Oprah Winfrey was headed into her la-di-da years -- her term for semiretirement -- when David Zaslav came along and wrecked her grand plan. The queen of TV talk had never met the CEO of Discovery Communications until he arrived at her Chicago office in April 2007 with a proposition. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, Zaslav said, pitching the notion that they create a cable TV network together ...

Having made an indelible mark on broadcast television, Oprah Winfrey's ready to take over cable. And you'd better believe her coup will be big. In a new interview with Fortune magazine, the media mogul reveals what led her to create OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, which is slated to debut in at least 80 million homes come January. Oprah Winfrey - Fortune - Cable television - Broadcast - Television

Oprah Winfrey was headed into her la-di-da years -- her term for semiretirement -- when David Zaslav came along and wrecked her grand plan. The queen of TV talk had never met the CEO of Discovery Communications until he arrived at her Chicago office in April 2007 with a proposition.

Mel Gibson's ex, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, will sit down with the daytime diva to talk about her rocky relationship with the 54-year-old actor, with whom she has a baby daughter, Lucia.

The Oprah Winfrey Network will be available in Canada shortly after its Jan. 1 launch in the U.S.