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 Oprah Winfrey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She has co-authored five books; at the announcement of her future weight loss book (to be co-authored with her personal trainer Bob Greene), it was said that her undisclosed advance fee had broken the record for the world's highest book advance fee, previously held by former U.S. President Bill Clinton for his autobiography My Life.
Winfrey's audience is extremely loyal and XM hopes that the "Oprah Effect" can have the same effect on XM subscription sales that she does on the New York Times Best Seller list, thanks to her book club.
Winfrey was the recipient of the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2002 Emmy Awards for services to television and film.
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 1959 Academy Awards
The 1959 Academy Awards were presented April 4, 1960 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.
Idaho Academy of Science Award Program.(Jerry D. Christian and Russell J. Centanni)
This was a man: Donn Pearce was a counterfeiter and a convict.
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 News Release Archive - Stevens News Service - Stevens Institute of Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Summit resident Eugene Eckel to receive Stevens Alumni Award, Oct. 9...Retired ATandT executive is a Stevens alumnus and former university trustee
PlasmaSol Corporation wins major award from the Oklahoma City Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism to combat chemical/biological terror threats
Awards, honors, perfect grades make for a banner year.
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 Famous People - celebrity and historical
Many think this was due in part to the AMPAS's "Anti-Spielberg" bias, thinking the film would've been better if directed by an African-American director.
Winfrey is also a published author, and was the recipient of the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2002 Emmy Awards.
Winfrey is based in Chicago, Illinois; she is reported to have recently been buying property on Maui, Hawaii.
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 Oprah Winfrey 1954— - MISERY, TALKING FOR A LIVING, GOING NATIONAL, EMPIRE
Also in 1986 The Color Purple, a motion picture based on one of her favorite books, came out.
In it, she played Sofia, and her dazzling performance received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for best supporting actress, although she did not win.
She played the mother of the protagonist in the motion picture Native Son; though she was praised for her performance by critics, she was unhappy with the motion picture, which quickly died at the box office.
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