Charlize Theron fought back tears during a recent trip home to South Africa when she saw the mobile AIDS testing and counselling clinic her money had created.

US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is today set to open an innovative, environmentally-friendly school she funded with the South African government.

Matthew McConaughey’s 1971 Corvette Stingray convertible, auctioned off for hurricane relief, received a winning bid of €48,202, according to the eBay website.

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is to release a DVD to mark 20 years since her programme went on air.