She has her own magazine O! Winfrey started her career as a television news anchor in Baltimore, Maryland. That is also where she met her best friend of the last forty years, Gayle King.
Oprah is known to have several different projects going at once. This does make it hard to keep track of everything she has going, but we do know some of the things she is currently working. Winfrey is in the process of producing two movies. One is a remake of her classic, The Color Purple , and is set to be released in The second is called The Water Man , and no release date has been set. Winfrey has also announced she will be playing the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment.
Kamila Rivero More Articles Published on. President Barack Obama gave her this award for her contributions to her country. Winfrey campaigned for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in December , attracting the largest crowds of the primary season to that point. It was the first time Winfrey had ever campaigned for a political candidate.
The biggest event was at the University of South Carolina football stadium, where 29, supporters attended a rally that had been switched from an 18,seat basketball arena to satisfy public demand. Martin Luther King dreamed the dream. But we don't have to just dream the dream any more," Winfrey told the crowd. In November , Winfrey campaigned with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, the first Black female nominee for a major party to run for governor in any state.
Winfrey knocked on doors and even participated in a town-hall meeting with the Democratic candidate. In the end, Abrams narrowly lost her election bid to Republican Brian Kemp. Winfrey and President Donald Trump have a long history together. Trump has also endorsed Winfrey on Twitter many times, from her decision to launch a television network to praising her interview with Lance Armstrong.
After becoming president, Trump said that he was friends with Winfrey until he ran for office. However, Winfrey has said that she does not want to and has no intention of running for president. DeMille Award, for lifetime achievement. In a powerful speech, she recalled being inspired by seeing Sidney Poitier honored at the Globes decades earlier, before emphasizing the importance of a free press and the power of speaking the truth in a "culture broken by brutally powerful men.
In , Winfrey helped give The Color Purple a new life onstage as one of the producers of the time Tony-nominated musical, which ran on Broadway until A revival of the musical, which Winfrey co-produced in , won a Tony Award.
Winfrey signed a multi-picture contract with Disney. The initial project, 's Beloved , based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison and starring Winfrey and Danny Glover, got mixed reviews and generally failed to live up to expectations. The line includes pizzas, soups, and sides like mashed potatoes and pasta. In January , CBS announced that Winfrey would join the newsmagazine 60 Minutes as a special contributor in the fall. Winfrey has been in a relationship with Stedman Graham, a public relations executive, since the mids.
They became engaged in but never tied the knot. The couple lives in Chicago. We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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