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Oprah Winfrey

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Oprah Gives Shout-Out to Valley Confectioner Julia Baker

    How to know when you've arrived? It's not Snooki following you on Twitter, your mention in a rap song/your rap song, or your video making it on Tosh.0 -- it's a shout-out from the Big O herself, Oprah Winfrey. Julia Baker, chef and owner of Julia Baker Confections, should know. The one-time statist ... More >>

  • News

    March 22, 2012

    Thirteen Years and a Hundred School Shootings Later, Why Is Hollywood Still Obsessed With This One?

    How to know when you've arrived? It's not Snooki following you on Twitter, your mention in a rap song/your rap song, or your video making it on Tosh.0 -- it's a shout-out from the Big O herself, Oprah Winfrey. Julia Baker, chef and owner of Julia Baker Confections, should know. The one-time statist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Slade Grove: Caramelpalooza Candymakers

    From now through Caramelpalooza -- March 2 at Smeeks candy shop -- Chow Bella will introduce you to the 17 chefs participating in the third annual caramel tasting. Today, meet Slade Grove of Slade Grove Creative Gourmet. With a commitment to "over-the-top indulgence," Slade Grove has been making an ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Victoria Jackson Goes From Comedy Heights to Being the Tea Party's Princess

    From now through Caramelpalooza -- March 2 at Smeeks candy shop -- Chow Bella will introduce you to the 17 chefs participating in the third annual caramel tasting. Today, meet Slade Grove of Slade Grove Creative Gourmet. With a commitment to "over-the-top indulgence," Slade Grove has been making an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Hugging it out with Tammy Abney at Mastro's City Hall

    Zach Fowle ​The tender: Tammy AbneyThe bar: Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse (6991 E. Camelback Rd., 480-941-4700)The pedigree: Abney never went to bartending school -- she started her career as a cocktail waitress at DJ's Bar & Grill and worked her way up. She joined up with the Mastro Gro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Moscow Mule: Oprah-Approved Refreshment

    Image via SF Station Ever since Oprah name-dropped the Moscow Mule, this classic cooler is suddenly red hot​We're uncorking our latest column, Bottoms Up: a weekly guide to everything brewed, bottled, blended, barrel-aged and generally booze-soaked. Sometimes it's impossible to nail down e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Couple Awarded $197,500 in Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Won't Tell Story Without More "Gain"

    ​The story of discrimination faced by an Egyptian Muslim couple who once lived in Tempe is a troubling one.The couple, Soha Abdelrahman and her husband, Hany Ibrahim, were paid $197,500 by the owners of the apartment complex they used to live in, thanks to a settlement negotiated by the office of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Cold Comfort

    Cross over to Celebrity Theatre for a little light reading

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Slade Grove of Wicked Kitchen Gourmet and Cookies from Home

    Slade Grove is the kind of man you want in charge of your chocolate: He professes his love for his new enrobing machine and says he has packed on nearly 20 pounds perfecting all his holiday treats at Wicked Kitchen Gourmet and Cookies from Home.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Chia Seeds

    Kelly Green Don't be fooled by that sad-looking Chia Pet -- They say those seeds are good for you! ​ In the name of good health and a good read, each week we'll be bringing you a health product, complete with review. We're calling this feature Crunchy Granola -- even though we doubt much of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    June 24 In Blogs: Andrew Thomas, Evil Dead, Erykah Badu, Cat Coa, and Jan Brewer

    ​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Let's Have Our Own Top Chef Masters Office Pool!

    Oh man, are there Top Chef Masters office pools out there? If not, there should be. Wait, what are we waiting for? We could totally make our own, kinda, through the world wide interweb -- whee! Sorry, still psyched up from last Wednesday's Top Chef Masters on Bravo. The classy reality show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Sarah Palin Book Tour Schedules Stop in Tempe

    www.babble.com​Will Sarah Palin be coming to the Valley to promote her new book? You betchya! On December 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the former GOP vice-presidential candidate will be at the Costco in Tempe to promote her new tell-all, Going Rogue.  Palin began her book tour on Oprah y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Mike Tyson in Scuffle With Photog; Then They Both Tried to Arrest Each Other

    www.bossipfiles.com​One month to the day after telling Oprah he was done using violence to resolve his "issues," Iron Mike Tyson seems to be at it again.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Hot Links: Bomb Threats, Silver Stars, and Stephenie Meyer

    ​A female student at Maricopa County High School was arrested yesterday for allegedly making a bomb threat. The girl, whose name has not been released, reportedly told a teacher she "would be sorry, because a bomb would be placed on school grounds." The suspect is being held at Pinal County Juveni ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    China Girl

    Journalist transforms touchy-feely situation into brutally frank book

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    No Wait at Pizzeria Bianco? You Can Bid on It

    ​Thanks to props from Oprah, Martha, and all the culinary mags, Pizzeria Bianco's wood-fired pies are about as famous as it gets. But the wait at the restaurant is just as legendary. On a good night, you might wait an hour and a half, killing a bottle or two at Bar Bianco and nibbling on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Mike Tyson Talks to Oprah About the Death of His Daughter; Doesn't Want to Know Details Because it Could Create a "Problem"

    www.myfitnessstudio.comIron Mike​Iron Mike Tyson will be on Oprah Monday, where he discusses the tragic death of his daughter in his Phoenix home earlier this year and claims to not want to know any details to avoid a potential "problem."For the sake of every ear in the Valley, let's respect his w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Arty Girl: Phoenix Art Museum Tonight

    By Carolyn Castano, courtesy of Phoenix art MuseumTonight, you should do what I did a week ago. Really, you should. Because I went to the Phoenix Art Museum to see "Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement".I have to say, I loved this show. And while I won't get too heavy-duty on the critic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Hot Links: Home Invasions, Sarah Palin, and Oprah Winfrey

    Incoming Arizona Board of Regents president Ernest Calderon is proposing a plan that would cut the cost of four-year degrees. The proposal would allow students to attend community college for three years, and then an Arizona university their final year...A Mesa woman reportedly shot two home inv ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2009

    The Face of Terror

    House of Sand and Fog author explores the September 10 mentality

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Craig Ferguson Could Read Me the Phonebook

    As Americans, there are a lot of things we don't agree on. But if there's one thing I think we can all get behind, it's this: British/Irish/Scottish accents make everything better. You could call my mother a dirty slut in your boring old American accent and I'd want to punch you in the face, but ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 27, 2008

    Tabloid Literature

    Author’s works are daytime TV in book form

  • Calendar

    November 27, 2008

    Tabloid Literature

    Author’s works are daytime TV in book form

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2008

    Barack the Vote

    Local creative types back the “cool” candidate

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    Wardrobe Malfunction

    God help us, it’s back

  • Culture

    March 6, 2008

    Food PHX

    God help us, it’s back

  • Music

    November 22, 2007

    Hushed Heroes

    Speaking of snake-eyes . . .

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    Big Dipper

    The cleated tweeter tackles O.J. Simpson, The PHX's hip-hop Klan war, and Police Chief Harris' second helpings of salary pie

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2007

    Goin' for the gold, man: Valley resident Fred Goldman on Oprah

    The cleated tweeter tackles O.J. Simpson, The PHX's hip-hop Klan war, and Police Chief Harris' second helpings of salary pie

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2007

    Bedbugs in Phoenix Hilton, not Paris Hilton

    The cleated tweeter tackles O.J. Simpson, The PHX's hip-hop Klan war, and Police Chief Harris' second helpings of salary pie

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2006

    Sittin' in the Waiting Room

    The cleated tweeter tackles O.J. Simpson, The PHX's hip-hop Klan war, and Police Chief Harris' second helpings of salary pie

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    India.Arie

    Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
    (Universal/Motown)

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Flunk'd

    The Thomas J. Pappas School gives homeless kids everything they need — except a good education

  • Culture

    April 27, 2006

    One-Woman Odd Squad

    A million little stories

  • Culture

    February 9, 2006

    David Hemphill

    Histrionic truth

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    We Be Buggin'

    Frog One, Bugz in the Attic's Daz-I-Kue, and the scrumptious Sy Smith tear up the club at Mythos' Symposium

  • Home Entertainment

    November 17, 2005

    A Very Long Run

    Frog One, Bugz in the Attic's Daz-I-Kue, and the scrumptious Sy Smith tear up the club at Mythos' Symposium

  • Home Entertainment

    September 22, 2005

    New releases available this week

    Frog One, Bugz in the Attic's Daz-I-Kue, and the scrumptious Sy Smith tear up the club at Mythos' Symposium

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 30, 2004
  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Motley Crew

    Bikers, skinheads, punks and coeds love getting bent at the PV, the divey-est dive in Tempe.

  • Film

    December 25, 2003

    House of Pain

    It's Kingsley versus Connelly in a heart-rending real estate battle

  • Film

    December 18, 2003

    The Full . . . Mindy?

    This time, it's the middle-aged ladies of a small English town who bare all for laughs

  • News

    August 21, 2003

    Kings of Beer

    A new suds squad seeks to build a roster in Phoenix

  • Culture

    June 26, 2003

    And Baby Makes Six

    Stacey Beehler's doing the Terrible Twos. Times four.

  • Film

    December 12, 2002

    Beat It

    Only band fans need stand in the Drumline

  • Music

    May 23, 2002

    White Wash

    The White Stripes create mystique the old-fashioned way: lying and keeping mum

  • Culture

    June 8, 2000

    Masters Without Masterpieces

    Show offers weakest works of great Mexican artists

  • Dining

    February 17, 2000

    The Lust Supper

    Show offers weakest works of great Mexican artists

  • Film

    October 15, 1998

    Mission: Unfilmable

    Beloved makes an awkward transition from the page to the screen

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