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Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams takes the stage to declare victory in the primary, during an election night event on May 22, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images via JTA)
November 5, 2018, 10:27 pm
White supremacist, anti-Semitic robocall targets Georgia governor candidate
Call purports to be from ‘magical negro’ Oprah Winfrey, refers to the ‘Jews who own the American media’
By JTA
Jeffrey Katzenberg (L) and Steven Spielberg (R) attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images via JTA)
February 21, 2018, 9:02 pm
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg pledge $1m to gun control march
In wake of Parkland shooting, Hollywood heavyweights join list of celebrities donating to student-organized protest in Washington DC next month
By JTA
In this file photo from January 7, 2018, Oprah Winfrey poses in the press room with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
January 25, 2018, 9:24 pm
Oprah shoots down talk of presidential bid
Following social media push encouraging her to challenge Trump in 2020, talk show host says, ‘I don’t have the DNA for it’
By AP
US film director Steven Spielberg poses on the red carpet on arrival for the European premiere of his film 'The Post' in London on January 10, 2018. (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)
January 12, 2018, 12:57 pm
Steven Spielberg: I will back Oprah if she makes White House bid
Director says talk show host is ‘on the money on women’s issues’ and would make a brilliant president, ‘the ambassador of empathy’
By TOI staff and AFP
US President Donald Trump is seen ahead of the College Football Championship game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 8, 2018. (Mike Lawrie/Getty Images/AFP)
January 9, 2018, 9:01 pm
Trump ‘likes’ Oprah, but doubts she’ll run for president
Amid speculation talk show host could enter 2020 race, US president says ‘I know her very well… I don’t think she’s going to run’
By AFP
Actress and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN)
January 9, 2018, 8:41 am
Oprah Winfrey would probably be a pro-Israel president
The media personality’s positive relationship with Jewish leaders and the Jewish state stretches back at least a decade
By Ben Sales
Actress and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN)
January 9, 2018, 12:31 am
Oprah Winfrey said to be ‘actively thinking’ about presidential run
Rags to riches talk show queen has reportedly been discussing possible White House bid for months with friends
By TOI staff and AFP
Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in the press room during The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California, January 7, 2018. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP)
January 8, 2018, 8:53 pm
Oprah for president? Twitter fans make the case
Accepting lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes, Winfrey speaks out against sexual assault and declares ‘a new day is on the horizon’
By Agencies
Oprah Winfrey arrives with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in the press room during The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP)
January 8, 2018, 8:38 am
Oprah says ‘time is up’ for abusive men in powerful Globes speech
TV mogul declares a ‘new day for women’ as revelations of rampant sexual misconduct by men in Hollywood continue to rock industry
By KRISTIN M. HALL
This image released by NBC shows Oprah Winfrey accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, January 7, 2018. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)
January 8, 2018, 4:23 am
Female empowerment stars at Golden Globes colored by MeToo movement
Oprah brings crowd to tears with speech on civil rights and women fighting back; host Seth Meyers roasts Harvey Weinstein as ‘elephant not in the room’
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset, on December 25, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 28, 2017, 6:30 pm
Netanyahu thanks Americans for their admiration
PM records video message after joining Obama, Trump, Pope Francis and Bernie Sanders on list of men most admired in US
By TOI staff and JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Senator Bernie Sanders (Hadas Parush/Flash90; George Frey/Getty Images)
December 28, 2017, 1:46 am
Sanders, Netanyahu are the US’s most admired Jewish men — poll
Obama, Trump and Pope Francis top Gallop list of admired most admired men of 2017
By JTA
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Alabama. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
December 18, 2016, 3:43 am
Trump plays down Michelle Obama’s ‘no hope’ criticism
President-elect looks to avoid spat after first lady tells Oprah, ‘Now we’re feeling what not having hope feels like’
By Jonathan Lemire
President-elect Donald Trump speaks, in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
December 4, 2016, 10:38 pm
Subdued enthusiasm, protest surround Trump inauguration planning
Crowd expectations down, fewer A-list celebrities likely to attend and hotel rooms vacant ahead of national ceremony
By Nancy Benac
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a press conference following his victory in the Florida state primary in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 15, 2016. (AFP/Rhona Wise)
March 17, 2016, 11:30 pm
For Trump, the White House is a long-held ambition
Real estate mogul has been flirting with the presidency since 1988, when he joked that Oprah Winfrey could be his running mate
By Ivan Couronne
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