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Glamsquad Magazine March 2023

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Tems: Rise Of Nigeria’s Grammy Award Winner

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FEATURE courthouse. “I believed from the beginning this was an attempt to muzzle that voice. I come from a people who have struggled and died in order to have a voice in this country, and I refuse to be muzzled.” Her fight against silencers infuses her philanthropy, including the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG), in Meyerton, Johannesburg. “Each student has had to overcome childhood poverty and trauma during their lives, yet also possesses a resilience, courage and spirit seldom that make them stand out among their peers,” reads the OWLAG website. “This school is my greatest legacy,” says Oprah. Everybody gets a car! For a 2004 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show the audience was selected based on nominations from friends and family who said that person desperately needed a car. She gave 11 people a Pontiac and said one more person would win a car if there was a key in the box each member of the audience had been given. But, upon opening their boxes every member of the audience discovered they would receive a new car. Giveaways of products advertised on TV is nothing new, but Oprah made it the main event. Biggest interviews in history From the Oprah Winfrey Show’s debut in 1986 until 2011, Oprah has conducted more than 37,000 interviews. Some interviews are more memorable than others. The 1993 film Michael Jackson Talks … to Oprah was viewed by 90 million people, where Oprah speaks to the then untarnished King of Pop, in his first interview in more than a decade. It’s difficult to watch the interview through a 2023 lens when Jackson speaks about surrounding himself with children as an adult to compensate for a lost childhood. Children surrounding Jackson would later file lawsuits against him claiming sexual abuse. Funnier scenes include Jackson audaciously beatboxing and singing, while Oprah asks him 36 www.glamsquadmagazine.com

FEATURE “ I believed from the beginning this was an attempt to muzzle that voice. I come from a people who have struggled and died in order to have a voice in this country, and I refuse to be muzzled questions. Oprah is the queen of good delivery. The 2009 interview with Whitney Houston saw the singer talk about the power of love, drugs, rehab, relapse and redemption, topics most black women did not have the luxury to speak about publicly at the time. As the biggest day-time host in history, Oprah will not be silenced. Her newer talk film format also shocks and spawns pop culture moments. It is hard to forget the line, Oprah asked Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, “Were you silent or were you silenced?” accompanied by a zipper-like gesture. Oprah shows no signs of stopping her philanthropy, stamps of approval, and interviews that keep audiences on the edge of their seats. She’s slated to appear in her first movie in five years — her last role was in Ava DuVernay’s 2018 adaptation, A Wrinkle In Time. The Oscar nominated actress will star in a new Netflix movie, directed by her pal, Tyler Perry, called Six Triple Eight, about an all-black, all-female unit that fought in World War II. The streaming service hasn’t confirmed a release date yet. www.glamsquadmagazine.com 37

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