Word: oprahization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After a typically hectic working day in September, Jacquelyn Mitchard returned from her journalism job to her Madison, Wisconsin, house and found a phone message from Oprah Winfrey. Mitchard, a recently widowed mother of five, ages 1 to 21, did what any sensible person would do: she erased the obvious prank. "I have a friend who calls and says he's Richard Nixon," she explains. Two days later came another taped call from Oprah, followed by another erasure. Then a third, a day or so later, with the sign-off "This really is Oprah Winfrey...
Loaded and lonely? Maybe Oprah can help. Oracle CEO Lawrence Ellison, a thrice-divorced billionaire, mentioned on Oprah that he was hoping to marry again. He didn't mention that he was worth $6 billion, has a predilection for things Japanese and owns several flashy cars. Nonetheless, both Oracle and Oprah were flooded with offers...
...dishy girlfriend Candice (India Landigran), even though, oddly, he seems to live in sin with her. Just to be even-handed, we know that Jane's a jerk because she berates her boyfriend for using styrofoam cups and uses pop-psych lingo, though in temperament she seems less like Oprah than Ilse, She-Wolf...
Nobody disputes the power of OPRAH WINFREY to move merchandise. But is Oprah powerful enough to get people to turn off their TVs and read? She may be. The talk-show host recently announced that her show would conduct "the biggest book club in the whole world," and that Jacquelyn Mitchard's The Deep End of the Ocean would be her first discussion subject. That alone sent the novel to the top of bestseller lists around the country. And even though her semiannual book shows get low ratings, Oprah told the Washington Post, "I always feel if you do right...
...OPRAH WINFREY Back at the top of Forbes list of richest celebs: $171 million in 1995-96 earnings...