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“What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.” ~ Oprah Winfrey 011 ~ Ok "Apa yang Tuhan maksudkan untukmu jauh melampaui apa pun yang dapat kau bayangkan." ~ Oprah Winfrey 011 ~ Ok Engkau percaya dengan rencana Tuhan dalam hidupmu? Pernah-kah engkau merasa Tuhan salah dalam merancangkan apa yang baik bagi dirimu? Seringkali seseorang tidak mau menerima, apa yang telah ditentukan untuk hidupnya. Sehingga, ia memberontak akan hal itu. Ia lari dari takdirnya, karena ia merasa apa yang diberikan tidak seperti yang ia bayangkan. Setiap orang memang berusaha yang terbaik menurut dirinya. Setiap orang melakukan sesuatu sesuai dengan yang ia impikan. Namun, sampai batas tertentu, engkau dan saya memiliki keterbatasan untuk memahami apa yang dimaui oleh Sang Pencipta untuk hidupku dan hidupmu. Kita seringkali salah dalam menilai dan menyikapi takdir yang harus kita jalani. Namun, yang harus kita sadari adalah rencana Tuhan untukmu dan untukku jauh melampaui apa pun yang dapat kita bayangkan. Hal ini diutarakan oleh Oprah Winfrey, seorang pilantropist, produser, aktris, dan host talk show terkenal lewat ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’, berkebangsaan Amerika, lahir pada tahun 1954 (berusia 64 tahun saat ini), melalui quote-nya, ’What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.’ Secara bebas diterjemahkan, ’Apa yang Tuhan maksudkan untukmu jauh melampaui apa pun yang dapat kau bayangkan.’ Setiap orang yang beriman, memang harus berusaha semaksimal mungkin untuk keberlangsungan hidupnya. Ia harus bekerja keras dan berpeluh untuk memenuhi semua keinginannya. Namun, jangan melawan takdir. Apa yang terbaik menurut kita, belum tentu terbaik menurut-Nya. Terkadang, apa yang kita inginkan, justru menjerumuskan kita ke lembah kegelapan. Namun, seringkali seseorang menolak untuk memenuhi takdir yang telah ditentukan Sang Pemilik Kehidupan, hanya karena ia merasa bahwa hal itu bukan seperti yang ia inginkan. Padahal, takdir itu membawa kita lebih dekat kepada-Nya.

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 1 Ingat! Sang Pencipta itu Maha Adil. Ia tidak membuat setiap orang sama. Ia menciptakan setiap orang dengan keunikannya masing-masing. Itulah sebabnya, setiap orang memiliki takdirnya masing- masing untuk memenuhi rancangan-Nya. Jangan melawan atau menolak sesuatu yang merupakan bagian kita. Karena, itulah yang seharusnya kita terima dan lakukan. Rencana Sang Khalik untuk hidup kita, jauh lebih baik daripada rencana kita sendiri. Indonesia, 11 Januari 2019 Riset Corporation --- Oprah Winfrey Biography Philanthropist, Television Producer, Talk Show Host, Film Actress, Actress, Film Actor/Film Actress, Producer (1954–) Billionaire media giant and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is best known for hosting her own internationally popular talk show from 1986 to 2011. From there, she launched her own television network, OWN. Who Is Oprah Winfrey? Oprah Winfrey was born in the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. In 1976, Winfrey moved to Baltimore, where she hosted a hit television chat show, People Are Talking. Afterward, she was recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show. She later became the host of her own, wildly popular program, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired for 25 seasons, from 1986 to 2011. That same year, Winfrey launched her own TV network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Oprah's Story: Early Life & Career American television host, actress, producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. After a troubled adolescence in a small farming community, where she was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother, Vernita, she moved to Nashville to live with her father, Vernon, a barber and businessman. She entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville. In 1976, Oprah Winfrey moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she hosted the TV chat show People Are Talking. The show became a hit and Winfrey stayed with it for eight years, after which she was recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show, A.M. Chicago. Her major competitor in the time slot was Phil Donahue. Within several months, Winfrey's open, warm-hearted personal style had won her 100,000 more viewers than Donahue and had taken her show from last place to first in the ratings. Her success led to nationwide fame and a role in Steven Spielberg's 1985 film The Color Purple, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' Winfrey launched The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986 as a nationally syndicated program. With its placement on 120 channels and an audience of 10 million people, the show grossed $125 million by the end of its first year, of which Winfrey received $30 million. She soon gained ownership of the program from ABC, drawing it under the control of her new production company, Harpo Productions ('Oprah' spelled backwards) and making more and more money from syndication. In 1994, with talk shows becoming increasingly trashy and exploitative, Winfrey pledged to keep her show free of tabloid topics. Although ratings initially fell, she earned the respect of her viewers and was soon rewarded with an upsurge in popularity. Her projects with Harpo have included the highly rated 1989 TV miniseries, The Women of Brewster Place, which she also starred in. Winfrey also

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 2 signed a multi-picture contract with Disney. The initial project, 1998's Beloved, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison and starring Winfrey and Danny Glover, got mixed reviews and generally failed to live up to expectations. Winfrey, who became almost as well-known for her weight loss efforts as for her talk show, lost an estimated 90 pounds (dropping to her ideal weight of around 150 pounds) and competed in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., in 1995. In the wake of her highly publicized success, Winfrey's personal chef, Rosie Daley, and trainer, Bob Greene, both published best-selling books. Oprah's Book Club, O Magazine, & More The media giant contributed immensely to the publishing world by launching her "Oprah's Book Club," as part of her talk show. The program propelled many unknown authors to the top of the bestseller lists and gave pleasure reading a new kind of popular prominence. With the debut in 1999 of Oxygen Media, a company she co-founded that is dedicated to producing cable and Internet programming for women, Winfrey ensured her place in the forefront of the media industry and as one of the most powerful and wealthy people in show business. In 2002, she concluded a deal with the network to air a prime-time complement to her syndicated talk show. Her highly successful monthly, O: The Oprah Magazine debuted in 2000, and in 2004, she signed a new contract to continue The Oprah Winfrey Show through the 2010-11 season. At the time, the syndicated show was seen on nearly 212 U.S. stations and in more than 100 countries worldwide. In 2005, Winfrey helped give The Color Purple a new life onstage as one of the producers of the 11- time Tony-nominated musical, which ran on Broadway until 2008. A revival of the musical, which Winfrey co-produced in 2015, won a Tony Award. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network In 2009, Oprah Winfrey announced that she would be ending her program when her contract with ABC ended, in 2011. Soon after, she moved to her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture with Discovery Communications. Despite a financially rocky start, the network made headlines in January 2013, when it aired an interview between Winfrey and Lance Armstrong, the American cyclist and seven-time Tour de France winner who was stripped of his Tour titles in 2012 due to doping charges. During the interview, Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing substances throughout his cycling career, including the hormones cortisone, testosterone and erythropoietin (also known as EPO). "I am deeply flawed ... and I'm paying the price for it, and I think that's okay. I deserve this," he stated. The interview reportedly brought in millions of dollars in revenue for OWN. Of her interview with Armstrong, Winfrey said in a statement, "He did not come clean in the manner I expected. It was surprising to me. I would say that, for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized by some of his answers. I felt he was thorough. He was serious. He certainly prepared himself for this moment. I would say he met the moment. At the end of it, we both were pretty exhausted." In March 2015, Winfrey announced that her Chicago-based Harpo Studios would close at the end of the year to consolidate the company’s production operations to the Los Angeles-based OWN headquarters. Winfrey’s television empire was launched at the studio and it had been home to her daily syndicated talk show through its finale in 2011. "The time had come to downsize this part of the business and to move forward. It will be sad to say goodbye," said Winfrey, "but I look ahead with such a knowing that what the future holds is even more than I can see." Winfrey returned to acting in Greenleaf, which marked her first recurring scripted television role. The original family drama, which revolves around a Memphis megachurch, premiered on OWN in June 2016.

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 3 In December 2017, it was announced that Discovery had become the majority owner of OWN with the purchase of 24.5 percent of the company from its founder for $70 million. Winfrey retained 25.5 percent of OWN and remained its chief executive under terms of the agreement. Activism, Charity and Awards According to Forbes magazine, Oprah was the richest African American of the 20th century and the world's only Black billionaire for three years running. Life magazine hailed her as the most influential woman of her generation. In 2005, Business Week named her the greatest Black philanthropist in American history. Oprah's Angel Network has raised more than $50 million for charitable programs, including girls' education in South Africa and relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Winfrey is a dedicated activist for children's rights; in 1994, President Clinton signed a bill into law that Winfrey had proposed to Congress, creating a nationwide database of convicted child abusers. She founded the Family for Better Lives foundation and also contributes to her alma mater, Tennessee State University. In September 2002, Oprah was named the first recipient of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. Campaigning for Barack Obama Winfrey campaigned for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in December 2007, attracting the largest crowds of the primary season to that point. Winfrey joined Obama for a series of rallies in the early primary/caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. It was the first time Winfrey had ever campaigned for a political candidate. The biggest event was at the University of South Carolina football stadium, where 29,000 supporters attended a rally that had been switched from an 18,000-seat basketball arena to satisfy public demand. "Dr. (Martin Luther) King dreamed the dream. But we don't have to just dream the dream any more," Oprah told the crowd. "We get to vote that dream into reality by supporting a man who knows not just who we are, but who we can be." In her final season of her talk show, Oprah made ratings soar when she revealed a family secret: she has a half-sister named Patricia. Oprah's mother gave birth to a baby girl in 1963. At the time, Oprah was nine years old, and living with her father. Lee put the child up for adoption because she believed that she wouldn't be able to get off public assistance if she had another child to care for. Patricia lived in a series of foster homes until she was seven years old. Patricia tried to connect with her birth mother through her adoption agency after she became an adult, but Lee did not want to meet her. After doing some research, she approached a niece of Winfrey's, and the two had DNA tests done, which proved they were related. Winfrey only learned of her sister's existence a few months before she made the decision to publicize the knowledge. "It was one of the greatest surprises of my life," she said on her show. In November 2013, Winfrey received the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Barack Obama gave her this award for her contributions to her country. In February 2018, after a shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left 17 people dead, Winfrey announced she would follow the example set by George and Amal Clooney and donate $500,000 to the March for Our Lives demonstration scheduled for March 24. She tweeted: "George and Amal, I couldn’t agree with you more. I am joining forces with you and will match your $500,000 donation to 'March For Our Lives.' These inspiring young people remind me of the Freedom Riders of the 60s who also said we've had ENOUGH and our voices will be heard." 2018 Golden Globes Speech: #MeToo, Female Empowerment In January 2018, Winfrey became the first African-American woman to be honored with the Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award, for lifetime achievement. In a powerful speech, she recalled being inspired by seeing Sidney Poitier honored at the Globes decades earlier, before emphasizing the

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 4 importance of a free press and the power of speaking the truth in a "culture broken by brutally powerful men." "So I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon," she said, in closing. "And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say, 'Me too' again." The overwhelming reception to the speech was such that many began calling for the media mogul and personality to run for president. Winfrey generally downplayed the suggestion that she would do so, though she admitted to People that the support had her entertaining the idea, and prompted her to check with the Big Guy upstairs for guidance: "God, if you think I’m supposed to run, you gotta tell me, and it has to be so clear that not even I can miss it," she recalled, adding that she had yet to receive clear affirmation to proceed. Other Projects: '60 Minutes,' Oprah's Favorite Things Lives On In January 2017, CBS announced that Winfrey would join the newsmagazine 60 Minutes as a special contributor in the fall. Winfrey introduced her "Oprah's Favorite Things" holiday list during her time as a talk show host, and continued the annual tradition even after moving on to other projects. For the 2017 edition, featured on Amazon, she became the first celebrity behind Alexa, the company's voice-control system, allowing shoppers to hear Oprah herself explain her top picks for the season. Relationship with Stedman Winfrey has been in a relationship with Stedman Graham, a public relations executive, since the mid- 1980s. They became engaged in 1992, but never tied the knot. The couple lives in Chicago, and Winfrey also has homes in Montecito, California, Rolling Prairie, Indiana, and Telluride, Colorado. Adopted from: https://www.biography.com/people/oprah-winfrey-9534419 Oprah Winfrey AMERICAN TELEVISION PERSONALITY, ACTRESS, AND ENTREPRENEUR WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Oprah Winfrey, (born January 29, 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.), American television personality, actress, and entrepreneur whose syndicated daily talk show was among the most popular of the genre. She became one of the richest and most influential women in the United States. Winfrey moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at age six to live with her mother. In her early teens she was sent to Nashville to live with her father, who proved to be a positive influence in her life. At age 19 Winfrey became a news anchor for the local CBS television station. Following her graduation from Tennessee State University in 1976, she was made a reporter and coanchor for the ABC news affiliate in Baltimore, Maryland. She found herself constrained by the objectivity required of news reporting, and in 1977 she became cohost of the Baltimore morning show People Are Talking. Winfrey excelled in the casual and personal talk-show format, and in 1984 she moved to Chicago to host the faltering talk show AM Chicago. Winfrey’s honest and engaging personality quickly turned the program into a success, and in 1985 it was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. Syndicated nationally in 1986, the program became the highest-rated television talk show in the United States and earned several Emmy Awards. In 1985 Winfrey appeared in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel The Color Purple. Her critically acclaimed performance led to other roles, including a performance in the

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 5 television miniseries The Women of Brewster Place (1989). Winfrey formed her own television production company, Harpo Productions, Inc., in 1986, and a film production company, Harpo Films, in 1990. The companies began buying film rights to literary works, including Connie May Fowler’s Before Women Had Wings, which appeared in 1997 with Winfrey as both star and producer, and Toni Morrison’s Beloved, which appeared in 1998, also with Winfrey in a starring role. Winfrey later lent her voice to several animated films, including Charlotte’s Web (2006) and The Princess and the Frog (2009), and appeared in Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013). Selma (2014), a film about Martin Luther King, Jr., that Winfrey produced and also appeared in, was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture. She subsequently starred in the HBO TV movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), portraying the daughter of a woman whose cancerous cells were, unbeknownst to her and her family, used in research that led to numerous scientific advances. Winfrey then appeared as Mrs. Which in the 2018 film adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s acclaimed 1962 sci-fi novel, A Wrinkle in Time. Winfrey broke new ground in 1996 by starting an on-air book club. She announced selections two to four weeks in advance and then discussed the book on her show with a select group of people. Each book chosen quickly rose to the top of the best-seller charts, and Winfrey’s effect on the publishing industry was significant. Winfrey further expanded her presence in the publishing industry with the highly successful launch of O, the Oprah Magazine in 2000 and O at Home in 2004; the latter folded in 2008. In 1998 Winfrey expanded her media entertainment empire when she cofounded Oxygen Media, which launched a cable television network for women. In 2006 the Oprah & Friends channel debuted on satellite radio. She brokered a partnership with Discovery Communications in 2008, through which the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) replaced the Discovery Health Channel in January 2011. In 2009 Winfrey announced that her television talk show would end in 2011; it was speculated that she would focus on OWN. The last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired in May 2011, and Oprah’s Next Chapter, a weekly prime-time interview program on OWN, debuted in January 2012. In 2017 it was announced that Discovery was acquiring a majority share in OWN, though Winfrey would remain involved in the channel. That year she also became a special correspondent for the newsmagazine 60 Minutes, which aired on CBS. Winfrey engaged in numerous philanthropic activities, including the creation of Oprah’s Angel Network, which sponsors charitable initiatives worldwide. In 2007 she opened a $40 million school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa. She became an outspoken crusader against child abuse and received many honours and awards from civic, philanthropic, and entertainment organizations. In 2010 she was named a Kennedy Center honoree, and the following year she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2013 Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She won the Cecil B. DeMille Award (a Golden Globe for lifetime achievement) in 2018, and her impassioned speech—in which she called for racial and gender equality—was widely seen as one of the ceremony’s most memorable moments. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Adopted from: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oprah-Winfrey Oprah Winfrey Biography A famous American talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey is most renowned for ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’. To know more about her childhood, career, profile and timeline read on Quick Facts Birthday: January 29, 1954

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 6 Nationality: American Famous: Quotes By Oprah Winfrey Black Women Sun Sign: Aquarius Age: 64 Years, 64 Year Old Females Also Known As: Orpah Gail Winfrey Born In: Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States Famous As: Media Proprietor Height: 1.69 M Family: Spouse/Ex-: Stedman Graham Father: Vernon Winfrey Mother: Vernita Lee Siblings: Jeffrey Lee, Patricia Lee, Patricia Lloyd Personality: ENFJ Diseases & Disabilities: Depression City, States, Provinces & Districts: Mississippi Notable Alumni: Tennessee State University Founder/Co-Founder: Oprah's Angel Network, Family for Better Lives, Harpo Productions, Oprah Winfrey Network, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Oxygen, Oprah Winfrey Foundation Net Worth: $3 Billion As Of 2017 More Facts Education: Tennessee State University, East Literature Magnet School, Nicolet High School Hobbies: She Likes to Spend Time with Her Dogs and Likes to Travel. Oprah Loves to Read and Take Pictures She Enjoys the Colors Of Pictures and She Loves Capturing Every Moment Humanitarian Work: Creator of ‘Oprah’s Angel Network’ Awards: Kennedy Center Honors – 2010 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award – 2011 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series – 2014 People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host - 2004-1988 Peabody Award – 1996 NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of The Year – 1989 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award – 2002 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host - 1998-1995-1994 People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer - 1998-1997 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award – 2010 Spingarn Medal – 2000 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show - 1997-1996-1995 Producers Guild of America Award - Stanley Kramer Award – 2008 TCA Career Achievement Award – 2011 NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award – 2005

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 7 International Emmy Award for Founders – 2005 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie – 2000 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special – 1993 Producers Guild of America Award - David L. Wolper Producer of The Year Award In Long-Form Television – 2000 Medal of Distingui Hed Contribution to American Letters – 1999 Oprah Winfrey is an internationally influential self-made billionaire African-American woman. Born to an unwed mother who had a short relationship with a soldier stationed nearby, Oprah grew up in dire poverty, and was primarily raised by her grandmother. Sexually abused and mistreated as a child, Winfrey rose above adversity to focus on her primary and high school education. After developing a close relationship with a young man and winning a local beauty pageant got her a chance to shine at a local radio station, Winfrey knew that she wanted to work in the broadcast industry. Despite failing one key interview, she persevered and moved across the country to secure a job as a television reporter. Although she never quite adapted to the job, and was later fired, she gained enough experience to be given her own morning talk show. After Winfrey delivered solid ratings, she moved across the country to host a new talk show. After the ratings exploded, she was given control over her own show, which soon became a wildly popular national phenomenon. Winfrey rapidly expanded her media network, launching a magazine, television channel and radio network, and is now considered to be one of the most influential and powerful women on the planet. Childhood & Early Life • Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her mother was Vernita Lee, who lived on a small family farm. Oprah's biological father, Vernon Winfrey, was a soldier temporarily stationed at a nearby base. Oprah was raised by her grandmother, Hattie Mae Lee. • Oprah stated that as a child her "only friends" were the animals on her family farm. She gave her first public recital at a local church when she was just 3 years old. • She shuttled between different caregivers throughout her childhood, and attended Nashville East High School in Nashville, Tennessee. In her senior year, Oprah was chosen to read the news on a local radio station. In the same year, she won the Miss Black Tennessee contest. Career • When she was still a teenager, the local CBS television station in Nashville, Tennessee offered her a job as a co-anchor. She turned it down three times. At age 19, Oprah Winfrey said yes after the fourth offer. • She failed the interview, but instead was offered a job as a full-time reporter for a Baltimore television news channel. She did poorly as a reporter, and by age 22 she was fired from the news division. • The director of the station gave Winfrey a boost by selecting her to anchor a morning talk show entitled ‘People are Talking’. For the next seven years, her talk show enjoyed excellent ratings. • In 1981, she moved to Chicago to host a talk show entitled ‘A.M. Chicago’. Four years later, after a tremendous boost in the ratings, the producers changed the name to ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’. • In 1985, Winfrey performed as an actress in the movie 'The Color Purple'. • On September 8, 1986, ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ was broadcast nationally. In the same year, she founded ‘Harpo Studios’.

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 8 • In June of 1987, her show won three ‘Daytime Emmy Awards’. The following year, it won an additional ‘Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show’. • In 1989, she produced and co-starred in the miniseries 'The Women of Brewster Place' and 'Brewster Place'. In the same year, her company ‘Harpo Productions’ began producing ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’. • In 1993, she conducted an interview with Michael Jackson. The episode became the most watched interview ever, and fourth most watched event in American television. • In 1996, she launched ‘Oprah's Book Club’, a talk show meant for book discussions. Books recommended by Winfrey sold millions of additional copies. • In 1997, she played the role of a therapist in an episode of the sitcom 'Ellen'. • In 1998, she produced and starred in the movie 'Beloved'. In the same year, she was sued by Texas cattlemen for allegedly making defamatory remarks about hamburgers. • The same year this talk show host started ‘Oprah’s Angel Network’ which provided funds to charitable and non-profit organizations. • In 2002, she launched ‘O, the Oprah Magazine’. It was later confirmed as the most successful start-up ever in the magazine industry. • On December 1, 2005, she was a guest on the 'Late Show with David Letterman', which some critics proclaimed was the 'television event of the decade'. • In 2006, she provided the voice for the animated film 'Charlotte's Web'. In the same year, she launched ‘Oprah Radio’, a channel on ‘XM Satellite Radio’. • In 2007, she provided the voice for Judge Bumbleden in the film 'Bee Movie'. • In 2008, the talented artist endorsed Barack Obama in the presidential election. Her public support was considered a key factor in Obama's ultimate victory. • In 2009, she provided the voice for Eudora in the film 'The Princess and the Frog'. Major Works • Oprah Winfrey is the richest self-made woman in America and one of the most influential and powerful women in the world. Awards & Achievements • In 2000, this talented artist was honored with the ‘Spingarn Medal’ from the NAACP. • In 2013, she was awarded the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’. She has also won dozens of awards and recognitions for her broadcasting and acting career. Personal Life & Legacy • Winfrey has publicly disclosed that she was raped by a family relative when she was 9 years old. She also disclosed that she gave birth at age 14, and that her child died in infancy. Winfrey has used her personal experience to campaign for support groups to help survivors of sexual abuse. • She lives on a property named ‘The Promised Land’ in California. She has dated several celebrities, including John Tesh and Roger Ebert, but has never married. She has officially been in a relationship with her long-time boyfriend Stedman Graham since 1986. • The philanthropic talk show host has given over 400 scholarships to Morehouse College. She has also been ranked as among the 50 most generous Americans. Net Worth • In 2014, this media proprietor was reported to have a net worth of over 2.9 billion dollars. Trivia

Brainy Quote ~ Oprah Winfrey 001-012 9 • This talented talk show host is now considered to be the wealthiest African-American woman in the United States. Adopted from: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/oprah-winfrey-2484.php --o0o--

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