Authors: Kitty Kelley
TV/DVDS:
The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection
(DVD set);
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
WLS-TV Chicago, “Second Anniversary,” aired Jan. 2, 1986 (viewed at
www.museum.tv
); Oprah Winfrey interviewed on
Meet the Faith,
BET, aired July 29, 2007; “Oprah’s Roots” special episode of
African American Lives,
PBS, aired 1/24/2007;
Building a Dream,
ABC special, aired Feb. 26, 2007; “Inside Oprah’s Holiday Trip,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
aired Jan. 17, 2007.
INTERVIEWS:
Nancy Stoddart, July 8, 2009; Fran Johns, Sept. 2007; Linda Reynolds Stern, Dec. 2008; Sandra Day O’Connor, Nov. 2008; Alice Walker, Oct. 7, 2008; Badi Foster, Feb. 27, 2007; Vernon Winfrey, Apr. 24, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 9, 2007; Rocky Twyman, May 20, 2008.
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RECORDS:
Transcripts of depositions of Rayford Dotch (June 16, 1997), LeGrande Green (Dec. 19, 1997), Dianne Hudson (June 18, 1997), James Kelley (June 18, 1997, and Dec. 19, 1997), Alice McGee (June 19, 1997), Oprah Winfrey (June 14, 1997, and Dec. 12, 1997), and Andrea Wishom (June 17, 1997) in the case of
Texas Beef Group
et al.
v. Winfrey
et al., case no. 2:96-cv-00208, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; documents in the case of
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company v. Winfrey
et al., case no. 8:09-cv-00145-JFB-TDT, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; results of searches “Harpo” and “Oprah,” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Electronic
Search System; decision in the case of
Elizabeth Coady v. Harpo, Inc.,
case no. 1-99-0481, 1st District, Illinois Appellate Court; documents in the case of
Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane v. Oprah Winfrey
et al., case no. 2:08-CV-4884 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; transcript, Jean Harris on
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
Aug. 22, 1988.
BOOKS:
Bill Adler, ed.,
The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey
(Citadel Press, 1997); Susan Faludi,
The Terror Dream
(Metropolitan Books, 2007).
ARTICLES:
Patricia Sellars, “The Business of Being Oprah,”
Fortune,
Apr. 1, 2000; Robert Feder, “Cynics’ Shots at Oprah ‘Come with the Territory,’ ”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 30, 1997; “Happy Anniversary! The Oprah Show Turns 20,”
O, The Oprah Magazine,
Oct. 2005; P. J. Bednarski, “All About Oprah Inc.,”
Broadcasting and Cable,
June 24, 2005; Robert Kurson, “The Silent Treatment,”
Chicago,
July 2001; “Call Harpo Productions Anonymous Confession Hot Line,”
www.oprah.com
(downloaded Nov. 2, 2006); “Listing of Full Trademarks,”
www.oprah.com
(downloaded Sept. 9, 2009); Mary McNamara, “The Life of Hollywood,”
Los Angeles Times,
Dec. 11, 2005; Logan Hill, “Harry Benson Gets Shots You Just Don’t See Anymore,”
New York,
Dec. 7, 2009; Kandace Raymond, “Oprah Fan Awaits Big Day,” Nov. 14, 2007,
www.13wmaz.com
; Elizabeth Coady, “World Class Phoney Oprah Winfrey and Her Sycophants,”
Providence Journal,
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, Sept. 28, 2000; Michael Milner, “Free Speech Rocks! (When Oprah Calls the Tune),”
Chicago Reader,
Dec. 10, 1999; Tim Jones, “Muzzling Employees Host’s Prerogative but Winfrey’s Restriction Makes Some Howl,”
Chicago Tribune,
Apr. 16, 2000; Eric Deggans, “Oprah Fans Get into the Spirit,”
St. Petersburg Times,
June 21, 2003; Emily Farache, “Oprah to Underlings: Shut Your Mouth,”
www.eonline.com
, Apr. 17, 2000; Libby Copeland, “Our Lady of Perpetual Help,”
Washington Post,
June 26, 2000; Keith J. Kelly, “Oprah Defends Her Gag Rule for Staffers,”
New York Post,
Apr. 18, 2000; Ellen Warren and Terry Armour, “Oh, No: Oprah Faces Tribulation of Another Trial,”
Chicago Tribune,
Apr. 20, 2000; Grant McArthur, “Oprah Winfrey’s Search for Aussie Leader,” Sydney
Daily Telegraph,
Mar. 23, 2008; Ian Evans, “Trial to Lift Veil of Secrecy Over Oprah’s African Academy,”
Independent,
July 27, 2008; Sonia Murray, “Peach Fuzz,”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Feb. 4, 2004; “Rumor: Oprah Shuts Down Filming of VH1 Reality Show…,”
www.mediatakeout.com
, Dec. 24, 2008; “Oprah to Take Delivery of Canadian Jet,”
Toronto Star,
June 4, 2006; Ben Bradley, “Winfrey’s Jet Grounded After Striking Bird in CA,”
www.ABC7Chicago.com
, Dec. 27, 2005; Harry Allen, “Owned by Nobody,”
Vibe,
Sept. 1997; Bill Zwecker, “Paris Store’s Hard Lesson: Don’t Mess with Oprah,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
June 23, 2005; George Rush and Joanna Molloy, “Snub a Pocketbook Issue to Oprah,” New York
Daily News,
June 22, 2005; “Store Sorry for Closed Door Policy,”
Chicago Tribune,
June 24, 2005; Gersh Kuntzman, “Pal: Oprah Humiliated by Hermès,”
New York Post,
June 24, 2005; “Ted and Sally’s Hot Buggy Ride,”
New York Post,
June 20, 2005; Pete Samson, “Noprah,”
Daily Mirror,
June 25, 2005; “French Diss?”
People Weekly,
July 11, 2005; Anna Kingston, “Rosa Parks She’s Not,”
National Post,
June 28, 2005; “Oprah’s Woes,” Montreal
Gazette,
June 30, 2005; Mary Mitchell, “In Paris, Not Even Oprah Winfrey Can Escape the Reality of Being Black,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
July 3, 2005; “Oprah Winfrey Was Denied Entry in Paris Because, as One Employee Said, They Had Been ‘Having a Problem with North Africans,’ ”
National Review,
July 18, 2005; Aaron McGruder,
The Boondocks,
July 11, 2005,
www.gocomics.com
; Rosie O’Donnell, “oprah hermès,”
www.rosie.com
, June 25, 2005; Orlando Patterson, “The Blind Pig,”
New York Times,
Feb. 10, 2008; William Grimes, “Colorblind Conclusions on Racism,”
New York Times,
Feb. 6, 2008; “Oprah Winfrey,”
People Weekly,
Dec. 28, 1987; Ginny Dougary, “Soul Queen,” London
Times Magazine,
Mar. 4, 1995; “Oprah Mistaken for Gender-Bending Bandit,”
National Enquirer,
Oct. 23, 2001; “Oprah After-Hours Shopping Spree,”
National Enquirer,
Dec. 20, 2001; “Anything Can Happen,”
www.oprah.com
, Sept. 19, 2005; Don Kaplan, “Oprah: Hermès Embarrassed Me,”
New York Post,
Sept. 20, 2005; “Oprah Gets On-Air Apology for Hermès Snub,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 21, 2005; Chris Rose, “As Not Read by Oprah,” New Orleans
Times-Picayune,
Aug. 29, 2007; “Inside Prison,”
www.oprah.com
, Dec. 12, 2003; Marieke Haredy, “Spare Me That Oprah Ego,”
www.theage.com.au
, Dec. 21, 2006; Grant Pick, “Oprah!”
Republic,
Jan. 1986; “Dot’s All…,” New York
Daily News,
Oct. 20, 1997; Elliott Harris, “St. Valentine Had a Cannon Out There,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Feb. 24, 2005; “Fashion Scoop: Oprah’s Playbill,”
WWD,
Apr. 18, 2006; Richard Roeper, “Apparently the Right Thing Isn’t the Smart Thing,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Nov. 4, 2003; Margery Eagan, “Ethics Go Out the Window with Titillating Smart Story,”
Boston Herald,
Oct. 28, 2003; Lisa de Moraes, “3 Weeks at No. 1: Fox Leads the League,”
Washington Post,
Oct. 29, 2003; Peter Johnson, “Personal Tragedy or Media Event?”
USA Today,
Oct. 27, 2003; “Elizabeth Smart TV Crossfire,”
www.cnn.com
, Oct. 27, 2003; Evgenia Peretz, “James Frey Gets a Bright, Shiny Apology from Oprah,”
www.VanityFair.com
, May 11, 2009; Jennifer Armstrong, “New James Frey Paperback Implies He Has Scandalous Recordings of Oprah…Or Not,”
www.ew.com
, May 5, 2009; Keith Bradsher, “Boy Who Killed Gets 7 Years; Judge Says Law Is Too Harsh,”
New York Times,
Jan. 14, 2000; Jennifer Chambers, “Oprah Gets Abraham to Apologize to Family,”
Detroit News,
Feb. 1, 2007; Marilyn Johnson, “Oprah Between the Covers,”
Life,
Sept. 1997; Josh Young, “How Oprah Dumped Monica,”
George,
Mar. 1999; Howard Kurtz and Lisa de Moraes, “Oprah Drops Monica Exclusive Over Money Issues,”
Washington Post,
Dec. 30, 1998; Barbara McMahon, “Why Oprah Rejected Lewinsky Interview,”
Evening Standard,
Sept. 30, 1998; Mike McDaniel, “ABC Catapults to Top of Weekly Ratings with Lewinsky and ‘Friends,’ ”
Houston Chronicle,
Mar. 10, 1999; Lawrie Mifflin with Stuart Elliott, “Lewinsky Proves to Be Popular with Both Viewers and Sponsors,”
New York Times,
Mar. 5, 1999; “Queen Oprah Speaks: Talk Show Is Becoming Guide to Winfrey Ways,”
Boston Herald,
Dec. 19, 1996; Natasha Singer, “The Oprah Treatment,”
New York Times,
May 11, 2006; Sarah Fiedelholtz, “These Are a Few of Oprah’s Favorite Things,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Nov. 23, 2004; “Favorite Things” lists,
www.oprah.com
, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008; “Late Night Jokes,” Jan. 19, 2007,
www.newsmax.com
; “7000 Reasons to Love Oprah,”
Chicago Tribune,
Nov. 22, 2005; Lewis Lazare, “Oprah Carried Away with Giveaways,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 16, 2004; Kelly Williams, “Drive, She Said,”
People Weekly,
Sept. 27, 2004; Richard Roeper, “Oprah-mercial Turns Her into Hawk Show Host,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 16, 2004; Richard Roeper, “Car Winners Finding Out
There Is No Free Lunch,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 20, 2004; Lucio Guerro, “Oprah’s Car Giveaway Not Totally Free,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 22, 2004; “Oprah Car Winners Hit with Hefty Tax,”
www.CNNMoney.com
, Sept. 22, 2004; Howard Gensler, “Yale Classroom Takes Two Days to Play Jax,”
Philadelphia Daily News,
Sept. 27, 2004; “Vanity Fair 100,”
Vanity Fair,
Oct. 2006; Katherine Thomson, “The Billionaire Thank-You Note,”
www.HuffingtonPost.com
, Oct. 15, 2007; “More from Monterey: Would You Buy a Used Car from Oprah Winfrey?”
www.latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed
, July 28, 2008; “From Fat to Fabulous,”
www.oprah.com
, Sept. 15, 2005; “Madea Is Tyler Perry’s Other Half,”
www.oprah.com
, Mar. 6, 2009; Stephen M. Silverman, “Oprah Winfrey: Wealth Is a Good Thing,”
www.people.com
, Apr. 11, 2006; Leslie Marshall, “The Intentional Oprah,”
InStyle,
Nov. 1998; Lisa Kogan, “Oprah and Gayle Uncensored,”
O, The Oprah Magazine,
Aug. 2006; Susan Yerkes, “Out to Sea with Oprah,”
San Antonio News Express,
May 19, 1998; Mike O’Neill, “Key West Agog Over Oprah,”
Tampa Tribune,
Apr. 18, 1998; Nancy Wilson, “Maya’s Birthday,”
Life,
July 1998; “Oprah Gives Maya Big Birthday Bash,”
Jet,
May 19, 2003; “Oprah for Maya,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
May 2, 2008; Aldore D. Collier, “Oprah Honors Her Heroes in Three-Day Bash in Santa Barbara, CA,”
Jet,
June 6, 2005; Laurie Winer, “The Legends Who Lunch,”
O, The Oprah Magazine,
Aug. 2005; Lisa de Moraes, “Fox Crushes the Competition,”
Washington Post,
June 1, 2006; Bill Zwecker, “For Oprah, a Night Full of Friends,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Mar. 1, 2005; Michelle Tauber and J. D. Heyman, “What a Party!”
People Weekly,
Feb. 16, 2004; “Oprah Turns 50,”
Us,
Feb. 16, 2004; Phil Rosenthal, “What Are You Looking At?”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Feb. 6, 2004; “Oprah’s Big Birthday Plans,”
Us,
Feb. 16, 2004; Tom Gliatto, “A Party from the Heart,”
People Weekly,
May 30, 2005; Bill Zwecker, “Kate Minogue Postpones Tour to Battle Breast Cancer,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
May 18, 2005; André Leon Talley, “Thick and Thin,”
Vogue,
July 2005; “Oprah Talks About ‘Legends Ball,’ ”
www.ABCNews.go.com
, May 22, 2006; Stephanie A. Frederic, “Inside Oprah’s Bash for Obama,”
Los Angeles Sentinel,
Sept. 13–19, 2007; John McCormick and Christi Parsons, “Winfrey Draws Rich, Famous to Obama Bash,”
Chicago Tribune,
Sept. 9, 2007; Logan Hill, “Harry Benson Got Shots You Just Don’t See Anymore,”
New York,
Dec. 7, 2009.
TV/DVD:
The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection
(DVD set); “The Oprah Effect,”
CNBC Originals,
CNBC, aired May 8, 2009; “Oprah’s Favorite Things,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
aired Nov. 20, 2007; “Oprah’s Song of Maya, Parts 1 and 2,”
The Gayle King Show,
aired May 20, 1998, and May 21, 1998.
INTERVIEWS:
Confidential source, Mar. 21, 2008; Robert Feder, Oct. 11, 2007; Cheryl Reed, Oct. 11, 2007, and June 25, 2007; Bill Zwecker, Oct. 11, 2007, and June 25, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 26, 2007; Laura Aye, June 24, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 28, 2007; Erica Jong, Dec. 17, 2006; confidential source, Oct. 17, 2007; Chris Rose, Aug. 20, 2009; Rachel Grady, Dec. 15, 2006, and Apr. 27, 2007; Suzanne Herz, June 15, 2007; confidential source, Mar. 22, 2007; Ed Victor, Nov. 9, 2007; confidential source, Aug. 22, 2008; Daniel J. Bagdade, May 7, 2008; Peggy Furth, Mar. 16, 2007; correspondence with Wayne Kabak, Sept. 29, 2009; correspondence with Cameron Smith, Apr. 25, 2007; Blair Sabol, July 28, 2007; Miyuki Williams, Jan. 20, 2007;
correspondence with Joe Armstrong, Mar. 6, 2009; Alice Walker, Oct. 7, 2008; David McFadden, M.D., Dec. 24, 2008.
T
WENTY
RECORDS:
Search results for “Winfrey” at
www.opensecrets.org
; Federal Communications Commission file of complaints against
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
2004–2007; Federal Communication Commission, “Notices of Apparent Liability and Memorandum Opinion and Order, Mar. 2006,” released Mar. 15, 2006; letter, Jerry Glover, The Entertainment and Intellectual Property Group LLC, to Patrick Crowe, Oprah for President, Aug. 22, 2006; Public Law 103-209, 103rd Congress, National Child Protection Act of 1993; transcript, “Keeping Hope Alive,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
Oct. 18, 2006; search results for “Oprah Winfrey,” “Stedman Graham,” and “Harpo,” Federal Election Commission, Individual Contributions Search, Disclosure Data Search.