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New Age teachings are dangerous because they encourage us to assume that we know what is best for our salvation and when we enter into these teachings we jeopardize our eternal life in ways that we may never know — until it is too late. Sharon Lee Giganti is a popular speaker on the new age phenomenon with tragic, first-hand experiences with its dangers. Sharon was recently a guest on Teresa Tomeo’s EWTN radio program “Catholic Connection” where she shared the family tragedy that resulted in her New Age philandering and her passions to ensure that new age teachings are...

- Debbie Schlussel - http://www.debbieschlussel.com - Buh-Bye, Oprah & DLtDHYotWO*Posted By Debbie On November 20, 2009 @ 4:07 pm In Blog Posts, Columns, Movies & Entertainment / Celebrities | 46 Comments By Debbie SchlusselYesterday, word leaked that Oprah Winfrey was to announce, today, that her daytime TV talk show would end in September 2011.(Oprah artwork by Six Meat Buffet/Preston Taylor Holmes)Many readers have asked me about this, since I own the domain name/URL OprahSucks.com, and since I regularly monitor and lambaste the propaganda spews forth on her show and in her magazine with my regular “HOprah Watch” updates.  My criticism...

For the first time since her legendary husband’s August death, Victoria Reggie Kennedy is poised to face the nation tomorrow in a rare and emotional sitdown with TV talk queen Oprah Winfrey - a heart-rending tribute in which the stately widow reveals her last months with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. During the wide-ranging, one-hour interview - taped last Friday at Winfrey’s Chicago studios - Kennedy talks about her 17-year marriage to the liberal lion and her late husband’s memoir, “True Compass” and discloses behind-the-scenes tidbits between the couple.

I have a history with Oprah Winfrey. Back in the eighties, Oprah and I worked at WJZ-TV, an ABC affiliate TV station in Baltimore. Oprah was co-host with Richard Sher of the local morning talk show, "People Are Talking". I was a Graphic Designer in the Creative Services/Art department. The late famous psychic, Jeanne Dixon was a guest on our morning show. After the show, Dixon read Oprah's palm. She predicted Oprah would achieve incredible fame some day. Dixon read my palm also and saw nothing. I am not saying psychics are real or unreal, I am simply telling a...

“I don’t have to go to church — God comes to me. He’s with me and around me wherever I am.” Those words, offered by a mother to her son, contributed to the apparent self-actualization of best-selling author — I’m talking been-on-the-New York Times-bestseller-list-for-hundreds-of-weeks-best-selling — Neale Donald Walsch. His books, which all revolve, in one form or another, around the very appealing premise of “Conversations with God,” speak to people in ways that apparently rival Sacred Scripture; however, Sacred Scripture they are not. This prompts the question: How do millions of Christians get duped into believing the ramblings of New...

November 20, 2009 Just a day after Oprah Winfrey announcing that she will be ending her talk show, we are already being overloaded by columns and news reports speculating on “Oprah's next move". I think she’s going to enjoy the attention from this PR stunt immensely. I can see it spinning out of control already and I’m not looking forward to listening to the speculation propounded ad nauseam by media pundits over the coming months. It’s on par to be bigger and more vexing than “who shot JR?”. Some, like Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com are speculating that she may run...

CHICAGO – For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night. Now she's ready to say goodbye, leaving a huge void for broadcast TV even as she raises the possibility of more Oprah than ever when she starts her own cable network. Winfrey told viewers Friday that she will dim the lights on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the close of its 25th season in late 2011. "I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to...

SARAH PALIN’S sit-down with Oprah Winfrey this week may have been the most tense TV encounter of the year, a palpable mix of suspicion and mutual need. Oprah was good for Obama, but she’s also good for books, and Palin is good for TV. When the two shook hands across the chasm of a coffee table, you wondered if the studio circuitry would blow. It didn’t, but of all of the interlocutors Palin faced in this week’s “Going Rogue’’ media blitz, only Winfrey managed to cut through Palin’s efforts to cast herself as a victim. Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly...

November 20, 2009 What's Next for Oprah? President? UN Secretary General? -and- WHY are we consumed by meaningless Speculation? by MrArbitrage Just a day after Oprah Winfrey announcing that she will be ending her talk show, we are already being overloaded by columns and news reports speculating on “Oprah's next move". I think she’s going to enjoy the attention from this PR stunt immensely. I can see it spinning out of control already and I’m not looking forward to listening to the speculation propounded ad nauseam by media pundits over the coming months. It’s on par to be bigger and...

Oprah Winfrey offically announced to her sudio audience that she was ending The Oprah Winfrey Show, her amazingly popular program that began in 1986. Although the announcement was made today, Friday November 20, 2009, the actual end will not be until be until Friday September 9, 2011, over 18 months from now. Oprah said: "Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit." ... Due in large part to The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah has become a cultural icon. She is the woman who recommends books few people have heard of, then each becomes a national...

CHICAGO (CBS) ― Oprah Winfrey's expected announcement that she'll end her show -- and the prospect that she'll say goodbye to Chicago – has Mayor Daley placing some blame on the media. Daley said Thursday evening he's going to call Oprah to get the real story. But he's obviously concerned that if she says farewell to this city it'll be a blow to Chicago's image. "I think she was the most successful woman that we will ever know in the history of this country," Daley said at a fundraising event for United Negro College Fund. The mayor says it was...

Oprah Winfrey will announce tomorrow that her long running day time talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is coming to an end on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. This will mark the end of 25 years on television. The decision seems to be a rather recent one, but obviously gives plenty of time for continued talk and discussion regarding the matter. ... Oprah's viewership has been declining, so perhaps this is a way to boost interest and ratings for the long-running daytime talk show. Although she proudly supported Barack Obama for President, Oprah recently had Sarah Palin on her show. That...

Oprah Winfrey just announced to her staff ... next season will be the last for her TV show. An Oprah insider tells TMZ "Oprah announced there will be layoffs after this season." The final show will air in Sept 2011. 2011 marks the 25th year of the show -- one of the most successful in TV.

Sarah Palin’s appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday rocketed the show to its best numbers in two years, averaging an 8.7 rating/13 share, according to Nielsen. The numbers could hint at a similarly strong showing for Barbara Walters’ interview with Palin tomorrow night on 20/20, writes Media Life.The Palin ep of The Oprah Winfrey Show was up 36% over the same day last year, and pulled more viewers than the Whitney Houston episode that began the television season. It was the highest rated Winfrey show in two years, since the Osmond family appeared in Nov. 2007. Palin is...

Breaking: WABC.com reports Oprah Winfrey will end her talk show. The announcement will come on her show tomorrow with the final airing expected to be Sept. 9, 2011. The Oprah Winfrey Show airs on WABC-TV in the afternoons but originates from Chicago on ABC station WLS where it airs at 9amCT. Winfrey saw her best ratings in two years on Monday with an interview with Sarah Palin.

What a great day, hey, why not replace Oprah with Sarah Palin? didn't she prove monday that she can get the ratings?

The Left and the media may hate her, but Sarah Palin is a ratings sensation. Such appears to be the case given the announcement that Monday's episode of "Oprah" was the most watched for the daytime talk queen in two years. Palin even drew more viewers than pop singer Whitney Houston when she sat with Oprah earlier this year. Just imagine all the sighs and rolling eyes in newsrooms from coast to coast. As THR.com reported Wednesday (h/t TVNewser): Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former vp candidate Sarah Palin scored the talk show host her highest rating in two years. Monday's...

Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former vp candidate Sarah Palin scored the talk show host her highest rating in two years. Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" drew a 8.7 household rating and 13 share -- the best since Oprah had the entire Osmond family on the show in 2007. That means Palin also topped Oprah's heavily viewed interviews with Whitney Houston at the start of the season. Palin is making the rounds to promote her new book, "Going Rogue," which came out Tuesday. Winfrey began the interview by asking Palin if she felt snubbed at not getting an invitation...

Sarah Palin delivered the vote for Oprah Winfrey, giving the Chicago-based talk show host her highest ratings nationally for a single episode in two years. The 8.7 household rating and 13 percent share of households watching TV for Monday's interview with the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice presidential nominee represented Winfrey's most-watched hour since Nov. 9, 2007, when her guests were the Osmond family. Palin outdrew either half of Winfrey's two-part season-opening confessional with singer Whitney Houston, as well as Winfrey's show the day after the election of President Barack Obama, according to her syndicator, CBS Television...

Best compilation of video I have yet found on the Web. Videos at link. Why Sarah Palin wrote Going Rogue The worst part of the entire 2008 campaign Sarah Palin on discussing her vice presidential campaign with her family The best advice Sarah Palin got during the 2008 campaign Sarah Palin on Tina Fey's impersonation

Here is audio of Brian Kilmeade and Judge Napolitano on their radio show "Brian and the Judge" criticizing Palin for saying that she expected her interview with Katie Couric to be "light-hearted fun" between two "working moms." Kilmeade asked "what was she thinking?" He said if "she had done a light family oriented interview, Katie Couric would have had to pack up right after the interview and call it a news career." Kilmeade went on to say "that's sexist, because she's talking to a woman she expected it to be a light-hearted mom interview?" (Audio)

Like a lot of people, as soon as I got my copy of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," I immediately thought of the German literary critic Hans Robert Jauss. Jauss is known as the father of critical reception theory. According to Jauss, every book is read in a social context. In his view, the reader's attitudes, beliefs, values and judgments are just as important as the text. Sometimes more. Palin probably didn't set out to write a book that tested Jauss's thesis. But, in so many ways, the reaction to "Going Rogue" is as interesting as its content. Palin's memoir is...

I like Sarah Palin. There is something refreshingly genuine and un-smarmy about her. But, after watching Oprah’s interview this afternoon with the former candidate, I have not altered my fundamental opposition as a future president. I oppose her possible candidacy for two reasons. One, she is not smart and steely enough. Two, she is a feminist. Granted, she is not an extreme feminist and she differs with the mainstream movement in her opposition to abortion. But Palin wholeheartedly embraces feminist egalitarianism and the radical transformation of society that it entails. Palin made a number of interesting revelations in this interview....

Sarah Palin appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show on November 16th, the day before the much anticipated release of her new book, "Going Rogue, An American Life." "Going Rogue," which debuts on November 17th, skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists prior to it's release date.

Palin Says Presidency ‘Not On My Radar Screen’ TODAY staff and wire CHICAGO - Sarah Palin tells TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey that she doesn't have her sights set on the 2012 presidency. "I'm concentrating on 2010 and making sure that we have issues to tackle," Palin said in the interview taped last week and broadcast on Monday's "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "I don't know what I'm going to be doing in 2012. [Running for president is] not on my radar screen right now." Palin spoke to Winfrey as she began rolling out her 413-page memoir, “Going Rogue,” which...

Clips of the Sarah Palin interview with Oprah Winfrey are now becoming available on YouTube. Here is video of Palin talking with Oprah about the Katie Couric interview during the campaign. . . . (VIDEO)

So far there's video of Sarah Palin talking about Levi Johnston, why she stepped down as Governor of Alaska and her Katie Couric interview. Or as Mrs. Palin calls her: The Perky One. Here's the Oprah Palin interview videos.How do you think she did? What about Oprah..was she 'fair?'

Check out the outtakes from Sarah's interview with Oprah...they are great.

In one corner will be our second-favorite figure in American politics these days, the Thrilla from Wasilla, Saracuda herself, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — a force to be reckoned with from America’s final frontier, campaign ready three years before what we expect will be her presidential campaign. In the other corner squats Lake Michigan’s very own Charybdis, the Beast Who Must Be Fed, with an ego the size of the Willis Tower and a gluttonous appetite for devotion, Oprah Winfrey.

WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin is embarking on what is likely to be the most commercially successful book tour by a politician since Barack Obama launched The Audacity of Hope three years ago. Obama's book tour spawned a presidential campaign. Will Palin's eventually do the same? Her ultimate ambitions remain a mystery. The opening stage of the tour for her book, Going Rogue, has been marked by the same qualities that have defined the public reaction to her since that morning in Ohio when she was announced as John McCain's choice for vice president: curiosity and controversy. Give Palin credit. She...

In another disgusting chapter to his life Levi Johnston has won a pornography award. Truely disgusting. Does this guy have any charector? There's a sneak peak at Sarah Palin's Oprah interview so you can see how diff' these two people are. Sarah is asked if Levi is invited to Thanksgiving. Here's Three Videos Of Levi Winning His AwardHere's Three Videos Of Sarah Palin On Oprah Sneak Peak.

By Hal Via The Oprah Winfrey Show, two teaser clips (combined into one) from Governor Palin's upcoming appearance on Monday November 16: More from Politico here.

Sarah Palin to Levi Johnston: You're still family, you betcha. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey to be broadcast Monday, Palin said her grandson's baby daddy, who has been trash-talking his almost-mother-in-law for months, is still part of her family -- and she hopes the public feud between them will come to a quick end. "We're not really into the drama," said Palin, who is launching a book tour next week, in excerpts released Thursday. "We don't really like that." Asked whether Johnston, 19, will be invited to the Palin family home for Thanksgiving, the former Alaska governor replied, "You...

SARAH PALIN TELLS OPRAH: "And of course I'm thinking, if you thought that was a good interview, I don't know what a bad interview was because I knew it wasn't a good interview."

Oprah, the avowed Obama supporter, released the following video with her comments on taping the interview with Sarah Palin....see the video

The Exclusive Interview Monday, November 16th

Willow, Piper, and I are in Chicago and just wanted to let you know that I had a great conversation with Oprah today. We taped the show for Monday, November 16th, and enjoyed it so much that we went way over on time. The rest will air on Oprah.com. Oprah was very hospitable and gracious, and her audience was full of warm, energized and (no doubt) curious viewers. - Sarah Palin

The latest ridiculous attack on Sarah Palin in Chicago: Oprah’s audience complains they didn’t get any free books Dear Schaumburg Oprah Audience Members: the reason you did not find this book under your seats is because it has not been released yet. Grow up now, please. Seriously, of all the ridiculous things that are said about Sarah Palin, this one takes the cake. Sarah Palin was in town today to tape her appearance on Oprah, which will air on Monday of next week. Next TUESDAY Palin’s book, Going Rogue, drops in bookstores. Apparently, Oprah didn’t explain that to her studio...

Willow, Piper, and I are in Chicago and just wanted to let you know that I had a great conversation with Oprah today. We taped the show for Monday, November 16th, and enjoyed it so much that we went way over on time. The rest will air on Oprah.com. Oprah was very hospitable and gracious, and her audience was full of warm, energized and (no doubt) curious viewers. - Sarah Palin

Wouldn't give Oprah a yes/no answer, but witnesses left with the impression she was considering it Sarah Palin is eyeing a talk show, according to audience members who witnessed the former VP candidate's interview with Oprah today. Oprah asked Palin directly whether she wanted to get into the talk show business. Palin demurred and, according to audience members interviewed outside the studio, suggested she was considering the move. Palin did not give a direct yes or no answer. In addition, at least one audience member noticed tension between Oprah and Palin. Oprah " kept on her and on her," said...

A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her horribly disfigured face to a national TV audience today after talk queen Oprah Winfrey lifted the veil off her face. Charla Nash, 56, told Oprah she usually walks around the Cleveland Clinic with her hat and veil so she doesn’t frighten any hospital visitors.

With the news that Oprah Winfrey may take her daily talk show away from broadcast affiliates and to her own OWN cable network, that got us wondering: should Glenn Beck, now the #2 show on cable despite airing in he afternoons, be Oprah's syndicated replacement? Beck is well-rounded. Between his #1 best-selling books and comedy shows he's a three-dimensional talent that could easily adapt to daytimes. He could also use his radio audience to promote to local affiliates. Just yesterday, the New York Times reported novelists are considering Beck to be the "New Oprah," when it comes to endorsing political...

Daytime Diva Giving Up Syndicated Talk Show & Moving To Her Cable Network In 2011 (exerpt) The industry has been betting that the daytime diva would extend The Oprah Winfrey Show for at least another year or two because of the huge cash license fees which stations have long paid her. But people around Oprah are telling me that won't happen. They say that Discovery Communications chief David Zaslav has demanded that Oprah "move it or lose it" -- move her talk show to OWN, or risk losing the Oprah Winfrey Network altogether. I've learned that in coming days Winfrey...

I heard today that Sarah Palin has been invited to appear on Oprah Winfrey’s show. After picking my jaw up from the ground, I ran back over my archives. During the campaign, Oprah had Obama on enough time for her to qualify as one of his campaign operatives. Sarah Palin didn’t even get a consideration much less an invitation. Perhaps it is because her forthcoming book, “Going Rogue” is a bestseller even before it hits the bookstores. This link tells the story. People cannot get it yet and it has blown every single Democrat book that could even be considered...

Oprah Winfrey, on a campaign to climb back from last season's ratings slump, will attempt to kiss and make up with conservative viewers on Nov. 16 when she has Sarah Palin on her syndicated talk show . You may have noticed that the appearance by the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate is happening smack dab in the middle of the November ratings derby. It's also the day before Palin's new book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," is scheduled to hit bookstores. Oprah's production company, Harpo, claims it will be Palin's first interview about the book. We'll see...

Gov. Palin is going to appear on “Oprah” in an effort to tout the already-best-selling Going Rogue on Nov. 16. This, needless to say, has caused some consternation throughout the free world, although it’s provided much satisfaction to know that only Gov. Palin would have to take a slight step downward in order to appear on Oprah’s couch. As I’m not an Opraholic, before anything, I think we should get at sampling of the Oprahsphere regarding this announcement: “Oprah you have hit a new low. Allowing Palin airtime on the most popular daytime show the day before her book is...

Having been shunned by the daytime talk queen before last year's elections, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has decided to finally go on "Oprah" in November. As announced moments ago at Oprah.com: In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to air Monday, November 16, 2009. Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode, which will mark Palin’s first interview to discuss her upcoming book, Going Rogue: An American Life and her first-ever appearance on the Oprah show. Unfortunately, judging by some...

Are you interested in watching Oprah Winfrey's interview of Sarah Palin? Yes No AND Of the two women, which one do you have a more favorable opinion?

Sarah Palin and Oprah Winfrey are meeting. Or. I should say, Sarah's doing "Oprah." Just announced. The details: "In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to air Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode, which will mark Palin's first interview to discuss her upcoming book, "Going Rogue: An American Life" and her first-ever appearance on the "Oprah" show. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin burst onto the national political scene as running mate for Sen. John McCain...

CHICAGO — In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to air Monday, November 16, 2009. Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode, which will mark Palin’s first interview to discuss her upcoming book, Going Rogue: An American Life and her first-ever appearance on the Oprah show