Jaipur: Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the annual Jaipur Literature Festival fast becoming a global cultural gala. Considered one of the world's most influential women, Winfrey lived up to her billing as the headline draw at an event boasting literary giants such as Tom Stoppard, Michael Ondaatje and Richard Dawkins, charming the crowds on...
10:09 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey is in India and also made an appearance for a session at the Jaipur Literature Festival. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haider, she spoke about her experience in India and the Salman Rushdie controversy. ...
08:40 PM, Jan 22, 2012
In an interview to CNN-IBN, Oprah Winfrey shares her experiences in India and also the Salman Rushdie controversy. ...
03:28 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Jaipur: Two days after he decided to skip the Jaipur Literature Festival citing threats from a Mumbai don, celebrated author Salman Rushdie on Sunday slammed the Rajasthan police for allegedly inventing a plot to keep him away. Rushdie tweeted: "I've investigated, and believe that I was indeed lied to. I am outraged and very angry. Don't know who gave orders. And yes I guess the same police who want to...
12:02 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: Salman Rushdie may have decided to give Jaipur Literature Festival a miss but those already at Jaipur are getting ready to catch a glimpse of talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey. Oprah is expected to attend the festival on Saturday and the reports say that she will be wearing a saree again. Oprah bought the saree from fashion designer Sabyasachi on Wednesday. Oprah is also likely to be doing an...
06:08 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Jaipur: An apple green sari with an embroidered black choli is what celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey will wear to a dinner at the City Palace as part of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival. And none other than Sabyasachi Mukherjee has designed it for her. "I am making her wear a sari because Oprah wanted to wear something Indian and special. She loves apple green. We have designed an...
05:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Oprah Winfrey is currently in India to shoot her new show and she's also participating in the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
05:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Police briefly detained three of Oprah Winfrey's bodyguards after they scuffled with local TV journalists Thursday, a news agency reported. The American talk-show host had been traveling with both American and Indian bodyguards while visiting the Hindu pilgrimage town of Mathura, about 145 kilometers south of Delhi. Police detained three of her Indian bodyguards after local journalists said their video equipment had been damaged in a brawl. No...
05:51 PM, Jan 19, 2012
The talk show host's bodyguards allegedly beat up a few video journalists who were present at the scene in Vrindavan. ...
03:48 PM, Jan 19, 2012
The talk show queen attended a star-studded party hosted by Parmeshwar Godrej in Mumbai on Monday. ...
02:18 AM, Jan 19, 2012
Mumbai: American talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who is on her maiden visit to India, is amazed by the tolerance and system of joint families in the country. "What I love most about this country is their tolerance... how the families learn to love and live together. When I was in America and talking to famous people (from India) I would ask how you live with your parents? Now I...
06:33 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Mumbai: She is known for hosting the who's who of the world on her talk show, and on her maiden visit to India, Oprah Winfrey was greeted by top-notch Indian socialites and Bollywood glitterati including megastar Amitabh Bachchan, superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and her ever favourite Aishwarya Rai at a private party here Monday night. The party, hosted at socialite Parmeshwar Godrej's residence here, saw an impressive footfall from B-Town,...
10:53 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Mumbai: Apparently, the TV personality who is also known for her philanthropic works, will meet some close friends too. Buzz is that the international icon will visit Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan and meet their newborn baby girl as well. Oprah is said to be visiting India to meet spiritual guru Deepak Chopra for her upcoming new show and is also expected to speak at the Jaipur Literary Festival on January...
06:43 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Mumbai: American TV mogul and talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey is all set to visit India for the first time. She will be coming to India next month to shoot for her new show on her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). "YES! I am coming to India next month for 1st time as part of NEXT CHAPTER!," Winfrey wrote on Twitter. "Away most of January, in Africa, India," she said. 'Next Chapter'...
03:48 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Los Angeles: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is moving on to her next chapter, going out of the TV studio to meet and chat with celebrities on their own turf. Less than a year after she ended 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in May after 25 years, Winfrey will launch 'Oprah's Next Chapter' in January on her fledgling cable TV channel OWN. The two-hour debut episode on Jan. 1 will feature...
01:42 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Los Angeles: Oprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscar for her charitable work on Saturday in what she called an unimaginable moment for a black woman who grew up poor in Mississippi and rose to the top of Hollywood stardom. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually bestows its Governors Awards on people who have made an impact in the industry. This year, the honorary Oscars went to Winfrey,...
11:18 AM, Nov 15, 2011
Washington: After five years on top, PepsiCo's Indian American chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been pushed to the second spot as most powerful woman in US business by Kraft's CEO, Irene Rosenfeld. Nooyi was the only woman in the top 10 most powerful to be among the top 10 highest paid, coming in at No 9 after earning $14 million last year, according to the 14th annual ranking by...
09:18 AM, Oct 01, 2011
New York: Oprah Winfrey got plenty of 'likes' on Facebook on Thursday from fans who tuned in to watch a live online chat with the social networking site. The TV personality gave a one-hour interview to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters. The chat took place in front of an audience of Facebook employees who cheered and took photos on camera phones when...
01:53 PM, Sep 09, 2011
