AS TOLD TO PRINCESS GABBARA
When I heard rumblings that the show! star in, All Rise, would be moving from CBS to OWN, I began having conversations about becoming an executive producer—and I am so happy to say that this dream became a reality.
I wake up to emails, and I go to bed to emails. During the day, I’m watching auditions, hopping on Zoom and conference calls in between scenes, squeezing in interviews for publicity, doing costume fittings, and sometimes filming two episodes in a day. am busy, but it’s the happiest I have ever been.
Very few people can say that they star in and executive produce a television show. As a Black woman, it is not lost on me how uniquely special it is to be able to do both on a network owned by Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential Black women ever. I get to play a character that resonates with many women, at a time in my life where I feel like 1am my most authentic self, and truly walking in my purpose.
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The BEST BOOKS of 2024
We all loved Oprah's Book Club selections this year (did you read them all?), but here are our editors' favorite standouts on the shelves-from the thoughtprovoking to the heartwarming to the hilarious.
The Summer I TOOK My Mom "HOME"
Whenever I tell people about the Last Trip Home I took to Italy with my 87-year-old mother and my older son last summer, everyone has the same response (\"Awwww...\"), which makes me feel like a fraud because I know they're imagining some gauzy scene. And to be fair, I'd tried to plan it that way.
PARIS Made ME DO IT
Travel maybe shouldn't be any different than \"regular\" life, but it is.
LOST And Found IN AMERICA
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I WENT I Saw, HATE
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Trips That Changed US All Forever
Me, MOM, And A Thousand SEABIRDS
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Why I Cut Off All My Hair
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The Perfect Gift Book for Everyone on Your List
Sumptuous reads that look as lovely on your coffee table as they do on your bedside table.
