Nick Haramis
November 23, 2009
When she announced last Friday her imminent retirement as the matriarch of daytime talk-shows, Oprah Winfrey got everyone gabbing about who might replace her. Tyra, Martha and Ellen were all bandied about as possible solutions. But who's going to consider literary suggestions from the host of America's Next Top Model? Who's going to address body image with M. Diddy, the woman who built an empire on binging? And who's going to sit through hard-hitting interviews from the woman who opens each show with a dance number? Exactly. This is why Gabourey Sidibe, the star of Precious, could be TV's next best thing.

