Oprah Winfrey Archives

In an economy where just having a job is treasured, Oprah Winfrey has gone above and beyond being a “nice boss”. She’s taking her entire staff and their families on an all-expense-paid cruise through the Mediterranean!

At approximately $5,000 per person, the cruise will hit ports in Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Malta.

This is actually the second time in four years that Oprah has gone cruising with her staff. The last cruise was to Hawaii! Not too shabby at all.

Check out the pictures of Oprah below touring Barcelona, Spain and enjoying the Sagrada Familia. The church is considered the masterpiece of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí even though it is unfinished (expected to be done in 2026).

Thandie Newton poses with kids after leading acting workshops at Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy in South Africa on Friday (June 19).

The 36-year-old British actress shared before the trip, “I am really looking forward to it as its such a great scheme and it’s nice to give something back.”

Also pictured: Saved By The Bell alum Elizabeth Berkley, Kathy Freston and Greg Lauren.

Other pictures include Thandie earlier this month hosting the launch party for the Martini “Stay Beautiful” Campaign. More Here! »

Oprah Winfrey published her first tweet on Friday’s live episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Her first tweet was in all caps: “HI TWITTERS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY.”

Her second tweet was a reply to late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon), who had twittered her telling her that he was at a photo shoot at a deli. Oprah wrote, “hi jimmy order a reuben for me.”

Yesterday, Ashton Kutcher beat out CNN in the Twitter race to reach 1,000,000 followers. He promised to buy 10,000 mosquito nets for World Malaria Day. Even though CNN lost, they too will be donating 10,000 mosquito nets.

Oprah also jumped on the bandwagon, telling Demi Moore via Twitter: “@mrskutcher count me in for 20,thousand nets.”

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Ellen DeGeneres announced on Thursday night (March 20) that she’ll finally get her wish and be on the cover of “O” Magazine.

For weeks the 51-year-old talk show host has been trying to get on the cover of Oprah’s magazine. She first broke the news on her twitter page saying “Oprah just asked me to be on the cover of “O” magazine!”

To make things official, Oprah made a guest appearance on Friday’s taping of the Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about “the fantastic idea.” The two talk show hosts continued by joking about what they’ll wear for the shoot.

“Maybe I’ll wear pants, too,” Oprah offered during the taping.
Ellen joked back saying, “They’re comfortable, Oprah.”

Here’s the excerpt from Friday’s taping:

First Lady Michelle Obama joins daytime diva Oprah Winfrey on the April 2009 cover of O magazine, via OK!.

“Say what you will about books-people do judge a magazine by its cover, which is why it’s important to me to keep the cover of this one looking fresh,” says Oprah. “And right now nothing – and I mean nothing – is fresher than the family that moved into the White House in January, sparking a national spirit of renewal the likes of which I’ve never seen.”

During the interview, Michelle described the White House to Oprah, saying, “It’s a beautiful home. When you go out and come back, especially at night, with all the white lights on – it’s just beautiful. We feel privileged, and we feel a responsibility to make it feel like the people’s house. We have the good fortune of being able to sleep here, but this house belongs to America.”

Brad Pitt opens up to Oprah about partner Angelina Jolie and their six kids.

On how fatherhood has changed him: “[I'm] tough as nails. I’m impervious to poo, snot, urine, vomit. You can’t get me. You cannot break me down.”

On quick outings being a thing of the past: “We don’t go to the mall. It’s like a half-an-hour just to get everyone buckled in and make sure they’ve got their snacks, and Z.Z. [Zahara, 3] has got a blanket and Shiloh’s got her silky. Angie’s militant about it. She’s right on top of it. Thank God, because I’m always forgetting something.”

On 2½-year-old daughter Shiloh’s Peter Pan obsession: “She only wants to be called John. John or Peter. So it’s a Peter Pan thing. So we’ve got to call her John. ‘Shi, do you want …’ – ‘John. I’m John.’ And then I’ll say, ‘John, would you like some orange juice?’ And she goes, ‘No!’ So, you know, it’s just that kind of stuff

Watch Brad’s interview tomorrow on Oprah! The Curious Case of Benjamin Button costar Cate Blanchett will also be on the show. A preview of the show is on YouTube.

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Below are the very first celebrity reactions of Barack Obama’s winning the race for the White House. Among the 125,000 people at Tuesday’s victory rally were Brad Pitt and a tearful Oprah Winfrey. Here we go:

Oprah: “There are not even words to talk about what this night means. It’s one of the greatest moments I could ever imagine. That’s how great it is.”

Madonna: “I’m so f—ing happy right now”

Lindsay Lohan: “YES WE CAN.”

Samantha Ronson: “YES WE DID!!”

Kanye West: “HI MOM, OBAMA WON!” (His mom passed away about a year ago.)

Usher: “Isn’t this incredible news? Man, this is incredible. It’s so incredible to see that this historical thing has happened.”