Word: oprahism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Shows: Syndicated Tyra Banks Show and UPN's America's Next Top Model Concepts: Oprah for teens and Survivor for pretty girls Model behavior: Complains about her cellulite. Oprah should sock...
...stories Frey tells in his 2003 memoir, A Million Little Pieces, are currently in dispute, but that last tale isn't. To date A Million Little Pieces has sold about 3.5 million copies, helped not a little by the fact that Oprah Winfrey chose it as her book club's third nonfiction title. She proclaimed Frey the Man Who Kept Oprah Awake at Night. The only book that sold better than A Million Little Pieces last year was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Frey's 2005 sequel, My Friend Leonard, didn't do too badly either...
...stories told in and around James Frey's memoir A Million Little Pieces, many are currently in dispute, but that last one is not. To date A Million Little Pieces has sold 4 million copies, helped not a little by the fact that Oprah chose it as her book club's first-ever non-fiction title. The only book that sold better than Frey's last year was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...
...Wednesday (having apparently reconsidered that last bit somewhat) he appeared on Larry King with a more nuanced position: "A memoir is a subjective retelling of events," he said. "It's an individual's perception of what happened in their own life; this is my recollection of my life." Oprah, in her inimitable semi-divine fashion, called in to the show to lend her carefully phrased support: "The underlying message of redemption in James Frey's memoir still resonates with me, and I know it resonates with millions of people who read this book...
Orman, who has earned millions dispensing financial advice on her weekly CNBC show, on PBS specials, in O, the Oprah Magazine and via her books and kits on money matters, prides herself on her ability to focus on one thing at a time and stick tightly to her agenda. "I came to this conclusion after watching the way racehorses win," she explains. "They come out of the gate with blinders on and go for the finish line." Orman does the same. "I don't care what my competition is doing. I don't care how their books are selling...