Posts Tagged ‘oprah’

Win Celebrity Experiences At 6th Annual Chevy Chase Green Auction

November 9th 2009

Wanna play golf with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray? How does hanging out in the studio with Howard Stern or seeing a taping of Oprah sound? Well now you can!
Chevy and Jayni Chase are holding their 6th annual Chevy Chase Green Auction from now until November 18th to raise money for The GREEN Community Schools [...]

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Paul Newman Named ‘Most Generous Celebrity’ Of 2008

November 3rd 2009

The Giving Back Fund has released their “Giving Back 30″ list for 2008 — and knocking Oprah out of the top spot for the first time ever was none other than Paul Newman.
The legendary actor, who passed away in September 2008, bequeathed over $20 million to a variety of charities focused on education, the environment, [...]

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Al Gore Passes One Million Twitter Followers, Says “Wow”

June 17th 2009

Al Gore has done it.
The former Vice-President passed the one million mark in Twitter followers earlier this morning; placing him in such fine company as Ashton Kutcher, Oprah, John Mayer, and Britney Spears.
Gore was in a sprint to the finish against none other than gossip blogger Perez Hilton — who, as of this writing, was [...]

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Oprah Magazine Covers PAWS Shelter Pups In June Issue

June 2nd 2009

While it will be awhile before the animal-rights world forgets Oprah’s free Kentucky Fried Chicken stunt last month, the media mogul is once more using her huge spotlight to shine attention on a wonderful organization.
The June issue of the Oprah Magazine features a cover of Winfrey (as usual) covered in a array of rescued puppies [...]

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PETA Responds To Oprah’s KFC Promo, Believes She Was Deceived

May 7th 2009

After we wondered aloud why PETA was so quiet regarding Oprah’s free chicken dinner promotion with Kentucky Fried Chicken, a rep sent us this official statement from the group:
PETA was horrified and immediately wrote privately to Oprah to enquire as to whether KFC had deliberately misled her the way it has been misleading other consumers [...]

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PETA Surprisingly Quiet On Oprah’s KFC Promotion

May 7th 2009

While many shots have been fired from blogs and news organizations over Oprah’s decision to align herself with KFC and give away free chicken dinners, the loudest cannons of all from PETA have yet to fire. In fact, the animal rights organizations has been oddly silent on the issue — which is largely surprising considering [...]

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Oprah Buys Everyone Free KFC, Chickens Everywhere Cry Fowl

May 5th 2009

Remember that special Oprah had last year addressing the “dark side” of chicken factory farming? The same one that helped earn her PETA’s 2008 “Person of the Year” Award? Yea, well, we don’t see a repeat performance anytime soon.
On Oprah today, the host announced that she was hooking up with Kentucky Fried Chicken to give [...]

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Oprah Highlights Massive Pacific Trash Vortex (Of Doom)

April 23rd 2009

As part of Oprah’s Earth Day special yesterday, the 55-year-old host devoted time to discussing the health of oceans — and the serious waste found floating in them. Of particular interest was the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” — an area of floating trash estimated to be twice the size of Texas, and in some places [...]

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Oprah To Spotlight Trash, Oceans, On Earth Day Special

April 21st 2009

Oprah Winfrey is continuing her annual ode to Earth Day with a green-themed show spotlighting trash disposal, ocean pollution, and saving green by going green. Here’s the bit from her site:
Do you know where your trash really goes? You might think differently about garbage after you watch this show! Plus, how going green could save [...]

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Oprah Doubles Kutcher’s Malaria Donation On Twitter

April 17th 2009

Looks like everyone is getting caught up in the act of giving over Twitter — and we’re psyched to see it infecting more and more celebrities. As an act of solidarity and congratulations on his beating CNN to one million Twitter followers, many celebrities are jumping on to Ashton Kutcher’s call to raise money for [...]

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