Australian Store Removes Racist Dolls In Advance Of Oprah Visit
Posted on Dec 09, 2010 @ 07:00AM - 6 comments
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey’s trip to Australia has stirred-up a racism controversy over a “Mamee” washer woman style doll, Radaronline.com has learned. A doll shop in Melbourne withdrew the golliwog style dolls from its display window after a visit by Oprah’s production company.
The Dafel Dolls and Bears Shop will stage a cocktail party for 110 of the American superstar’s guests on Friday evening.
Oprah Rips Lisa Ling for Breaking Texting And Driving Law
Posted on Feb 10, 2010 @ 05:52AM - 9 comments
Oprah Winfrey took her employee, journalist Lisa Ling, to task for breaking the law - she admitted that she sent text messages while driving with her knees!
PHOTOS: More Celebrities Busted! Texting And Talking While Driving
Oprah is campaigning against using a cell phone, and is making all of her employees sign a pledge saying that they won't text or even talk on the phone in the car in and is calling this the "No Phone Zone."
PHOTOS: David Beckham Caught Texting While Driving
Lisa Ling was on The Oprah Winfrey Show Tuesday, and looking chagrined admitted that she has texted while driving with her knees, which prompted Oprah to remind her that "it's against the law," to drive and text. She told Ling that if she didn't stop she would "notify the California Patrol to be on the lookout," for her!
PHOTOS: Octo-Mom Caught Talking While Driving
With a row of nuns sitting in the audience, Lisa admitted that she was breaking the law and agreed to sign "half" of Oprah's pledge to not text and drive. She said that she would use her bluetooth to talk on the phone.
Maria Shriver Apologizes For Using Cell While Driving
Ling lives in California where it is illegal to text and drive and all drivers must be hands free while talking on the phone. Maria Shriver and Jennifer Aniston have both been caught driving and talking on a hand held phone, and Shriver's husband, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, told her that she had to stop and made her donate the phone to charity.
PHOTOS: Jennifer Aniston Talking On Her Cell Phone While Driving
BREAKING NEWS: Authorities Investigating Suspicious Package Outside Oprah Studios
Posted on Jul 31, 2009 @ 07:30AM - Add a comment
Update: Chicago Police now say the incident at Harpo Studios was a false alarm.
Police Friday were investigating a suspicious, dark-colored backpack a security guard reported hanging from a flowerbed outside of Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions studio in Chicago.
The incident was reported at 6:20 a.m. local time, and Chicago bomb and arson officials were at the scene of the incident, near the Near West Side studio.
The studio was not evacuated, and it was not known whether Oprah was in the building at the time the incident was reported.
