Oprah (75 page)

TV/DVDS:
“Living a Secret Life,”
Oprah After the Show,
Oxygen, aired Sept. 21, 2004 (viewed at
www.oprah.com
);
The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection
(DVD set).

INTERVIEWS:
Confidential source, Nov. 9, 2007; confidential source, May 24, 2007; correspondence with Jeanette Angell, May 3, 2007; correspondence with Gloria Steinem, Nov. 29, 2007; Nancy Stoddart, July 8, 2009; confidential source, June 8, 2007; Andy
Behrman, Aug. 24, 2007; confidential source, Jan. 2, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 28, 2007; Patty O’Toole, Nov. 20, 2008; confidential source, June 24, 2008; correspondence with Adam Shapiro, Mar. 6, 2009; Dianne Laughlin, Aug. 7, 2007; confidential source, Sept. 7, 2007.

F
IFTEEN

RECORDS:
Documents in the case of
Paul Natkin and Stephen Green v. Oprah Winfrey
et al., case no. 1:99-cv-05367, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; “Oprah: Make the Connection,” Buena Vista Home Video and Harpo Productions press release, Sept. 11, 1997; “Oprah’s Book Club Fact Sheet,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show
press release, Sept. 1999; transcript, “The Man Who Kept Oprah Awake at Night,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
Oct. 26, 2005; transcript, “James Frey and the
A Million Little Pieces
Controversy,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
Jan. 26, 2006.

BOOKS:
Neil Steinberg,
The Alphabet of Modern Annoyances
(Doubleday, 1996); Cecilia Konchar Farr,
Reading Oprah
(SUNY Press, 2005); Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey,
Make the Connection
(Hyperion, 1996); Kathleen Rooney,
Reading with Oprah,
Second Edition (University of Arkansas Press, 2008); Eva Illouz,
Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery
(Columbia University Press, 2003); James Frey,
A Million Little Pieces
(Anchor, 2004).

ARTICLES:
Kevin Williams, “Oprah Steps out of the Gutter,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Nov. 8, 1995; Julie A. Johnson, “Oprah Captures the Prize in ’96,”
Advertising Age,
Jan. 13, 1997; Eric Zorn, “Trying to Keep Up with O.J.?”
Chicago Tribune,
Oct. 12, 1995; Steve Johnson, “Ratings Slide, Winfrey’s Happy She Took the High Road,”
Chicago Tribune,
May 1,
1995; Robert Feder, “Oprah Still Reigning as Talk-Show Queen,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
July 3, 1995; John J. O’Connor, “Yes, More on the Trial that Won’t Go Away,”
New York Times,
June 12, 1996; Daryl Fears, “Black Opinion on Simpson Shifts,”
Washington Post,
Sept. 27, 2007; Ruth Ann Leach, “Oprah Told the Truth About How Many Blacks Feel About Whites,”
Nashville Banner,
Oct. 5, 1995; “Oprah: I’ll Help You Fight Back,”
Now,
Oct. 24, 1996; Laura B. Randolph, “Oprah!”
Ebony,
July 1995; John Carmody, “The TV Column,”
Washington Post,
Feb. 14, 1997; Chinta Strausberg, “Pincher Rips Oprah for Having Fuhrman on Show,”
Chicago Defender,
Feb. 13, 1997; Ed Fishbein, “Fuhrman Scores First,”
Sacramento Bee,
Feb. 26, 1997; Robert Feder, “Cynics’ Shots at Oprah ‘Come with the Territory,’ ”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 30, 1997; Richard Roeper, “New Age Oprah Forgets Those Tacky Old Shows,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Oct. 1, 1997; Robert Feder, “Oprah Does an About-Face on Program About Race,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Oct. 21, 1997; Sidney Blumenthal, “Base Instincts,”
www.Salon.com
, Nov. 23, 2006; Neely Tucker, “Throwing the Book at O. J. Simpson,”
Washington Post,
Sept. 13, 2007; “Goldmans Discuss O.J. Book on Oprah,”
San Francisco Chronicle,
Sept. 13, 2007; Lynette Clemetson, “Oprah on Oprah,”
Newsweek,
Jan. 8, 2001; D. T. Max, “The Oprah Effect,”
New York Times Magazine,
Dec. 26, 1999; Annette Chavez, “Thanks Oprah,”
Los Angeles Times,
Nov. 15, 1996; Jackie Rogers, “Outstanding Oprah,”
Redbook,
Sept. 1993; Sherri Winston, “Thin’s Within,” Fort Lauderdale
Sun-Sentinel,
Oct. 9, 1996; “ ‘Oprah’ Begins Campaign of Exercise, Nutrition,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
May 6, 1995; Robert Schaltz, “Oprah Draws Even When She’s Online,”
Newsday,
May 8, 1995; “Oprah Winfrey Is Only Entertainer and Only Black on Forbes List of 400 Richest Americans,”
Jet,
Oct. 16, 1995; Hal Boedeker, “Too Much Oprah, Too Much Vanity,”
Orlando Sentinel,
Sept. 18, 1998; “Oprah Secedes from U.S., Forms Independent Nation of Cheesecake-Eating Housewives,”
Onion,
May 26, 1996; “Prose & Cons,” New York
Daily News,
June 18, 1996; John Marshall, “Bookseller Blues,”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
June 20, 1996; Paul D. Colford, “A Mario-Beaters Book,”
Newsday,
June 13, 1996; Renee James, “Empowerment Won’t Help Oprah’s Ratings Slipping,” Allentown
Morning Call,
June 1, 2008; Paul D. Colford, “Hype Covers Oprah’s ‘Body,’ ”
Newsday,
Sept. 5, 1996; Lisbeth Levine, “It’s Not Who You Know…It’s Who You Train,”
Chicago Tribune,
Sept. 12, 1996; Alex Tresniowski, “Oprah’s Buff,”
People Weekly,
Sept. 9, 1996; M. Eileen Brown, “Oprah: Make the Connection,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 27, 1997; Susan Berfield, “The Making of
The Color Purple,
”
BusinessWeek,
Nov. 21, 2005; David Mehegan, “Oprah’s Book Club Is Back and Reading,”
Chicago Tribune,
July 4, 2003; Julia Keller and Mark Caro, “Author’s Rejection of Winfrey Book Logo Stirs Literary Tempest,”
Chicago Tribune,
Oct. 25, 2001; Stephen Braun, “The Oprah Seal of Approval,”
Los Angeles Times,
Mar. 9, 1997; Kelley Blewster, “Oprah Winfrey: Testifying to the Power of Books,”
Biblio,
Jan. 1998; David Roeder, “Winfrey Recommendation Fuels Demand for Novel,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 27, 1996; Caryn James, “The Book Club,”
Chicago Tribune,
Nov. 25, 1996; Jeane Wolf, “Have Faith in Something Big,”
Parade,
Oct. 25, 2009; Tom Shone, “Poets in Love,”
New York Times,
Apr. 22, 2001; Keith J. Kelley, “Oprah Makes Book on Author’s Tome,” New York
Daily News,
Oct. 20, 1997; David Streitfeld, “Queen of All the Media,”
Mirabella,
July/Aug. 1997; Martha Bayles, “Imus, Oprah and the Literary Elite,”
New York Times,
Aug. 29, 1999; Marilyn Johnson, “Oprah Between the Covers,”
Life,
Sept. 1997; Suzy Schultz, “It’s Simple, If She Reads It They Will Buy,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Feb. 24, 1997; Craig Offman, “Oprah Pick Sends Publisher Scrambling,”
www.Salon.com
, Feb. 9, 2000; Steven Barrie-Anthony, “A Nod from Winfrey Lifts Author,”
Los Angeles Times,
Sept. 30, 2005; “The Battle of the Book,”
New Republic,
Dec. 10, 2007; “Novel Approach,”
People Weekly,
Nov. 12, 2001; Jeff Baker, “Oprah’s Stamp of Approval Rubs Writer in Conflicted Ways,”
Oregonian,
Oct. 12, 2001; David Kirkpatrick, “Winfrey Rescinds Offer to Author for Guest Appearance,”
New York Times,
Oct. 24, 2001; Ann Oldenburg, “Franzen Says He Feels ‘Awful’ About Feud,”
USA Today,
Oct. 25, 2001; Jonathan Yardley, “The Story of O,”
Washington Post,
Oct. 29, 2001; Jeff Giles, “Books: Errors and Corrections,”
Newsweek,
Nov. 5, 2001; Jeff Jacoby, “Too Good for Oprah,”
Boston Globe,
Nov. 1, 2001; David Pesci, “Poor Little Johnny,”
Chicago Tribune,
Oct. 28, 2001; Richard Johnson, “Correction by Oprah-Basher,”
New York Post,
Oct. 31, 2001; Cindy Pearlman, “Sinise Eager to Unleash Steppenwolf for Documentary,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Dec. 11, 2001; Hillel Italie, “Winfrey Cuts Back on Book Club Picks,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Apr. 6, 2002; Richard Lacayo, “Oprah Turns the Page,”
Time,
Apr. 15, 2002; “Insecure Oprah Picks the Right Road,”
Rocky Mountain News,
Apr. 6, 2007; Marja Mills, “Oprah to Bard, ‘You Go, Will,’ ”
Chicago Tribune,
Mar. 5, 2003; Patrick J. Reardon, “Lessons in Civility,”
Chicago Tribune,
Apr. 25, 2005; Edward Wyatt, “Oprah’s Book Club Reopening to Writers Who’ll Sit and Chat,”
New York Times,
Sept. 23, 2005; Janelle Nanos,
“Franzen Meets Palestinian Flutist,”
New York,
Feb. 27, 2006; Deborah Caulfield Ryback, “Taking Liberties,” Minneapolis
StarTribune,
July 27, 2003; Edward Wyatt, “Treatment Description in Memoir Is Disputed,”
New York Times,
Jan. 24, 2006; “A Million Little Lies: The Man Who Conned Oprah,”
www.TheSmokingGun.com
, Jan. 8, 2006; Edward Wyatt, “Fact or Fiction, It’s His Story,”
New York Times,
Jan. 11, 2006; transcript,
Larry King Live,
Jan. 11, 2006,
www.transcripts.cnn.com
; Maureen Dowd, “Oprah! How Could Ya?”
New York Times,
Jan. 14, 2006; Richard Cohen, “Oprah’s Grand Delusion,”
Washington Post,
Jan. 17, 2006; Frank Rich, “Truthiness 101: From Frey to Alito,”
New York Times,
Jan. 22, 2006; Edward Wyatt, “Publisher Offers Witnesses to Disputed Addiction Book,”
New York Times,
Jan. 25, 1996; Michael Mershel, “Publisher Blasts Oprah at Grapevine Conference,”
Dallas Morning News,
July 30, 2007; Liz Smith, “Mel’s Career Hurt? Not Likely,”
New York Post,
Aug. 9, 2006; Liz Smith, “New Editor for O Magazine,”
Buffalo News,
July 8, 2008; Sara Nelson, “Stir Frey,”
Publishers Weekly,
Sept. 17, 2007; Claudia Eller, “Film of ‘A Million Little Pieces’ Up in Air,”
Los Angeles Times,
Jan. 28, 2006; “Riverhead Books Pulls Out of James Frey Deal,”
New York Times,
Feb. 24, 2006; “Judge Approves ‘A Million Little Pieces’ Refund for Disgruntled Readers,”
www.foxnews.com
, Nov. 2, 2007; Samantha Conti and Jeff Bercovici, “Memo Pad,”
WWD,
Feb. 9, 2006.

TV/DVDS:
The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection
(DVD set); “The O.J. Book Controversy: The Goldmans and Denise Brown Speak Out,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
aired Sept. 13, 2007.

INTERVIEWS:
Confidential source, June 3, 2008; confidential source, May 25, 2009; confidential source, Aug. 28, 2008; Katharine Carr Esters, July 30, 2007, and Aug. 1, 2007; James van Sweden, Dec. 12, 2007, and Dec. 27, 2007; Alice Walker, Oct. 10, 2008; Michael Anderson, Nov. 4, 2007; correspondence with Deborah Caulfield Ryback, June 8, 2008; confidential source, Mar. 22, 2007; confidential source, Nov. 9, 2007, and Aug. 22, 2008, and correspondence with confidential source, Nov. 27, 2007, Nov. 28, 2007, Dec. 10, 2008, May 11, 2009, and June 4, 2009; Nan Talese, Mar. 23, 2007; correspondence with Liz Smith, Sept. 25, 2007.

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IXTEEN

RECORDS:
Deed, 207 East Fifty-seventh Street, 36PH, Mar. 10, 2008, New York City Department of Finance, Office of the City Register, Document ID 2008031700333001; transcript, “Dangerous Food,”
The Oprah Winfrey Show,
Apr. 16, 1996; transcript, Oprah Winfrey with Phil McGraw,
Dr. Phil,
aired Feb. 11, 2008; documents in the case of
Bruce Gregga v.
National Enquirer et al., case no. 1:95-cv-01671, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; transcripts of depositions of Rayford Dotch (June 16, 1997), LeGrande Green (Dec. 19, 1997, with exhibit Green 5), 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.

BOOKS:
Howard F. Lyman with Glen Merzer,
Mad Cowboy
(Touchstone, 1998); Oprah Winfrey,
Journey to Beloved
(Hyperion, 1998); Phillip McGraw,
Life Strategies
(Hyperion, 1999).

ARTICLES:
“Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams and Kevin Mambo Among Winners at Daytime Emmy Awards,”
Jet,
June 10, 1996; Meredith Moss, “Donahue Tapes Last of 7000 Shows,”
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
May 1, 1996; John Carmody, “Donahue to End Trail-Blazing Show,”
Washington Post,
Jan. 18, 1996; Ed Bark, “Phil Donahue Bids Us Adieu,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Sept. 11, 1996; Thomas Galvin, “Oprah Tells Bob to Take a Hike,”
New York
Post,
Oct. 8, 1996; Michael Kranish, “Oprah on Dole Chat: I Just Won’t Do It,”
Boston Globe,
Oct. 11, 1996; Michael Starr, “Oprah Denies Bouncing Dole,”
New York Post,
Oct. 11, 1996; Scott McKay, “Droll Dole Stumps for State GOP,”
Providence Journal,
Oct. 1, 1998; Katharine Q. Seelye, “Dole Gets a Few Laughs and $200 on Talk Show,”
New York Times,
Nov. 9, 1996; Jane Hall, “Donahue: Nothing Left to Say but Goodbye,”
Oregonian,
May 4, 1996; Marvin Kitman, “Phil, the Founding Talker,”
Newsday,
Nov. 12, 1992; David Zurawik, “ ‘Ellen’ Breaks with the Past,”
Baltimore Sun,
Apr. 27, 1997; Brian Lowry, “ ‘Ellen’ Gets Ready to Open the Closet Door,”
Los Angeles Times,
Mar. 1, 1997; W. Speers, “DeGeneres Outs Herself Before Her Character Does,”
Philadelphia Inquirer,
Apr. 7, 1997; “Yep. I’m Gay,” cover,
Time,
Apr. 14, 1997; Alan Bash, “Three Big Sponsors to Bypass ‘Ellen,’ ”
USA Today,
Mar. 27, 1997; “Oprah’s Visit to ‘Ellen’ Airs Today,”
www.eurweb.com
, Feb. 22, 2007; transcripts, “The Puppy Episode,” Parts 1 and 2,
Ellen,
Apr. 30, 1997,
www.twiz.tv.com/scripts
; Liz Smith, “It’s Rolonda Time,”
Newsday,
Apr. 28, 1997; Claire Bickley, “Oprah Audience Generally Unsympathetic to Ellen,”
www.canoe.ca
, May 1, 1997; Brian Lowry, “A Closet Door Opens and 36 Million Watch,”
Los Angeles Times,
May 2, 1997; George Rush and Joanna Malloy, “Oprah Gives Straight Dope About Gay Rumors,” New York
Daily News,
June 5, 1997; Jenny Hortz, “Oprah Denies Rampant Gay Rumor,”
Variety,
June 5, 1997; Judy Hevrdejs and Mike Conklin, “Oprah Leaves No Doubt About What’s In, Out of Her Closet,”
Chicago Tribune,
June 5, 1997; “Nope, She’s Not Gay,”
People Weekly,
June 23, 1997; “The Rumblings Behind the Oprah Rumor,”
New York Post,
June 18, 1997; “Oprah Says She’s Playing It Straight,” Lancaster
Intelligencer-Journal,
June 6, 1997; John Carmody, “The TV Column,”
Washington Post,
June 9, 1997; “Hot Lava,”
New York Post,
June 20, 1997; “Rosie O’Donnel [
sic
] on Oprah Gay Rumors,” posted by Runteldat at
www.blogs.bet.com/entertainment
, Oct. 28, 2009; Frank Bruni, “A Sapphic Victory, but Pyrrhic,”
New York Times,
Nov. 15, 2009; “Oprah and Gayle Move In Together,” cover,
Globe,
July 31, 2006; “Oprah’s Secret Life: The Truth About Those Gay Rumors,”
National Enquirer
(date unknown); “Oprah & Gayle Like Lovers,”
Globe,
Mar. 16, 2009; “Who’s Gay and Who’s Not in Hollywood,”
National Review,
July 14, 2008; Mark Steyn, “Comic Oprah,”
National Review,
Mar. 23, 1998; Lee Siegel, “Thank You for Sharing,”
New Republic,
June 5 and 12, 2006; “Celebrities Gather for Magazine’s 30th Birthday,”
Orlando Sentinel,
Apr. 15, 2000; Andre Goldman, “The Night of the Big O,” Ontario
National Post,
Apr. 22, 2000; Lillian Ross, “Oprah’s Understudy,”
New Yorker,
Apr. 24 and May 1, 2000; Branden Keil, “Gimme Shelter,”
New York Post,
Jan. 17, 2008; Max Abelson, “Did Oprah’s Dead Dog Sophie Inspire Gayle King’s
New Penthouse?”
New York Observer,
Mar. 24, 2008; Lisa Kogan, “Oprah and Gayle Uncensored,”
O, The Oprah Magazine,
Aug. 2006; “For Mel B, a Case of Murphy’s Law,” New York
Daily News,
Dec. 5, 2006; transcript,
Larry King Live,
Dec. 5, 2006,
www.transcripts.cnn.com
; “Oprah Winfrey’s Commencement Address, Wellesley College, May 30, 1997,”
www.wellesley.edu
; Edna Gunderson, “Wildest Dreams Do Come True,”
USA Today,
May 15, 1997; Lucio Guerrero and Bill Zwecker, “Tina’s Last Turn,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Oct. 5, 2000; “Tina Turner Returns to ‘Wildest Dreams’ World Tour,”
Jet,
Mar. 17, 1997; Neal Travis, “Good Vibes for Oprah and Beau,”
New York Post,
Aug. 3, 1997; Jamie Foster Brown, “Everything Negroes Ever Wanted to Ask Oprah,”
Sister 2 Sister,
Nov. 1997; James Endrst, “To Endure Academy Awards Show, You Have to Seize the Moments,”
Hartford Courant,
Mar. 27, 1996; Richard Roeper, “Oprah’s Real Talent? Playing the Role of Fan, Not Celebrity,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Jan. 12, 1997; Alan Pergament, “Oscar Telecast Is a Tearful Evening of Some Nonsense and Understated Sensibility,”
Buffalo News,
Mar. 26, 1996; Stuart Jeffries, “The Oscars: ‘I Have a List…Quite a Long List,’ ”
Guardian,
Mar. 27, 1996; Howard Rosenberg, “A Night to Kilt For,”
Los Angeles Times,
Mar. 26, 1996; “If Body Piercing Is So Hazardous, Why Is It Popular?”
Jet,
Apr. 19, 1999; “Rodman Book Too Risqué; Oprah Nixes Appearance,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Apr. 29, 1997; “Winfrey Says No to Worm,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Apr. 30, 1997; Lisa Adams, “The Oprah Show and Tell,”
Daily Record,
Oct. 27, 2006; “Love Is All Around,”
www.oprah.com
, May 19, 2008; David Robb, “Free Speech on ‘Oprah’ May Be AFTRA Breach,”
Hollywood Reporter,
Jan. 31, 1997; Shauna Snow, “Arts and Entertainment Reports,”
Los Angeles Times,
Feb. 1, 1997; “On Book Signing Tour, Fergie Confesses Sins and Bares Her Soul,”
Chicago Tribune,
Nov. 14, 1996; Martin Townsend, “Oprah Winfrey,”
Sunday Mail,
July 2, 1995; John James, “My Sex Pact with Andy,”
Mirror,
Nov. 21, 1997; Robert Feder, “Oprah Opens Season Looking for More Fun,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 3, 1996; “Oprah Awed,”
USA Today,
Aug. 28, 1996; “Oprah Winfrey Kicks Off 11th Season with New Format and Theme Song, ‘Get with the Program,’ ”
Jet,
Sept. 30, 1996; “Oprah’s Charity Auction,”
www.oprah.com
, Oct. 2003; “Quotes of the Day,”
Chicago Tribune,
Aug. 28, 1996; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Aug. 28, 1996; Richard Huff, “Streisand’s ‘Oprah’ Visit Brings Big Nielsen Bounce,” New York
Daily News,
Nov. 13, 1996; Bill Zwecker, “Babs Talks Politics with a ‘Smile’ on
Oprah,
”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 12, 2003; “Money Madness,”
People Weekly,
Nov. 4, 1996; Eric Markus, “Where’s the Beef?”
www.Salon.com
, Jan. 20, 1998; Adam Cohen, “Trial of the Savory,”
Time,
Feb. 2, 1998; “Oprah Says She’s Eaten Her Last Burger,”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
Apr. 18, 1996; “Oprah Moves Markets,”
Omaha World-Herald,
Apr. 17, 1996; George Gunset, “Oprah Airs Beef Fears, Draws Ire,”
Chicago Tribune,
Apr. 17, 1996; Ken Herman, “Perry Pursues Action Against Talk Show Guest’s Cattle Remarks,”
Austin American Statesman
; Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, “One Hundred Percent Pure Baloney: Lessons from the Oprah Trial,”
PR Watch,
First Quarter 1998; “Oprah: Home on the Range,”
Newsweek,
Feb. 2, 1998; Rick Hepp, “Winfrey’s Lawyers to Defend Ownership of Photos in Book,”
Chicago Tribune,
Dec. 10, 1999; Tim Jones, “Jubilant Winfrey: ‘I Refuse to Be Muzzled,’ ”
Chicago Tribune,
Feb. 27, 1998; “Oprah 1, Beef 0,”
People Weekly,
Mar. 16,
1998; “Talk Show Host Transformed,”
Los Angeles Sentinel,
Mar. 25, 1998; “Oprah Says She Felt Redeemed After Victory Over Texas Cattlemen,”
Jet,
Mar. 23, 1998; Tom Gliatto, “So Where’s the Beef?”
People Weekly,
Feb. 16, 1998; “Oprah: Home on the Range,”
Newsweek,
Feb. 2, 1998; Mark Donald, “Analyze This,”
Dallas Observer,
Apr. 13, 2000; Lynn Allison, “Oprah’s Real Beef,”
Globe,
Mar. 17, 1998; Mark Babineck, “Oprah Charms Amarillo Audience,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Jan. 24, 1998; Richard Roeper, “Oprah Unfurled Charm, Lassoed Heart of Texas,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Mar. 2, 1998; “Oprah Charms Amarillo Jury at Texas Beef Defamation Trial,”
Los Angeles Sentinel,
Feb. 18, 1998; Joanna Powell, “Oprah’s Awakening,”
Good Housekeeping,
Dec. 1998; Skip Hollandsworth, “Phillip McGraw,”
Texas Monthly,
Sept. 1999; John W. Gonzales, “Winfrey Has a Cow as Beef Trial Drags On,” New Orleans
Times-Picayune,
Feb. 6, 1998; Skip Hollandsworth and Pamela Colloff, “How the West Was Won,”
Texas Monthly,
Mar. 1998; Tim Jones, “Muzzling Employees Host’s Prerogative but Winfrey’s Restriction Makes Some Howl,”
Chicago Tribune,
Apr. 16, 2000; Tim Jones, “Trial Offers Revealing Look Behind the Talk,”
Chicago Tribune,
Feb. 8, 1998; Tim Jones, “A Bit Agitated but Uncowed, TV Star Calls Lawsuit ‘The Most Painful Thing’ She Has Ever Endured,”
Chicago Tribune,
Feb. 5, 1998; Alex Rodriguez, “No Beef with Oprah,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Feb. 27, 1998; Leslie Baldacci, “Land of the Winfrey,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
Mar. 1, 1998; Tim Jones, “Attorneys Square Off in Closing Arguments,”
Chicago Tribune,
Feb. 26, 1998.