Shania Twain undergoing therapy for vocal cord damage.

Shania Twain has told sources that she is losing her voice. The singer goes on to say that she is going through therapy to restore her speech as well as her singing voice. She says that after years of suppressing and repressing her voice and emotions, her vocal cords became damaged.

Twain says her condition is known as Dysphonia, which impairs your abilities to produce sounds with your vocal cords.

The 45 year old singer says it all started when she found out about her ex-husband, Robert “Mutt” Lange, having an affair with a close friend, Marie-Ane Thiebaud.

Twain reveals, “I had reached a point in my life where there was a bottleneck, physically, in my throat. Something had to give.”

“I never contemplated killing myself. But certainly there were moments where I didn’t want to live. I wouldn’t have done anything about it, but I just lost my will to live. But I can understand why people do. Living in silence is very painful,” Twain said during her interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Twain is now remarried to Frederic Thiebaud, who was the husband of her former friend. The couple got married Janauary 1, 2011 in Rincon, Puerto Rico.

Twain wrote on Twitter, “I’m in love! Frederic has been a true gift to me as a compassionate, understanding friend. Over time, an amazing love has blossomed from this precious friendship.”

Rosie O’Donnell and Oprah not seeing eye to eye for new show.

Comedian Rosie O’Donnell and talk show host Oprah Winfrey are reportedly “not seeing eye to eye on the tone of Rosie’s new show”, sources say. “Oprah sees it as a friendly daytime talk show where viewers get to spend an hour with the old Rosie they used to love. Rosie, on the other hand, thinks the show should be more political and a place where she can express her liberal views.”

Oprah visited Rosie at her home and reportedly gave Rosie a warning tha she “better behave” on her show.

“The two are disagreeing over staff,” sources say. “Oprah wants Rosie to use an executive producer that she knows and trusts while Rosie insists she be able to pick her own, fearing whoever Oprah picks will be a spy. It’s a bad way to start off, considering they haven’t even taped a single show yet.”

Oprah Winfrey has a half-sister.

Talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, revealed on her show on Monday that she has a half sister named Patricia. Winfrey called it a “bombshell family secret that left me speechless.”

Winfrey’s new found relative, Patricia, is around 10 years younger than Winfrey. She learned the news just before Thanksgiving.

Winfrey explained that she broke the news on her show because she knew that the media would get ahold of it and it would get out and be exploited. She did not want that to happen and went on to say, “if it wasn’t true, I wouldn’t care what the media says. But it is true. And I wanted you to hear it from me first.”

Much of Oprah’s show on Monday was spent how her half-sister realized she was related to Winfrey and the long process. She also talked about the reaction of her mother and sister when they met in Milwaukee, which was recorded on home video. Oprah thanked her sister for not going to the media with this news.

Winfrey was raised by her grandmother, mother and father and sepmother in Mississippi, Wisconsin and Tennessee. Her parents were unwed teens. She got pregnant at 14 but the baby did not make it. She told Piers Morgan on his show that she would not be where she is today if she had that baby.

A new show for Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan is slated to take the Larry King CNN timeslot with a new show. Morgan will start off his show with daytime talk show host, Oprah Winfrey. Morgan has commented that Winfrey is “one of the 2 or 3 biggest gets in the world”.

Morgan’s show is scheduled to debut on January 17th.

Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney to Receive the Kennedy Center Honor

Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney as well as artists, Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman and Bill T Jones will all receive the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday. They will hear accolades about how they defined US culture through the arts from President Barack Obama and will watch stars perform for them. They even sat down for dinner with host…..and Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She joked, “I am writing a cable about it, which I’m sure you’ll find soon on your closest website,” alluding to the WikiLeaks release of confidential diplomatic dispatches. Other guests included Julia Roberts, Claire Danes, Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, Gwen Stefani, Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury and Sidney Poitier.

Oprah Gives $6 million to Charter Schools

Oprah recently announced that she was concluding her “Angel Network” charity by giving $6 million to charter school programs across the country. Some folks have come out to say that the talk show host (among other things) should have donated the money to ailing schools across the country, not just to charter schools. Listen folks, she donated $6 million….Until you start a charity and give away that much shut up!

Oprah Biography May Become a Movie

The controversial bio of Oprah Winfrey by author, Kitty Kelly, just may become a movie. TV producer, Larry Thompson, just bought the rights to “Oprah: A Biography” for a reported six-figure sum. He told The Post, “This is much more than a rags-to-riches story. I think Oprah is one of the most interesting and fascinating people on the planet.” He went on to say, “Being from Clarksdale, Miss. myself, I’ve always been aware of her career and have marveled at her journey.”

Oprah Gives her Staff $10k each to Celebrete O Magazine 10th Anniversary

Oprah gave each and every one of her staffers a $10k bonus and an Ipad to celebrate the O Magazine’s 10th Anniversary. The total amount of her generosity was not disclosed by holy hell….where do I sign up?

Time Magazine Most Influential List

Time Magazine just published their annual list of the Most Influential People and topping the list are Lady Gaga and Robert Pattinson. Speaking of Gaga, Cyndi Lauper wrote, “When I see somebody like Gaga, I sit back in admiration….“I’m inspired to pick up the torch again myself. I did an interview with her once, and she showed up with a sculpture on her head. I thought, ‘How awesome.’” Other musician’s making the list are Prince, Elton John and Taylor Swift. Other TV and film stars making the list are Neil Patrick Harris, Lea Michele, Simon Cowell, James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Oprah Winfrey and Ricky Gervais.

Oprah Winfrey Settles Defamation Lawsuit

Just one week before the trial was scheduled to begin, Oprah Winfrey settled the defamation lawsuit made against her by the former headmistress of her boarding school in South Africa.

Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress, filed a defamation suit against Winfrey due to remarks made during the 2007 sex-abuse scandal at the school. Winfrey stated she had “lost confidence” in her and was “cleaning house from top to bottom.” Mzamane said it was those remarks that made it impossible for her to find another job.

The lawyers for each camp provided a statement saying that they “are happy that they could resolve this dispute peacefully to their mutual satisfaction.” The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

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