Oprah Winfrey News

August 3, 2011
James Earl Jones and Oprah Winfrey to Receive Honorary Oscars
The Academy will also honor makeup artist Dick Smith. More...

January 23, 2009
Winfrey and Hanks to Tell The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey's production companies have announced plans to collaborate on an adaptation of "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," the novel whose sales were given a boost by its membership in Oprah's Book Club. More...

January 14, 2009
Oprah Sought Viola Davis' Role in Doubt
Eager to share a screen with Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey approached "Doubt" director John Patrick Shanley about a role in the film -- but, as Winfrey recently told a surprised Streep, Shanley turned her down. More...

November 7, 2007
Trailer Bulletin: The Great Debaters
The trailer for The Great Debaters -- starring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker, and opening December 25 -- is online, and Yahoo! Movies has it! More...

November 1, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Bees and Gangsters Slug It Out For #1 Spot
Following a sluggish fall season, November kicks off with a bang this weekend with two high profile films both reaching for the number one spot while appealing to vastly different audiences. More...

December 14, 2006
Box Office Guru Preview: Dragons and Webs Duke It Out at Theaters
Hollywood studios try to inject some juice into the North American box office this weekend by unleashing three big new releases aimed at getting people back into the habit of going to the movies. More...

November 6, 2006
Extra Early Teaser Clip for Jerry Seinfeld's "Bee Movie"
If Jerry Seinfeld's new flick, "Bee Movie," is an animated movie, then why is the trailer done in live-action? Because it's funny, that's why! More...

September 27, 2006
Check Out an Adorable "Charlotte's Web" Photo Album
By now we're all well aware that a live-action rendition of the classic novel (and cartoon) "Charlotte's Web" is in the works. And now we have a bunch of pics to prove it. More...

April 4, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Charlotte's Web
It's not hosted in an "official" capacity, so if you want to be the first kid on your block to check out the brand-new trailer for "Charlotte's Web," you'll have to do it at YouTube.com. (I'll switch the link over to the official trailer site once Paramount wakes up and addresses the issue, kind of exactly like what happened yesterday with Fox and the "Simpsons" teaser.) More...

February 1, 2006
Razzie Nominations Announced; Easy Targets Run for Cover
Courtesy of their official site come the annual Razzie Awards Nominations ... or as I like to call them: The Amazingly Obvious Fish in a Barrel Nominations in Which We Savage People We Don't Like, Regardless of the Quality of Their Work. Oh, and it seems the Razzers have decided to branch out an include a "Most Tiresome" category, which I happen to find pretty ironic. More...

November 16, 2005
Oprah Credits Ebert Date as Secret to Success
Oprah Winfrey has finally revealed the secret to her success: one fateful date back in 1986 with film critic Roger Ebert. More...

April 7, 2005
Robert Redford Gets Stuck in "Charlotte's Web"
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January 19, 2005
"Charlotte" Is Hearing Voices
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