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Oprah Winfrey Lists Chicago Apartment At Half Price: Take A Peek Inside!


Posted on May 23, 2012 @ 09:00PM - 3 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Along with slumping ratings, a crumbling media empire and the recent firing of 30 employees at OWN, former daytime TV queen Oprah Winfrey is now set to lose millions on the sale of her Chicago apartment.

As RadarOnline.com reported last November, Oprah was looking for a lodger for the $5.6 million palatial pad in a historic 1913 Beaux-Arts building in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, but now she has put it on the market for a highly-discounted price of $2.8 million, according to realtor Prudential Rubloff Properties.

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Rosie O'Donnell Asking $19.5 Million For Miami Beach Estate -- Take A Peek Inside


Posted on Apr 01, 2012 @ 01:35PM - 8 comments

By Radar Staff

Her failed OWN talk show behind her, Rosie O'Donnell is trying to unload her waterfront Miami Beach estate, and she's asking a wallet-busting $19.5 million!

O'Donnell is apparently in a selling mood. She just listed, and sold in one day, the Chicago townhouse she bought when she began her show on the Oprah Winfrey network.

Her Miami Beach estate is on exclusive Star Island, where celebs including Gloria Estefan, Shaquille O'Neal and even Oprah have owned homes.

PHOTOS:  Rosie O'Donnell's Miami Beach Estate Hits The Market

Rosie's place has an 11,000 sq. ft. main house and two guest houses, with a total of 12 bedrooms and 12 baths.

The master suite -- with a sitting room, office, bath, closets and a fireplace -- is larger than many houses.

Her failed OWN talk show behind her, Rosie O'Donnell is trying to unload her waterfront Miami Beach estate, and she's asking a wallet-busting $19.5 million!

O'Donnell is apparently in a selling mood.  She just listed, and sold in one day, the Chicago townhouse she bought when she began her show on the Oprah Winfrey network.

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Goodbye Rosie, Hello Maria? Oprah Winfrey Wants Shriver For OWN Network


Posted on Mar 21, 2012 @ 01:00AM - 7 comments

By Jen Heger - Radar Assistant Managing Editor

Oprah Winfrey is pulling out all the stops to save her embattled cable network, OWN, and the media mogul is hoping to recruit her very good friend, Maria Shriver, to begin work in the fall, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

As we previously reported, Winfrey decided last week to pull the plug on Rosie O'Donnell's short-lived talk show because of abysmal ratings. It's been a rough week for Winfrey, as she announced Monday that she had to lay off 30 staffers at OWN.

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Rosie O'Donnell Wanted Talk Show Based In NYC, Oprah Refused!


Posted on Mar 20, 2012 @ 06:00AM - 17 comments

By Jen Heger - Radar Assistant Managing Editor

Rosie O'Donnell wanted her now canceled talk show on Oprah Winfrey's embattled OWN network to be based in New York City, but Winfrey insisted that the first season be shot at her former studio in Chicago, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

As we previously reported, Winfrey decided last week to pull the plug on O'Donnell's short-lived talk show because of abysmal ratings.

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Rosie O'Donnell & Oprah Winfrey Aren't Speaking To Each Other!


Posted on Mar 19, 2012 @ 05:45PM - 20 comments

By Jen Heger - Assistant Managing Editor of Radar

It's becoming the battle of the talk show queens, as Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey aren't talking to each other after Ms. O's decision to cancel Ro's talk show on her embattled cable television network, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

As we previously reported, Winfrey decided last week to pull the plug on O'Donnell's talk show because of abysmal ratings. "It was such a f**king hellhole," one former staffer told The Daily Beast in an in-depth look at what went wrong with the show.

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Rosie O'Donnell OWN Show Was 'F**king Hellhole' Says Staffer


Posted on Mar 19, 2012 @ 02:30AM - 42 comments

By Radar Staff

Now that it's been canceled, staffers from Rosie O'Donnell's disastrous OWN talk show are coming forward with behind-the-scenes revelations about what really went on with the former Queen of Nice.

“It was such a f**king hellhole,” one former staffer told The Daily Beast in an in-depth look at what went wrong with the show.

There were O'Donnell's frequent clashes with The Rosie Show staff, reports The Daily Beast, and the host often lost her temper. During one taping last fall, "O’Donnell uncontrollably yelled at a publicist backstage because she didn’t like the parameters agreed upon for an interview."

Now that it's been canceled, staffers from Rosie O'Donnell's disastrous OWN talk show are coming forward with behind-the-scenes revelations about what really went on with the former Queen of Nice.

“It was such a f**king hellhole,” one former staffer told The Daily Beast in an in-depth look at what went wrong with the show.

There were O'Donnell's frequent clashes with The Rosie Show staff, reports The Daily Beast, and the host often lost her temp

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Oprah Winfrey Cancels Rosie O'Donnell Talk Show


Posted on Mar 17, 2012 @ 09:50AM - 22 comments

By Radar Staff

That was fast. Just five months after it premiered amid great fanfare, The Rosie Show has been canceled by OWN, Oprah Winfrey's ratings-challenged cable net.

In a statement she released Friday night, Oprah said, "I thank Rosie from the bottom of my heart for joining me on this journey. She has been an incredible partner, working to deliver the best possible show every single day. As I have learned in the last 15 months, a new network launch is always a challenge and ratings grow over time as you continue to gather an audience. I'm grateful to Rosie and the dedicated Rosie Show team for giving it their all."

That was fast. Just five months after it premiered amid great fanfare, The Rosie Show has been canceled by OWN, Oprah Winfrey's ratings-challenged cable net.

In a statement she released Friday night, Oprah said, "I thank Rosie from the bottom of my heart for joining me on this journey. She has been an incredible partner, working to deliver the best possible show every

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Whitney Houston's Sister-In-Law: ‘Writing Was On The Wall’ For Premature Death


Posted on Mar 09, 2012 @ 07:30AM - 5 comments

By Radar Staff

Whitney Houston's sister-in-law Patricia Houston tells Oprah Winfrey the "handwriting was kind of on the wall" that the embattled singer would ultimately lose her battle with drugs and suffer a premature death.

“I would be kidding myself to say otherwise,” said Patricia, who’s married to Whitney’s brother Gary.

Patricia said in Whitney’s last days, the How Will I Know singer was making an effort to turn her life around and seemed to have her bad habits in check.

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Rosie O’Donnell Sells $2.5M Chicago Home In One Day – Take A Peek Inside!


Posted on Mar 07, 2012 @ 06:00PM - 9 comments

By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

Amid rumors she’s moving her struggling OWN talk show to New York, Rosie O’Donnell has sold her recently purchased $2.5 million home in Chicago in just one day, and RadarOnline.com has the photos of the stunning pad.

The beautiful 6,000-square-foot brick home is in the trendy neighborhood of Lakeview, not too far from Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Cubs) and it boasts a 2,000-square-foot rooftop deck with sweeping view.

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Oprah Comforts Bobbi Kristina In First Interview Since Whitney Houston’s Death


Posted on Mar 06, 2012 @ 05:00PM - 14 comments

By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

Oprah Winfrey has scored the first interview with Whitney Houston’s beloved daughter and family -- and RadarOnline.com has a clip of the exclusive interview.

19-year-old Bobbi Kristina, the only child of the late singer and her ex-husband, Bobby Brown, sat down with the talk show host, who has been a friend of the family for a long time, to “share personal memories of her mom and how she would like the iconic superstar to be remembered.”

Oprah Winfrey has scored the first interview with Whitney Houston’s beloved daughter and family -- and RadarOnline.com has a clip of the exclusive interview.

19-year-old Bobbi Kristina, the only child of the late singer and her ex-husband, Bobby Brown, sat down with the talk show host, who has been a friend of the family for a long time, to “share personal memories of her mom and how she would like the iconic superstar to be remembered.”

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