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Madonna makes a surprise appearance during the Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular held at the United Center on Tuesday (May 17) in Chicago, Ill.

“I think it’s her spirit,” the 52-year-old singer told E! “I think it’s the fact that she really is a compassionate human being. She’s entertaining, but she wants to help people.”

Katie Holmes, Halle Berry, Queen Latifah, Will Smith, and Jada Pinkett Smith were all a part of the giant lovefest to celebrate Oprah‘s series finale.

Beyonce even performed her new single “Run the World (Girls)!”

FYI: Madonna is wearing a Miu Miu dress.

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Oprah Winfrey hits the stage at the 2011 Oscars held at the Kodak Theater on Sunday (February 27) in Los Angeles.

The 57-year-old media mogul wore a Zac Posen gown and presented the Best Documentary Award to the filmmakers of Inside Job.

Oprah will be returning to the stage tomorrow for her annual post-Oscar special.

Tune in to see interviews with the big winners, Gayle King‘s backstage footage, and a fashion recap from Carson Kressley!
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• Michael Vick cancels a sit-down appearance on Oprah‘s show – TMZ
• Justin Bieber debuts Never Say Never in London – Just Jared Jr
• See who wasn’t interested in flirting with Ryan Phillippe – Lainey Gossip
• Michelle Trachtenberg did research for a stoner chick role – US Weekly
• Rebecca Romijn steps out in super short shorts – The Superficial
• Kevin Smith talks getting stoned – MTV Movies
• Nicole Richie leaves a workout in a leather jacket – Popsugar
• Check out Lil Kim‘s new video for “Black Friday” – TheUrbanDaily
• Len Lesser – Seinfeld‘s Uncle Leo – dies at 88 – OK
• Would you be up for a Destiny’s Child reunion? – Concrete Loop

If Gayle King‘s review of Justin Bieber‘s Never Say Never is any indication, her BFF Oprah Winfrey will no doubt be watching the singer’s new movie!

“I tell you, I am now smitten,” Gayle said in a video posted on her Twitter page. “[The movie] is not just for teenage girls because there are so many messages and so many lessons.”

“What I’m so impressed with him about is that he’s a normal kid … [but] he’s still very mischievous, and he’s not just flavor of the month. It is such a great lesson for everybody who has a dream who thinks it can’t be done,” Gayle added.

The radio talk show host admitted she was “sort of on a crusade, a campaign,” to get the word out about this movie because “there is so much more to Justin Bieber than ‘Baby, Baby, Baby’ but oh baby is he good.”

WILL YOU WATCH Never Say Never when it hits theaters this Friday (February 11)?

Oprah Winfrey‘s cable network OWN has recently acquired the rights to the documentary, Becoming Chaz.

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, the Fenton Bailey/Randy Barbato-directed film follows the journey of Cher‘s daughter Chastity Bono into her son, Chaz Bono.

According to Deadline, OWN will make the formal announcement during the Film Festival. OWN has reportedly acquired over 6 documentaries and will continue to look to add to its portfolio.

Jennifer Hudson looks stunning as she gives a breathtaking performance honoring Oprah Winfrey at the Kennedy Center Honors, which aired on Tuesday (December 28).

The 29-year-old singer performed “I’m Here” from the Broadway musical The Color Purple, which Oprah produced. Jennifer was joined by the Tennessee State University Choir on stage.

Julia Roberts opened the tribute to Oprah and talked about the talk show host’s life and career.

The other honorees during the evening included Paul McCartney, composer Jerry Herman, country artist Merle Haggard, and choreographer Bill T. Jones.

Oprah Winfrey is red hot on the cover of Parade magazine’s latest issue.

Here’s what the 56-year-old talk show host had to share:

On considering retirement: “I was questioning, Why don’t I build a boat and sail around the world? Why don’t I learn French and find a nice little house in Provence? I could see myself bicycling with my baguettes and the whole thing. But I talked it over with my friends, and they all said, ‘You’re not going to be happy doing nothing.’ ”

On what she perceive as a failure: “What will be a failure is if nobody comes and watches this network. What others will perceive as failure is if some shows don’t succeed. I’m concerned about the bigger overall picture: my belief that people are basically good and want to see the good in them reflected through their experiences and the shows that they watch. This is a gamble I’m taking. I believe that the banal state of television, the kind of insipid space that we’re in–that you can have as many channels as we have and not find anything that really interests you–means that to a great extent we’ve lost our way.”

On President Obama: “I think that no one understands until you’ve been in that seat the enormous pressure to please and satisfy everybody. And I think instead of being grateful for where we are and what he has done, we’ve forgotten that we were on the brink of a depression when he took over this office. And as everybody celebrates the holiday season and sits around with their families, regardless of your circumstance, we could’ve had breadlines. How soon we forget that.”

On hoping to be an ambassador: “Nobody’s offered [that] to me in this administration. But I will tell you a funny story. When I was at the Kennedy Center Honors for Tina Turner [in 2005], I was sitting at Colin Powell‘s table, and he said that we were in the ambassadors room [a room at the State Department with portraits of ambassadors and secretaries of state]. And I said, ‘Gee, this is really–this is lovely. An ambassador, I think that would be really great.’ He goes, ‘Name your country, baby, name your country.’”

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