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LINCOLN CENTER CONCERT AND LAUNCH OF "POWER OF TEN" CAMPAIGN SALUTE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB'S 100 YEARS IN SONG NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Maroon & White Fund, a 501(c)(3) support organization, will host a national tribute to the Morehouse College Glee Club's "100 Years in Song" with a weekend celebration to include the launch of the "Power of Ten" scholarship fundraising initiative, The Maroon & White Gala "A Salute to Excellence in Education at...

CHICAGO, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chance Patterson has been named Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications for Harpo Studios. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110817/PH53881) As Harpo's senior communications executive, Patterson will be responsible for managing Harpo's external and internal communications functions, including corporate communications and media relations. The announcement was made by Sheri Salata and Erik Logan, presidents of Harpo and...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mikki Taylor, Editor-at-Large of ESSENCE Magazine, will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2011 Power Conference: Women Doing Business, on September 7th 2011. The conference will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center in North Bethesda, Maryland. Taylor will share a message of empowerment titled Master Your Life: Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be! She will cover 10 simple directives serving as...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the launch of an online sweepstakes at Oprah.com in support of the new series "Oprah's Lifeclass," formerly "OWN Your Life (the oprah class)," and its online companion course. Starting today, viewers can enter the sweepstakes for a chance to meet Oprah Winfrey at the O You! event in Atlanta, Georgia and reserve their spot for the online companion class at www.oprah.com/oprahslifeclass. The first one...

Might as well laugh about it now with Phyllis Davis, the Dorothy Parker of the 21st Century. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico via Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) June 20, 2011 Today is the long-awaited day after a year of preparation for fans of Phyllis Davis who read her work as Editor of EscapeArtist.com and as a regular columnist for EscapeFromAmerica.com as she launches her own blog to cater to the 45 "“ 105 age group of women with 60TimesAroundtheSun.com. The new website offers a...

LAS VEGAS, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Dr. Oz Show" won two Emmy Awards last night for Outstanding Informative Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host at the 2011 Daytime Emmy Awards, winning in all categories in which the show was nominated. This is the second Emmy Award for host Dr. Mehmet Oz, M.D., who won last year in the show's inaugural season. This is the first Emmy Award for "The Dr. Oz Show" production team led by executive producer, Mindy Borman, and...

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oprah Winfrey will appear at The Cable Show 2011 at 9:00 a.m. (CDT) on Thursday, June 16, 2011, as part of the morning's general session, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced today. Ms. Winfrey will engage in a conversation with Paula Zahn about coming to cable, building the OWN brand, and bringing new voices and great storytelling to the network. The event also will be streamed at live.thecableshow.com. The...

NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that music icon Lady Gaga will sit down with Gayle King for an exclusive live interview/broadcast event on June 7 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET on SiriusXM's Oprah Radio. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101014/NY82093LOGO ) Gayle will interview Gaga in front of an intimate studio audience of listeners, fans and Little Monsters at SiriusXM's New York City studios live on Tuesday, June 7 from 1:00 -...

NEW YORK, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As a way to celebrate the move of "The Dr. Oz Show" to 4PM on Fox 5, Dr. Oz took New Yorkers' blood pressure at busy commutation points from 4 to 6PM on Thursday, May 26 and found what most Gotham residents already knew - New York's rush hour is stressful! The average blood pressure measured 129/85, which is pre-hypertensive and too high. The high average is doubly troubling because it means that more than half of those surveyed were in the very...

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) today announced that President and CEO David Zaslav will present at the Nomura U.S. Media Summit at 9:45 a.m. EDT on June 2, 2011, at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/NETH035LOGO ) A link to a live audio webcast of the presentation will be available in the "Investor Relations" section of Discovery Communications' website at...