Oprah has apparently bought the movie rights to Terry 'Waiting to Exhale' McMillan's latest book, The Interruption of Everything.
Apparently when the author appeared on the Oprah show recently to talk about her acrimonious divorce from Jonathan Plummer (who was the inspiration for How Stella Got Her Groove Back), Oprah mentioned that she loved McMillan's latest book so much she bought the film rights. Just that brief mention sent the book scurrying up Amazon's best-seller list. [via]
Oprah has a fairly good record of turning books into movies, being executive producer of Amy & Isabelle, Tuesdays With Morrie and Beloved amongst others. She has also recently brought the classic novel The Color Purple to the Broadway stage as a musical!