Just one day after it was rumored that Oprah Winfrey’s Kitty Kelley-fied life would be getting the movie treatment — Viola Davis-as-Oprah, FTW ! — comes word that HBO and Barbara Walters are talking about adapting her biography, Audition , to the small screen. This has riled up ABC executives, of course, since they have been her employer since 1976 — but then again, they can’t offer Babs the sex and violence telling her life story would obviously require. No word yet on casting, but is there any doubt that Betty White will end up leading this thing? [ NYP ]
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Barbara Walters Biopic Moving Forward at HBO?
