Word: oprahism
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...honest about it. Both are - and should be called - atrocities. We should let Amnesty International alone. To attack its work is truly immoral. Simon Hytten Rome Cruise Acts Out Your article on tom cruise and his over-the-top profession of passion for actress Katie Holmes on the Oprah TV show was right on the money [June 6]. Cruise certainly didn't need to jump up and down on a sofa to prove he's an imbecile. And who is he to criticize Brooke Shields or any other woman who seeks medical help for postpartum depression? Is Cruise really against...
...Oprah acrobatics. Her Scientology dabbling. Their dueling summer films. After a two-month courtship with all the requisite A-lister ups and downs, TOM CRUISE, 42, proposed to Batman Begins starlet KATIE HOLMES, 26. To make it official, they held a joint press conference, which fortified romantics and skeptics alike. "It was early this morning at the Eiffel Tower, so I haven't slept at all," said Cruise, who has deflected speculation that the relationship is a publicity stunt. The future Mrs. Cruise the Third, who had posters of her fiancé on her wall as a girl, simply blushed...
...crews are lining up around the block to offer a good deed and a good cry. Heart-tugging giveaways have long been a staple of talk shows, but Oprah Winfrey upped the stakes last season with staggering bonanzas: new cars for an entire audience and gifts worth about $15,000 apiece for an audience of teachers. The Today show's "Live for Today" feature has sent a Salt Lake City, Utah, mom to sing on Broadway and an 81-year-old woman to the Kentucky Derby. Even Mark Burnett, producer of Survivor and The Apprentice, is developing a series...
...mean, [his public affection for Holmes] is a little freaky to watch, but that's what enthralls people about it." As an admiring publicist put it, "As usual, Tom has the media exactly where he wants them." That's for sure. All he did was spend an hour with Oprah--and, look, we wrote a page about him. --Reported by Lina Lofaro/New York and Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
...says. Her second marriage over, she shares her home with four dogs, which pad along after her like an obedient pack. Many authors write for a few hours in the morning, but Scottoline works throughout the day and into the night, with breaks for daytime television ("Oprah is my girl crush," she gushes). She is a peripatetic writer, moving among four home computers...