TRIBUTE: Celine Dion
I had the pleasure and the privilege of meeting Oprah on various occasions, either as a guest on her show or on a more personal basis by singing at her recent 50th birthday bash. What strikes me is how wonderfully…
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TRIBUTE: Dr. Phil McGraw
I’d been doing litigation consulting for years and I was called on to help Oprah get ready for trial. She had dealt with the topic of mad cow disease on her show and was being sued by some Texas cattlemen,…
TRIBUTE: Joe Roth
When Oprah Winfrey introduced herself to movie audiences with her brave performance in Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple,” I, along with America’s top critics and the Motion Picture Academy, sat up and took note. Here was a woman who gave…
Divney gets the last laugh
There were plenty of laughs when retiring Comedy Central President Larry Divney was roasted last week in Manhattan during a benefit for the UJA Federation of New York. He is pictured here with Court TV Chairman Henry Schleiff and comedian…
Dolby Sound Gains Respect
Preston Davis likes to wow his friends with his sound system. “What really impresses them is when a phone rings, and they say, `Don’t you need to get that?’ and I say, `No, it’s on the TV.’ They’re shocked at…
Sharing Her Love for Books
In 1996, when Oprah Winfrey decided to share her love of books with her viewing audience, no one could have predicted the enormous impact she would have on readers-not to mention on booksellers, publishers and authors. Always an avid reader,…
Sound Solutions in Spotlight
A number of leading technology vendors plan to introduce new solutions at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas this week that will showcase some of the latest in audio enhancements to go along with the core video…
TRIBUTE: Bernie Mac
The first time I was on Oprah’s show our meeting was polite and general. The second time on her show, we began to connect and evolve a mutual friendship chock full of respect. Third time, we got down with the…
TRIBUTE: Ellen DeGeneres
What can I say? You’ve seen it all, you’ve done it all, and now, you have it all. You truly are a role model for women who want to make their own way in life, do things the way they…
TRIBUTE: Maria Shriver
Oprah and I both worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore and lived in the same apartment complex when we were just starting out. We were girlfriends-two people kind of the same age, colleagues, working girls, single. We were struggling with a…