Spiritual leaders gain a following not because of a position held, but because of who they are. They intuitively recognize they are serving something and Someone larger than themselves and their own objectives

No comedy streamed or on TV explores the loneliness, fears and sense of loss involved in aging like “The Kominsky Method.” That makes it extra special. So, why didn’t I go out of my way to write about it before it won a Golden Globe?

Nicholas A. "Nick" Lambros, a retired interior designer whose firm bore his name, died Tuesday from complocations of brain trauma at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 77.

Gayle King brings moral authority to CBS' coverage of the Texas family separation story.

Lug, a growing brand of bags and accessories popularized by Oprah, opened its first store Friday in BWI Marshall Airport.

The “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture” exhibit, to open Friday at Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, chronicles the life and work of media mogul Oprah Winfrey and touches on her life in Baltimore.

“Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture” opens Friday runs through June 2019 at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

"The challenge for you is to transform your life from being a slave to being an owner, and from being a follower to being a leader.”

Sedman Graham, an entrepreneur and motivational speaker known for his longtime relationship with Oprah Winfrey, will speak at the graduation May 19.

Black women's fight for control of their bodies and safety in the workplace long predates the heightened concerns evident in the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. That's becoming part of a larger conversation sparked by the story of Recy Taylor that is now being told in a documentary.

It’s time to take another look at Oprah Winfrey. Her rise to power and maintenance of it is instructive in what it means to be an American and what it means to succeed and survive here.

If Oprah Winfrey does indeed run for president, Richard Sher, her former talk-show partner at Baltimore’s WJZ, is all in.

Presidential candidates take note: Oprah just showed you how it's done.

Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes speech was a shot of moral authority for a culture desperately feeling the need for some righteous leadership.

Inside the dark warehouse of the Baltimore City Archives, Siobhan Hagan sorts through a dumpster full of old film canisters. It’s just a small part of the WJZ

Oprah has 'Wonder Woman' themed party with cake from Charm City Cakes

On the day before "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," starring none other than Oprah Winfrey, is due to premiere on HBO, Mrs. Courtney Speed of Turner

From daring direction by Barry Levinson to Robert De Niro's mesmerizing performance as disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, "The Wizard of Lies," which will premiere at the Maryland Film Festival Thursday in advance of its May 20 debut on HBO, is another grand-slam docudrama from TV's premier cable channel.

An HBO movie starring Oprah Winfrey about Henrietta Lacks has thrust Johns Hopkins into an uncomfortable spotlight and prompted some Lacks family members and others to call for financial compensation for her descendants as a form of atonement. By dredging up past wrongs, it creates at least a temporary public relations issue for the esteemed institution, crisis management experts said.

There is not an Emmy big enough to do justice to Oprah Winfrey's performance in "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" premiering at 8 p.m. April 22 on HBO.

For the past year and a half, Reggie Wells has been living in relative anonymity in a retirement community in Park Heights to be near his 96-year-old father. Wells, a soft-spoken yet sharp-tongued, salt-and-pepper-haired man, was Oprah Winfrey's Emmy Award-winning makeup artist for close to three decades.

A day after the eldest son of Henrietta Lacks admonished an HBO movie about the misuse of his mother's cells, a second son threw in his support for the drama starring Oprah Winfrey that will air next month.

Lawrence Lacks, the eldest son Henrietta Lacks, has expanded his complaints about medical and artistic treatmment of his late mother's life to include Oprah

HBO this week announced a premiere date for the docudrama "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." Now, the network has also released the first trailer.

Anyone who puts faith in a politician to make his or her life better is worshiping a false god, says Cal Thomas.

Baltimore newsmakers, from Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. to Oprah Winfrey, revisit the spots where they made their marks.

For Oprah Winfrey, in town this week while making a movie, there's still part a part of her that regards Baltimore as home.

Oprah Winfrey and the film crew for "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" got their Baltimore seafood fix with an order of crab cakes from Pappas Seafood Co.

lming for the HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” starring Oprah Winfrey, will be held in Baltimore next week, according to casting company

Filming for the HBO movie “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” starring Oprah Winfrey, will be held in Baltimore next week.

Looking for a good summer read with a local spin? Check Oprah's list of best books for summer, which features not one, but two Baltimoreans.

Her family had been torn apart by drugs and mental illness, and Rosalind Holsey had little hope for the future. Then her life took a new direction. She was shut out of cosmetology in high school and found herself among the boys in a barbering class. "This industry literally changed my life," she said.

Starting Wednesday, Sher will host a weekly trivia contest at Horseshoe Baltimore Casino.

Danielle DiFerdinando made sure she was waiting at the doors of the Tribeca Barnes & Nobles store that Sunday morning in January. Her stomach was in knots with anticipation over whether or not she was named to Forbes¿ 30 Under 30 List for Art & Style in 2015. When she spotted the magazine, the 27-year-old found the nearest table, where she sat and scoured the pages to see if she made it. She did.

"The Work" describes the author's search for a larger purpose to which he can devote his life

Lady Mary and Tony Gillingham have spent about a week out and about in Liverpool. And by "out and about" I mean in bed in their Liverpool Hotel.

"Where are all the celebrities?" That's a question many supporters of #BlackLivesMatter protests are asking. At this moment of great unrest, some are feeling a lack of leadership from those who have worldwide media platforms. I think something other than apathy is really at work here: fear and trepidation. Michael Jackson was never afraid to put himself out there for the truth as he saw it, and he took a pounding for it.

Oprah gifts talk-show host and life coach guru Iyanla Vanzant with transformed home in Upper Marlboro.

we still live in a society where it is too often the case that woman equals prey.

If you keep up with pop culture, Hollywood's glitterati and, particularly, the "black" blogosphere, you've probably heard of celebrity blogger "Necole Bitchie."

As a senior at New Town High School in Owings Mills, Delanee-Alexis Coley is looking forward to all the traditions of high school ¿ the powder puff football game with underclassmen, homecoming, prom. When Coley dreams about the future, she dreams big.