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DMX Breaks Hearts on Season Premiere of 'Iyanla: Fix My Life'

Nadine Graham — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:26:22 +0000

On Saturday night (April 13), the world had a chance to see just how real DMX‘s demons are. The OWN network premiered the second season of ’Iyanla: Fix My Life.’ The first episode featured the troubled rapper battling intense emotions that churned for all of 90 minutes. X was spastic nearly the entire time. At one point Iyanla [...]

Did Oprah Really Fire the OWN Staff?

Pat Ragin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:55:11 +0000

Oprah fired the staff members from the OWN Network, including two high-level executives. Pink slips were given out to individuals in the creative services department, integrated marketing and promo scheduling. However, the media reports that Oprah and OWN “did the firings respectfully. Oprah and OWN brought everyone into an office individually and explained the situation face to [...]

Oprah Gets Dumped

bob.hill — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:43:25 +0000

Talk about rejection. It involves Oprah Winfrey and Jenny McCarthy who inked a development deal back in 2009 to create a television series for Oprah’s struggling network. According to foxnews.com, McCarthy called the deal off and taking the show concept to NBC. Jenny isn’t too thrilled with the direction of Oprah’s struggling network. She’s also [...]

Oprah Taking Over Her OWN Network

bob.hill — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:14:16 +0000

The former queen of daytime television, Oprah Winfrey is taking measures to inject new life into her struggling 24-hour cable network, the Oprah Winfrey Network or OWN. She has named herself boss and chief creative officer.

Chicago Names Street After Oprah Winfrey

ADRI V — Sat, 14 May 2011 08:48:36 +0000

Which Way are you going? The Oprah Winfrey way that is! It’s been a long time coming but I knew it was on the way especially with the end of the show. Oprah Winfrey has had a street named in her honor in Chi

Oprah Presents Master Class

Chris Reynolds — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:12:59 +0000

On the first day of the New Year Oprah Winfrey launches her brand new network on cable television today called “OWN”. This new network will feature a variety of programming that only Oprah can deliver. One of the new shows that caught my eye is called “Master Class”.