<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - oprah-winfrey</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/oprah-winfrey</link><description>Newsvine - oprah-winfrey</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:47:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Winfrey, `Beasts' actress honored at Essence lunch</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis toted a plush, dog-shaped purse with jeweled handles as she rubbed shoulders with Oprah Winfrey and Alfre Woodard.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Cohen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sandy Cohen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17049581-winfrey-beasts-actress-honored-at-essence-lunch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17049581-winfrey-beasts-actress-honored-at-essence-lunch</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>women</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>oscar</category><category>countdown</category><category>quvenzhane-wallis</category><category>in-hollywood</category><category>alfre-woodard</category><category>black-women-in-hollywood</category><category>nine-year-old-oscar</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:36:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87f67633-9f22-4a02-8a55-1ae64e563d77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87f67633-9f22-4a02-8a55-1ae64e563d77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress and Academy Award nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, recipient of the Breakthrough Performance award, poses at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=284e37a0-d45c-407f-9b9d-5419968bcd3d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=284e37a0-d45c-407f-9b9d-5419968bcd3d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Oprah Winfrey, recipient of the Power Award, reacts to photographers at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffec39d0-7167-449c-b2b5-e08425147cb1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffec39d0-7167-449c-b2b5-e08425147cb1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="192" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress Gabrielle Union, recipient of the Fierce &amp; Fearless award, poses at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5394b3bb-c039-422a-aa3b-8df7d9ad03ff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5394b3bb-c039-422a-aa3b-8df7d9ad03ff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;British actress Naomie Harris, recipient of the Lincoln Shining Star award, poses at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8f323af-6d61-44c2-b744-e8099f4254b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8f323af-6d61-44c2-b744-e8099f4254b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Producer Mara Brock Akil, recipient of the Visionary Award, poses at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ff7303e-8459-4413-b569-847d6ca8dbb3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ff7303e-8459-4413-b569-847d6ca8dbb3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress Alfre Woodard, recipient of the Vanguard Award, poses at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2bcd61d-5c1e-4342-a49e-6482c8d6c282.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2bcd61d-5c1e-4342-a49e-6482c8d6c282.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Oprah Winfrey, recipient of the Power Award, looks down the carpet at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87d9434d-542e-448a-b50d-eb6329b45a3e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87d9434d-542e-448a-b50d-eb6329b45a3e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Model Naomi Campbell looks down the red carpet at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdb60b34-1bde-4399-a71f-755af4a69e7b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="316" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdb60b34-1bde-4399-a71f-755af4a69e7b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="194" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Kelly Rowland arrives at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4172dadd-3e7b-472f-90c6-4b15b51e5460.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4172dadd-3e7b-472f-90c6-4b15b51e5460.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Jill Scott poses at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3de108c-1341-48ed-bfc4-7eb403eb9f7d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3de108c-1341-48ed-bfc4-7eb403eb9f7d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Honoree Oprah Winfrey poses with students from her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa at the 6th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'For Better or Worse' moves from TBS to OWN</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey's cable channel says it will be the new home of the sitcom "For Better or Worse."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17034149-for-better-or-worse-moves-from-tbs-to-own</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17034149-for-better-or-worse-moves-from-tbs-to-own</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>own</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>better-or-worse</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:41:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Beyonce hopes her documentary inspires Blue Ivy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Beyonce is hoping that her ultra-revealing documentary will someday provide inspiration for Blue Ivy, the year-old daughter she and husband Jay-Z have.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Carucci]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Carucci]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921316-beyonce-hopes-her-documentary-inspires-blue-ivy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921316-beyonce-hopes-her-documentary-inspires-blue-ivy</guid><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>people</category><category>beyonce</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:49:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc68a6f7-53e1-4de4-b395-7ced3c043a49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="364" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc68a6f7-53e1-4de4-b395-7ced3c043a49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This magazine cover image released by Vogue shows singer Beyonce on the March 2013 issue of the popular fashion magazine. (AP Photo/Vogue)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1de4adae-676a-4502-91df-1bd7b285f6f7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1de4adae-676a-4502-91df-1bd7b285f6f7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo combo shows Oprah Winfrey, left, and Beyonce Knowles attending the premiere of &quot;Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream&quot; at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Confession may lead to legal woes for Armstrong</title>
<description><![CDATA[By admitting to Oprah Winfrey that he doped during his professional cycling career, Lance Armstrong potentially opened himself up to a stream of litigation that could lighten his wallet for years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16586787-confession-may-lead-to-legal-woes-for-armstrong</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16586787-confession-may-lead-to-legal-woes-for-armstrong</guid><category>us-news</category><category>legal</category><category>cycling</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><category>woes</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:52:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ae32205-c0b4-41b5-bc5d-93265d0599b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="374" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ae32205-c0b4-41b5-bc5d-93265d0599b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 5, 2004, file photo, US Postal Service team leader Lance Armstrong sits by the registration bus before the second stage of the 91st Tour de France cycling race between Charleroi and Namur, Belgium. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Winfrey's Armstrong interview seen by 3.2 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey's interview with Lance Armstrong is more than an illustration of a hero athlete tumbling from the heights. It's also a pivotal moment for a famous media figure trying to climb the ladder back up.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585040-winfreys-armstrong-interview-seen-by-32-million</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585040-winfreys-armstrong-interview-seen-by-32-million</guid><category>business</category><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>own</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>winfrey-own</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:12:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47a7c2fd-08a6-449e-ba06-913bd7cf55d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47a7c2fd-08a6-449e-ba06-913bd7cf55d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., talk show host Oprah Winfrey, right, interviews Lance Armstrong during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling during the interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9b2f341-b768-4931-958e-1264ba3d9615.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9b2f341-b768-4931-958e-1264ba3d9615.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 14, 2011 file publicity image released by OWN, TV personality and media mogul Oprah Winfrey presents at the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network portion of the Discovery Communications Upfront at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. Winfrey's interview with Lance Armstrong is more than an illustration of a hero athlete tumbling from the heights. It's also a pivotal moment for a famous media figure on the way back. Winfrey's OWN network is showing signs of life after a well-documented rocky start, and the Armstrong interview offered a chance for many more viewers to tune in. The first half of the interview aired Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, with a second part Friday. (AP Photo/OWN, George Burns)  MANDATORY CREDIT: GEORGE BURNS/OWN&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IOC VP: Armstrong must tell 'whole truth'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong's doping confession to Oprah Winfrey was "too little, too late" and failed to provide any new information that will help clean up the sport he tarnished through years of cheating, the vice president of the IOC said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16583883-ioc-vp-armstrong-must-tell-whole-truth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16583883-ioc-vp-armstrong-must-tell-whole-truth</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>ap</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><category>ioc</category><category>cyc</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:19:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70c1c55b-a4ec-4733-9623-dc66082b9926.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70c1c55b-a4ec-4733-9623-dc66082b9926.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, Sept 30, 2000 file photo Russia's Viacheslav Ekimov, center, winner of the gold medal in the men's individual time trials, celebrates with Germany's silver medal winner Jan Ullrich, left, and U.S bronze medal winner Lance Armstrong at the cycling road course in Sydney, for the Summer Olympic Games. Officials familiar with the decision tell The Associated Press the IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping. Two officials say the IOC sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night Jan. 16, 2013, asking him to return the medal. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., Lance Armstrong listens as he is interviewed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling during the interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=982d37e0-a108-4874-ba07-e24bfe1c3edb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=982d37e0-a108-4874-ba07-e24bfe1c3edb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;En esta foto del 14 de enero de 2013 suministrada por Harpo Studios Inc., el ex ciclista Lance Armstrong, izquierda, conversa con la presentadora de televisión Oprah Winfrey durante una entrevista en Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Reaction from Lance Armstrong's Oprah interview</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some reaction to Lance Armstrong's admission in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16580719-reaction-from-lance-armstrongs-oprah-interview</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16580719-reaction-from-lance-armstrongs-oprah-interview</guid><category>us-news</category><category>cycling</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><category>reax</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Winfrey mixes technical, personal in interview</title>
<description><![CDATA[The most effective part of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Lance Armstrong came right at the beginning: five questions, five one-word answers &#8212; each of them the same.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16580166-winfrey-mixes-technical-personal-in-interview</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16580166-winfrey-mixes-technical-personal-in-interview</guid><category>business</category><category>us-news</category><category>entertainment</category><category>cycling</category><category>interview</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>apfn</category><category>armstrong</category><category>cyc</category><category>the-interview</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:43:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., Lance Armstrong listens as he is interviewed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling during the interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Column: Live commentary on Armstrong interview</title>
<description><![CDATA[ARMSTRONG'S BIG TEST: Fallen sports icon Lance Armstrong's "no-holds-barred interview" with Oprah Winfrey is airing Thursday night on her OWN network. AP Sports Columnist John Leicester is watching the broadcast and giving his impressions of the interview as it unfolds:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Leicester]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Leicester]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16573179-column-live-commentary-on-armstrong-interview</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16573179-column-live-commentary-on-armstrong-interview</guid><category>us-news</category><category>live</category><category>cycling</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>column</category><category>armstrong</category><category>ap-sports-columnist-john-leicester</category><category>armstrong-big-test</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:30:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., cyclist Lance Armstrong listens to a question from Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 25, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong looks back on the podium after the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Livestrong calls for complete truth from Armstrong</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Livestrong charity Lance Armstrong founded says it expects the disgraced cyclist was "completely truthful and forthcoming" in his interview with Oprah Winfrey.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16544101-livestrong-calls-for-complete-truth-from-armstrong</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16544101-livestrong-calls-for-complete-truth-from-armstrong</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><category>livestrong</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:10:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Armstrong emotional when recalling talk with son</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong finally cracked.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Litke]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Litke]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16540537-armstrong-emotional-when-recalling-talk-with-son</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/16/16540537-armstrong-emotional-when-recalling-talk-with-son</guid><category>us-news</category><category>cycling</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:37:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51d6395a-99fd-42ab-9019-c8d2e7ab8cfc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51d6395a-99fd-42ab-9019-c8d2e7ab8cfc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. After more than a decade of denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times, Armstrong was scheduled to sit down Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 for what has been trumpeted as a &quot;no-holds barred,&quot; 90-minute, question-and-answer session with Winfrey. (AP Photos/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5e053e2-20b1-48c0-99af-cd3720fa3463.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5e053e2-20b1-48c0-99af-cd3720fa3463.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks during the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Local and international news crews are staking out positions in front of Armstrong's lush, Spanish-style villa ahead of the cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey later Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.  (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21f48007-0676-430f-9f4c-e1122607d1d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21f48007-0676-430f-9f4c-e1122607d1d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas. Local and international news crews are staking out positions in front of Armstrong's lush, Spanish-style villa ahead of the cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey later Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.  (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1026b43f-03c8-4c74-8121-80fd97c143e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1026b43f-03c8-4c74-8121-80fd97c143e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified man enters a gate at the home of cyclist Lance Armstrong, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Austin, Texas. After more than a decade of denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times, Armstrong was set to sit down Monday for what has been trumpeted as a &quot;no-holds barred,&quot; 90-minute, question-and-answer session with Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adb57005-76a2-4b17-8ef0-b86d926dda50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adb57005-76a2-4b17-8ef0-b86d926dda50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 23, 2000, file photo, winner Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs Elysees after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. Armstrong also won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports in 2000. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1380904b-d55b-434a-a155-d7c170ebbe8c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1380904b-d55b-434a-a155-d7c170ebbe8c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 21, 2003, file photo, a spectator cheers on Lance Armstrong, left, of the United States, in the final ascent towards Luz-Ardiden during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bagneres-de-Bigorre and Luz-Ardiden, French Pyrenees. In 2003, Armstrong was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d93e8f23-460a-4d1f-b21b-ea4c4c886996.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="489" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d93e8f23-460a-4d1f-b21b-ea4c4c886996.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 22, 2004, file photo, Lance Armstrong reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourd-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps. In 2004, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ff92d52-bbaa-4fa4-894d-97411e13739b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ff92d52-bbaa-4fa4-894d-97411e13739b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 5, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong, right, lets his Discovery Channel teammates take over after taking the lead during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 67.5-kilometer (41.95-mile) team time trial between Tours and Blois, western France. After a decade of denial and being stripped of his titles, Armstrong has finally come clean&amp;#8212; During an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, Armstrong said he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80d8dd68-2c71-4d63-a704-1467ba30b645.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80d8dd68-2c71-4d63-a704-1467ba30b645.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 7, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong rides through the countryside during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Troyes and Nancy, eastern France. In 2005, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. He later announced what would be a temporary retirement from cycling in 2005. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93494ff8-fb5d-4adb-be70-8390f5e725a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93494ff8-fb5d-4adb-be70-8390f5e725a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong gestures for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race before the final stage between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. In 2005, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. He later announced what would be a temporary retirement from cycling in 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc4e511e-1cac-4573-8dd6-dda68a87067d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc4e511e-1cac-4573-8dd6-dda68a87067d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 23, 2008, file photo, cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong wears a yellow Livestrong bracelet as he appears during a news conference regarding a new war on cancer at the National Press Club in Washington. Armstrong created the yellow &quot;Livestrong&quot; bracelets in 1997 after surviving stage three testicular cancer_with tumors that had spread to his abdomen, lungs, lymph nodes and brain_to raise funds for cancer research and later founded the Livestrong Foundation. Armstrong left the board of Livestrong in 2012 amidst doping accusations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=631775f6-f8b8-4e2e-8227-56ce886bc386.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=631775f6-f8b8-4e2e-8227-56ce886bc386.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2008, file photo, Lance Armstrong stands in Livestrong apparel before a training session with the Astana cycling team in Los Cristianos, on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain. The cyclist was stripped of his Tour de France titles, lost most of his endorsements and was forced to leave the board of his foundation last year after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency issued a damning, 1,000-page report that accused him of masterminding a long-running doping scheme. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17c62579-445d-410e-9f02-c8a9fafcc5d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17c62579-445d-410e-9f02-c8a9fafcc5d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong talks to supporters prior to a run on Mont Royal Park in Montreal. Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer in 1996. Within minutes of Armstrong announcing he would step down as chairman of Livestrong, the foundation he created to support people with cancer, his longtime endorser Nike issued a statement saying it would be cutting sponsorship ties with the cyclist amid allegations of doping. Armstrong is said to be worth around $100 million, but most sponsors dropped him after USADA's scathing report &amp;#8212; at the cost of tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey interviewing cyclist Lance Armstrong during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., cyclist Lance Armstrong listens to a question from Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8ad9a2d-6fb5-4acd-8326-088364f92340.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8ad9a2d-6fb5-4acd-8326-088364f92340.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong considers a question from a reporter after his second-place finish in the Power of Four mountain bicycle race at the base of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colo. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling race during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=628ebca3-40f7-4631-a47a-ae7607be1989.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=628ebca3-40f7-4631-a47a-ae7607be1989.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong signals seven for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race as he pedals during the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. Armstrong called his run to seven Tour de France titles &quot;so perfect for so long.&quot; (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47a7c2fd-08a6-449e-ba06-913bd7cf55d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47a7c2fd-08a6-449e-ba06-913bd7cf55d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., talk show host Oprah Winfrey, right, interviews Lance Armstrong during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling during the interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a85bf64-77b7-4698-8f87-98d37697bf55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 25, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong looks back on the podium after the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=795ec368-d41d-4758-8cd6-125f1c31a2af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=795ec368-d41d-4758-8cd6-125f1c31a2af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 19, 2009, file photo, Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Verbier, Switzerland. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21931fd9-e87e-4881-99f9-e0593103c1af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21931fd9-e87e-4881-99f9-e0593103c1af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 29, 2001, file photo, Lance Armstrong stands during ceremonies after winning the Tour de France cycling race following the 20th and final stage in Paris. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ae32205-c0b4-41b5-bc5d-93265d0599b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="374" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ae32205-c0b4-41b5-bc5d-93265d0599b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 5, 2004, file photo, US Postal Service team leader Lance Armstrong sits by the registration bus before the second stage of the 91st Tour de France cycling race between Charleroi and Namur, Belgium. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52060c1d-6608-4159-81fe-f65ff89f6304.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., Lance Armstrong listens as he is interviewed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling during the interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37c6d861-05b5-4371-98fa-3bc94e680209.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37c6d861-05b5-4371-98fa-3bc94e680209.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 6, 2004, file photo, U.S. Postal Service's Lance Armstrong rides ahead of Team Phonak's Tyler Hamilton,, center, and T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich, of Germany, during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Waterloo, Belgium, and Wasquehal, northern France.  Admitting he cheated was a start. Now, it's all about whether Armstrong is ready to give details, lots of them, to clean up his sport. Hamilton, whose testimony helped lead to Armstrong's downfall, says if Armstrong is willing to provide information to clean up the sport, a reduction in the sanctions would be appropriate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b7447289-62a7-47ca-8de0-bd01cb2a1f96.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b7447289-62a7-47ca-8de0-bd01cb2a1f96.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A video screen at a hotel restaurant in Grapevine, Texas, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, shows a replay telecast of a segment of Lance Armstrong being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey,  Reversing more than a decade of denials,  Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France cycling during the interview that aired night before. The second part of the interview will air tonight. (AP Photo/LM Otero)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd3716ba-8c84-4023-8218-84720a6574c9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Luke Armstrong, rear right, tries to touch the winner's trophy held by his father, Lance Armstrong, after Armstrong won his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race, in Paris. During the second part Friday, Jan. 18,  2013, of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Armstrong, Armstrong talked about talking with Luke after his son had defended him concerning doping allegations.  (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a3f93613-6ceb-4d58-a47b-855d5eadeb6c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a3f93613-6ceb-4d58-a47b-855d5eadeb6c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The second night of Oprah Winfrey's interview of former cycling star Lance Armstrong is shown on video screens at Pete's Cafe Bar in downtown Los Angeles Friday,  Jan. 18, 2013. Through a marathon mea culpa that spanned two nights on TV, Armstrong spoke almost dispassionately about lying and cheating, about arrogance and bullying, about lost honor, status, achievement and income.(AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Column: Lance Armstrong, exceptional? Phooey!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two enduring myths about Lance Armstrong should be laid to rest after his confession to Oprah Winfrey.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Leicester]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Leicester]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16531071-column-lance-armstrong-exceptional-phooey</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16531071-column-lance-armstrong-exceptional-phooey</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>john-leicester</category><category>150113</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:58:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=00ac470c-3c77-495e-8a4e-254d6eab516b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=00ac470c-3c77-495e-8a4e-254d6eab516b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 23, 2005, file photo spectators urge on overall leader Lance Armstrong, left, during the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Saint-Etienne, France. After a decade of denial and being stripped of his titles, Armstrong has finally come clean&amp;#8212; During an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, Armstrong said he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Bernard Papon, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93494ff8-fb5d-4adb-be70-8390f5e725a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93494ff8-fb5d-4adb-be70-8390f5e725a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong gestures for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race before the final stage between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. In 2005, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. He later announced what would be a temporary retirement from cycling in 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17c62579-445d-410e-9f02-c8a9fafcc5d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17c62579-445d-410e-9f02-c8a9fafcc5d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong talks to supporters prior to a run on Mont Royal Park in Montreal. Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer in 1996. Within minutes of Armstrong announcing he would step down as chairman of Livestrong, the foundation he created to support people with cancer, his longtime endorser Nike issued a statement saying it would be cutting sponsorship ties with the cyclist amid allegations of doping. Armstrong is said to be worth around $100 million, but most sponsors dropped him after USADA's scathing report &amp;#8212; at the cost of tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey interviewing cyclist Lance Armstrong during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., cyclist Lance Armstrong listens to a question from Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Winfrey: Armstrong interview will satisfy viewers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey says she and her TV crew were "mesmerized and riveted" by some of Lance Armstrong's answers during a 2 1/2-hour interview in which the cyclist acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16525583-winfrey-armstrong-interview-will-satisfy-viewers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16525583-winfrey-armstrong-interview-will-satisfy-viewers</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>cycling</category><category>cbs</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><category>winfrey</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:26:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey interviewing cyclist Lance Armstrong during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oprah Winfrey set for 'CBS This Morning' Tuesday</title>
<description><![CDATA[CBS says Oprah Winfrey will be on "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday to discuss her upcoming interview with Lance Armstrong.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16511967-oprah-winfrey-set-for-cbs-this-morning-tuesday</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16511967-oprah-winfrey-set-for-cbs-this-morning-tuesday</guid><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>cbs</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>this-morning"</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:24:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Armstrong will answer 'honestly' during Oprah talk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong said he will answer questions "directly, honestly and candidly" during an interview with Oprah Winfrey next week. He will also apologize and make a limited confession to using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16474431-armstrong-will-answer-honestly-during-oprah-talk</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16474431-armstrong-will-answer-honestly-during-oprah-talk</guid><category>us-news</category><category>cycling</category><category>doping</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><category>usa-today</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:59:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bff7e0c-8af1-4329-bc6f-679843ca8995.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bff7e0c-8af1-4329-bc6f-679843ca8995.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. According to a release posted on Oprah's website on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, Armstrong has agreed to a rare televised interview that will air next week and will address allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. (AP Photos/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fb68c5a-255d-42cf-9d0b-0511655c62d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fb68c5a-255d-42cf-9d0b-0511655c62d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Anti-doping officials want Armstrong under oath</title>
<description><![CDATA[A televised confession by Lance Armstrong isn't enough.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Litke]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Litke]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16419129-anti-doping-officials-want-armstrong-under-oath</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16419129-anti-doping-officials-want-armstrong-under-oath</guid><category>us-news</category><category>entertainment</category><category>associated-press</category><category>cycling</category><category>lance-armstrong</category><category>oprah</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>armstrong</category><category>livestrong-foundation</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 01:16:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57a97913-f084-4745-93f3-fb5771cd576c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57a97913-f084-4745-93f3-fb5771cd576c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 10, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong throws out his water bottle in the last kilometers of the climb toward Station les Rousses, France, during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The New York Times reported Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, that Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong attorney Tim Herman denied that Armstrong has reached out to USADA chief executive Travis Tygart and David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bff7e0c-8af1-4329-bc6f-679843ca8995.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bff7e0c-8af1-4329-bc6f-679843ca8995.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. According to a release posted on Oprah's website on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, Armstrong has agreed to a rare televised interview that will air next week and will address allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. (AP Photos/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fb68c5a-255d-42cf-9d0b-0511655c62d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fb68c5a-255d-42cf-9d0b-0511655c62d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51d6395a-99fd-42ab-9019-c8d2e7ab8cfc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51d6395a-99fd-42ab-9019-c8d2e7ab8cfc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. After more than a decade of denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times, Armstrong was scheduled to sit down Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 for what has been trumpeted as a &quot;no-holds barred,&quot; 90-minute, question-and-answer session with Winfrey. (AP Photos/File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5e053e2-20b1-48c0-99af-cd3720fa3463.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5e053e2-20b1-48c0-99af-cd3720fa3463.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks during the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Local and international news crews are staking out positions in front of Armstrong's lush, Spanish-style villa ahead of the cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey later Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.  (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21f48007-0676-430f-9f4c-e1122607d1d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21f48007-0676-430f-9f4c-e1122607d1d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas. Local and international news crews are staking out positions in front of Armstrong's lush, Spanish-style villa ahead of the cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey later Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.  (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=117573e4-a760-4e43-9fbe-aeea1b99eb85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=117573e4-a760-4e43-9fbe-aeea1b99eb85.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mary Grace explores a public art piece recently installed along the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Austin, Texas. In what's been billed as a &quot;no-holds barred&quot; session, Lance Armstrong is expected to reverse course after a decade of denials and apologize for doping, as well as offer a limited confession about his role at the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the Tour de France with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, in an interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d79687c-51b1-4ba2-a4af-561af8c37ea8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d79687c-51b1-4ba2-a4af-561af8c37ea8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cyclists rides along the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Austin, Texas. In what's been billed as a &quot;no-holds barred&quot; session, Lance Armstrong is expected to reverse course after a decade of denials and apologize for doping, as well as offer a limited confession about his role at the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the Tour de France with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, in an interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f66b5fec-a640-48b5-9346-4099fc7293c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="323" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f66b5fec-a640-48b5-9346-4099fc7293c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="190" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A cyclist rides along the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Austin, Texas. In what's been billed as a &quot;no-holds barred&quot; session, Lance Armstrong is expected to reverse course after a decade of denials and apologize for doping, as well as offer a limited confession about his role at the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the Tour de France with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, in an interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1892ca9-eb6f-4e1f-8623-227eadd47d11.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1892ca9-eb6f-4e1f-8623-227eadd47d11.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Signage for the Livestrong Foundation appears at the charity's headquarters, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Austin, Texas. In what's been billed as a &quot;no-holds barred&quot; session, Lance Armstrong is expected to reverse course after a decade of denials and apologize for doping, as well as offer a limited confession about his role at the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the Tour de France with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, in an interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90cbc8dd-334f-4b31-b684-d184a39673f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90cbc8dd-334f-4b31-b684-d184a39673f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo showing overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, surrounded by press photographers, signaling seven, for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race, prior to the start of the 21st and final stage of the race, between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. After more than a decade of denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times, Armstrong was set to sit down Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Austin, Texas,  for what has been trumpeted as a &quot;no-holds barred,&quot; 90-minute, question-and-answer session with Oprah Winfrey.  (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1026b43f-03c8-4c74-8121-80fd97c143e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1026b43f-03c8-4c74-8121-80fd97c143e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified man enters a gate at the home of cyclist Lance Armstrong, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Austin, Texas. After more than a decade of denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times, Armstrong was set to sit down Monday for what has been trumpeted as a &quot;no-holds barred,&quot; 90-minute, question-and-answer session with Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=289c0a9e-6cad-4132-b193-130422c4a493.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=289c0a9e-6cad-4132-b193-130422c4a493.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A delivery man waves to media after dropping a package at the home of cyclist Lance Armstrong, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Austin, Texas. Armstrong is scheduled to give a &quot;no-holds barred&quot; interview to Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=076e3298-307a-4ae0-ab65-00b51dda6fa1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=076e3298-307a-4ae0-ab65-00b51dda6fa1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks at the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Armstrong apologized to the staff at his Livestrong cancer foundation before heading to an interview with Oprah Winfrey, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussion was private. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dab1d93b-89f7-43ed-88e1-131e0932042e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dab1d93b-89f7-43ed-88e1-131e0932042e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Planters are arranged in front of the Four Seasons hotel where Lance Armstrong gave an interview to Oprah Winfrey, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The cyclist was to make a limited confession to Winfrey about his role as the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the Tour de France with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, a person with knowledge of the situation has told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adb57005-76a2-4b17-8ef0-b86d926dda50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adb57005-76a2-4b17-8ef0-b86d926dda50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 23, 2000, file photo, winner Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs Elysees after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. Armstrong also won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports in 2000. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1380904b-d55b-434a-a155-d7c170ebbe8c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1380904b-d55b-434a-a155-d7c170ebbe8c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 21, 2003, file photo, a spectator cheers on Lance Armstrong, left, of the United States, in the final ascent towards Luz-Ardiden during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bagneres-de-Bigorre and Luz-Ardiden, French Pyrenees. In 2003, Armstrong was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d93e8f23-460a-4d1f-b21b-ea4c4c886996.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="489" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d93e8f23-460a-4d1f-b21b-ea4c4c886996.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 22, 2004, file photo, Lance Armstrong reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourd-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps. In 2004, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ff92d52-bbaa-4fa4-894d-97411e13739b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ff92d52-bbaa-4fa4-894d-97411e13739b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 5, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong, right, lets his Discovery Channel teammates take over after taking the lead during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 67.5-kilometer (41.95-mile) team time trial between Tours and Blois, western France. After a decade of denial and being stripped of his titles, Armstrong has finally come clean&amp;#8212; During an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, Armstrong said he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80d8dd68-2c71-4d63-a704-1467ba30b645.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80d8dd68-2c71-4d63-a704-1467ba30b645.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 7, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong rides through the countryside during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Troyes and Nancy, eastern France. In 2005, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. He later announced what would be a temporary retirement from cycling in 2005. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93494ff8-fb5d-4adb-be70-8390f5e725a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93494ff8-fb5d-4adb-be70-8390f5e725a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 24, 2005, file photo, Lance Armstrong gestures for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race before the final stage between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. In 2005, Armstrong was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and ESPN's ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete. He later announced what would be a temporary retirement from cycling in 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc4e511e-1cac-4573-8dd6-dda68a87067d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc4e511e-1cac-4573-8dd6-dda68a87067d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 23, 2008, file photo, cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong wears a yellow Livestrong bracelet as he appears during a news conference regarding a new war on cancer at the National Press Club in Washington. Armstrong created the yellow &quot;Livestrong&quot; bracelets in 1997 after surviving stage three testicular cancer_with tumors that had spread to his abdomen, lungs, lymph nodes and brain_to raise funds for cancer research and later founded the Livestrong Foundation. Armstrong left the board of Livestrong in 2012 amidst doping accusations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=631775f6-f8b8-4e2e-8227-56ce886bc386.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=631775f6-f8b8-4e2e-8227-56ce886bc386.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2008, file photo, Lance Armstrong stands in Livestrong apparel before a training session with the Astana cycling team in Los Cristianos, on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain. The cyclist was stripped of his Tour de France titles, lost most of his endorsements and was forced to leave the board of his foundation last year after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency issued a damning, 1,000-page report that accused him of masterminding a long-running doping scheme. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17c62579-445d-410e-9f02-c8a9fafcc5d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17c62579-445d-410e-9f02-c8a9fafcc5d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2012, file photo, Lance Armstrong talks to supporters prior to a run on Mont Royal Park in Montreal. Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer in 1996. Within minutes of Armstrong announcing he would step down as chairman of Livestrong, the foundation he created to support people with cancer, his longtime endorser Nike issued a statement saying it would be cutting sponsorship ties with the cyclist amid allegations of doping. Armstrong is said to be worth around $100 million, but most sponsors dropped him after USADA's scathing report &amp;#8212; at the cost of tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09bf4f50-f736-4e60-a645-8804c46a8b5d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey interviewing cyclist Lance Armstrong during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e74c25-92cf-48dd-b23c-60edb4f39168.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo provided by Harpo Studios Inc., cyclist Lance Armstrong listens to a question from Oprah Winfrey during taping for the show &quot;Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive&quot; in Austin, Texas. The two-part episode of &quot;Oprah's Next Chapter&quot; will air nationally Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Alicia Keys raises $2.9M at gala, honors Winfrey</title>
<description><![CDATA[During the auction portion of Alicia Keys' Black Ball Redux, one man was ready to jump his bid from $100,000 to $250,000 for a trip to South Africa &#8212; if Keys would join him and his friends.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mesfin Fekadu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mesfin Fekadu]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15742719-alicia-keys-raises-29m-at-gala-honors-winfrey</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15742719-alicia-keys-raises-29m-at-gala-honors-winfrey</guid><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>keys</category><category>winfrey</category><category>alicia-keys</category><category>alicia-keys'</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 05:42:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21931567-859e-43aa-af5b-8d18a362de1d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21931567-859e-43aa-af5b-8d18a362de1d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alicia Keys attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f23d32d-d5cb-4f2f-95d8-033cfaeda09f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f23d32d-d5cb-4f2f-95d8-033cfaeda09f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bonnie Raitt attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e1ffb14-8121-4f96-b8de-95d9916293ad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e1ffb14-8121-4f96-b8de-95d9916293ad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alicia Keys and her mother Teresa Augello attend the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86618d56-5049-4542-a9de-4f199255cfa8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86618d56-5049-4542-a9de-4f199255cfa8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Padma Lakshmi, left, Alicia Keys, center, and Angelique Kidjo attend the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a7c2aef-2330-475c-812b-8056f1c28b96.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a7c2aef-2330-475c-812b-8056f1c28b96.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alicia Keys attends the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=214b1078-cad2-4fe2-8ad8-c270f22257bd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=214b1078-cad2-4fe2-8ad8-c270f22257bd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angelique Kidjo attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2992c221-169e-4752-9dc2-7fa6479aaa54.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2992c221-169e-4752-9dc2-7fa6479aaa54.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Padma Lakshmi attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Winfrey picks Mathis' debut novel for book club</title>
<description><![CDATA[Add another book for possible holiday gifts: Oprah Winfrey's latest 2.0 selection.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15699539-winfrey-picks-mathis-debut-novel-for-book-club</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15699539-winfrey-picks-mathis-debut-novel-for-book-club</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>books</category><category>pick</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>winfrey</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 14:53:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01b69b4e-abe6-4cca-a362-70febd349270.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01b69b4e-abe6-4cca-a362-70febd349270.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 16, 2012 file photo shows Oprah Winfrey in Toronto. Winfrey announced Wednesday, Dec. 5, that she has chosen a debut novel for her book club, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, by Ayana Mathis. An author interview will be aired Feb. 3, 2013 on Winfrey's OWN network. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NY hospice owner Oprah praised can't have animals</title>
<description><![CDATA[The owner of a New York animal hospice praised by Oprah Winfrey has been barred from having animals for six months under conditions set by a judge considering dismissing 22 cruelty charges against her.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028224-ny-hospice-owner-oprah-praised-cant-have-animals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028224-ny-hospice-owner-oprah-praised-cant-have-animals</guid><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>animal</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>shelter</category><category>cruelty-charges</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:02:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Winfrey and Huffington launch new HuffPost section</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two of the most powerful women in media &#8212; Oprah Winfrey and Arianna Huffington &#8212; are joining forces.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14858284-winfrey-and-huffington-launch-new-huffpost-section</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14858284-winfrey-and-huffington-launch-new-huffpost-section</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>people</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>winfrey</category><category>huffington</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:11:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4fed555b-aeee-4649-8c32-7bf6a7cae0a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4fed555b-aeee-4649-8c32-7bf6a7cae0a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 16, 2012 file photo shows Oprah Winfrey in Toronto. Winfrey and Arianna Huffington launched &quot;HuffPost OWN,&quot; a new section on the Huffington Post website on Thursday, Nov. 1, that will feature material from the Oprah Winfrey Network and Oprah.com. The new online destination will focus on lifestyle advice and personal inspiration. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=931b5a0b-f60c-4e16-9863-59298dc529f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=931b5a0b-f60c-4e16-9863-59298dc529f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 11, 2012 file photograph released by Hollywood Reporter Arianna Huffington at The Hollywood Reporter 35 Most Powerful People in Media event in New York. Oprah Winfrey and Huffington launched &quot;HuffPost OWN,&quot; a new section on the Huffington Post website Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, that will feature material from the Oprah Winfrey Network and Oprah.com. The new online destination will focus on lifestyle advice and personal inspiration. (AP Photo/The Hollywood Reporter, Evan Agostini, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Winfrey's network signs deal with Tyler Perry</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey's OWN network is venturing into scripted programming for the first time through a deal with Tyler Perry.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14171534-winfreys-network-signs-deal-with-tyler-perry</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14171534-winfreys-network-signs-deal-with-tyler-perry</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>own</category><category>perry</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>tyler-perry</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 17:56:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NY animal hospice Oprah praised shuts amid lawsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[An animal hospice once praised by Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities is shutting down as its owner faces a lawsuit from the state attorney general charging her with failing to file financial reports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MARY ESCH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MARY ESCH]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14115400-ny-animal-hospice-oprah-praised-shuts-amid-lawsuit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14115400-ny-animal-hospice-oprah-praised-shuts-amid-lawsuit</guid><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>charges</category><category>animal</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>shelter</category><category>cruelty-charges</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:32:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Beyonce, Carole King added to Keys' Black Ball</title>
<description><![CDATA[Call it ladies night: Beyonce and Carole King are joining Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys at Keys' annual Black Ball event.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mesfin Fekadu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mesfin Fekadu]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13985919-beyonce-carole-king-added-to-keys-black-ball</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13985919-beyonce-carole-king-added-to-keys-black-ball</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>ball</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>alicia-keys</category><category>carole-king</category><category>black-ball</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:06:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65b469b8-f1de-41ee-bb90-2f822684d250.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="402" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65b469b8-f1de-41ee-bb90-2f822684d250.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="121" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -This Jan. 20, 2009 file photo shows Beyonce,left,  singing as President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama finish their dance at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is getting a boost from pop stars Beyonce and Jay-Z. The superstar couple will hold a fundraiser with Obama on Tuesday at a swanky New York nightclub that Jay-Z owns. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0eb30d4-ae50-4471-9be4-75b7dfbd343d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0eb30d4-ae50-4471-9be4-75b7dfbd343d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This May 7, 2012 file photo shows Beyonce Knowles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada in New York. Beyonce and Carole King are joining Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys at Keys annual Black Ball event for Keys charity Keep a Child Alive on Nov. 1, 2012 at New Yorks Hammerstein Ballroom. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19be1309-ca26-4a90-9f51-c622d4be8968.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19be1309-ca26-4a90-9f51-c622d4be8968.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In a Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 file photo, Carole King attends the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, in New York. Beyonce and Carole King are joining Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys at Keys annual Black Ball event for Keys charity Keep a Child Alive on Nov. 1, 2012 at New Yorks Hammerstein Ballroom. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>La Toya Jackson to get a reality show on OWN</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey has tapped La Toya Jackson to star in her own reality show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13088945-la-toya-jackson-to-get-a-reality-show-on-own</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13088945-la-toya-jackson-to-get-a-reality-show-on-own</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>people</category><category>jackson</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>la-toya-jackson</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:22:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8aff200-0b91-4638-bbfe-4f292577c8a9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="329" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8aff200-0b91-4638-bbfe-4f292577c8a9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This May 18, 2012 file photo shows singer La Toya Jackson arriving at the 19th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala in Los Angeles, Calif. Jackson to star in her own reality show on her TV network, OWN. Life with La Toya is described as a candid look inside Jackson's life as she juggles family, friends and business. Life with La Toya is slated to air in 2013. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8be2fc34-6e6e-480c-bb67-d92de286c3d8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8be2fc34-6e6e-480c-bb67-d92de286c3d8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This May 18, 2012 file photo shows singer La Toya Jackson arriving at the 19th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala in Los Angeles, Calif. Jackson to star in her own reality show on her TV network, OWN. Life with La Toya is described as a candid look inside Jackson's life as she juggles family, friends and business. Life with La Toya is slated to air in 2013. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romneys sit down for interview with Oprah Winfrey</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican Mitt Romney is talking about his presidential campaign with Oprah Winfrey.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12745224-romneys-sit-down-for-interview-with-oprah-winfrey</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12745224-romneys-sit-down-for-interview-with-oprah-winfrey</guid><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>romney</category><category>oprah-winfrey</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><category>winfrey</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:23:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>