OPRAH CLOSES OFFICE

The Oprah Winfrey empire is crumbling in Chicago. According to published reports, the 61-year-old media mogul laid off 200 employees and shuttered the famed Harpo Studios in Chicago (Harpo is Oprah spelled backwards).


According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oprah is moving what’s left of her conglomerate to her OWN Studios in Hollywood.
OWN (which is co-owned by Oprah and Discovery channel) and Harpo Films on the west coast will absorb some of Harpo’s Chicago employees — the ones who decide to uproot their lives and make the transition to the west coast.

Oprah tells THR she plans to ramp up her acting career, no doubt in an effort to secure an elusive Oscar Award and other acting accolades.