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Oprah Gail Winfrey, referred to simply as Oprah, is an American television host, media mogul and celebrated philanthropist. Oprah’s Internationally-syndicated talk show, The Oprah Winfrey show, has earned her many Emmy Awards and is the highest rated talk show in television history.

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is an influential book critic and sponsor of the Oprah Book Club. She is an Academy Award-nominated actress and Publisher of the Oprah Magazine

Oprah Winfrey has been ranked, by Forbes, as the richest African American of the 20th Century.

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Oprah Winfrey why is She Famous?

Oprah Gail Winfrey is the most philanthropic African American of all time and the world’s only Black Billionaire for 3 straight years!

Oprah Winfrey is considered by many to be the most influential woman in the world!

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey has been a national success for over 17 years. The Oprah Winfrey Show has outdistanced all other programing of its kind by the profound way Oprah inspires people to connect to themselves and the people around them. Winfrey utilizes the Oprah Show to teach the world numerous “life lesson” and because of this, has become one of the most influential people on television and in society. Oprah’s tremendous appeal and her production company, Harpo Productions has earned her the place as the First African-American Female Billionaire. Most importantly, Oprah is a revered figure for all time.

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Oprah Winfrey After all the Weightloss success: Oprah Winfrey says she weighs 200 pounds

When it comes to her weight, Oprah Winfrey has always been straightforward. The talk show queen continues the honesty, saying in the January issue of “O” magazine out Tuesday that she now weighs 200 pounds and has “fallen off the wagon” when it comes to healthy living.

“I’m mad at myself,” Winfrey writes in an article provided early to The Associated Press by Harpo Productions. “I’m embarrassed,” she writes. "I can’t believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I’m still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, “How did I let this happen again?”

In the piece, Winfrey, 54, details her recent struggles with an out-of-balance thyroid and how the condition made her develop “a fear of working out.” She says she’s added 40 pounds to her frame since she weighed 160 pounds in 2006. “Yes, you’re adding correctly; that means the dreaded 2-0-0,” Winfrey writes. “I was so frustrated I started eating whatever I wanted — and that’s never good.”

Winfrey also writes that her goal is no longer to be thin; instead, she wants to be strong, healthy and fit. She hopes to get started with her upcoming “Best Life Week,” starting Jan. 5 with an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show during which she is expected to talk candidly about her weight.

Winfrey famously wheeled a wagon loaded with fat onto the set of her talk show in 1988 to represent a 67-pound weight loss while wearing a pair of size 10 Calvin Klein jeans. She had lost the pounds with a liquid protein diet. “I had literally starved myself for four months, not a morsel of food,” Winfrey recalled in 2005. “Two hours after that show, I started eating to celebrate, of course, within two days those jeans no longer fit!”
Winfrey’s weight has yo-yoed to the delight of the tabloid press ever since. She weighed as many as 237 pounds and by late 1990 admitted she had regained most of the 67 pounds, saying “I’ll never diet again.”

In 1994, she finished the Marine Corps Marathon and by 1996 hired personal trainer Bob Greene, saying her roller-coaster weight saga was over. But now, 20 years since the Calvin Klein jeans episode, Winfrey finds herself tipping the scales again, telling AP Television last week that she has yet to chose a gown for President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural ball next month. “I had a dress on the vision board, but I’m not sure that’s gonna fit,” Winfrey said. “So I have to work on something else.”

Oprah Winfrey Talk Show Host and Richest African American in the World

In the latest “O” magazine article, Winfrey writes that she hit rock bottom when she wanted to skip out on an April 26 taping with Cher and Tina Turner in Las Vegas “I felt like a fat cow,” Winfrey writes. “I wanted to disappear.” Winfrey’s weight and height put her body mass index at 31.8, which is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC says people who are obese are “at higher risk for chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.” It seems Winfrey is aware of the health risks, inviting both Greene and Dr. Mehmet Oz to her show during the first week of January, along with spirituality experts, sex therapists and financial expert Suze Orman.

Winfrey also is expected to discuss her weight on her XM satellite radio station’s “The Gayle King Show” on Jan. 5 and will host interactive live Web casts at Oprah.com the week of Jan. 12 to 16 every night at 9 p.m. EST. Winfrey, an admitted food addict, sounds almost apologetic in her article, “I definitely wasn’t setting an example,” she writes. “I was talking the talk, but I wasn’t walking the walk. And that was very disappointing to me.”

The Oprah Winfrey Show Looks So Good in Country!
Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker and Sugarland a Natural Fit for Audience

Sugarland, Darius Rucker, Oprah Winfrey, Carrie Underwood and Kenney Chesney pose for a photo on the set of Oprah.
Photo Credit: George Burns/Harpo Productions

CHICAGO — Were country fans there? Sure. Was it absolutely mandatory that you love country music? Not at all. But by the end of the hour-long taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show in late March, chances are you were a fan of both Winfrey and her cast of country characters — Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker and Sugarland

During her Stars of Country Music show, which airs Tuesday (April 14), Winfrey deemed country music “the real soul music.” And when Oprah says it, it must be so. But before all the real soul music could be heard, there was the issue of finding a way onto the show.

Getting tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show is not something you take lightly. You cannot buy them. You cannot trade them. Really, the only two ways to make it into that coveted studio audience is to sign up on the show’s Web site and be chosen for any random show. Or you can send an e-mail for a last-minute reservation — like when the site posted the “Calling All Country Fans” alert. But so many people try for so long before they ever get a chance to be on the show. A search of the Oprah.com message board yielded this advice: “I dedicated every day the line was open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. to strictly calling over and over — not even any potty breaks!!!! I spent six consecutive hours for two days, then two consecutive hours on the third day and then I got through!!!!!”

Regardless of how people ended up at this studio on the west side of Chicago, everyone was ready and waiting at the check-in time of 7 a.m. People had come from all over Chicago, but a handful had flown in from as far away as Louisiana, Texas and even Trinidad. And as long as this group of about 400 people, mostly women, were waiting on Oprah, nobody seemed to mind the 90 minutes of standing in line.

The dress code was easy enough to follow. “Bright colors work best on camera,” said the info sheet. That would explain why the audience was a sea of Kelly green, royal blue, fuchsia and bright purple. And since so many people were there just to be on Oprah, and not necessarily to see the country stars, hardly anyone was decked out in head-to-toe cowboy attire. A few cowboy hats, some nice boots, but nothing too over the top.

When Winfrey came out, so did the “Oprah, Oprah, Oprah” chanting. She worked her way through the fans, high fiving as many hands as she could. But for the country lovers, Chesney working his way up to the stage had to be the thrill of the morning. He hugged almost everyone in his path, keeping one hand on his black cowboy hat so the zealous embraces didn’t knock it off. Before settling in to talk with Winfrey, Chesney picked up an acoustic guitar to perform “Down the Road,” his latest No. 1 single. Then he did “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems.” And almost everybody was singing along. Even Underwood, who had a prime spot in the front row.

It may not be like this every time Winfey has a slew of celebs on her show. But for this one, the front row was reserved for her and her guests to take in the music and the conversation. So while Chesney was performing, Underwood, Rucker and Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush were right there watching. And when Underwood was singing, Chesney sat back down with the group to watch. And so on. During breaks, they could turn around and chat with the folks behind them. It was all very intimate, maybe even a bit surreal for the people seated right by the stars.

Kenney Chesney speaks with Oprah Winfrey on her show featuring Country Music Super Stars. Photo Credit: George Burns/Harpo Productions

When Chesney and Winfrey did sit down to talk, he told her all about what he does to prepare for taking his life on the road. They even had footage of Chesney’s backstage “Vibe Room” that his team creates at every tour stop. But like she always does, Winfrey brought Chesney back to who he really is and coaxed some admissions out of him. He said that he didn’t want to be doing sound checks for the next 20 years. He also said, “I was just a kid who wanted a song on the radio. Who thought I’d be playing Oprah on my birthday?” Oprah’s responded, “God can dream bigger dreams than you can dream for yourself.”

Carrie Underwood appears with Oprah Winfrey on her show featuring Country Music Super Stars. Photo Credit: George Burns/Harpo Productions

Next up was Underwood in what can only be described as a “ballad dress.” Yellow and billowy and short and elegant. Perfect for the sad, sad “Just a Dream” she sang. Her conversation with Winfrey turned to all things girl: shoes, antiques, workouts and dieting. There was even film of Underwood showing her food diary, with a comment about how she gets stickers like she’s in kindergarten. The best story, though, was about grocery shopping late at night in sweats and a ponytail. Underwood told Winfrey she’s had people actually come up to her and say things like “You look like Carrie Underwood, but why would Carrie Underwood be at Harris Teeter at 11 o’clock at night?”

Darius Rucker chats with Oprah Winfrey on her show featuring country music stars.
Photo Credit: George Burns/Harpo Productions

Clearly, Rucker was honored to be on the show. He told Winfrey that when he committed to taking some time off in December, he marked every day on his calendar with “Darius off … unless Oprah calls.” And she did, and they had a chance to talk about Rucker’s music — new and old. And Rucker had a chance to shine on “It Won’t Be Like This for Long.”

Sugarland share a laugh with Oprah Winfrey on her show featuring country music stars.
Photo Credit: George Burns/Harpo Productions

Sugarland rounded out the set of country stars, getting up on the Oprah stage to rock the crowd with “All I Want to Do.” When Nettles and Bush sat down to talk to Winfrey, the conversation turned to Barack Obama. Nettles recounted the story of what it was like meeting him, and how the first thing he’d said to her was, “Nice pipes, girl. Nice pipes.”

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Why is Oprah Famous?

Oprah Winfrey

A national success for 17 years (and counting), The Oprah Winfrey Show outdistances all other programs of its kind by connecting with people in a profound way. Winfrey’s use of the show to inform the world of numerous “Life Lessons” has made her one of the most influential people not only in television, but also in society in general. Thanks to her tremendous appeal and many branches of Harpo (her production company), Oprah has become the first African-American Female Billionaire, but more importantly, a revered figure for all time.