GALLERY by D.L. Chandler April 4, 2013, 13:25pm Oprah Winfrey and her OWN cable network are gearing up to debut two new scripted shows from writer and director Tyler Perry this coming May. Perry's shows, one a drama and the other a sitcom, will be featured in back-to-back debut nights as part of OWN 's original programming overhaul. There's also appears to be an upcoming special featuring Perry's popular Madea character and Winfrey's Sofia role from the film The Color Purple as well reports Deadline . The first of Perry's shows to debut will be hour-long The Haves And The Have Nots , set to air on May 28 at 9 p.m. The drama features former Dukes Of Hazzard star John Schneider in the role of John Cryer, a judge who lives a double life.! Actress Rene Lawless plays Cryer's wife in the show. Aaron O'Connell plays troubled son Wyatt, and Jacyln Betham plays daughter Amanda. A key plot is that Amanda, a law student, has befriended a woman that co...

April 4, 2013 by Roger Ratchet Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey go way back like Sades hairline. Theyve been involved in each others projects and teamed up to produce and finance other peoples projects too. But now, in a move that is sure to make the black Internet fall out, theyve teamed up to record a special segment as their iconic characters Miss Sophia and Madea . Oprah played Sophia in Steven Spielbergs Academy Award-winning film The Color Purple. The role was a breakout moment for the journalist-turned-actress and she played the feisty, no-nonsense Sophia flawlessly. To this day, if you throw out the phrase, Harpo, who dis woman? youre bound to get a few warm chuckles out of people. Tyler Perrys Madea character needs no introduction. Shes been the engine behind his success as a filmmaker as black audiences have proven to never tire of the shenanigans of the wild and crazy grandma who wreaks havoc on everyone but still manages to be lovable. Heller! But back to Tyler and Oprah. ...

The Oprah Winfrey Network is set to launch some of its most successful programming abroad, starting with the United Kingdom. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that OWN struck a multi-year deal with Discovery Networks International to export OWN's highly-rated Harpo productions -- Oprah's Next Chapter, Oprah's Master Class, Oprah's Lifeclass, Super Soul Sunday -- to TLC's soon-to-launch British network. STORY: Discovery Communications to Launch TLC in U.K., Ireland OWN, a 50-50 joint venture between Harpo and Discovery Communications, has thus far only distributed non-Harpo original programming internationally as a part of a partnership with Passion Distribution. "We've been hyper-focused, especially in the last 18 months with Oprah as our CEO, to get the United States on better footing," OWN president Erik Logan tells THR . "It was a question of determining when and how those rights would be exploited. In utilizing her, you want to think about...

Speaking on the 'Steve Harvey Show', she said: "Some people called me all offended about it, but I go, 'Well, I do have big breasteses.'" Oprah also revealed the scene took longer than expected because Terrence wouldn't stop misbehaving. She explained: "It was supposed to be like a little scene and because Terrence Howard misbehaved, it turned into a bigger scene, and then a bigger scene. He's a misbehaving kind of boy." Oprah stars as Forest Whitaker's wife in the movie and recently thanked his real life spouse Keisha Whitaker for making sure he has excellent kissing skills. In an interview, her friend Gayle King said to Oprah:"I can't wait to see you and Forest as husband and wife. There's a kissing scene you were talking about the other day. Did you feel all tingly?" Oprah replied: "I felt pretty good about it, let me just say. Forest is a good kisser, how about that? "Thank you, Keisha Whitaker."

CBC host George Stroumboulopoulos first teamed up with Oprah Winfrey during her recent Western Canada visits, conducting onstage interviews with her in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver in January. (CBC) When Oprah Winfrey returns to Canada this spring, CBC-TV host George Stroumboulopoulos will also be back at her side to chat with the talk show maven. The host of George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight first teamed up with Winfrey during her recent Western Canada visits in January. He conducted onstage interviews with her in Edmonton , Calgary and Vancouver . On Wednesday, Stroumboulopoulos confirmed that he will again appear with Winfrey for the next few stops on her Canadian tour. He will conduct Q&A sessions with her in Ottawa (April 10), Montreal (April 11), Hamilton, Ont. (April 13) and Saskatoon (April 14). "I love being in the company of someone so thoughtful, giving and focused on helping others find their place," Stroumboulopoulos said. "Oprah is a lot of fun to b...

WENN.com Supermodel Cindy Crawford has spoken to agony aunt to the stars, Oprah Winfrey, about her failed marriage to actor Richard Gere, and confessed that her age played a big role in their divorce. The model, who has a mole above her top lip which became her trademark, married Richard when she was just 22, and her young age and the fact that she was still discovering herself as a person, she says, played a large part in the difficulties of their four-year marriage. "At 22, as a young woman, I was kind of still figuring out who I was and what I wanted to be... and he was already 37", Cindy told Oprah on her television show. And at 16 years her senior, the mum-of-two believed that Richard knew she was out-growing their relationship. "In some ways he knew I was still growing and changing; I didn't wanna hear it from him, because, at 22, you think you know everything and you think you're already formed". Cindy Crawford Talks Candidly To Oprah Winfrey About He...

Oprah Winfrey has topped the Forbes magazine list of most-influential celebrities of 2013 for the second year in a row. Forty-eight per cent of people rated Winfrey, 59, as 'influential,' according to the magazine's survey this year. The survey ranks 7500 celebrities by 46 different attributes. Despite her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) having struggled in the ratings since its launch, Oprah was down just one point from 2012. Reuters pointed out that OWN had received a boost from Winfrey's January interview with cyclist Lance Armstrong, a world exclusive in which he admitted to years of doping. She also conducted a high-rating interview with Beyonce. Winfrey edged out Steven Spielberg, in second place, by just one point. Fellow filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard and Star Wars creator George Lucas round out the top five. U2 rocker Bono and actor-director Clint Eastwood are also in the top 10. Meanwhile, two of Oprah's proteges also made the top 10: Dr. Mehmet Oz, at...