Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey
Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey (Getty Images)

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September 07, 2007

The celebrity endorsement is not exactly new to politics, but then there’s never been a celebrity quite like Oprah Winfrey, who, until now, has never publicly backed a politician. USC history professor Steve Ross says that Barack Obama may have won over the most influential voter of all.


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Posted by: Daniel Andrews
September 18, 2007 - 03:00PM
New York

Charlie Chaplin did not begin working with Mabel Normand until 1914, that being his first year in the movies.

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