Mark Bieganski: February 2009 Archives

The always gracious singer and Chicago native Jennifer Hudson told Oprah Winfrey today that she's in a good place -- reflecting on a whirlwind month of performing at the Super Bowl and the Grammy Awards.

"I'm good, I'm just glad to be back," Hudson told Winfrey in a short interview before performing her new single "If This Isn't Love."

Hudson didn't discuss the October killings of her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.

Hudson embarks this month on a tour across the country with Robin Thicke.

Oprah Winfrey's media rally last month concerning her 40-pound weight gain has paid off.

Winfrey's "Best Life Week" series -- which was promoted on all of the talk show host's platforms and kicked off by a personal essay in "O" magazine with her talking about weight-gain disappointment -- helped blast single-copy magazine sales to its best ever.

According to a report, the magazine -- with Winfrey appearing on the cover with a before and after image of her body -- was the best-selling in magazine history with over 1.1 million copies sold.

She's been one of his most vocal cheerleaders, and he's given her nothing but praise in the past. So does the queen of talk have unprecedented access to Barack Obama's secret Blackberry e-mail address? Unclear, but check out the mention at the end of NBC's Matt Lauer interview with Obama on Sunday at the White House.