Word: belovedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Surprisingly, many seminal events in American popular culture this year have emanated from a single corporation, and no, it's not Microsoft. It's Disney. Most people recognize that The Lion King, a huge artistic and commercial success on Broadway, is a Disney product, But fewer are aware that the...
The self-proclaimed queen of daytime television irks me. This week, when Time magazine appeared in my common room, I took one look at the cover story--the one that refers to Ms. Winfrey as "The Beloved Oprah"--and screamed in frustration.
Now Oprah has to monopolize 10 pages in Time, a magazine I rely on to address issues of somewhat weighty national and international significance. Instead, I am treated to excerpts from the journal Winfrey kept while filming the movie Beloved-excerpts that detail her insecurities as an actress and her...
Like many Americans, I read Beloved before it was featured on Oprah's book list. I loved it, and I applaud her efforts to bring a worthwhile literary masterpiece to life. But Beloved is a story, not another publicity vehicle for Oprah. She says she bought the rights to the...
Supermodels and Nobel prizewinners tend to travel in separate circles, but at a recent party held in honor of Oprah Winfrey in downtown Manhattan, both Toni Morrison and Cindy Crawford were in attendance. The gathering, held at a restaurant where it's difficult to get a reservation unless you call...