After 26 years Oprah Winfrey will be shutting down Harpo Studios in Chicago, the long-time home of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Winfrey broke the news on Tuesday (March 03) to her staff that they’ll be moving all operations to Oprah’s cable network OWN’s headquarters in Los Angeles.
The new office offers ample sound stages and post production space that will be aimed at growing original programming at OWN. The move is expected to be completed by the end of year.
Meanwhile, George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks were among the A-list stars who attended a ceremony in New York on Monday evening (March 02) celebrating the philanthropic legacy of the late actor Paul Newman.
The event was hosted by the SeriousFun Children’s Network, which the late actor had founded in 1988 to help children in the fight against serious illness.
The gala featured a series of live performances, video presentations, and readings that illustrated just how special the program is, and the important impact it has on the children and their families.
On the other hand, a four life-size ABBA silicone figures in a crate arrived by helicopter to the roof of the ABBA museum in central Stockholm on Tuesday (March 3).
The four dolls will become a permanent exhibition in the museum along with holograms and memorabilia on display.
The group became one of Sweden’s biggest exports with hit songs like “Dancing Queen” and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”, selling around 370 million records in total.
(Reuters)
