Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres are two of the most successful and powerful women of this time. Oprah and Ellen are even listed in Forbes magazine under ‘Most Powerful’ celebrities list. Oprah and Ellen basically started from the bottom and made it to the top. Oprah and Ellen were both children from divorced parents. Oprah started out as a news anchor and Ellen started out doing stand-up comedy. The two television personalities can be compared and contrast based on their work, upbringing, wealth, and their personalities. Oprah was born to an unmarried teenage mother. Oprah spent her first six years living with her grandmother, who taught her how to read and write. Oprah credit’s her career choice to her grandmother’s influence and encouragement to speak in public. As for Ellen who was born and raised in Louisiana, by both her parents. By the age of thirteen Ellen’s parents divorced; shortly after her mother remarried and they moved to Texas. Oprah has received two honorary doctorate degrees from both Duke and Harvard. Oprah started working in local media, she was both the youngest and the first black female news anchor at Nashville’s WLAC-TV. Ellen, however, attended the University of New Orleans where she majored in communication studies but left …show more content…
Although, Oprah is more of a laid-back host and her shows are viewed by a more mature crowd, as Ellen is more upbeat and enthusiastic host and her shows are viewed more by the younger crowd. Their shows are human interest stories that grab and sustain the audience’s attention. Oprah and Ellen have celebrity guests and lots of giveaways. There is no surprise that this has led to Oprah and Ellen’s shows making millions. Not only do Oprah and Ellen have their talk shows, there is “OWN” Oprah’s network and “Ellentube” Ellen’s internet show. Oprah is also an actress, producer, and philanthropist and Ellen is a comedian and
Adolf Hitler, Walt Disney, and Oprah Winfrey all have several similarities and differences with each other. These three people are similar because they are all determined people. Oprah was very determined at a young age to help other people. Walt Disney was determined at a young age to entertain people with his movies. Hitler was determined at a young age to make Germany a strong Country again. All of them were very determined and because of their determination they all became very successful in their life. This determination from all of them has a big impact on the world today. Oprah Winfrey's determination helps people around the world who are less fortunate. Walt Disney's determination helps people around the world enjoy his amazing movies
...n Oprah for Time 100's Most Influential People of the Century. Her article highlights Oprah's achievements throughout her career, and explains how Oprah managed to steal the spotlight from other talk show host through her reinvention of "rapport-talk," to one based on back and forth discussion everyday issues and friendship. She states that Oprah's legacy is that she evokes a sense of caring because she herself cares about her audience. Tannen appeared frequently on the Oprah Winfrey show and had the opportunity to be featured on the show when she released her book, "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation" which Oprah praised and related to.
The celebrity selected for this analysis is Ellen DeGeneres. Emmy-winning talk-show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres is born on 26th January 1958 and she is an American comedian, television host, actress, producer and a writer. With her own talk show, she is one of America's most well-known television hosts.
There are many arguments about what will happen in the future of our world. Will there be flying cars and robots? Will it be a healthy, happy world or will it be a dark and gloomy world? In the societies of The Giver and The Truman Show, they are the “new and improved” utopias of someone else. Not everyone likes what the other person likes and in these societies the main characters have problems on their own trying to figure out what they should do. The Giver is about 12 year old boy named Jonas who lives in a strict environment and becomes the new Receiver of memory and faces the lies that has been hidden away from all the people. The Truman Show which is a movie that is about a 34-year-old man who has been watched from everybody ever since he was in his mother’s womb. Truman later realizes this and puts a stop to the whole show. Between The Giver and The Truman Show there are many similarities and differences that can be found.
Both are traits that Rockefeller accomplished and exceeded in. Rockefeller was a man that changed the world, mainly from the exponential growth of the oil industry. He received great wealth and recognition from the accomplishment. Even though he may have been seen as a bad man to the common person, he had given the world a new industry, and many jobs. Rockefeller is one of the most recognised and loved businessmen to this day, and all it started with was a little drop of
Velma Barfield and Marie Hilly were two very similar female killers. They used poison has their weapon to kill. They both murder their own family members. Their motives were simply the love for money to support their own selfish addictions. Their weapon of choice was poison, slowly killing their victims making look has they were sick.
Despite being successful women, Oprah and Ellen were not always as well known as they are today. Oprah Winfrey grew up in Milwaukee, Mississippi, whereas Ellen DeGeneres was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. At a young age, Winfrey was sexually abused by various men. She eventually escaped the toxic environment she was exposed to when she went to live with her father. When Ellen was younger, her family moved around quite a bit and she learned to use comedy as a way to fit in with the new peers she encountered. When she was a teenager, her parents got a divorce; she used
In Oprah Winfrey’s early life her name on her birth certificate was actually spelled like “Orpah,” but many people just kept mispronouncing it and so she stuck with it. Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, with a teen mother. Her mother, Vernita Lee, was a housemaid and her biological father, Vernon Winfrey, was originally a coal miner, and had many positions throughout his life, at the end, he had been in the Armed Forces when she was born. Later on, Mississippi farmer and World War II veteran, Noah Robinson Sr., has claimed, then, to be her biological father.
Winfrey was born on January 29th, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She was born to “young, unwed parents, Vermon Winfrey, and Vernita Lee. He father served in the army as a solider at a local base” (Early 2-3). A little while after Oprah was born her mom found a job in
Angelina Grimke and Sojourner Truth were both prominent American civil rights activists of the 19th century who focused on the abolition of slavery and women’s rights issues, respectively. While both of these women challenged the societal beliefs of the United States at the time regarding these civil rights issues, the rhetorical strategies used by each of these women to not only illustrate their respective arguments but also to raise social awareness of these issues was approached in very different fashions. Angelina Grimke promoted the use of white middle-class women’s positions in the household to try to influence the decision makers, or men, around them. On the other hand, Sojourner Truth, a former slave turned women’s rights activist,
When comparing two leaders, people tend to look at the characteristics, or leadership, traits that the person has. Even if the two people seem like an unlikely pair, it is the traits that prove the similarities. Courage, confidence and initiative are traits that both Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, and Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, demonstrated during their time of leadership.
Ellen has helped people all over the world by making them happy with her every day jokes. Ellen also helps people in need. Ellen DeGeneres is a famous comedian who over the years has made people happy.
Oprah was born on a farm in 1954 to a poor family. Winfrey enjoyed reciting African American poetry, and became known as the "little speaker" in her town. When she was 12, Winfrey won $500 for a speech she gave at her father 's church. From then on she wanted to "be paid to talk." When Winfrey was a teenager, her dream was put on hold. Some of the trusted men of her family began to sexually abuse her. She lashed out in anger at the world by lying to her mother, running away from home, and stealing. Unaware of what Winfrey was going through, her mother sent her away to live with her father. If her mother never sent her away, Oprah 's life would have been much different. At age 17, Oprah Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant and was offered an on-air job at WVOL, a radio station for the African American community in Nashville. Oprah continued to work at WVOL in her first years of college, but her broadcasting career was already taking off. She left school and signed on with a local television station as a reporter and anchor. In 1976, she moved to Baltimore to join WJZ-TV News as a co-anchor. There, she co-hosted her first talk show, People Are Talking, while continuing to serve as anchor and news reporter. In January 1984, she was invited to Chicago to host a half-hour morning program on WLS-TV. In less than a year, she turned AM Chicago into the hottest show in
Oprah Winfrey is an African American woman who is known as a U.S. media celebrity. She has done so much to contribute to society as we know it and her legacy will forever live on. Mrs. Winfrey is well known and she uses her platform for positivity and love, which is a huge reason for her success. She is an intelligent leader who worked hard for the spot she has in life and strives to encourage others to be successful also. Mrs. Winfrey has written books, acted and produced films, hosted an infamous television show, and given to charities. Her hard work and dedication has made her one of the most influential women of all time. She strived for greatness and accomplished what she wanted out of life, despite various obstacles that had been in the
One of the most powerful women in the world is Oprah Gail Winfrey. Oprah is one of the richest businesswomen in the world, but she wasn’t always rich and successful. She had a very tough life growing up and didn’t have much money. She has always been a hard worker, and she had a passion for hosting and acting. Oprah is very good at what she does and that’s how she raised to the top of being one of the most influential women in the media.