A few weeks ago I posted about Oprah Winfrey doing a Me Too documentary talking about Russell Simmons. She received a lot of backlash but it looked like she was going forward with the project. Well looks like she had a change of heart and pulled out the project. She’s both stepping down as executive […]
Oprah is working on a documentary about the #MeToo movement and sexual misconduct within the music industry with Apple TV. I know what’s wrong with that????? Well the doc will feature Russell Simmons and he’s not happy at all. Russ was accused of assault in 2017 and has denied the allegations saying they are 100% […]
Oprah’s securing of the bag continues. The latest is a brand of frozen skillet meals that can be found in grocery stores. This is the newest of her O! That’s Good grocery store food line. She’s got six flavors: Three Cheese Tortellini, Italian Sausage & Rigatoni, Chicken Alfredo, Chicken Margherita, Southwest Style Chicken & Penne, […]
In an interview with Comedy Hype, Mo’Nique had a message for Oprah, saying, “You know what you need to do, and stop hiding behind what you called negative comments. ‘Oh I don’t even deal with things like that.’ Because what people are beginning to do is see you for what you really are.” The beef goes back […]
Gayle King spilled the tea on what the nicest thing was that Oprah ever did for her. It was the first holiday Gayle was going to be spending without her children Kirby and William. It was New Year’s Eve, right after her 1993 divorce from William Bumpus. Gayle called Oprah. “I was talking to Oprah […]
Ava DuVernay said she doesn’t like being called “auntie.” She said in an interview, “…Recently, I’ve been getting called (on Twitter) Auntie Ava. Let me just say, ‘why?’ ‘why?’ I mean, am I that old? ‘Cause I don’t feel that old. It’s not a respect. Auntie Ava like Aunt Jemima? But, we’re not that different […]
It was taped Sunday, June 9, live at the Netflix FYSEE space. It was the first time she interviewed Antron McCray, Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam. The full special ‘Oprah Winfrey Presents When They See Us Now,’ premieres June 12 at 10pm on OWN and NETFLIX. Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile […]
Oprah surprised a group of students at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey last Friday night with a pizza party and a $500,000 donation to the school’s Light’s On program. The after-school program was created by principle Akbar Cook. It creates a safe and creative space for his students on Friday nights during […]
Everybody’s talking about the generous gift to the 2019 class of Morehouse from billionaire Robert F. Smith. In total, it’ll reportedly cost $40 million to pay the student loans off. In a related story, Oprah spoke at the Colorado College graduation. She posted a picture. Someone on Instagram, spiritualceo1111, commented, “Should have paid off their […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Weight Watchers said it hasn’t signed up as many subscribers as it hoped this winter and expects its profits to suffer. Weight Watchers International’s stock tumbled more than 30 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday after that nugget came […]
Mo’Nique is not backing down from the comments she made about Lee Daniels, Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey. Over the weekend, Mo went in on the entertainment moguls during her standup show at the Apollo Theater. In a video posted to Instagram, she accused all three of them of black balling her from Hollywood, and […]
The season premiere of the second season of Greenleaf airs today, March 15th and Merle Dandridge talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about what fans can expect from this season, the rumors of Rick Fox joining the cast as her new love interest and just how much the cast is a family off-screen. https://www.instagram.com/p/BRp2g9lhEOY/?taken-by=merledandridge&hl=en “You ain’t ready. It’s […]