Oprah Winfrey says she understands why some balked when the film academy announced it would give her an honorary Oscar for her humanitarian contributions. The 57-year-old media mogul will receive the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award on Saturday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ third annual Governors Awards. When the announcement was […]

During an interview after a recent morning’s broadcast at his Manhattan studio, Regis Philbin engaged in little of his signature Regis-riffing. Looking back and looking ahead, he is reflective, earnest, a bit wistful. For a while, he explains, “every time a new contract came up, I would say to myself, `Maybe it’s time to get […]

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is still losing money, according to the New York Post. While parent company Discovery Communications poured $15 million into the young network and even created cross-channel simulcasts to promote OWN’s new programs, the network still struggled to produce profits. So far, OWN has installed Oprah as CEO and retooled its […]

Jerry Seinfeld will be the first guest co-host on ‘Live! With Kelly’ when the show switches to a Regis Philbin-less format. Philbin leaves ‘Live! With Regis and Kelly’ on Fri., Nov. 18 and the show will transition to ‘Live! With Kelly’ as it searches for a permanent co-host. A similar format was followed when Kathie […]

Flavor Unit Entertainment and Overbrook Entertainment to team up with Sony Pictures Television to develop a syndicated vehicle that would debut in fall 2013. Overbrook Entertainment and Flavor Unit Entertainment announced today that they will be partnering with Sony Pictures Television to produce a new daytime syndicated talk show with Queen Latifah as host. The […]

After 25 years on TV, Oprah Winfrey says she’s having the time of her life on the Web. The 57-year-old mogul is connecting with viewers through her weekly webcasts, and she says it’s “the most fun I’ve had ever.” Winfrey’s live webcast discussions about her new show, “Oprah’s Lifeclass,” have been so popular, they’ve been […]

Rosie O’Donnell isn’t shying away from controversy on her new Oprah Winfrey Network talk show. Since the variety program’s premiere on Oct. 10, O’Donnell has tackled topics from her renewed, menopausal sex drive to police brutality at the Occupy Wall Street protests. “I’m going to talk about things that matter as well as entertaining fun […]