Oprah

by Kitty Kelley

  TV/DVD/OTHER: The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set); “Oprah Winfrey: Heart of the Matter,” A&E Biography special, aired Jan. 16, 2000; Kathy Griffin at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2008; Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg, TV Land, aired Feb. 28, 2007.

  INTERVIEWS: Correspondence with Michael Fox, Dec. 10, 2007; Ed Kosowski, Nov. 8, 2008; Nancy Stoddart, July 8, 2009; Katharine Carr Esters, Aug. 1, 2007; Joanna Molloy, July 7, 2008; E. Faye Butler, Apr. 3, 2009; Fran Johns, Sept. 2007; correspondence with Dorothy H. Kiser, Hardin-Simmons University, Feb. 4, 2009; correspondence with investigator Dale Lee Hinz, Fort Worth Police, Mar. 13, 2009; correspondence with Richard W. Schott, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Feb. 20, 2007; Armstrong Williams, Nov. 19, 2008; correspondence with Henry Fulmer, University of North Carolina; confidential source, June 11, 2007; confidential source, Oct. 8, 2009; Vernon Winfrey, Apr. 24, 2008; Paxton Quigley, Mar. 10, 2008, and Mar. 12, 2008; Bill Zwecker, Oct. 11, 2007.

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  RECORDS: Transcript, Oprah Winfrey speech to American Women’s Economic Development Corporation conference, New York City, Feb. 25, 1989.

  BOOKS: Merrell Noden, People Profiles: Oprah Winfrey (Time Life, 1999).

  ARTICLES: Alan Richman, “Oprah,” People Weekly, Jan. 12, 1987; “Oprah: The Best Is Yet to Come,” www.msnbc.msn.com, May 19, 2006; Renard A. Hirsch, Sr., “ ‘Anger’ Oprah Recalls Not Apparent to All,” Tennessean, Mar. 17, 1987; Roderick McDavis, “Oprah Winfrey’s Credibility,” Tennessee State University Meter, Mar. 26, 1987; Amy Gutman and David Graham, “TSU Commencement to Feature Winfrey,” Tennessean, Mar. 28, 1987; Patricia Templeton, “Oprah Gets Her College Degree,” Nashville Banner, May 4, 1987; Sue Thomas, “Oprah Returns to TSU in Triumph,” Sunday Tennessean, May 3, 1987; “Transcript of Oprah Winfrey’s Commencement Address,” Stanford Report, June 15, 2008; Dwight Lewis, “Oprah Winfrey Funding 10 Full Scholarships,” Tennessean, Aug. 3, 1987; Marcia Ann Gillespie, “Winfrey Takes All,” Ms., Nov. 1988; Roger Hitts, “New Oprah Anguish as Dad Is Named in Sex Complaint,” Star, Feb. 14, 1995; Dani Cestaro et al., “Oprah Fights to Save Her Dad in Sex Scandal,” National Enquirer, Feb. 19, 1995; Karen Thomas, “Oprah Stands by Her Dad,” USA Today, Feb. 3, 1995; “Oprah Winfrey Responds to Allegations That Her Father Harrassed College Student,” Jet, Feb. 20, 1995; Rod Gibson, “Oprah to the Rescue,” Globe, Feb. 1995 (exact date unknown); Peter Burt and Dani Cestaro, “Oprah in Tears as Dad’s Accuser in Sex Scandal Passes Lie Test,” National Enquirer, Feb. 31, 1995; Kirk Loggins, “Bribe Solicited from Winfrey, Prosecutors Say,” Tennessean, Apr. 1, 1995; Toni Drew, “Winfrey Accuser’s Attorney Pleads Guilty,” Nashville Banner, Aug. 25, 1995; “Lawyer Loses Again in Oprah’s Dad’s Case,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1, 1995; Laura B. Randolph, “Oprah!” Ebony, July 1995; Delores Brooks, “The Phenomenal Oprah Winfrey,” Dollars and Sense (date unknown); “Oprah Gives $1 Million to Morehouse College,” Baltimore Evening Sun, May 22, 1989; “Oprah Winfrey Makes Second $5 Million [Donation],” www.morehouse.edu, Feb. 24, 2004; Kim Cunningham “Behind Closed Doors,” People Weekly, Apr. 29, 1996; Lisa Kogan, “Oprah and Gayle Uncensored,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Aug. 2006; Jennifer Hunter, “Even Well-Intended Celebs Adopt Aloof Attitudes,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 1, 2006; Debbie Schlussel, “Oprah Discovers the Holocaust,” www.frontpagemag.com, May 29, 2009; “Putting Down Rover, and the Year’s Other Disasters,” Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 29, 2006; Bob Monk, “Oprah Event Nets $5000,” Kosciusko Star- Herald, June 9, 1988; “Newsmakers,” Houston Chronicle, June 6, 1988; Kevin Pilley, “Grand Ol’ Oprah,” Express, Aug. 8, 1998; Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, “The Importance of Being Oprah,” New York Times Magazine, June 11, 1989; transcript, CNN Newsroom, May 12, 2007, www.transcipts.cnn.com; “Oprah Winfrey’s commencement address, Wellesley College, May 30, 1997,” www.wellesley.edu; Mark Thornton, “Grand Oprah-ning,” Kosciusko Star- Herald, Sept. 4, 2006; “Oprah Comes Home,” Kosciusko Star- Herald, Nov. 19, 1998; Jonathan Van Meter, “Looking for Oprah,” Oxford American, Apr./May 1999; “Kosciusko Prepares for Oprah’s Nov. 14 Visit,” Kosciusko Star- Herald, July 30, 2007; Bob Michals and Bob Hartlein, “Oprah’s Torment,” Star, Mar. 25, 2003; Bob Michals, “The Uncle Oprah Accuses of Sexually Abusing Her,” National Enquirer, Sept. 9, 1992; Julia Lawlor, “The Other Oprah,” USA Weekend, June 2–4, 1989; Pearl Cleage, “Walking in the Light,” Essence, June 1991; Oprah’s Steady to Be Her Hubby,” USA Today, Nov. 9, 1992; People Weekly, Nov. 23, 1992; Elizabeth Sporkin et al., “Her Man Stedman,” People Weekly, Nov. 23, 1992; Robert Feder, “Jones Turns Misery into Ratings Circus,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 24, 1992.

  TV/PODCAST: Alan Frio interview with Vernon and Barbara Winfrey, WMSV-TV, aired Feb. 12, 2007 (viewed at www.wmsv.com); The Oprah Winfrey Show, “Oprah at Auschwitz,” aired May 24, 2006; Oprah Winfrey speech at the Women’s Business Development Center luncheon, Chicago, Ill., Sept. 27, 2006 (mp3 downloaded from www.odeo.com/audio/2003955/play on Nov. 13, 2006).

  INTERVIEWS: Brooks Parker, Apr. 29, 2008; Chris Clark, Apr. 23, 2008; Vernon Winfrey, Apr. 22, 2008; Paul Moore, Apr. 21, 2008; Katie Rawls, Apr. 21, 2008; correspondence with confidential source, Feb. 18, 2009; Jewette Battles, July 31, 2007, Aug. 14, 2007, and correspondence with Jewette Battles, Apr. 29, 2008, and Oct. 8, 2008; Katharine Carr Esters, July 30, 2007 (along with Jewette Battles), Aug. 1, 2007, Sept. 11, 2007, and Feb. 5, 2008; Nancy Green, July 30, 2007; James van Sweden, Dec. 12, 2007, and Dec. 27, 2007.

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  RECORDS: “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” King World press release, 1987; documents in the case of Colleen M. Raleigh v. Harpo, Inc. and Oprah Winfrey, case no. 94L-13511, Circuit Court of Cook County; death certificate, Jeffrey Lee, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services; transcript, testimony of Paul Natkin, on Aug. 15, 2000, in the case of Paul Natkin and Stephen Green v. Oprah Winfrey et al., case no. 1:99-cv-05367, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; transcript, “Headlines That Shocked the Nation: Mexican Satanic Cult Murders,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, aired May 1, 1989; documents from the files of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, Greater Chicago Regional Office, concerning reaction to The Oprah Winfrey Show, May 1, 1989, and the meeting with Jewish leaders, May 9, 1989.

  BOOKS: Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy in America (Free Press, 1990); Jecquin D. Irwin, My Life After Oprah (self-published, 2006, Kindle ed.); Paul Natkin and Stephen Green, To Oprah with Love (New Millennium Press, 2002); Robert Waldron, Oprah! (St. Martin’s Press, 1987).

  ARTICLES: Joan Barthel, “Here Comes Oprah,” Ms., Aug. 1986; Richard Zoglin, “Lady with a Calling,” Time, Aug. 8, 1988; Cheryl Lavin, “It’s All Going Oprah’s Way,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 19, 1985; Yardena Arar, “Winfrey’s Talk Show Makes National Debut,” Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Sept. 8, 1986; John Carmody, “The TV Column,” Washington Post, Aug. 26, 1986; Mel Novit, “The Women Behind Oprah,” Baltimore Sun, Mar. 22, 1987; P. J. Bednarski, “All About Oprah Inc.,” Broadcasting and Cable, June 24, 2005; John Dempsey, “Winfrey Agrees to Produce Her Own Show,” Variety, Aug. 14, 1988; Marla Donato, “One Last Food Fling with Oprah,” Chicago Tribune, Feb. 6, 1985; Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, “The Importance of Being Oprah,” New York Times Magazine, June 11, 1989; Bill Zehme, “It Came from Chicago,” Spy, Dec. 1986; Marcia Ann Gillespie, “Winfrey Takes All,” Ms., Nov. 1988; Lisa DePaulo, “Oprah’s Private Life,” TV Guide, June 3, 1989; “William Rizzo,” Chicago Sun-Times, Apr. 4, 1990; Bill Zwecker, “United Front Ousted Oprah Aide,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 29, 1994; Gretchen Reynolds, “The Oprah Myth,” TV Guide, July 23, 1994; Charles Whitaker, “The Most Talked About TV Show Host,” Ebony, Mar. 1987; Dana Kennedy, “A New Soap Oprah,” Entertainment Weekly, Nov. 11, 1994; Nancy F. Koehn and Erica Helms, “Oprah Winfrey,” Harvard Business School Publication 9-803-190, May 8, 2003, revised June 1, 2005; Patrick Goldstein, “The Influences on Our Taste,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 20, 1987; Larry Finley, “A Look at Liberty,” Chicago Sun-Times, July 20, 1987; “Whitn
ey Houston: Eight American Music Awards Make Her Top Female Singer,” Jet, Feb. 28, 1994; Eric Sherman, “Oprah’s Wonder Year,” Ladies’ Home Journal, May 1990; Cynthia McGee, “Oprah’s Mag Set to Debut,” New York Daily News, Apr. 10, 2000; “He Sure Looks Like Oprah,” People Weekly, Apr. 29, 1991; “Oprah Look-Alike Winner a Man, at Least for Now,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 13, 1991; Tim Jones, “Attorneys Take Cuts at Editing of ‘Oprah’ Show,” Chicago Tribune, Feb. 3, 1998; David Treadwell and Barry Bearak, “20,000 March Against Klan Attack in Georgia,” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 25, 1987; “Williams Will Picket Oprah Winfrey Show,” Orlando Sentinel, Feb. 9, 1987; “Oprah’s Show on Ga. March Bars Blacks, Protest Called,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 9, 1987; “Civil Rights Group to Picket Winfrey Episode,” Tennessean, Feb. 7, 1987; Robert Feder, “White-Hot Georgians Cut Loose on ‘Oprah,’ ” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 10, 1987; “Vintage Oprah: Racial Tensions in Georgia, Feb. 9, 1987,” www.oprah.com, Aug. 31, 2001; Clarence Page, “The Forsyth Saga Comes to TV,” Chicago Tribune, Feb. 15, 1987; Howard Rosenberg, “Oprah’s Sweep Through Georgia,” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16, 1987; Robert Feder, “Winfrey to Hit the Road in Talk Show Ratings War,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 5, 1987; Jeff Jarvis, “Top Ten Oprahs,” People Weekly, Sept. 5, 1988; “Vintage Oprah: AIDS in West Virginia, Nov. 16, 1987,” www.oprah.com, July 27, 2001; Lynn Rosellini and Erica E. Goode, “AIDS: When Fear Takes Charge,” US News & World Report, Oct. 12, 1987; David Friedman, “In Praise of Oprah,” Newsday, Nov. 25, 1987; Joe Mullins et al., “Oprah’s Gay Brother: ‘I’m Dying of AIDS,’ ” National Enquirer, Mar. 14, 1989; “Oprah’s Christmas Heartbreak as AIDS Kills Kid Brother,” Star, Jan. 9, 1990; “Oprah’s Brother Dies of AIDS,” USA Today, Jan. 4, 1990; “Memorable Moments,” www.oprah.com, Nov. 14, 2005; Liz Smith, “Liz Taylor and Oprah Didn’t Hit It Off,” San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 12, 1988; Robert Feder, “Oprah Regrets Airing Racial Confrontation,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 9, 1988; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 5, 1988; John Carmody, “The TV Column,” Washington Post, Feb. 5, 1988; Dennis Kneale, “Titillating Channels,” Wall Street Journal, May 18, 1988; Nan Robertson, “Donahue vs. Winfrey,” New York Times, Feb. 1, 1988; Howard Rosenberg, “Sweeps Time on TV: All the Swill That’s Unfit to Screen,” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 16, 1988; Jim Bawden, “Oprah Winfrey Steps Away from the Microphone,” Toronto Star, Mar. 18, 1989; Daniel Golden, “Oprah, Phil, Sally Jessy,” Boston Globe, July 10, 1988; Myra Mensh Patner, “The Tragic Legacy of a Sexual Deviation,” Washington Post, May 9, 1989; Richard C. Miller, “Oprah Bombshell—She’s Blamed in 2 Bizarre Deaths,” National Enquirer, Nov. 28, 1999; “Oprah Blasts Critics Who Blame Her Show for Triggering Sex Deaths,” Star, Jan. 2, 1990; Jerome George and Denny Johnson, “Oprah Show Leaves Guest So Ashamed He Hung Himself,” National Enquirer, Aug. 21, 1990; “Oprah Crucified My Son,” Star, Aug. 21, 1990; Janet Langhart, “It’s Not All Talk with Oprah,” Boston Herald, Oct. 18, 1986; Jeremy Gerard, “Winfrey Show Evokes Protests,” New York Times, May 6, 1989; Steve Dale, “ ‘Letterman’ Camera’s Capturing City Sights,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 28, 1989; Rick Kogan, “Letterman, City Hit It Off,” Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1989; Jason Gay, “Dave at Peace,” Rolling Stone, Feb. 18, 2008; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 9, 1989; Andrew Duncan, “Grand Oprah,” London Sunday Express, Dec. 10, 1989; Jeremy Gerard, “TV Notes,” New York Times, May 15, 1989; Neil Steinberg, “City’s Elite Remember Marovitz as True Friend,” Chicago Sun-Times, Apr. 4, 2001; Ann Gerber, “Sondra Wants a Fistful of Clint’s Dollars,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 14, 1989; Barbara Sternig and Jim Nelson, “Oprah’s Shameful Secret Past—the Sister Who Saw It All,” National Enquirer, Mar. 27, 1990; Ann Gerber, “Animal Rights Folks Bark Up Wrong Tree,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 17, 1990; Kathy O’Malley and Hanke Gratteau, “O’Malley and Gratteau INC.,” Chicago Tribune, May 19, 1989; Jesse Walker, “Sun-Times Fires Columnist on Oprah Rumors,” New York Amsterdam News, June 10, 1989; Mike Royko, “Gossip’s Credibility Is Only a Bad Rumor,” Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune, May 22, 2009; “Gerber’s Column Is Discontinued,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 24, 1989; Delores Brooks, “The Phenomenal Oprah Winfrey,” Dollars and Sense (date unknown).

  DVD: The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set).

  INTERVIEWS: Confidential source, Mar. 3, 2009, and Apr. 24, 2009; confidential source, June 8, 2007; Robert Waldron, Sept. 4, 2008; confidential source, Apr. 24, 2009; Andy Behrman, Aug. 24, 2007, Sept. 8, 2007, Sept. 24, 2007, Feb. 5, 2008, and correspondence with Andy Behrman, Mar. 15, 2009; Katharine Carr Esters, Oct. 4, 2007; Jewette Battles, July 28, 2008; Fran Johns, Sept. 2007; Michael Brooks, Sept. 20, 2007; Blair Sabol, July 28, 2007; Paxton Quigley, Mar. 12, 2008; Eileen Solomon, Mar. 28, 2007; Peggy Furth, Mar. 16, 1007; Suzy Prudden, Feb. 5, 2008; confidential source, Oct. 31, 2007; correspondence with Kevin McShane, Mar. 13, 2009; Margo Howard, Jan. 23, 2008, and July 25, 2008, and correspondence with Margo Howard, Mar. 31, 2009; confidential source, Sept. 7, 2007; Sugar Rautbord, June 19, 2008; Myrna Blyth, May 29, 2007, and correspondence with Myrna Blyth, Mar. 27, 2009; Roger Hitts, Apr. 14, 2008; correspondence with Peter Cherukuri, May 4, 2007; Dr. Harvey Resnik, July 20, 2007, and Apr. 6, 2009; Robert Holm, Mar. 27, 2009; Bill Zwecker, Oct. 11, 2007, and June 25, 2008; Ann Gerber, June 24, 2008; Wayne Kabak, Apr. 25, 2007.

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  RECORDS: IRS forms 990 for Oprah’s Angel Network, 2002–2007, EIN 36-4231488; IRS forms 990 for Angel Network Support Foundation, 2002–2004, EIN 74-2962189; IRS forms 990-PF for The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, 2001–2007, and For A Better Life Foundation, 1998–2000, EIN 36-3976230; Illinois Secretary of State Corporation File Detail Reports for Harpo Productions, Inc., File no. 55194122, Harpo, Inc., File no. 54254253; Harpo Films, Inc., File no. 55895309, Harpo Video, Inc., File no. 59052705, Harpo Studios, Inc., File no. 55281467, and Studio Merchandise, Inc., File no. 5738876; documents in the case of Lerato Numvuyo Mzamane v. Oprah Winfrey et al., case no. 2:08-CV-4884 (BWK), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; documents in the case of Dr. Mehmet Oz et al. v. FWM Labratories, Inc., et al., case no. 1:09-CV-07297-DAB, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; State of Delaware Division of Corporations, Entity Details for Harpo Print LLC, File no. 3052257, and Harpo Radio, Inc., File no. 4097492; Oprah Make the Connection, Buena Vista Home Video and Harpo Productions Press Release, Sept. 11, 1997.

  BOOKS: George Mair, Oprah Winfrey: The Real Story (Birch Lane Press, 1994); Robert Waldron, Oprah! (St. Martin’s Press, 1987).

  ARTICLES: Matt Roush, “Return to Brewster,” USA Today, May 1, 1990; Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, “The Importance of Being Oprah,” New York Times Magazine, June 11, 1989; Janet Langhart, “It’s Not All Talk with Oprah,” Boston Herald, Oct. 18, 1986; Marty Daniels, “Oprah the Collector,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 30, 1990; Marge Colburn, “With Clients Like Oprah, This Designer’s Favorite Color Is Green,” Detroit News, Feb. 22, 1992; Linda Gross, “Oprah Winfrey, Wonder Woman,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Dec. 1988; Mary Ann Bendel, “Oprah Winfrey,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Mar. 1988; Mark Caro, “The Mogul Shows Off Her Studio, Her ‘Control,’ ” Chicago Tribune, Mar. 18, 1990; Chris Anderson, “Meet Oprah Winfrey,” Good Housekeeping, Aug. 1986; transcript, Larry King Live, Sept. 4, 2001, www.transcripts.cnn.com; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 7, 1986; Julie Salamon, “On Film: Richard Wright Minus the Rage,” Wall Street Journal, Jan. 8, 1987; Hal Ericson, All Movie Guide, www.allmovie.com (undated); Vincent Canby, “Screen: ‘Native Son,’ Based on Wright’s Novel,” New York Times, Dec. 24, 1986; Richard Zoglin, “Lady with a Calling,” Time, Aug. 8, 1988; Rick Kogan, “ ‘Brewster’ Is One of Many Stories Oprah Has to Tell,” Chicago Tribune, Mar. 19, 1989; “Oprah Winfrey Plans Production Company,” Atlanta Daily World, Feb. 15, 1987; Pat Colander, “Oprah Winfrey’s Odyssey: Talk Show Host to Mogul,” New York Times, Mar. 12, 1989; James Warren, “King World Sounds Confident of Keeping ‘Ambitious’ Oprah,” Chicago Tribu
ne, Dec. 14, 1989; “Winfrey Options ‘Beloved’ Rights,” Hollywood Reporter, Jan. 12, 1988; Pearl Cleage, “The Courage to Dream,” Essence, Dec. 1998; Steven R. Strahler, “Oprah Buys Studio in Chicago,” Electronic Media, Sept. 26, 1988; “Oprah’s Show Is Honored by British Academy as Best Foreign TV Program,” Jet, Mar. 2, 1994; Timothy McDarrah, “Talk’s Not Cheap,” New York Post, Jan. 1, 1987; Lloyd Shearer, “Oprah Winfrey—How Rich?” Parade, Feb. 15, 1987; “Rich Get Richer,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 17, 1989; Calvin Trillin, “Half an Oaf,” New York Times, Apr. 12, 2009; Marla Hart, “Chicago Is No. 1 When It Comes to Talk Show Audiences,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 18, 1993; Jennifer Shaw, “Oprah Strikes Gold,” New York Post, Aug. 2, 1988; Mel Tapley, “Oprah Signs $500M 5-Year Contract,” New York Amsterdam News, Aug. 6, 1988; Matt Roush, “Oprah Gains More Than Money in New Contract,” USA Today, Aug. 4, 1988; Robert Feder, “A Slimmer Oprah Feasts on the Glory of Her Rich TV Deal,” Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 22, 1988; Daniel Ruth, “Has the New Winfrey Diet Made Oprah Light-Headed?” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 1, 1988; Lois McAloon, “The Birth of the West Side,” Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 2, 1998; Ann Marie Lipinski, “Oprah Winfrey Buying West Side TV Studios,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 18, 1988; Marcia Ann Gillespie, “Winfrey Takes All,” Ms., Nov. 1988; Robert Feder, “Oprah Buys Studio on W. Side,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 17, 1988; Delores Brooks, “The Phenomenal Oprah Winfrey,” Dollars and Sense (date unknown); Robert Feder, “Five More Reasons You Just Gotta Love Outrageous Oprah,” Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 1, 1987; Robert Feder, “America’s TV Reporters Get Their Minutes with Oprah,” Chicago Sun-Times, Mar. 15, 1990; Shelly Levitt, “Flush Femmes,” People Weekly, Aug. 30, 1993; “About Harpo,” www.oprah.com, June 7, 2006; “Jeffrey Jacobs,” www.luc.edu, Jan. 19, 2007; “Harpo Films Feature Films and TV Movies,” www.oprah.com, July 1, 2008; Stephen Galloway, “Winfrey Leads with a Mighty Heart,” Hollywood Reporter, Nov. 26, 2007; Jerry C. Davis, “Winfrey’s Studio Should Invigorate Near West Side,” Chicago Sun-Times, July 30, 1990; Bob Goldsborough, “Oprah’s Empire,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 11, 2006; Marcia Froelke Coburn, “Oprah Unbound,” Chicago, Dec. 2008; “Dogs Are Children, Too,” People Weekly, May 23, 2005; Nancy Mills, “Hard Times, Brave Women Reside on ‘Brewster Place,’ ” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 27, 1989; “Oprah Goes Hollywood,” People Weekly, June 13, 1988; Solomon Herbert, “The Women of Brewster Place,” Essence, Nov. 1988; Michael Hill, “Oprah Feels Fame Has Given Her Responsibilities,” Baltimore Evening Sun, Jan. 16, 1989; “The Women of Brewster Place,” Ebony, Mar. 1989; Michele Kort, “Lights, Camera, Affirmative Action,” Ms., Nov. 1988; Bill Carter, “Oprah Dons Actress, Producer Hat, Promotes ABC Miniseries,” Baltimore Sun, Jan. 16, 1989; Mary Gillespie, “The Women of Brewster Place,” Chicago Sun-Times, Mar. 12, 1989; Robert Feder, “Ch. 5 Wants to Take Joan Esposito from Ch. 7 News,” Chicago Sun-Times, Mar. 22, 1989; “Oprah Beats ‘The Wiz,’ ” New York Daily News, Mar. 21, 1989; Daniel Ruth, “Despite Its Sexism, ‘Brewster Place’ Tells Poignant Tale,” Chicago Sun-Times, Mar. 17, 1989; Robert Feder, “ABC Pleases Oprah with ‘Brewster’ Slot,” Chicago Sun-Times, Apr. 17, 1990; John Martin, “A Palace for Talk Show Queen,” Providence Journal, Mar. 15, 1990; Bill Brashler, “Next on Oprah…,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Aug. 1991; Pearl Cleage, “Walking in the Light,” Essence, June 1991; Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, “The Importance of Being Oprah,” New York Times Magazine, June 11, 1989; Tim Appelo and Frank Spotnitz, “Love Prophet,” Entertainment Weekly, Mar. 6, 1992; Gretchen Reynolds, “Oprah Unbound,” Chicago, Nov. 1993; Elizabeth Payne, “The Word According to Winfrey,” Ottawa Citizen, June 24, 2000; “Joy,” O, The Oprah Magazine, May 2001; “Oprah Hosts Live Your Best Life Tour 2003,” Business Wire, Mar. 18, 2003.