Oprah Winfrey

Ann Napolitano on the Oprah effect: ‘95 per cent of the credit goes to her, not my book’

After hesitant beginnings, the author of Dear Edward and Hello Beautiful has become a bestselling novelist

Wed Jul 19 2023 - 05:23

Facebook owner to push ahead with plans to launch Twitter rival

Meta targeting Oprah Winfrey and Dalai Lama as potential users of ‘sanely run’ social networking platform

Fri Jun 09 2023 - 14:11

Twitter employees ‘battle-weary’ as Elon Musk takeover deal drags on

Tesla chief’s stop-start plan to buy social media platform for $44bn has left staff in an uncomfortable limbo

Fri Oct 14 2022 - 04:00

Prince Harry says he made sure queen was ‘protected’ during recent trip

Queen was ‘on great form’ during meeting at Windsor Castle, Harry says in US interview

Wed Apr 20 2022 - 09:42

Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry prankster

Oscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snapped

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 14:51

Royal family: As Queen Elizabeth winds down, will her successors measure up?

The Windsors must prepare for the exit of an ‘icon of steadiness’ and an uncertain future

Sat Mar 05 2022 - 06:00

Megxit, England’s defeat and 11 minutes less TV a day: what Irish viewers watched in 2021

Toy Show victorious once more, as news audiences drop from pandemic peak

Wed Jan 12 2022 - 14:27

UK in 2021: Johnson in freefall and annus horribilis for the royals

Few would bet on the PM remaining in office another year or the royal family making up

Fri Dec 24 2021 - 06:00

Seán Moncrieff: Everyone is on a ‘journey’ these days, but they’re not all equal

The word ‘journey’ has travelled far. It is now deep in the Land of Meaninglessness

Sat Nov 27 2021 - 06:00

Oatly stumble, art collectors’ Christmas and Star Trek fans vs Paramount Plus

Planet Business: It’s a streaming service, Jim, but not as we know it

Sat Nov 20 2021 - 05:37

Adele: ‘I feel bad my weight loss made anyone feel horrible about themselves, but that’s not my job’

The singer got personal in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in her One Night Only special

Mon Nov 15 2021 - 09:44

A princess is set to be wed, but it’s no fairy tale

Princess Mako of Japan must leave royalty behind to marry her college sweetheart

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 06:00

Meghan Markle row: Piers Morgan ruling issued after host’s Good Morning Britain walkout

Controversial comments on breakfast-television show prompted more than 50,000 complaints

Wed Sept 01 2021 - 11:51

Live TV viewership fell 7% in first half of 2021 as pandemic effect waned

Streaming of broadcasters’ content still higher than before Covid, says Core

Sat Aug 28 2021 - 06:00

The royal treatment?

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 00:02

Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations

Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 09:42

The story of Britney Spears is a classic fairy tale

From childhood we are inured to fables about females having their powers taken away

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 01:18

Harry and Meghan reject claim queen not consulted on Lilibet name

BBC says source claims Sussexes did not ask for permission to use name for daughter

Wed Jun 09 2021 - 17:07

Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’

The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life

Fri May 21 2021 - 06:00

The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s end is a sign of our growing impatience with celebrities

The comic’s show faced challenges far beyond her stated reasons for moving on

Thu May 13 2021 - 13:15

Ellen DeGeneres announces end to her talk show

US TV host’s decision follows controversy over alleged toxic environment on set

Wed May 12 2021 - 16:28

‘It was a ticking timebomb’: Inside the rise and fall of The Jeremy Kyle Show

Two years after the TV show was taken off air, former staffers reflect on a toxic work culture

Mon May 10 2021 - 06:00

‘Let yourself be quirky’: Oprah Winfrey’s life coach on how to be happier

Martha Beck survived abuse, left her husband and then began working with the TV superstar

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 06:00

Prince Philip funeral: British royal family mourns as life remembered at service

People across UK observe minute’s silence as funeral takes place in Windsor Castle

Sat Apr 17 2021 - 18:35

BBC coverage of Prince Philip’s death attracts 110,000 complaints

Total is highest number ever published in UK about television programming

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 15:10

‘We’ve lost almost the grandfather of the nation,’ says Prince Andrew

Coronavirus restrictions limit Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday in Windsor to 30 people

Sun Apr 11 2021 - 20:00

Michelle Obama says it is not a ‘surprise’ to hear Meghan Markle raise issue of race

Obama says ‘race isn’t a new construct in this world for people of colour’

Tue Mar 16 2021 - 21:57

Meghan Markle makes formal complaint about Piers Morgan

Morgan dismissed Markle’s account of suffering suicidal thoughts in Oprah interview

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 12:26

Royal ratings, Biden visits and the vogue for non-fungible tokens

Planet Business: When the Boot is on the other Foot

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 05:31

Prince William says royals ‘very much not a racist family’

‘I haven’t spoken to him yet but I will do’ prince says after brother’s Oprah interview

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 12:11

Meghan and Harry interview brings 725,000 viewers to RTÉ2

Oprah special with couple on track to be in top 20 biggest shows on Irish TV this year

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 19:17

Piers Morgan’s diabolical behaviour: How much of a tantrum can a man throw?

Rosita Boland: The TV presenter’s mystifying obsession with Meghan Markle has hit a new low

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 13:45

Harry and Meghan strike at legitimacy of the British monarchy

Oprah interview raises uncomfortable questions, not least about the issue of succession

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 21:00

Buckingham Palace under pressure to respond to Meghan Markle’s racism claim

Keir Starmer says allegations in Oprah Winfrey interview should be taken seriously

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 19:52