Oprah

Schrenker Booking War - Posted October 14, 2009
•Indianapolis' WTHR reports that CNN's Larry King and Oprah are engaged in a "booking war over who will be the first national journalist or talk show host to interview Marcus Schrenker," the former money manager who tried to fake his own death in a plane crash earlier this year. There's... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 09.23.09 - Posted September 23, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Ana Marie Cox! (Mike Allen apparently got a record number of hat tips for this Playbook bday shout-out.) What know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 09.23.09 - Posted September 23, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Ana Marie Cox! (Mike Allen apparently got a record number of hat tips for this Playbook bday shout-out.) What know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Kristof And WuDunn Offer Advice On Fostering Change - Posted September 1, 2009
Today mediabistro.com is featuring an interview with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his wife and writing partner, Sheryl WuDunn. The two discuss they're upcoming project, the book Half the Sky and its philanthropic spin-offs including their social movement Web site, HalfTheSkyMovement.org. The couple said they hope the book, which focuses... [FishBowlNY]

Kristof And WuDunn Offer Advice On Fostering Change - Posted September 1, 2009
Today mediabistro.com is featuring an interview with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his wife and writing partner, Sheryl WuDunn. The two discuss they're upcoming project, the book Half the Sky and its philanthropic spin-offs including their social movement Web site, HalfTheSkyMovement.org. The couple said they hope the book, which focuses... [FishBowlNY]

Taking Out The Trash: Hollywood Edition - Posted August 18, 2009
What we almost missed today... • Wolf Blitzer, George Stephanopoulos, Cokie Roberts, Candy Crowley, Sam Donaldson and Connie Chung are among celebrity experts on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire's" new "Ask the Expert" lifeline. Tune in tonight to catch Gwen Ifill. (h/t TVNewser) • Oprah has issued her first ever "Power List"... [FishBowlDC]

Oprah is Getting Sued for One Trillion Dollars by a Poet - Posted August 7, 2009
It's Friday and we thought we'd share this fun story with you. A poet in the Bronx by the name of Damon Lloyd Goffe is claiming Oprah stole his poems - published it under a different title and made a TRILLION dollars. A National Enquirer exclusive: In the legal papers, Goffe says that... [FishBowlLA]

Amy Poehler, Rachael Ray And MTV's McGrath Headline Gracie Awards - Posted June 4, 2009
Last night in New York City, the Foundation of American Women in Radio & Television presented their 34th annual Gracie Awards honoring the top women making entertainment for women. The night's biggest winners were Amy Poehler, who took home the 2009 Dove Real Beauty Award, Tribute Award winner Rachael Ray and... [FishBowlNY]

Amy Poehler, Rachael Ray And MTV's McGrath Headline Gracie Awards - Posted June 4, 2009
Last night in New York City, the Foundation of American Women in Radio & Television presented their 34th annual Gracie Awards honoring the top women making entertainment for women. The night's biggest winners were Amy Poehler, who took home the 2009 Dove Real Beauty Award, Tribute Award winner Rachael Ray and... [FishBowlNY]

How Much Would You Pay To Have Lunch With Chris Matthews? Or Tour This Week Set With George? - Posted May 14, 2009
How much would you pay to have lunch or dinner with Chris Matthews at the Willard? $1,550? How about to tour the set of This Week with George Stephanopoulos? $900? To tour Meet the Press set with David Gregory and the opportunity to turn the questions on him? $1,000? Luckily for Robert F. Kennedy... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 05.13.09 - Posted May 13, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. It is day 114 covering the Obama administration and week 15 for us. Happy birthday to Jeff Dufour! What we know and what we're reading... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 05.13.09 - Posted May 13, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. It is day 114 covering the Obama administration and week 15 for us. Happy birthday to Jeff Dufour! What we know and what we're reading... [FishBowlDC]

Will Anyone Read Elizabeth Edwards' Book? - Posted May 12, 2009
Elizabeth Edwards has been all over -- showing up in interviews in magazines and on "Oprah" and the "Today Show" -- promoting her new book, "Resilience," in stores last week. Last week, we sat down to watch Edwards on "Oprah", expecting to sob hysterically as the terminally ill cancer patient discussed her... [FishBowlNY]

Will Anyone Read Elizabeth Edwards' Book? - Posted May 12, 2009
Elizabeth Edwards has been all over -- showing up in interviews in magazines and on "Oprah" and the "Today Show" -- promoting her new book, "Resilience," in stores last week. Last week, we sat down to watch Edwards on "Oprah", expecting to sob hysterically as the terminally ill cancer patient discussed her... [FishBowlNY]

Twitter News Of The Day - Posted May 12, 2009
Social media monster (or whale?) Twitter is getting a lot of ink today. Here's what people are talking about (in 140 characters or less): Traffic Leader: Thanks to Oprah, Ashton Kutcher and CNN, Twitter scored more unique visits than The New York Times and WSJ.com last month The Future of Television Journalism?: On... [FishBowlNY]

Twitter News Of The Day - Posted May 12, 2009
Social media monster (or whale?) Twitter is getting a lot of ink today. Here's what people are talking about (in 140 characters or less): Traffic Leader: Thanks to Oprah, Ashton Kutcher and CNN, Twitter scored more unique visits than The New York Times and WSJ.com last month The Future of Television Journalism?: On... [FishBowlNY]

Some Of DC's Most Influential Party With Time's - Posted May 6, 2009
Time convened some of the most influential people in the world last night at the 6th annual gala celebrating the 100 Most Influential list. The black-tie party was held at Frederick P. Rose Hall in Lincoln Center in NYC. First Lady Michelle Obama, a Time 100 honoree, made remarks at the gala... [FishBowlDC]

Some Of DC's Most Influential Party With Time's - Posted May 6, 2009
Time convened some of the most influential people in the world last night at the 6th annual gala celebrating the 100 Most Influential list. The black-tie party was held at Frederick P. Rose Hall in Lincoln Center in NYC. First Lady Michelle Obama, a Time 100 honoree, made remarks at the gala... [FishBowlDC]

George Tweets It Up With Oprah - Posted April 20, 2009
Just when Washington was weaning itself off Twitter, Oprah has to join and make it cool again... From @GStephanopoulos on Friday: Had some fun "welcoming" Oprah to Twitter today -- even though my wife only had eyes for Ashton Kutcher and I can't come close (yet!) to matching his million plus followers.... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.31.09 - Posted March 30, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 71 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | RADIO... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 02.09.09 - Posted February 9, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We're dropping the "Muesli"... just join us after the jump! ... [FishBowlDC]

Tina Brown Discusses The Book Beast: 'It's Really Important to Support Books' - Posted February 6, 2009
Anyone with even a passing interest in books is by now painfully aware of the struggles the publishing industry is currently undergoing. Troubles came to a head last December when widespread layoffs were announced at both Random House and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (which had already ceased accepting manuscripts). Meanwhile,... [FishBowlNY]

Holocaust Memoir, Lauded by Oprah, Canceled - Posted December 29, 2008
One wonders if maybe it would be in Oprah's best interest to invest in her own memoir research department. Angel at the Fence the Holocaust memoir championed by Oprah and strongly defended by its publisher and agent has been canceled after the author admitted he'd lied about parts of his... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Media Menu: December 17 - Posted December 17, 2008
Today on Morning Media Menu — our newly-launched audio podcast based around the mediabistro.com Morning Newsfeed and mediabistro.com blog network — Brian Stelter joins us to discuss Oprah's deal with HBO, Time's surprise Person of the Year pick, and a new way to sell Super Bowl ads. You can listen... [FishBowlNY]

Everybody Wants to be a Blogger! - Posted December 10, 2008
Galley Cat got wind of this earlier and they were right. Oprah's not-so-favorite author James Frey is interning today over at Gawker. Not clear yet why Frey chose right now to make his Gawker debut as Galley Cat points out the paperback of his most recent book Bright... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 12.05.08 - Posted December 5, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Sign Up for Rita Williams Memoir Writing Class - Posted October 8, 2008
Rita Williams, author of the Oprah-endorsed memoir If the Creek Don't Rise, will be teaching a 12-week memoir class beginning Oct. 22 in Beverly Hills. Got a story to tell? Maybe Williams can help. Deets: WHEN 12 weeks, Wednesdays, Oct. 22 -- Jan. 29, 7-10 p.m. WHERE Beverly Hills, CA PRICE $610 ($575 for AvantGuild members) HOW... [FishBowlLA]

Susan Reed Named Editor-in-Chief of O, The Oprah Magazine - Posted July 7, 2008
Hearst Magazines has just announced that Susan K. Reed has been appointed editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition of O, The Oprah Magazine, effective July 29. Reed comes to O from Golf For Women where she has been editor-in-chief since February 2002 and will replace current head Amy Gross, who is retiring.... [FishBowlNY]

Susan Reed Named Editor-in-Chief of O, The Oprah Magazine - Posted July 7, 2008
Hearst Magazines has just announced that Susan K. Reed has been appointed editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition of O, The Oprah Magazine, effective July 29. Reed comes to O from Golf For Women where she has been editor-in-chief since February 2002 and will replace current head Amy Gross, who is retiring.... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds -- Afternoon Edition - Posted May 2, 2008
SAG and the Studios Extend Talks: Again. Cougar Sought In Eagle Rock: We thought the LAT was running Personals on the front page. Turns out this story is about an actual animal. So, if you live in Eagle Rock, run for your lives. Tom Cruise Thought He Was Preaching To The Choir: Literally.... [FishBowlLA]

James Frey: New Book, Same Fraught Relationship With Honesty - Posted April 29, 2008
Ahead of his new novel's summer release, recovery community persona non grata — or is that exonerated mag-world feature-bait — James Frey is the subject of Evgenia Peretz's latest Vanity Fair profile opus in the mag's June issue. Bookish bro GalleyCat politely implies that Frey's claim of not doing any further... [FishBowlNY]

Roseanne Barr Wants to Fly with Hillary - Posted February 22, 2008
Roseanne Barr, crouched in her bunker in El Segundo, tries to compare Hillary Clinton with an airline pilot: I want the pilot with the most experience A reader rejoins: Yeah, but you don't get your wings because you're the pilot's wife And another: I definitely don't want a pilot who has playing on the... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted November 29, 2007
The Osbourne Estate Sale: Wanna to buy the toilet seat cover that sealed the throne of the Prince of Darkness? Going once, going twice... Maybe They Melted: The Republicans sling plenty of mud at each other during their CNN/YouTube debate. But unlike the Democrats YouTube extravaganza, there are no questions from talking... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 29, 2007
Inspired By The Inspirational: Writer Robin Abcarian should do more political reporting. Her piece on why Barack Obama is failing to catch fire, even has he garners the support of Oprah, is fresh and lively and so much better than half the stuff out there. Read it. Not-So-Smart List: The writers of... [FishBowlLA]

Food Fight Over Seinfeld Book, Oprah's Blessing - Posted October 22, 2007
So, Oprah is in The Bee Movie, which stars Jerry Seinfeld, whose wife "wrote" a cookbook which was the subject for her segment on Oprah's TV show. Jessica Seinfeld's book, Deceptively Delicious, is ever so similar to The Sneaky Chef by Missy Chase Lupin, who had been the publisher of... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch At Michael's: Barry Diller, Bob Iger & The Literary Lioness Club - Posted September 19, 2007
— DIANE CLEHANE For those who like their cobb salads served up with a side order of adrenaline, 55th & Fifth was the place to be today. Media moguls and literary lionesses convened their cliques for some lively conversation that kept the dining room buzzing. Esther Newberg and Anna Quindlen... [FishBowlNY]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 14, 2007 - Posted September 14, 2007
Johnson Helps Clinton Campaign Following up on Oprah's ritzy fundraiser for Barack Obama last weekend in Montecito, Variety gives the deets on another campaign party planned for Southern California this weekend but this time it's Magic Johnson hosting a bash for Hillary Clinton. Variety's Ted Johnson writes that some are calling the... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 14, 2007 - Posted September 14, 2007
Johnson Helps Clinton Campaign Following up on Oprah's ritzy fundraiser for Barack Obama last weekend in Montecito, Variety gives the deets on another campaign party planned for Southern California this weekend but this time it's Magic Johnson hosting a bash for Hillary Clinton. Variety's Ted Johnson writes that some are calling the... [FishBowlLA]

Denise Brown Cancels Oprah: Why She Did It - Posted August 28, 2007
Denise Brown is holding a press conference to explain why she's not appearing on Oprah with the Goldman family to discuss If I Did It. Her petition against the publication is still online, too. The full text of the press release is below, and seems to be written by a non-pro. For... [FishBowlLA]

Colbert Discovers FishbowlNY; FishbowlNY Bans Colbert - Posted August 17, 2007
Ballsy Say what you will about Stephen Colbert, but he knows how to credit (manipulate) bloggers. Last night on the Colbert Report, Colbert acknowledged our report about his trainwreck taping of an interview last week with Sir Richard Branson. "This story hit the blog-o-dome like a tidal wave, look at this piece... [FishBowlNY]

What the Stars Earn--Too Much, Obviously - Posted July 24, 2007
FBLA gets TV Guide's press release emails and we usually ignore them. But today, Julie Farin presented us with some truly fabulous information: salaries of the small-screen stars. Oprah: $260 million per year (includes income from Rachael Ray, Dr. Phil, and other programs) Simon Cowell: $45 million per year (for American... [FishBowlLA]

'Mitch' Writing Screenplay For 'Sandman' - Posted June 19, 2007
Mitch Albom is about to become even wealthier. The Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven author will be developing a movie for Adam Sandler. Columbia Pictures and Sandler's Happy Madison Productions just bought Albom's first screenplay. It's going to be "a baseball comedy with emotional elements."... [FishBowlNY]

Annie Leibovitz Captures the African Conversation for Vanity Fair - Posted June 6, 2007
In an unprecedented effort by Vanity Fair, 20 different covers of the July issue hit newsstands today for their Africa issue, featuring famous peeps having a "conversation" about the continent as shot by Annie Leibovitz. Feast your eyes on the slideshow: Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Queen Rania of Jordan, Bono,... [UnBeige]

Inside The Time 100 Party - Posted May 9, 2007
America Ferrera and John Mayer It's arguably the most exclusive magazine party of the year. (Graydon Carter's Vanity's Fair Oscar party perhaps being the other.) John Edwards mingled with John Mayer. Sir Richard Branson (just back from dogsledding in Alaska) commandeered the corner of the bar like a Virgin spaceship, and allowed... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: Claude Brodesser-Akner Doesn't Shower, Harvey Levin Doesn't Eat Babies - Posted May 7, 2007
As we previously reported, Claude Brodesser-Akner has left TMZ.com for the wonders of Ad Age. We figured that made Claude kinda like a cult escapee, and we wanted to download him -- get all the dirt on what really goes down at the most popular site on the Web. So we... [FishBowlLA]

Ellies 2007: Handicapping The Races - Posted May 1, 2007
New York's Adam Moss [left] and the New Yorker's David Remnick [right] flank Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner at the 2006 National Magazine Awards Counting down the hours to tonight's National Magazine Awards in New York (FishbowlNY will be there, liveblogging). It's about time to reveal our bracket-busting picks for the 2007 Ellies... [FishBowlNY]

Hollywood Loves "Tourists" - Posted April 27, 2007
The good people at Book Soup always offer the best tips - authors we'd like, authors we really, really wouldn't like, and authors that are exploding like a super nova in the otherwise cluttered firmament. Jeff Hobbs, apparently, fits the bill for the latter. Store employees tell us they were taken... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch at Michael's: Wesley Clark & A Model Mystery - Posted April 25, 2007
We missed Jane Fonda by a day. Today's lunch crowd was lacking the star power we've come to expect on our weekly visits so while we were disappointed our usual perch at the bar had been usurped by an unidentified exec, we didn't miss much from our less than stellar seat... [FishBowlNY]

Partying With The King - Posted April 19, 2007
King and his wife flank the Trumps The short hallway between the "Pool Room" and bar acted as a sort of cosmic, generational media portal last night at the Four Seasons, where a pair of cocktail parties — one celebrating Larry King's 50 years in broadcasting (a.k.a the "old people room"), the... [FishBowlNY]

Shop Til You Drop (RED) - Posted March 9, 2007
UnBeige, the design blog, has been following the fuss over AdAge's pilloring of (RED), the do-good hardgoods campaign. Dreamed up by Bono, chaired by Kennedy spawn Bobby Shriver and shilled for by Steven Spielberg, Christy Turlington, Oprah and Chris Rock, (RED) spent something like $100 mil. on marketing to make $18... [FishBowlLA]

$1.6B RD Sale Final | Oprah Tops Hotlist | Neil Cavuto | Zinczenko's Abs For Women | John Edwards On DVD | ABC's Cavemen - Posted March 5, 2007
$1.6 Billion Reader's Digest Sale: Done, and ex-Condé Nast exec Mary Berner named CEO. [MediaPost] Oprah: Tops Adweek's annual Hotlist. [Release] Neil Cavuto: Planning Fox Biz Channel. [Marketwatch] Men's Health Editor Dave Zinczenko: To spin-off ab book for women. [WWD] Hearst: Will have 1,000 videos online soon. [Mediaweek] ABC... [FishBowlNY]

More Oprah: Now Investigating People Who Live In Spaces Smaller Than Her Shoe Closet - Posted February 26, 2007
Also filed in the Things That Happened While We Were Yodeling Department is the appearance of fellow design blogger Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan on "Oprah" last week. You'll remember the Apartment Therapist recently remodeled his teeny-tiny apartment in New York. Apparently, the O-Team shot the Gillingham-Ryans' pad, then shipped the family to Chicago... [UnBeige]

Grammy Gossip Fest - Posted February 12, 2007
Saturday night found everyone but a hung-over indisposed Justin Timberlake at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy bash, Jennifer Hudson was in full voice, as were The Blackeyed Peas and Smokey Robinson. Davis, known for speechifying to the max, dedicated the evening to Ahmet Ertegun. Maria Villar, the other resident of Franklin Avenue, was nominated... [FishBowlLA]

Grammy Gossip Fest - Posted February 12, 2007
Saturday night found everyone but a hung-over indisposed Justin Timberlake at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy bash, Jennifer Hudson was in full voice, as were The Blackeyed Peas and Smokey Robinson. Davis, known for speechifying to the max, dedicated the evening to Ahmet Ertegun. Maria Villar, the other resident of Franklin Avenue, was nominated... [FishBowlLA]

Oprah's Book Club, Post-Frey | CBS' 'Soft' News | Idol's Mean-Streak - Posted January 22, 2007
Oprah's Book Club: Returns from one-year hiatus after James Frey debacle. [GalleyCat] CBS News Prez Sean McManus On Evening News With Katie Couric: "We may have started off a little soft." [B&C] Yahoo and Reuters: BFFs. [Guardian] American Idol Judges, Producers: We're not meaner this season. [USA Today] Lucrative Sirius,... [FishBowlNY]

Getting To Know The New Atoosa: 'Gay Girls Are Girls Too' - Posted January 3, 2007
More background on Atoosa Rubenstein's Seventeen successor Ann Shoket. Seventeeners, meet your new boss: Shoket discovered the Internet via boyfriend's love notes: When did you first discover your love and/or obsession with computers and technology? Before I understood much about the Internet, my boyfriend sent me love e-notes and cute jpegs. I... [FishBowlNY]

50 Cent | Source Of Brit Hume Affair Rumor | Oprah | Politico Taps Ex-Daily Newser | Long Island Wi-Fi - Posted January 3, 2007
Brit Hume Affair Rumor: Spread by fired Fox News employee? [Radar] Oprah: Opens school for girls in Africa. [AP via USAT] Daily News' Ben Smith: Joins new D.C. publication The Politico. [NY Sun] 50 Cent: To launch G-Unit Books on Thursday. [Gawker] Long Island Beaches: To... [FishBowlNY]