2020 Add one more name to the growing list of Democrats preparing to run for president in 2020: Marianne Williamson — pal of Oprah, spirituality guru and fixture of Hollywood's New Age community. Williamson, a best-selling author of a dozen books on spirituality including “A Return to Love,” announced on Friday that she's forming a presidential exploratory committee and traveling to Iowa, her fifth trip to the state this year. Story Continued Below “We had a miracle in this country in 1776 and we need another one,” the Williamson said in a video announcement. “It’s going to be a co-creative effort, an effort of love and a gift of love, to our country and hopefully to our world.” She added that America needs to get “back to an ethical center that is the true exceptionalism of the American ideal.” While the 66-year-old Williamson is not a familiar name inside the Beltway, it is not her first time dabbling in national … [Read more...] about Oprah pal and spirituality guru plans 2020 run
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Meet Oprah, the omnipotent VR bug, in Crow: The Legend on Oculus
For all the times you wondered what it would feel like for Oprah, an godlike insect with the power to summon anything into being, now you can. Oprah Winfrey joins other big-name stars like John Legend, Constance Wu and Diego Luna in Crow: The Legend, a free 20-minute virtual-reality experience released Thursday on Facebook's Oculus store. The piece -- a Pixar-like journey that follows Crow he attempts to save the world and his community of cartoon animal friends from eternal winter -- is available in virtual reality on Oculus Rift, Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR. But Baobab Studios, the VR animation company that created the experience, was also released as a 2D animated short, so people without VR can see its story too. VR has been one of the buzziest tech areas in the last five years, as giants such as Sony, HTC, Samsung, Google and Oculus have poured resources into the head-mounted devices that transport users into a digital world. But VR has yet to … [Read more...] about Meet Oprah, the omnipotent VR bug, in Crow: The Legend on Oculus
Michelle Obama Tells Oprah She Cried for 30 Minutes After Trump’s Inauguration
Former First Lady Michelle Obama told Oprah Winfrey she cried for 30 minutes after President Trump’s inauguration. Obama, who is currently on a 12 city book tour, told Oprah Winfrey she broke down crying on the plane after Trump was sworn in. She says it had nothing to do with Trump.“When I got on the plane, I sobbed for 30 minutes,” she said. “I think it was just the release of eight years trying to do everything perfectly.” “I said to Barack, ‘That was so hard, what we just did. That was so hard.'” According to the Hollywood Reporter, Obama was appearing before 14,000 screaming fans in Chicago, “which felt part talk show, part political rally and part rock concert, complete with $35 Michele Obama T-shirts emblazoned with her face and the title of her just-released memoir, Becoming.” Although the memoir criticizes Trump for re-igniting the controversy over Barack Obama’s place of birth, something the former first … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama Tells Oprah She Cried for 30 Minutes After Trump’s Inauguration
Michelle Obama begins arena tour in talk with Oprah
Michael Tarm, Associated Press Published 7:51 pm PST, Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Former first lady Michelle Obama embraces a student at her alma mater, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, on Chicago's West Side, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, a day before the launch of a book tour to promote her memoir, "Becoming." less Former first lady Michelle Obama embraces a student at her alma mater, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, on Chicago's West Side, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, a day before the launch of a book tour to promote her ... more Photo: Teresa Crawford, AP Photo: Teresa Crawford, AP Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 Former first lady Michelle Obama embraces a student at her alma mater, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, on Chicago's West Side, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, a … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama begins arena tour in talk with Oprah
Oprah Book Club’s newest selection: Michelle Obama’s “Becoming”
It was announced Monday that Michelle Obama's new memoir, "Becoming" (published by Crown), is the latest selection of the Oprah Book Club. It's the 80th book to receive the coveted "Oprah seal of approval." "I got an advance copy of what everybody is calling 'the book of the season,'" said Winfrey, "and I loved it so much, I've already read it twice. "It's a tour de force. I laughed and I cried. It is exquisitely written. It is so vulnerable, so vivid. I want the whole world to read this book, and if you're in a book club, I encourage you to choose this book for your club, and let's all read it together. "It's Michelle Obama's personal story but I know it will spark you to think about your own becoming." The book goes on sale Tuesday. In a preview of her interview with Obama (to be broadcast in a primetime special on the OWN network on Thursday, November 15), Winfrey asked the former first lady about her remarks in the book about then-"Apprentice" host Donald Trump's provocative … [Read more...] about Oprah Book Club’s newest selection: Michelle Obama’s “Becoming”