International Business News - Winfrey http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Oprah Winfrey announced Friday she'd chosen David Wroblewski's "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" as her latest book club pick, calling the debut novel a classic and the "best novel I've read in a long, long, long time." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/134580-books-winfrey.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/david-wroblewskis-novel-gets-the-nod-from-winfrey.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/david-wroblewskis-novel-gets-the-nod-from-winfrey.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:06:33 EDT A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/oprah-to-ask-viewers-to-support-senate-bill.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:56:16 EDT Oprah Winfrey will announce her next book club pick on Friday, Sept. 19, her first choice since last winter's selection of Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/new-oprah-book-club-pick-coming-next-week.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:46:55 EDT Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. Saturday for a chance to snag free tickets to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic athletes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119196-oprah-whitesboro.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/fans-line-up-for-oprah-olympian-show-tickets.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/fans-line-up-for-oprah-olympian-show-tickets.htm Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:48:07 EDT Gold medalists Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin and Kobe Bryant, along with 150 other U.S. Olympic team members, will be on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/118708-people-michael-phelps.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/oprah-to-open-season-with-phelps-other-olympians.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/oprah-to-open-season-with-phelps-other-olympians.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:43:40 EDT A former dormitory matron at Oprah Winfrey's school for poor South African girls pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges that she indecently assaulted and otherwise abused six teenagers and a fellow matron at the academy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/oprah-school-trial-set-to-begin-in-south-africa.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:39:29 EDT A movie set is one of the places Tom Cruise feels most at home. The 45-year-old actor appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday to celebrate his career. It's been 25 years since the release of "Risky Business" _ and the iconic scene of him dancing in his underwear. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44107-people-winfrey-cruise.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/tom-cruise-says-he-feels-at-home-on-a-movie-set.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/tom-cruise-says-he-feels-at-home-on-a-movie-set.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 14:26:01 EDT Tom Cruise went back to where his run of negative publicity began: On a couch, next to Oprah Winfrey. But unlike his couch-jumping appearance on Winfrey's show three years ago, this time Cruise was serious, thoughtful and tried to defend his personal beliefs without seeming overbearing during an hourlong interview broadcast Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43608-people-winfrey-cruise.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/pr-experts-give-good-reviews-to-cruise-on-winfreys-show.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/pr-experts-give-good-reviews-to-cruise-on-winfreys-show.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 17:37:50 EDT Tom Cruise says his couch-jumping on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" seemed to set off a "confluence" of bad publicity for him, but he's not sure he would take it back. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43513-people-winfrey-cruise.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/tom-cruise-not-sure-he-would-take-back-couch-jumping.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/tom-cruise-not-sure-he-would-take-back-couch-jumping.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 14:11:57 EDT Tom Cruise says his infamous couch-jumping incident on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was a moment he isn't sure he'd take back. Cruise sat down with Winfrey for an hour-long interview taped at his home in Telluride, Colorado. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43501-people-winfrey-cruise.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/cruise-says-hes-not-sure-he-would-take-back-couch-jumping.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/cruise-says-hes-not-sure-he-would-take-back-couch-jumping.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 12:22:06 EDT Tom Cruise didn't jump on Oprah Winfrey's couch this time. The actor was in Chicago on Thursday to tape an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," a tribute to his showbiz career that took off 25 years ago when he danced in his underwear in "Risky Business." Audience members told The Associated Press that Cruise's demeanor was nothing like his infamous coach-jumping incident three years ago, when he made a spectacle of himself while proclaiming his love for now wife Katie Holmes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43366-people-winfrey-cruise.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/oprahs-couch-is-safe-cruise-more-subdued-during-taping.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/oprahs-couch-is-safe-cruise-more-subdued-during-taping.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 21:30:39 EDT Tom Cruise's two-part interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" includes a snowmobile ride and a frank discussion of his rocky media image, followed by an in-studio celebration of "Risky Business" 25 years ago, a person close to the production told The Associated Press Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43154-people-winfrey-cruise.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/ap-source-cruise-talks-to-oprah-about-image-faith-family.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/ap-source-cruise-talks-to-oprah-about-image-faith-family.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:06:49 EDT Oprah might want to nail down her furniture. Tom Cruise is scheduled to return to "The Oprah Winfrey Show," nearly three years after a couch-jumping appearance that spawned countless YouTube parodies and late-night jokes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/hold-on-to-your-couch-cruise-returning-to-oprah.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:10:53 EDT Oprah might want to nail down her furniture. Tom Cruise is scheduled to return to "The Oprah Winfrey Show," nearly three years after a couch-jumping appearance that spawned countless YouTube parodies and late-night jokes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/hold-on-to-your-couch-cruise-returning-to-oprah.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:07:11 EDT A court on Monday postponed the trial of a former dormitory matron accused of abusing pupils at a school set up by Oprah Winfrey for disadvantaged girls. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41320-aptopix-south-africa-oprah.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/south-african-court-postpones-oprah-winfrey-school-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/south-african-court-postpones-oprah-winfrey-school-trial.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:48:50 EDT Oprah Winfrey plans to dedicate a show investigating abuses at puppy mills to her cocker spaniel, Sophie, who died last month from kidney failure. "Sophie gave me 13 years of unconditional love. She... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/winfrey-dedicates-show-to-her-late-dog.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:24:44 EDT A woman claims in a lawsuit that she was injured in a dash for seats at Oprah Winfrey's talk show in Chicago. Orit Greenberg's lawsuit seeks some $50,000 in damages. Greenberg claims Harpo Studios failed to control the audience on Dec. 5, 2006. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080321/lawsuit-claims-oprah-audience-got-rough.htm Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:42:13 EDT Even for an Oprah Winfrey book pick, "A New Earth" has been a sensation. About 3.5 million copies of Eckhart Tolle's spiritual self-help guide have been shipped since Winfrey, host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," announced her selection four weeks ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080228/oprahs-book-pick-sells-at-record-pace.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:20:26 EST Even for an Oprah Winfrey book pick, "A New Earth" has been a sensation. About 3.5 million copies of Eckhart Tolle's spiritual self-help guide have been shipped since Winfrey announced her selection four weeks ago. The book has topped the best seller list on Amazon.com virtually from the moment Winfrey's choice was revealed and is the fastest-selling pick ever at Barnes & Noble, Inc., according to a statement issued Thursday by Winfrey. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080228/oprah-pick-selling-at-record-pace.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:41:06 EST Oprah Winfrey has chosen Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth," a self-help guide by the author of the million-selling "The Power of Now," as her latest book club selection. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080130/winfrey-picks-tolles-self-help-book.htm Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:59:53 EST