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Wow! Even Oprah Winfrey would gasp at this! Kim Kardashian gets paid $600,000 just to host a New Year's Eve party for the Tao Nightclub in Vegas. Tweet

Apr 15, 2011 08:10 ET Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Tops Steve Jobs, Oprah, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet as SUCCESS Magazine's Achiever of the Year LAKE DALLAS, Texas, April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook has changed the way people connect worldwide, morphing from college fad to global communication force. And co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has guided the addictive social networking site to incredible heights, more than 600 million subscribers. With those credentials, Zuckerberg was voted 2010 Achiever of the Year by readers of SUCCESS Magazine. He beat out other titans of business, media, technology and philanthropy, including Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates. A cover feature on Zuckerberg appears in the May 2011 issue of SUCCESS, dedicated to connecting with effect - reaching the people who matter. The issue delves into how to effectively integrate new media methods with old-school relationship-building skills. May's issue also includes...

Nelson Mandela and British PM, Gordon Brown Pa Nelson Mandela is so excited about the 46664 concert to celebrate his 90th birthday that he called Amy Winehouse to ivite her to perform live at the Hyde Park event on June 27, 2008. The following press release gives all the details why this is a great concert and you are all invited to register online and join the party for charity. 6 May 2008 08:00 Africa/Lagos 46664 Concert Honouring Nelson Mandela at 90; A Gathering of 46,664 Great Friends and Supporters; London, Hyde Park, June 27, 2008 Presale tickets at http://www.46664.com Tickets on public sale Friday, May 9 at http://www.livenation.co.uk/ LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of the world's most powerful and instantly recognisable figures and a concert audience of 46,664 will pay their tributes to one of the world's most loved leaders, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and icon of freedom, Nelson 'Madiba' Mandela, as he turns 90 later this year. Mr. Mandela will arrive i...

The euphoria over the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama in the American presidential race for the Oval Office is now the daily staple of the American news media. Barack Obama sells more newspapers and magazines and atttracts more visitors online. Nobody wants to be left out of the Obamania. I have read most of the news reports, features and commentaries on the political phenomenon of Barack Obama and this is my critical analysis of this political impressionist, who is the latest poster boy of American Democracy since Bill Clinton in the early 1990s. Barack Obama's political ambition is driven by sheer intellectual "grit and wit". I have separated the commonsense from the common nonsense, because of the ignorance and gullibility of most people who have joined the personality cult in millions. Hello! Let us separate the fantasy from the reality. Who is really Barack Obama? Senator Barack Obama is the Hawaiian born son of a black African student, Barack Obama,...

15 Jan 2008 18:27 Africa/Lagos Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications to Form New Joint Venture: 'OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network' OWN to Premiere in 2009 with Distribution in 70 Million U.S. Homes Will Be Simulcast in HD and Includes the Power of Oprah.com CHICAGO and SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented deal, Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications announced plans today to create "OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network." The new multi-platform media venture will be designed to entertain, inform and inspire people to live their best lives. OWN will debut in 2009 in more than 70 million homes, on what is currently the Discovery Health Channel. The venture will also include the award-winning digital platform, Oprah.com. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080115/NETU083LOGO ) "Fifteen years ago, I wrote in my journal that one day I would create a television network, as I always felt my show was just the beginning of what th...

It may be hard to imagine, but before 2007 no one knew the significance of a wide stance when it comes to airport bathrooms. No one knew Oprah was going to step off the couch and on to the political stage or that an Arkansan best known for losing 100 lbs would lead the Republican polls heading into Iowa. But not every story in 2007 was a surprise. The Democrats couldn't hold off Bush in Congress and Scooter Libby got a Presidential pass on Plamegate. High hopes dashed on the rocks of cynicism? That's the year in Politics 2007. - Evan

18 Dec 2007 17:08 Africa/Lagos Voters More Likely to Value Endorsement of the NRA, former President Bill Clinton, and President George W. Bush; Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand Endorsements of Limited Value LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent poll conducted by Zogby International for Associated Television News shows that voters value the endorsements of the National Rifle Association, by former President Clinton and President George W. Bush over influential organizations like the AFL-CIO and the National Council of LaRaza or celebrities Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030425/ATNLOGO) The interactive poll, conducted December 13-17, 2007, surveyed 6,072 likely voters nationwide and has a margin of error of +/- 1.3 percentage points. The poll asked the following question of voters: Q. Considering the presidential election and messages that may be sent to you from the following people or groups, how important are th...

I have doubts about the political education of those attacking Hillary Clinton in replies to serious issues. It would be better if readers take time to read and study the political biography of Hillary Clinton, who has been active in the democratic development of America since the 1960s and that was long before she met Bill Clinton. When Oprah Winfrey was name dropping Martin Luther King, Jr., in South Carolina, I laughed at her ignorance of the life history of Hillary Clinton, because Hillary Clinton is more qualified to speak on the Civil Rights Movement than both Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama. It would be really foolish to nominate Barack Obama as the presidential candidate of the Democrats, because he would be a walk over for the Republicans. Look at Obama's record as a senator and compare his performance so far to that of Hillary Clinton. Look at the political facts and not indulging in petty personalities. Barack Obama has a shallow knowledge of foreign policy and making noi...

Kenya needs Barack Obama more than America. Obama should honour the will of his late father by returning to his fatherland and become the President of Kenya. I do not even know why Africans would do anything to deny serving their fatherland to play to the gallery of America. Yes, Oprah Winfrey is bona fide Afrcan American since Kunta Kinte, but this Barack Obama guy is only an African American by default. His father was Kenyan, born and bred and died in Kenya and by our African tradition, the first son must live and carry the heirloom of the Kenyan Father in Kenya and not claiming another fatherland, because he looks down on his own fatherland in Africa. Obama should come back home. All African immigrants should be sent back to Africa to join proud Africans like Orikinla to develop Africa. Barack Husseiin Obama, come back home to Kenya. We need you more than America. Come back and become the chief of your father's village and marry more wives. The only African Americans I recognize...