Is there anything Oprah Winfrey can't do?
The former daytime talk show host and current CEO, cable network founder, magazine founder, actress and producer has a new gig at CBS' "60 Minutes" as a special contributor, NPR reported.
CNN reported that Winfrey's best friend, Gayle King, announced the news Tuesday on "CBS This Morning," on which she is as a co-host.
"I've been a big admirer of '60 Minutes' since my days as a young reporter. I'm so excited and proud to join forces with this historic news program, which for me represents the bastion of journalistic storytelling," Winfrey said in a news release from CBS News. "At a time when people are so divided, my intention is to bring relevant insight and perspective, to look at what separates us and help facilitate real conversations between people from different backgrounds."
Winfrey is still best-known for her daytime show, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which ran from 1986 to 2011 and was the highest-rated talk show in the country. While running that show, she founded Harpo Productions, which produced daytime talk shows like "Dr. Phil," "The Dr. Oz Show" and "Rachael Ray" and films such as "The Great Debaters" and "Selma."
She is currently the chairman and CEO of OWN, a network she founded through a partnership with Discovery Communications.
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