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Oprah power

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Moving to cable, the daytime diva lifts the Maryland-based Discovery Channel into a new league

The news that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is going to end after 25 years so that its host can devote herself to a new cable channel set off reverberations in TV and financial circles late last week. But nowhere was the effect felt more keenly than in Silver Spring, where the Maryland-based Discovery Communications was vaulted into a new realm of prominence and prestige as the future home of The Oprah Winfrey Network. "In one swoop, this jumps Discovery and, by extension, cable up to another league," says Douglas Gomery, media economist at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift big winners at AMAs

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:34:00 -0500

Jackson wins 4, but Swift wins 5, named artist of the year at AMAs

Springsteen's Baltimore show concert of a lifetime

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The Boss' first time in Baltimore in more than 35 years

Swift picks: Entertainment not to miss this week

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:42:44 -0500

Columbia-based rapper leaves imprint on 'The Blind Side'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Michael Oher may be the focus of the new biopic "The Blind Side." But the Baltimore Raven isn't the film's only local connection.

The songs stuck in our heads

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Biology and evolution help explain why we can't rid ourselves of things like ABBA's music

"Mamma mia, here I go again / My my, how can I resist you?"

Grano: Little Italy flavor in Hampden

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Homey pasta dishes still shine in new location

If you like Italian restaurants where you feel as if you're eating in someone's home, you're going to love Grano.