Subject: Oprah Winfrey

• Popera

  November 4, 1999

• Gt Yr Jb Thr NYT

  Tired of your miserable, dead end job? Wish you had something a little more glamorous? Well, we at The Blotter are here to help. Have you considered a job as a foreign affairs columnist for the op-ed page of the New York Times? For longer than I care to remember, Thomas Friedman has traveled the world, accompanied only by his trusty moustache and a bag of cliches, making pronouncements from on high about why the world is flat. Now, thanks to two easy to learn tricks, you too can write the so

  May 22, 2006

• Has the DMV sent you a letter saying your registration has been suspended?

  If so, contact the Tyra show, er, Oprah, um, I mean, Weekly intern Nardine Saad, who is pulling together a story on erroneous messages DMV drones mailed out to thousands of Californians. Here's where you can vent, early and often: nsaad@uci.edu

  January 26, 2007

• Rowdy Bar Patron Speaks...

  The Quill, 17th street in Santa Ana, 4:30-ish. Loud hefty lady opining... "I didn't vote for a Democrat, I can tell you that! I don't want to see a ______ or a _______ get in!" [those blanks are not euphemisms; she simply breathed hard rather than say the obvious] "America's not ready for a woman president in these days." What if it were you, I ask her. "It wouldn't be me. But Oprah's probably gonna run in 4 to 8 years." I opine that she would probably win. "And then Ellen DeGeneres. She'd

  February 5, 2008

• What you missed over the weekend: Part X

  Cobra Starship landed at the Pomona Glass House Friday night for the closest-to-OC leg of their "Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour." Christopher Victorio caught the main act and support band Metro Station (but missed out on We The Kings and The Cab, also on tour with Cobra). The venue was packed, and some fans brought their Cobra Starship action figures along for the ride. Photos here. Saturday took OCW intern and Cal State Fulleron student Nate Jackson to the L.A. Convention Center

  February 18, 2008

• The Mexican invades . . . Signal Hill?

  September 21, 2008

• Mo' Monica

  October 19, 2000

• Megaperplexed

  January 18, 2001

• Richer Than Rockefeller

  August 30, 2001

• Diary of a Mad County

  April 3, 2003

• The Tonys!

  July 3, 2003

• Can Joe The Juror Help Mike Carona in Corruption Trial?

  Brian Sun, the Los Angles-based lawyer representing indicted ex-Orange County sheriff Mike Carona, emerged from U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford's Santa Ana courtroom this afternoon all smiles. Minutes before, Sun and federal prosecutor Ken Julian had selected a panel of 12 citizens to hear USA vs. Carona. "It's ironic . . . ," Sun began to say enthusiastically to gathered Jones Day lemmings. But he spied me nearby, holding a pen on notepad. He hushed his voice and continued his asses

  October 28, 2008

• En Vogue

  June 29, 2006

• "Citizen McCaw" Comes to Chapman. Sue Paterno is Ready

  Citizen McCaw, a documentary on the journalistic war (or war on journalism) in Santa Barbara, is heading down coast to Chapman University, which counts one of this war's correspondents among its faculty.McCaw would be Santa Barbara News-Press owner Wendy McCaw, whose bizarre publishing reign came to light in July 2006, when editor Jerry Roberts and five of his colleagues quit the paper over co-publisher McCaw's "abandonment of journalistic ethics," something McCaw has steadfastly denied. What ha

  March 12, 2009

• Oprah-Approved

  November 13, 2008

• With 'Step Brothers,' Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. Still Don't Wanna Grow Up. And Thank God for That

  July 24, 2008

• I Want to Believe

  April 24, 2008

• Savoir-Faire

  January 10, 2008

• Super Blogalicious

  Seen and Heard on Super Tuesday

  February 7, 2008

• Counter Intelligence

  The quest for the perfect burger ends in Irvine

  December 20, 2007

• Liar Liar

  Shipwrecked! discovers truth the old-fashioned way: it makes it up

  October 4, 2007

• Exotic Empowerment

  'What would my co-workers think?'

  June 21, 2007

• Mormons: They're Just Like Us

  La Lohan elevatesbut cant saveGeorgia Rule

  May 10, 2007

• The Anti-Rebel

  July 24, 2003

• Cred Where Cred Is Due

  Talib Kweli

  April 5, 2007

• Lott-a Love

  No, not the BBW! They playa-hatin!

  December 26, 2002

• Fa La La La LaAaaand Cut!

  Deck the halls with boughs of Hollywood

  December 7, 2006

• Suburban Jungle Boogie

  August 3, 2006

• Commie Girl

  April 20, 2006

• First Person

  January 19, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 12, 2006

• Security Blanket

  September 1, 2005

• Celebrity Skin

  June 16, 2005

• Whassup? Docs!

  April 14, 2005

• Bad, Bad Bronte

  December 2, 2004

• Pass the Prozac

  September 23, 2004

• Total Recall

  October 2, 2003

• Pete Wilson on Steroids

  September 25, 2003

• Truth or Consequences

  December 26, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  November 14, 2002

• Your Soul in a Thimble

  June 20, 2002

• The Evil Among Us

  March 14, 2002

• Chicken Soup for the Prez

  February 7, 2002

• First the movie, now the band

  January 24, 2002

• Romance!

  October 5, 2000

• January-March

  January 7, 1999

• Eschew MySpace, Follow Your Favorite Local Bands on Twitter

  Being friends with your favorite bands on MySpace? Ugh, so 2005. More and more of our local bands are hitting Twitter, the currently super-hot social networking/microblogging site that's got the world all a-titter (thanks, Shaq and Ashton! And to a much lesser extent, Oprah.). Plenty of local bands are making good use of Twitter, like the Steelwells (pictured). Here are some! If your band's not listed, hit me up. Perhaps on our Twitter.

  April 23, 2009

• [BEST OF OC] La Bailarina (the Dancer): Collette Kakuk

  October 8, 2009

• $1 Chicken Meal Coupon at Boston Market (with Mashed Potato & Cornbread)

  ​It ain't free KFC or El Pollo Loco, but it's only a $1...what the hell else do ya want?And yes, this is legit -- not one of those hoax coupons that's plagued the Internet in the past.Here is THE LINK.  Print it out.  Use it before November 1st, because practically free chicken doesn't last forever.  Let's hope that Oprah doesn't yap about this one because it'll create pandemonium.  Sheer pandemonium!

  October 29, 2009

• Oprah- and Tyler Perry-presented "Precious" Opening Brings Out Irvine Academics Tonight

  In "Precious," newcomer Gabourey Sidibe "carries the alternately exhausting and exhilarating narrative on her formidable shoulders."​Precious, the film adaptation of poet Sapphire's best-selling novel Push, has generated buzz since its Sundance premiere, added Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry as its high-powered "presented by" team since then, and has even produced talk of a best-supporting actress Oscar nomination for comedienne Mo'Nique.Mo'Nique, fer chrissakes!?! Precious is now taking ov

  November 13, 2009