Former President George W. Bush stood firmly behind many controversial decisions made during his presidency in an interview with Oprah Winfrey today, defending his response to the Sept. 11 attacks and adding that the worst insult he received in his two terms in office came from rapper Kanye West.

First lady Michelle Obama beat out heads of state, chief executives and celebrities to rank as the world’s most powerful woman in Forbes magazine’s annual listing on Wednesday.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation says that the grand giveaway trip Oprah Winfrey announced yesterday – John Travolta’s flying Oprah and 300 audience members (plus crew) to Australia – is going to cost local taxpayers more than $2.3 million, reports MyFoxNY.

I wonder if those 300 lucky audience members who attended the season premiere had any idea what they were in store for. Check out the HUGE announcement that everyone is talking about.

CHICAGO (AP) – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk show host to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat, according to anFBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial.

Twitter has taken the world by storm, and all of the hottest celebrities are using it.  Check out our list of the hottest African Americans to follow on twitter.

Oprah made the big announcement today that her long-running talk show is going to well… stop running. She seemed sad about it, choking back tears & all. I’m guessing her fans & the hundreds of authors & publishers who benefited from being in her good grace are sadder than us all. But let’s not be […]

http://modpoll.com/poll.js?pid=agdwb2xsMmdvcgwLEgRQb2xsGIr7KAw&theme=&width=200 CHICAGO— “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Oprah’s production company said Thursday night.  Oprah plans to announce the final date for her show […]