Oprah throws birthday bash for Maya Angelou: Miss O is hosting an 80th birthday celebration for the world-renowned poet and author, Maya Angelou. Oprah's BF Steadman, Natalie Cole, and Bryant Gumbel are among the guests attending the weekend party at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago in Florida. (Bet there will be some awesome goody bags...)

Obama raises $40 million in March: The frontrunner in the democratic race for the White House doubled Hillary Clinton's $20 million in campaign contributions for the month of March. In other political news, 76% of American's says the U.S. is ready for a black president in a new CNN/Essence Magazine poll.

Florence Henderson wants to "Convert Your Mom": America's favorite TV Mom wants to make sure seniors are ready for the February 2009 television transition, when antennas and analog are ditched for digital TV. The former Brady Bunch Mom is asking baby boomers to make sure their televisions don't go dark for the seniors in their lives.

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