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Has interviewed many famous celebrities and done shows on almost every subject imaginable, Oprah Winfrey is now planning to star in a poverty-stricken reality TV series, which will bring out America's inner-city housing crisis. For this new series, the 51-year-old American TV chat show queen, who is also one of the world's richest women, has agreed to reside in a high-rise apartment on a notoriously tough Chicago, Illinois, estate for a month.

A spokesperson for her Harpo Productions company says that Winfrey has intended to tackle really tough, serious issues, putting herself right in the front line. By means of which she will have to adapt and act just like the many people who have to live in that sub-standard conditions. However, to ensure her safety she will be shadowed by security guards during her stay.