Iyanla and Oprah Back Together Again, And It's Pretty Good: Oprah's Life Class Letting Go of Anger

I have not been a fan of Oprah's new network OWN, but I admire her courage for making the attempt. I did catch episodes of her Behind the Scenes show which was great! Especially the episode where Jennifer Hudson was 6 hours late to a taping. But otherwise, the rest of the programming had nothing to do with me. I'm not interested in Shania Twain, Sarah Ferguson, and The Judds, but I might be able to get into this Lifeclass series. I finally gave in to the Facebook Ads and clicked on Oprah's Lifeclass Webcast.

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What in the HOT! CRISPY! HECK? Daniel Edwards is a Loon- Completes Michelle Obama Bust

The man who brought us bronzed statutes of Britney Spears giving birth, Suri Cruise's first bowel movement, Paris Hilton's Autopsy, that hideous bust of Hillary Clinton topless and a sarcophagus and burial mask of Oprah Winfrey is at it again. This time his target is Michelle Obama.This is what a WAOD reader said via email: No words. I don't even know if it's good or not. I just don't know why he can't make a bust that look like Michelle now. He HAD to put some hoop earrings on the woman...ugh.WAOD Reader Sandra Rose's take on the sculpture:

The Afro pick sitting fashionably askew in the Nefertiti style body wave perm adds a nice touch.SandraRose.com

For their part, the Edward's promoters offer this interpretation of the inexplicable:

“Michelle Obama’s Makeover for America” presents an accessorized mannequin bust of Obama that foregoes the conventional pearl necklace, and provides for her a ‘signature look’ to take to Washington. “The goal is to create a look for Michelle Obama that eliminates excessive comparisons to Jackie Kennedy,” said Edwards, who studied under the tutelage of legendary fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez, “like supermodel Tyra Banks’s photos in Harper’s Bazaar, or the puzzling comment from CBS’s Byron Pitts that recommended ‘less Jackee, more Jackie O.’”

A pearl-studded Afro pick, shaped like an eagle, demonstrates the makeover’s fashion mix of Black African and White House heritage to reinvigorate the traditional First Lady pearls. A tight, spiral-textured mane complements Michelle Obama’s likeness, with the pearl Afro pick placed modishly askew in a Nefertiti-esque hairstyle. Included are big hoop earrings shaped like O’s that seem to suggest, according to a gallery spokesman, “Look out Oprah, a new ‘Lady O’s’ in charge.”

Adorning the breasts of Michelle Obama’s bust are temporary tattoos, of which an American flag is depicted, to compensate for Barack’s pin-free lapels. Additional breast tattoo designs for Mrs. Obama, by Chicago tattoo artist Alex Higgins, will also be exhibited.

“Michelle Obama inspires a fashion template change that many First Ladies of the 21st Century may follow, as we witness minorities in this country becoming the majority,” added the spokesman. SOURCE

I am sorry. This looks in no way like Michelle Obama. Look at what he did to Oprah. He constructed a Sarcophagus for Oprah Winfrey/span>

With her endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama, Oprah is making known her views on the need for healthcare reform. But controversial sculptor Daniel Edwards is urging talk show host Oprah Winfrey to do more by taking the time on her show to reach out to the recently retired baby boomers for whom healthcare reform will come too late. Edwards is offering his latest creation to Oprah, to assist the television icon in breaking the ice with baby boomers to encourage them to prepare for their own funerals. ... A gilded coffin lid bearing Oprah’s full-figured likeness with slimming vertical stripes, The Oprah Sarcophagus is designed for a look of cultural neutrality with respect to Oprah’s audience and the style of her magazine. “The Oprah Sarcophagus is the ideal visual aid for educating boomers about living wills, casket choices, and memorial service arrangements,” says gallery co-director John Leo. “We would like to hear Oprah tell her viewers that a great coffin should be something of which to aspire, and that no one should have to settle for a pine box.” Source

Now I could psychoanalyze this for days, but I feel dumber for even trying. Brain cells are dying as we speak. Is it November 4th yet? Huh? I saw some Halloween candy at Walgreens that means the end is near. Come on November 5th! Come on!

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Harpo, Who Dees Women?-- Republican Women to Boycott Oprah Winfrey!

As all of you know, Oprah Winfrey is my imaginary Aunt. I mean if you are going to make up imaginary relatives, they might as well have a really cool house in California that you can imagine visiting. Really nice clothes you can imagine borrowing and have the ability to give really nice gifts you can imagine receiving. But tis' not not all the imaginary material things my imaginary Aunty-O has given me, but the imaginary stories she could tell about real folk. Like what she was really thinking when Tom Cruise had the audacity to jump up and down on the good furniture. What she really thinks about the audience members who go crazy when she give away free socks of a tin full of caramel popcorn. ( I mean is the popcorn THAT good?) Well anyway, they've been after my favorite imaginary Aunty since she came out and endorsed Barack Obama now they want to boycott her.

The Florida Federation of Republican Women made the decision to boycott the Oprah Winfrey Show Saturday, after the media mogul refused to have Gov. Sarah Palin as a guest on her show until after the election wraps up. "Women in Florida helped build Oprah into the icon she is today," Linda Ivell, President of the FFRW said in a statement. "We are deeply disappointed in Ms. Winfrey's decision to sit out the greatest political moment in the history of women since suffrage." CNN.com

Harpo Who Dees Women? Well this is the website of the Florida Federation of Republican Women. All five of them . According to their site counter, they have only had 6800 visitors and I suspect 6750 of those have been since they announced their boycott of Oprah. However, you can sign their guest book if you would like.Here is one of the messages being left about Oprah on the Florida Federation of Republican Women's Guest book

As a 100% disabled Viet Nam Combat Veteran I stand behind all of you. Go ladies! boycott Oprah forever cause she ain't good enough for this country that made her RICH, well known and liberial. my 2 cents worth Florida Federation of Republican Women Guest Book

This all got started by an unverified story on the Drudge Report saying that Oprah's staff was divided with half wanting Palin on and Oprah saying no. There were no sources. So of course because mainstream media has confused reading a blog with JOURNALISM, they ran with Drudge's story. Then Oprah made a MISTAKE and dignified Drudge's unverified report with a statement of her own. Confirming that Palin would not be invited on until AFTER the election. Here are some of my observations. .. First, Oprah never should have responded to Drudge. He's notoriously wrong. Second, there is no explanation that Oprah is going to be able to offer that would appease her critics. Even if Oprah had Palin on , people would likely complain that Oprah wasn't warm and fuzzy enough to Palin. Third, there is no indication that Palin would have accepted an invitation, Fourth Oprah's show, she can have on whomever she wants. She built it. She maintains it. It belongs to her- I might also add that she has valiantly keep the scourge that is the Hip Hop Industrial Complex off of her stage for the most part although she has had some lapses. Fifth, do you really want Sarah Palin to receive the James Frey treatment? Sixth, Oprah is richer than Croesus. If she doesn't make another dime, she still doesn't have time to spend all of her money. Seventh, Oprah is over 50. Folks stop caring what other people think at 49.5. But most importantly, as Oprah is being besieged by the hordes, where are the prominent Black folk who have graced her stage coming to her defense? LET THE RECORD SHOW that not a one has been seen or heard from. Why is it that when a Black man is in crisis, folk trample small children to throw up a placard an start a chant, but Oprah is on her own. Okay, maybe not on her own completely. Isiah Carey offers this perspective.

As expected her popularity has plummeted according to this so called poll on the network. Never mind Oprah gave dozens of poor people cars to help with their transportation needs, just deny how she's paid for hundreds of young students to go to college, conveniently forget she's built a school to educate potentially thousands of poor African girls, disregard how she got millions of Americans to read again, erase the fact that she built an entire community for hurricane evacuees in Houston, and just ignore the millions she's given to make this country a better place. Isiah Carey

Isiah didn't you know, we're only as good as our last tap dance or touch down. The truth is that they've been gunning for her and she gave them just enough to light their little torches as they pick up their little pitchforks to go march on one of Aunty O's mansions. Right now Oprah is probably meditating while sitting on a pile of money. "Oooom. Whateveeeeeer Ooooom"

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MSNBC Contributor Wants Oprah Winfrey to Go Away

Don't we have this discussion about Oprah about once every five years or so where people ponder if this is the end of the Oprah empire? Well ever since she endorsed Barack Obama, there has been keen interest in whether that would spell DOOM, DOOM, DOOM for everything O.

MSNBC Contributor , Michael Ventre wrote an article,Enough’s enough: Oprah is oversaturated-Media magnate is on verge of ruining a good thing by being in everything

"It wasn’t the candidate she picked who’s the problem, even though she’s African-American, he’s African-American, and therefore such an endorsement — her first such public declaration — caused the racist goobers in our society to crawl out from various rocks and offer their ugly blather.

The issue is more about saturation. Oprah has her hands in just about everything these days, from publishing to reality shows to humanitarian efforts to spirituality. And she’s not a phony. She’s helped a lot of people and has had a colossal impact on the communications landscape." MSNBC

BTW, they are saying the same thing about Martha Stewart. Slate wrote an article called "Why Martha Stewart's Company is Doomed."

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Giant's Win- But Can We Talk About the Commercials?- Oprah's New Show

Now that you are chock full of tortilla chips, queso and hot wings. Defense wins games. If you have never heard me do sports radio, you can head on over to 2 Guys and a Mic where I appeared regularly during the entire season. I guest hosted the episode where we made Super Bowl picks.

Any favorite commercials? I can tell you the one I thought was idiotic and gross was the puking baby with the creepy eyes.

Who thought that was cute? (See the rest of the commercials)

Speaking of commercials, has anyone seen those commercial for Oprah's new shoe, The Big Give? it looks like Mark Cuban's "The Benefactor"...the Oprah version. How did we become so competative that we managed to make giving away money a competition.

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