting. In video clips released to The Associated Press, Duley nods after Winfrey asks if she knew, after killing one son, she would then have to kill the second. In another clip, Duley cries after Winfrey asks how she felt after the two deaths. The interview airs at 9 p.m. April 1 as part of Oprahs Next Chapter on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

You are here: Home / News / Oprah Reveals Truth Behind Bobbi Kristina Interview Date: 3/29/2012 9:23:03 AM | Njai Joszor Filed under: R&B News , Whitney Houston , Bobbi Kristina , Oprah If you thought something was a little off when Oprah Winfrey interviewed Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina you were right. According to Oprah Winfrey, the interview "almost didn't happen" because Bobbi Kristina couldn't be found. "I was on the plane leaving New York... the producer says we can't find Bobbi Kristina... and we don't know if she's going to do an interview. And I said, 'By the time I land I'm hoping you would have found her," Winfrey said for the first time Wednesday. As seen on Oprah's Next Chapter, Bobbi Kristina did eventually turn up at the Houston family home in Georgia. But, they stood only because Bobbi Kristina was not open to sitting down with her. "When I saw her, the reason I didn't sit down [with Bo

Posted on: 9:29 am, March 29, 2012, by Nick Dutton , updated on: 01:43pm, March 29, 2012 (EXTRA) Extras AJ Calloway sat down exclusively with Oprah Winfrey in St. Louis, where she spoke for the first time about the tragic death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. She also talked about cancelling Rosie ODonnells show and the big secret behind her Bobbi Kristina Brown interview. Winfrey said to Calloway about the Martin shooting, It is a tragedy and it is a shame that were sitting here 33 days later and there hasnt been an arrest, or questioning of what actually happened. Its a tragedy and it is a shame and we all know it. The suspect, George Zimmerman, shot the teenager last month while conducting a routine neighborhood watch patrol in Florida. Zimmerman, who has not been arrested, claims he killed the youth in self-defense. Oprah told Calloway that Zimmerman is on the top of her interview list. Mr. Zimmerman I would love to talk to him. Winfrey also commented on the nationwide outcry over

Oprah Winfrey told AJ Calloway: "It is a tragedy and it is a shame that we're sitting here 33 days later and there hasn't been an arrest, or questioning of what actually happened. It's a tragedy and it is a shame and we all know it." 'Extra' Exclusive: Oprah Winfrey... Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/news//'Extra'-Exclusive:-Oprah-Winfrey-Shares-Her-Thoughts-on-the-Trayvon-Martin-Tragedy/144706315 Copy Close Embed this video Replay advertisement Oprah Winfrey is the latest high profile personality to weigh in on the controversial Travyon Martin case. The talk show host told Extra TV's AJ Calloway that it was "a tragedy" that t! here has not yet been an arrest in the case. "It is a shame and we all know it," she said in the interview set to air Thursday and Friday. She added that she would "love" to talk to George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed 1

"Extra's" AJ Calloway sat down exclusively with Oprah Winfrey in St. Louis, where she spoke for the first time about the tragic death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. She also talked about cancelling Rosie O'Donnell's show and the big secret behind her Bobbi Kristina Brown interview. Winfrey said to Calloway about the Martin shooting, "It is a tragedy and it is a shame that we're sitting here 33 days later and there hasn't been an arrest, or questioning of what actually happened. It's a tragedy and it is a shame and we all know it." The suspect, George Zimmerman, shot the teenager last month while conducting a routine neighborhood watch patrol in Florida. Zimmerman, who has not been arrested, claims he killed the youth in self-defense. Oprah told Calloway that Zimmerman is on the top of her interview list. "Mr. Zimmerman... I would love to talk to him." Winfrey also commented on the nationwide outcry over the shooting. "I saw so

Oprah Winfrey got the exclusive chance to interview Shaquan Duley, a 30-year-old South Carolina mother who admitted to murdering her two young sons. The interview will air on April 1 as part of the Oprahs Next Chapter series on OWN. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Winfrey talked to Duley at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Detention Center in Orangeburg, SC. Duley has been held in the jail for close to two years without bond and will soon finally learn her sentence this week. The episode will also include interviews with mother Helen and sister Adrian, who both appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in Sept. 2010, just a month after Duley was arrested. Winfrey will also talk for Duleys 7-year-old daughter, Saniya. Entertainment Weekly reports that Duley admitted to murdering her 2-year-old son Devean and 18-month-old son JaVan on Aug. 16, 2010. On that day, she left the house she shared with Helen and Adrian with the children and smothered them at a hotel. She then buckled their bodies in h

LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey is used to running the show, whether it was her hit daytime TV program or the fledgling cable channel named for her and which she rules as chairman and chief executive. But last week's Oprah Winfrey Network shakeup, which included a 20 percent staff layoff, thrusts her into a new dynamic: power-sharing with a top executive from the company that's bankrolled OWN with $300 million-plus. It's a crucial moment for the media queen, who made OWN her next big move after The Oprah Winfrey Show, and for OWN itself: Can Winfrey work as an effective corporate teammate with partner Discovery Communications to turn the struggling channel around? There's another bedrock question: Does a big enough audience exist for the earnest, uplifting fare on Winfrey's OWN, so antithetical to the blowsy charms of Jersey Shore, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and much else that's popular on cable TV? As important as control might be to Winfrey, she's also a

Talk-show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey has conducted a jailhouse interview with a South Carolina mother who pleaded guilty to killing her two sons. Winfrey went to the jail in Orangeburg last week where 30-year-old Shaquan Duley is awaiting sentencing. Winfrey interviewed Duley's family in September 2010, a month after Duley suffocated her 2-year-old and 18-month-old sons, then tried to stage their deaths by driving her car into a river. Prosecutors say she killed the children after being badgered by her mother about being a poor parent. Duley faces 30 years to life in prison when she's sentenced Friday. The interview will air at 9 p.m. on April 1 as part of "Oprah's Next Chapter" on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Popular host Oprah Winfrey and Oprah Winfreys production company has confirmed that her interview with an Orangeburg County woman who pleaded guilty to killing her two young boys will air April 1st.According to reports, Winfrey visited the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center Friday to speak withShaquan Duley. Winfrey flew into Orangeburg on Friday to interview Duley at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center. The interview will be shown at 9 p.m. April 1 on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Duley pleaded guilty last week to two charges of murder in the deaths of her sons, 2-year-old Devean and 18-month-old Javan. She admitted suffocating the boys and staging a car crash at a river outside of town. On March 16, Duley pleaded guilty to two counts of murder. She told the court she loved her children and that her heart hurts for her two sons. This is probably the hardest thing Ive ever gone through in my life, Duley said. Id like to ask forgiveness from my family. Id also like

Posted on: 6:51 pm, March 25, 2012, by Kelley Hoskins , updated on: 06:52pm, March 25, 2012 Oprah arrived in St. Louis Sunday night. A big crowd showed up at a local restaurant.To catch a glimpse of the talk show host. There was an extra kind of excitement at Sweetie Pies Sunday. Maybe it was because a new season for the reality show was shooting Sunday. Or maybe with Oprah Winfrey in town would she make an appearance? When the velvet ropes came out and more cameras showed up. Something was sure to happen. Two extra guests arrived for lunch Sunday. Oprah and Gail. For the fans outside theyre hoping Oprah pencils in a return lunch date soon. Oprah will be at the Peabody Opera House Monday evening for her Life-Class, The Tour presentation to discuss the principals that guide her life, with onstage guests and the audience. The series recently won an NAACP award for outstanding talk series. The show will begin at 8p.m. Like this: Be the first to like this post.

Published: March. 25, 2012 at 1:56 PM LOS ANGELES, March 25 (UPI) -- The Oprah Winfrey Network, hemorrhaging money, has laid off 20 percent of its staff and could lose more than $142 million this year, an investment firm said. Research and investment firm SNL Kagan said OWN is teetering on the brink and poised to lose $142.9 million in 2012, Business Insider reported Sunday. The firm said OWN's parent, Discovery Communications, could pull the plug because of weak ratings and advertising losses. Discovery invested $314 million into OWN, The Wall Street Journal reported. OWN was supposed to bring in $220 million by 2015, a media analyst at Morgan Stanley said, but that was projected to be unlikely based on the 685,000 viewers who bailed out from watching during OWN's first week. Even with the addition of Rosie O'Donnell , viewers were underwhelmed and OWN's prime-time viewership dropped from 1 million to 315,000 in four days, Business Insider said.

LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey is used to running the show, whether it was her hit daytime TV program or the fledgling cable channel named for her and which she rules as chairman and chief executive. But this weeks Oprah Winfrey Network shakeup, which included a 20 percent staff layoff, thrusts her into a new dynamic: power-sharing with a top executive from the company thats bankrolled OWN with $300 million-plus. Its a crucial moment for the media queen, who made OWN her next big move after The Oprah Winfrey Show , and for OWN itself: Can Winfrey work as an effective corporate teammate with partner Discovery Communications to turn the struggling channel around? Theres another bedrock question: Does a big enough audience exist for the earnest, uplifting fare on Winfreys OWN, so antithetical to the blowsy charms of Jersey Shore , Keeping Up With the Kardashians and much else thats popular on cable TV? As important as control might be to Winfrey, shes also a savvy businesswoman and has been

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has come to South Carolina for a jailhouse interview with a mother who admitted suffocating her two children. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports the talk show host landed at the city's small airport Friday afternoon and took an SUV to the jail where 30-year-old Shaquan Duley is awaiting sentencing next week. Winfrey interviewed Duley's family in September 2010, a month after Duley killed her 2-year-old and 18-month-old sons, then tried to stage their deaths by driving her car into a river. Prosecutors say she killed the children after being badgered by her mother about being a poor parent. Duley faces 30 years to life in prison when she is sentenced Friday. There was no word on when Winfrey's interview might air. 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

George Burns / Associated Press Rosie O'Donnell (left) and Oprah Winfrey when O'Donnell's show premiered; it was canceled March 16. View Larger Image When Oprah Winfrey had a talk show on ABC, she could do no wrong. The queen of afternoon television hosted Hollywood's biggest stars. She famously gave away Pontiacs to her studio audience in 2004. "Everybody gets a car!" she shouted, jumping up and down. "Everybody gets a car!" Winfrey has had less reason to celebrate since she ventured into the fragmented universe of cable television, launching the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2011. According to Horizon Media, a New York ad agency, OWN attracts an average of 250,000 viewers in prime time. That's a pittance compared with the 12.6 million viewers who watched her afternoon talk show during its final season on ABC. This has led to predictable retrenchment at OWN, a joint venture between Discovery Communications and Harpo Productions, Winfrey's produc

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has come to South Carolina for a jailhouse interview with a mother who admitted suffocating her two children . The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports the talk show host landed at the city's small airport Friday afternoon and took an SUV to the jail where 30-year-old Shaquan Duley is awaiting sentencing next week . Winfrey interviewed Duley's family in September 2010, a month after Duley killed her 2-year-old and 18-month-old sons, then tried to stage their deaths by driving her car into a river. Prosecutors say she killed the children after being badgered by her mother about being a poor parent. Duley faces 30 years to life in prison when she is sentenced Friday. There was no word on when Winfrey's interview might air.

. On Wednesday Oprah Winfrey Held Town Hall Meeting Before OWN Bloodbath was a top story. Here is the recap: (TMZ) Oprah Winfrey ordered a bloodbath at OWN Monday, but she took a highly unusual and humanistic step of calling a town hall meeting after firing 30 people ... to explain why she lowered the boom. Sources who were at the meeting tell TMZ ... Oprah explained that OWN had a duty to the board of directors to justify how much the network was spending, in light of anemic ratings and problems with advertisers. Oprah said the fiscal year for OWN ends on March 31, and she had to get OWN's financial house in order before April 1 -- or else the entire network would be in jeopardy. Oprah said cutting staff was essential in harnessing the cost of running the network. But here's the good news for the 30 people who lost their jobs ... Oprah is paying some serious severance ... one person tells us the packages were "extremely generous." We're told everyone got at leas

Oprah Winfrey was in Orangeburg today to talk Shaquan Duley, convicted last week of killing her two young sons. Willie Bamberg, director of the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center, confirmed that the former talk-show host-turned-network-owner visited the 362-bed facility where Duley is being held. S.C. media outlets have not been granted access to Duley. Duley, 30, pleaded guilty March 16 in an Orangeburg County court to two counts of murder for killing her two young sons, 2-year-old Devean and 1-year-old Javan in the summer of 2010. Duley suffocated the boys in a motel room before putting them in her car and rolling it into the North Edisto River. She first told authorities she lost control of the car. Duley faces 30 years to life in prison. She is expected to be sentenced next week. There is no word on when the interview will be aired. Mindy Lucas Copyright 2012 . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey is used to running the show, whether it was her hit daytime TV program or the fledgling cable channel named for her and which she rules as chairman and chief executive. But this weeks Oprah Winfrey Network shakeup, which included a 20 percent staff layoff, thrusts her into a new dynamic: power-sharing with a top executive from the company thats bankrolled OWN with $300 million-plus. Its a crucial moment for the media queen, who made OWN her next big move after The Oprah Winfrey Show, and for OWN itself: Can Winfrey work as an effective corporate teammate with partner Discovery Communications to turn the struggling channel around? Theres another bedrock question: Does a big enough audience exist for the earnest, uplifting fare on Winfreys OWN, so antithetical to the blowsy charms of Jersey Shore, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and much else thats popular on cable TV? As important as control might be to Winfrey, shes also a savvy businesswoman and has been wil

LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey is used to running the show, whether it was her hit daytime TV program or the fledgling cable channel named for her and which she rules as chairman and chief executive. But this weeks Oprah Winfrey Network shakeup, which included a 20 percent staff layoff, thrusts her into a new dynamic: power-sharing with a top executive from the company thats bankrolled OWN with $300 million-plus. Its a crucial moment for the media queen, who made OWN her next big move after The Oprah Winfrey Show, and for OWN itself: Can Winfrey work as an effective corporate teammate with partner Discovery Communications to turn the struggling channel around? Theres another bedrock question: Does a big enough audience exist for the earnest, uplifting fare on Winfreys OWN, so antithetical to the blowsy charms of Jersey Shore, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and much else thats popular on cable TV? As important as control might be to Winfrey, shes also a savvy businesswoman and has been wi

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) could lose $142.9 million in 2012 amid weak ratings for its programming, SNL Financial , a financial information firm, said Thursday. The Los Angeles , Calif.-based network, headed by media mogul Oprah Winfrey in partnership with Discovery Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA), saw its ratings go up 10 percent in January to a 0.13. However, this improvement is still "miniscule" compared to the programming investment, stated SNL. Through December of last year, Discovery had invested a whopping $312 million into OWN. The network's ratings for last year, however, were merely even with Discovery Health, the relatively obscure channel OWN had replaced, reported USA Today . Like us on Facebook OWN's struggles is typified by the recent cancellation Rosie O'Donnell's talk show, which the network had high hopes for but which ultimately did not attractive enough audience. On Monday, OWN announced that it is cutting 30 out of 150 staff mem

LOS ANGELES Oprah Winfrey is used to running the show, whether it was her hit daytime TV program or the fledgling cable channel named for her and which she rules as chairman and chief executive. But this weeks Oprah Winfrey Network shakeup, which included a 20 percent staff layoff, thrusts her into a new dynamic: power-sharing with a top executive from the company thats bankrolled OWN with $300 million-plus. Its a crucial moment for the media queen, who made OWN her next big move after The Oprah Winfrey Show, and for OWN itself: Can Winfrey work as an effective corporate teammate with partner Discovery Communications to turn the struggling channel around? Theres another bedrock question: Does a big enough audience exist for the earnest, uplifting fare on Winfreys OWN, so antithetical to the blowsy charms of Jersey Shore, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and much else thats popular on cable TV? As important as control might be to Winfrey, shes also a savvy businesswoman and has been wi

By Jon Lafayette -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/21/2012 7:19:32 PM OWN could saddle Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications with a $142.9 million loss this year, according to a report from SNL Kagan. Kagan analyst Derek Baine says OWN faces a number of problems. They include bad press that could make advertisers impatient and having to renew carriage deals with cable operators in 2012 and 2013 unless ratings move up quickly. "Discovery could end up negotiating carriage agreements for OWN again starting at the end of this year. Its hope for license fees of 20 cents to 25 cents per sub may now be unrealistic." Baine says Discovery management remains bullish and management including Discovery David Zaslav has expressed confidence that having Winfrey in charge full-time at the network would improve the situation. Last week, the network announced the cancellation of Rosie O'Donnell's low-rated show and a restructuring that includes the departure of 30 staffers and the t

Rosie O'Donnell turns 50 today. But the milestone is less merry after Tuesday's final taping of her short-lived talk show on the Oprah Winfrey Network, ending another failed experiment in the channel's tumultuous history and raising new questions about its future. In another troubling sign, 30 of OWN's 150 staffers were laid off Monday, and Discovery Networks (which co-owns OWN with Winfrey) installed new executives to run its business and programming operations. Discovery has invested $310 million in OWN, but first-year ratings were merely even with Discovery Health, the channel it replaced. "I've never seen Discovery invest this much money in such a short period," says longtime cable analyst Derek Baine of SNL Kagan. "The ratings aren't coming in anywhere near as forecast. It would be a huge disappointment for Discovery to have to pull the plug, but it seems like that may be what they're considering at this point, given that they're taki

Font Size: Oprah Winfrey may want to consider giving away a few more free cars to help her struggling cable network. The car giveaway episode aired in 2004, when she was at the height of her TV career hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show, seemed to be what everyone was talking about back then. Even Oprah said the event was one of my all-time favorite happiest moments ever as she put it recently on the Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN. Alas, it's unhappy times for Winfrey's OWN right now. In recent days the network announced it was pulling the plug on The Rosie Show and embarking on a major restructuring, including laying off 30 employees of its 150-person staff. It is difficult to make tough business decisions that affect peoples lives, said Winfrey, CEO and chief creative officer of the network, in a statement, but the economics of a start-up cable network just dont work with the cost structure that was in place. Its a difficult and surprising setback for the former queen of daytime

AFP - Getty Images Oprah Winfey's network debuted with much fanfare, but has been having issues ever since. By Eve Tahmincioglu Oprah Winfrey may want to consider giving away a few more free cars to help her struggling cable network. The car giveaway episode aired in 2004, when she was at the height of her TV career hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show, seemed to be what everyone was talking about back then. Recently on the Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN, even Oprah said the event was: One of my all-time favorite happiest moments ever. Alas, it's unhappy times for Winfrey's OWN right now. In recent days, the network announced it was pulling the plug on The Rosie Show and also embarking on a major restructuring of the network, including laying off 30 employees. It is difficult to make tough business decisions that affect peoples lives, said Oprah Winfrey, CEO and chief creative officer of OWN, in a statement, but the economics of a start-up cable network just dont work with the co

PA Images / Paul Beaty/AP Oprah Winfrey 's channel OWN has laid off 30 employees in the wake of poor ratings. The channel launched in January 2011, following the end of Winfrey's 25-year run on her daytime talkshow, The Oprah Winfrey Show . Programming on the new network has garnered disappointing ratings in the months since its launch, despite a brief surge of interest after Houston's exclusive interview with Whitney Houston 's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown . Comedienne and actress Rosie O'Donnell 's chatshow was axed last week, after only five months on the air . Winfrey has now dismissed 30 employees working for the company, and plans to restructure network operations and programming in both Los Angeles and New York City. In a statement on the lay-offs released this week, Winfrey said: "As CEO, I have a responsibility to chart the course for long-term success for the network. To wholly achieve that long-term success, this was a necessary next step."