Will You Watch?: Naomi Campbell on Oprah

Oprah is on a roll these days… first Todd Bridges, then John Edwards’ mistress and now this. Supermodel phone thrower Naomi Campbell will sit down with Oprah on Monday to talk about her life, her love and her diva antics.

Naomi even signs Oprah’s “no phone zone” pledge… and she agrees not to toss her cell phone at people’s heads anymore.

The interview airs Monday, May 3rd.

So, will you watch?

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What’s Brewing?

Mariah & Nick getting married again - US Magazine

Surgeon cuts off testicle... by mistake. Ouch! – BBC

Oprah’s not telling you who her daddy is – Starpulse

Prince touring Europe – Oh No They Didn’t

ATL Housewives bring diva ways to movie set – PopEater

VH1's Hip Hop Honors heads south – AllHipHop

Norma Kamali’s swimwear line looks like Rihanna’s lemme run to Target real quick outfit – Fabsugar

Man loses skin on finger in iPad theft – Perez Hilton

In Case You Missed It: Mo’Nique’s Brother on Oprah

If you missed yesterday’s Oprah show, then you missed Mo’Nique’s brother’s crocodile-tearful apology for molesting her as a child. Take a look…

The rest of the interview featured her parents and her other brother, but no appearance or comments from Mo'Nique. I dunno. I got a cocked, wonky side eye on this situation for some reason. What's your call?

What’s Brewing?

Oprah, is this yo’ daddy? – Oh No They Didn’t

Kat Stacks is back. This time, she’s drunk and in a random car. Disturbing. – Mrs. Grapevine

Those Kardashians can’t keep their clothes on – PopEater

Spelman gets $1 million grant [good Brew news] – NewsOne

Guess the bunions (you know you wanna) – Celebuzz

Kathy Griffin gets a public pap smear – Socialite Life

Female hip-hop continues its death spiral: Lil Kim makes her puddy purr – Tazz Daddy

Oprah and John Tesh... Humpin' Around?

GTFOH! Word on the curb is Oprah used to get it in with Mr. Entertainment Tonight himself, John Tesh.

Author Kitty Kelley, who's penning the unofficial biography about Oprah, says Winfrey and Tesh had a romantic rendezvous while living in Tennessee in the 1970s. Tesh left Oprah in the middle of the night because he couldn't handle the pressure of being in an ebony & ivory relationship.

"He said one night he looked down and saw his white body next to her black body and couldn't take it anymore," a Tesh ex reportedly told Kelley.

Tesh reportedly later felt guilty about leaving the Big O. He probably feels like a dumbass too... you coulda been sittin' on that Stedman goldmine, son!

Kelley's biography is due out tomorrow.

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Brew Tube: Tracy Morgan Wants To Get Oprah Pregnant

Tracy Morgan hit up the Oprah show this week to promo his new flick, Death At A Funeral, where he talked about being romantical (among other things)… I bet he wants to get Oprah pregnant.

"...cut through the wilderness of despair!"
That's deep.

Brew Bits: Oprah, After Dark…

Oprah’s giving up her daily talk show for a night gig. She plans to launch an hour long show on her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) after she leaves daytime talk next year. The new show will be called "Oprah's Next Chapter" and it’s expected to be a key show on the new network. The format of the new show is supposed to allow her travel more without being tied to the studio.

“Oprah’s Next Chapter” will run on OWN 2 or 3 times a week.

Now, ya’ll didn’t really think Miss Sophia was packing her rags and riding into the sunset, did you?

UPDATE: Jay-Z and Lady Gaga will be two of the first guests on Oprah's new show!

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Howard Stern Takes Shots At Oprah

The fallout from Howard Stern's comments about Precious star Gabourey Sidibe continues. Stern is now firing back after last week’s ripping by Jamie Foxx’s radio crew. Now, he’s got his guns aimed at the Queen of All Media, Oprah Winfrey… every other thick actress and Jamie's whole radio crew.

*takes popcorn out of microwave, waits for a response from Jamie's crew*

In Case You Missed It: Alicia Keys on Oprah

Alicia Keys sat in Harpo's chair yesterday and talked about her diet, er ah, lifestyle, how life has changed in the last 10 years, working with Beyonce and her charity work.

Of course, she sang a little ditty too.

Are ya'll feeling "The Element Of Freedom?"

Kirstie Alley Wants A Piece Of Jamie Foxx

Kirstie Alley has a booty call crush (does such a thing exist?) on Jamie Foxx. She told Oprah about her crush today and Jamie magically appeared, via satellite, of course. I doubt he’d come to Chicago because Kirstie really might have dry humped him in the middle of Harpo Studios while eating chocolate cake, slugging a Slim Fast and channeling Xenu on one of them Scientology meter things. But I digress… here’s the clip.

Kirstie’s new reality show, “Kirstie Alley’s Big Life” premieres on A&E March 21st at 10 pm (ET).

Brew Bits: Paula Abdul Gets A Job

Paula Abdul got the green light from Oprah herself to tape a one hour talk show pilot for Oprah’s new network, OWN. The format will be a la Oprah’s own show, with celebrity guests and inspirational find your spirit kinda stuff.

If she’s gonna drink a can of crazy like she did before every Idol, then sign me up to watch this one too!

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Dear Oprah: What An Awkward Moment

 

Someone forgot to tip-off Oprah on her little index cards that Super Bowl champ Drew Brees has a birthmark on his right cheek. Watch as Oprah mistakes it for lipstick and tries to rub it off.

Awwwkwaard!

Brew Tube: Tasia Mae Can’t Buy A Pizza?

If you missed it, Fantasia dropped by the Harpo couch today and talked about her trials and tribulations (sidebar: isn’t that the most over-used cliché in the Negro community? Another blog… another day). Anyway, Tasia says she was so out of control, she missed Celie shows, packed on the poundage and then couldn’t even pay for a pizza.

BTW, I stan for Teeny… and those Louboutins she’s rockin.

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Birthday Brew: Happy Birthday Harpo!

A big happy b'day shout to Oprah Winfrey.  The Big O turns 56 today and I imagine she's off somewhere celebrating with her boo and and her beau (you decide who's who).

BTW... did you know her birth name was "Orpah" like the Biblical character?  Fast-Fact Fridays at the Brew!

What’s Brewing?

Apache ("Gangsta B!tch" MC) dies…RIP – Hip Hop Wired











Kid lays the smackdown in hockey fight – Huffington Post

Oprah is not on Team Coco – Faded Youth

Lil Big Pun tears up the innawebs – Crunk + Disorderly

Listen to Ryan Leslie's new jam – Global Grind

A check is a check when you owe people money: Annie Leibovitz is modeling now – Just Jared

Gina Tisha Campbell had another baby – Tash

MJ estate to Joe Jackson: Kick Rocks! – TMZ

Omarion's album goes Double Diaphragm…good thing he's got a job lined up – Gossip On This

The Oprah Winfrey Show: It's A Wrap!

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Oprah Winfrey is calling it quits in 2011!

Who will tell me what to do?  Who will tell me what to buy?  How will I know what to read?  OMG, I'll have to think for myself.  Say it ain't so, don't leave me Oprah!

Harpo plans to end her show in September 2011 and turn her focus to her new network with Discovery Communications Inc.

Oprah notified her staff of the decision today and she'll make a formal announcement on her show tomorrow.

Damn Chicago... first the Olympics and now this!

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Oprah Apologizes to Robin Givens

Robin Givens got her pannies in a bunch when she saw Mike Tyson on the Oprah Winfrey show last month.  Givens was upset that Oprah didn't speak out against domestic violence when Tyson talked about beating her during their rocky marriage.

Givens is now a spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline.  She turned her rage into a letter to Oprah, asking Oprah why she let Mike Tyson talk about what he did to her and why the studio audience laughed as he did it.  (And they sure did laugh... I thought it was odd when I watched it)

Givens appeared on Oprah yesterday to talk about how she felt when Tyson told Oprah that he wanted to "sock her" after the couple's legendary interview with Barbara Walters.

Oprah told Robin:

“I don’t think that they were laughing at you, I think they were laughing at the term. In that moment, I will tell you, I felt that I should have said something. I felt that I should have said, ‘Audience, that isn’t funny…’ so I regret it. I would say to you and every woman, who has ever been hit, I feel that I did not handle that as well as I should have and I feel that I could have gone further and should have said more to clarify that what he was doing and what he was saying was wrong. So I apologize to you and I apologize to every woman who has ever been in that situation.”

Givens said, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

I certainly appreciate what Robin's doing to shine a light on the ills of domestic violence, but I do wonder sometimes what else she has going on in her life.  It's like she's become the go-to person whenever the issue comes up.  What happened to her acting career?  #justsayin


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Ellen DeGeneres Has A Way With The Ladies

For just the second time in O Magazine history, Oprah Winfrey is sharing her cover with another person.  Ellen DeGeneres campaigned hard for the spot... and she got it.  She'll appear alongside Oprah on the December cover which drops next week.  What kinda game do Ellen be spittin', son?

Ellen and Oprah shot 2 covers: one for subscribers and one for newsstands.  The only other human to grace the cover with O was Lady O (First Lady Michelle Obama). 

Oprah Dumps BeBe

Seems like Oprah got our memo last week.  And we totally plan to take the credit.  Winfrey gave gospel star BeBe Winans the boot from her "karaoke challenge."  He'll be off the show until the charges that he pushed his ex-wife to the ground have been resolved.

Winans had appeared on the show quite a bit in recent weeks, first to sing with his sister CeCe and then in the recurring "karaoke challenge."  Harpo's people say he will be cut from those segments.

Bloggers (ahem, looking at us) criticized Oprah for taking a stance against domestic violence in the days after the Breezy-Rihanna incident, but still allowing her long time friend, BeBe, on the show.

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Brew Bits: O No Mo?

Imagine coming home, cracking open some Blood Orange Soda (yeah we're addicted), kicking up your feets and clicking on the teevay to your local station at 4 o'clock. BUT. THERE'S. NO. MORE. ORPAH! Word on the curb is that your favorite high-fivin' girlfriend may be taking her talk show to her network, OWN. See, Oprah is taking over Discovery Health Channel in a joint partnership with the Discovery Channel. Well, the president of Discovery has reportedly told her that she has to move her top rated talk show to the new network or risk losing it all together. Oprah's contract is up in the fall of 2011 and she's reportedly scurrying to figure out  how to break down shop in the Chi and set up in La-La-Land (Los Angeles) to launch it. Ch-ch-ch-changes! I hope er'body is current on their cable bill!
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