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Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire, and she has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
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essence.comJust when we thought graduation was a dud because of the pandemic, actor John Krasinski (Jack Ryan) gave the class of 2020 a reason to smile, toss their caps in the air and celebrate graduation season.
On Some Good News, his weekly YouTube show, Krasinski dedicated this week to honoring all graduates (yup the kindergarten babies, too) via a virtual Zoom commencement.
And the A-lister used his pull to score celebrities like Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (who was also slated to graduate), Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg and the godmother in your head, Oprah Winfrey, as graduation speakers.
Each speaker tackled a thoughtful question about life lessons from select graduates, including Harvard senior Amanda Gorman.
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