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Why Oprah Is Giving Up the Mic

Oprah Winfrey is going to announce today that she will be leaving her eponymous talk show in 2011. The New York Times believes Winfrey is resigning from network TV in order to focus on the cable network she's working on, called OWN, which will feature shows from all of her favorite cronies, like Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, and Dr. Phil. While this might be the case, I think another reason Oprah is hanging up the mic is because she has destroyed the core of what made her so popular in the first place: She's no longer relatable ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)

Celebrity Health Advice on Oprah Not Always Sound Science. No Duh.

Newsweek has an article out debunking much of the health advice shilled by celebrities on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Most famously, Jenny McCarthy has been on Oprah several times claiming that vaccines caused her son's autism (the vaccine/autism link has been scientifically disproven). But, more entertaining is the anti-aging regime that Suzanne Somers promoted in January:

Each morning, the 62-year-old actress and self-help author rubs a potent estrogen cream into the skin on her arm. She smears progesterone on her other arm two weeks a month. And once a day, she uses a syringe to inject estrogen directly into her vagina ... Next come the pills. She swallows 60 vitamins and...

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