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Due to encouragement from her grandmother, Hattie Mae, she was supportive when Oprah became WJZ's new co-host of several local talk shows
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At the Movies, Robert Ebert's television show, was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. The show doubled Phil Donahue's audience and replaced him as the number one talk show host.
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Nominated for an Academy Award, Oprah Winfrey starred in The Color Purple. She won best supporting actress and went on to star in many more films.
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Oprah Winfrey starred in the movies The Color Purple and The Woman of Brewster Place
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The Oprah magazine was the most successful startup magazine in the industry. It has been a best seller since 2006
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Oprah became the first African American woman among the 50 most generous people. She has given $400 million to educational causes and more than 400 scholarships
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Oprah was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the year.
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The Discovery Health channel was turned into OWN. The channel delayed, launching in 2011.
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Winfrey received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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Oprah Winfrey $12 million the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and was rewarded the presidential medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.