The Drama Unfolds: DMX Goes Nutts on Iyanla Vanzant
It looks like the Oprah Winfrey Network is getting the kind of drama it’s looking for. In an upcoming episode of “Fix My Life,” hosted by Iyanla Vanzant, the stuff hits the fan as DMX goes off on her in the studio. The situation comes to a head when Iyanla looks at him and [...]
Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey Partner on ‘For Better or Worse’ Sitcom
Oprah Winfrey Network is quickly becoming the Oprah Winfrey & Tyler Perry Network. OWN has picked up Perry’s sitcom For Better Or Worse, ordering a third season of originals and acquiring the show’s existing 45 episodes. For Better Or Worse, which previously aired on TBS, is OWN’s third scripted series from Perry, who last October signed an exclusive deal with the network for scripted [...]
Oprah’s Getting An Area Of Her ‘OWN’ On The Huffington Post
OWN will not go down without a fight—if at all. Arianna Huffington and her team have come to Oprah’s aid with a new joint venture for the launch of Oprah Winfrey’s very own section on The Huffington Post. The collaboration between the Post and the Oprah Winfrey Network will launch in August, and according to [...]
Oprah Winfrey Network lays off one-fifth of staff
Oprah Winfrey’s struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles. The decision to let 30 employees go is a “tough” one, but the economics of a start-up cable network didn’t fit with OWN’s cost structure, Winfrey said [...]
Oprah Winfrey Goes To Haiti Under Tight Security
Oprah Winfrey arrived in Haiti on Sunday evening to interview Sean Penn and visit a settlement camp for displaced people run by his aid group J/P HRO. A massive, 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti last January 12th, killing 230,000 and making 1.3 million more homeless. Sean Penn flew to the country to help one [...]
Supermodel’s Lands New Reality Show “Beverly’s Full House”
Oprah Winfrey Network has picked up “Beverly’s Full House,” a reality series featuring former supermodel Beverly Johnson and follows what happens when three generations of her family come together under one roof — her spacious home in Palm Springs. Cameras will follow Johnson, her daughter Anansa (a plus-size model), son-in-law David (a former [...]