TV Eye: Oprah, Amen

Reflecting on the Gospel of Oprah

"...It's been many years since I've watched The Oprah Winfrey Show. Since starting inconspicuously in 1986, the daytime..."

June 3, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Zombies, Oprah, and Zoom, South By!

2021 SXSW EDU Online expands its scope

"...engagement website dubbed "A Starting Point," and keynote speaker Oprah Winfrey, who will discuss the ramifications of childhood trauma..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Local to Be the Next Oprah?

Austinite Zach Anner wants to be the next daytime talk show star

"...When media maven Oprah Winfrey announced she was leaving daytime talk, she concurrently..."

June 15, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye: Owning It

Oprah Winfrey expands her brand to a new network

"...I have a love/hate relationship with Oprah Winfrey. As a woman of color, I want to..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Armstrong Comes Clean … Sort Of

Lance Armstrong sits down for an interview with Oprah

"...the nation's P.A. system: "Lance Armstrong, please report to Oprah Winfrey's office immediately."..."

Jan. 17, 2013 Sports Post by Anne Harris

The Great Debaters

Denzel Washington directs and stars in this inspirational but predictable drama set in the Jim Crow South of the Thirties.

"...instead placing himself at the straightforward service of the Oprah Winfrey-produced story. He plays the role of Melvin B...."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lee Daniels' The Butler

The stars shine bright in this broad yet moving overview of the last 90 years of African-American history.

"...Directed by: Lee Daniels. Starring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lenny..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beloved

"...Directed by: Jonathan Demme. Starring: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberley Elise, Beah Richards,..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Wrinkle in Time

Ava DuVernay's adaptation of the children's classic rarely soars.

"...Directed by: Ava DuVernay. Starring: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe,..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Zach Anner Wins!

Anner wins his OWN TV show with a twist

"...Leave it to Oprah Winfrey to have it her way. After weeks of..."

Feb. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Will Zach OWN It?

It's down to the final two in 'The Search for the Next TV Star'

"...Remember Zach Anner? The Austinite became an Internet sensation..."

Feb. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

Elementary school aims high with state-of-the-art home for science

"...and courting benefactors, Mueller and Walker said – including Oprah Winfrey. So far, Maplewood students have written nearly 100..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Really Rad Rachel

Media darling Rachel Muir and her nonprofit Girlstart earn the Dewey Winburne Community Service Award.

"...has appeared on CNN. She has been on The Oprah Winfrey Show, for crying out loud, where she received..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

TV Eye

Phil Donahue, James Lipton, Jon Stewart, Katie Couric, Johnny Carson, Tom Snyder, and more: columnist Belinda Acosta reflects on the hosts who made television great.

"...Oprah Winfrey: Okay, so she's flamboyantly middle-class. Hell, she's long..."

May 12, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Interview With the Vampire

Tom Cruise as Anne Rice's evil Lestat.

"...admitted); Cruise is fine in the role, and b) Oprah's a wimp. It's not a great genre movie in..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Headlines

"...Armstrong should be baring his soul to TV queen Oprah Winfrey, in a two-night interview recorded in Austin Monday..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature

Have Wheels, Will Travel

Zach Anner talks about his web celebrity, his axed travel show, and the new project that got him back on the road

"...people who never thought they could travel" to the Oprah Winfrey Network, in which Anner, in the wheelchair that..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Oh, What a Site!

"...night alike. Okay, I confess - I appeared on Oprah! with Marion Winik last year but I wasn't even..."

June 27, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Film News

Stars litter the Austin landscape, the real Oprah Effect, and other nuggets of film info

"...cast. The project started shooting here April 1. No fooling.Oprah's knockout effect Austin screenwriter Bonnie Orr planned to have..."

April 13, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A rare journey behind the words of America's poet laureate

"...– but also uses text, archival footage, and, yes, Oprah Winfrey to convey the extraordinary achievements of this strikingly..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steve Davis' Top 10 List

"...Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks), Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle), Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels' The Butler), Scarlett Johansson (Her)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

The Road

Cormac McCarthy's bleak, end-of-days novel survives the transition to the screen with remarkable veracity.

"...first reading of Texan Cormac McCarthy's bleak, end-of-days novel; Oprah Winfrey's championing of the book and its reclusive author;..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life

Meet the Pulpwood Queens and Kathy L. Patrick, Texas' answer to Oprah and perhaps just as important a name in the word biz

"...friend. Fantasize that your book is being tub-thumped by Oprah Winfrey. Better yet, imagine Kathy Patrick finds your scribblings..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Day Trips

A look back at 2004

"...Dallas, didn't have any trouble with their image after Oprah Winfrey included the town's sweet potatoes on her "Best..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TV Eye

Life ain't the only thing that's like a box of chocolates -- talk shows are, too!

"...Regis and Kelly (ABC), The View (ABC), and The Oprah Winfrey Show (NBC) have a more lasting flavor, but..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Broke.com

How writer Spike Gillespie learned to stop worrying and love Austin's tech bust.

"...even sported a spectacular title: "Producer" -- for an Oprah Winfrey-approved and -backed Web site, no less. Woo-woo!..."

March 2, 2001 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

The Deep End of the Ocean

"...displacement, much like Ordinary People. (It's little wonder that Oprah Winfrey chose Mitchard's novel as the initial selection for..."

March 19, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'Riding Shotgun With Zach Anner' Debuts

Web celeb's new travel show says 'O Canada' in first episode

"...he auditioned to host a reality show for the Oprah Winfrey Network – is a supremely likable dude...."

Oct. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Chocolate, Cheese, Waffles, and Caramels

Well, yes, those are some of our favorite things, too

"...initally, make a show of not being down with Oprah Winfrey, of preferring to eschew validating the woman’s (or..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Eye

So what's snapped Belinda Acosta's bra strap this week? It's the announcement that the Wonderful World of Disney will remake Brian's Song.

"...of a $100,000 "Use Your Life" award presented by Oprah Winfrey on her talk show April 30. The award..."

May 4, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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