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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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Oprah Winfrey to Adapt New York Times' '1619 Project' for Film, TV
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hollywoodreporter.comThe New York Times' landmark 1619 Project magazine issue, which examined the impact of slavery on American history, is headed to the big and small screen.
Times staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who created The 1619 Project, and Oprah Winfrey are teaming with Lionsgate to develop The New York Times Magazine issue and the podcast 1619 into multiple feature films, TV series, documentaries and other cross-platform content for a global audience.
Winfrey and Hannah-Jones, a 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner, will serve as producers on the 1619 Project adaptation, along with Caitlin Roper, an editor of the 1619 Project magazine issue and head of scripted entertainment at the Times.
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