“Poison pen” biographer Kitty Kelley struck gold with her latest unauthorized biography, that of #1 mortal Oprah Winfrey, and Deadline is reporting the inevitable (but still titillating!) news of an upcoming TV biopic adaptation . The art of the TV biopic is sorely maligned, and I hold the naive belief that a decent Oprah biography could redeem the canon of Lifetime-ready Dana Plato and Nadia Comaneci yarns. Quick, let’s cast this epic while we still have time to influence the filmmakers (and persuade notable actors to withstand the real Oprah’s disapproval).
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From Gayle to Ebert: Casting the Oprah Biopic
