Winfrey final devoted fans, the "Safe Harbor"

There is no free cars or vacations. No things favorites or makeovers. No celebrities on stage - although there are many in the audience.

The final of the Oprah Winfrey Show, recorded Tuesday and was released Wednesday, was all about the thing that makes elle a billion dollar success: the unique connection, elle made with millions of viewers for 25 years. In what it calls its "love letter" fans, she clarified that he, all these friendships TV went in both directions.

"Something in me connected with each of you in a way that allowed me to see me in you and you in me", said Winfrey. "I listened to and grew up, and I know that you grew up with me.".

Winfrey was the only person on stage with little background music and clips short flashback. The show went to ads with "twenty-five years", a gentle song that musician Paul Simon wrote and recorded for it.

It calls its "safe harbor" fans and became tears in their eyes when reflecting on his upbringing in rural Mississippi.

"It is no coincidence as a lonely girl," Winfrey said, suffocation, "who did not believe much of love, even though my parents and grandparents did the best they could, it is not by chance if I grew to feel kindness véritableaffection" "".trust and validation of millions of you around the world. ?

Winfrey said viewers that sometimes she was a teacher, but more often its viewers told him. She called episode on Wednesday his "class from this last stage".

At one point, she thanked the viewers for sharing his "blessings yellow brick road" - something she said back in November 2009, when it announced that it would end his show. The programme gave rise to an empire of media, including a magazine and the cable network of Winfrey, which it launched in January.

Wednesday show was the last piece of a sendoff for long months, but as time wrapped, Winfrey continued to say goodbye.

"I will not say goodbye." "I just say, until next time," she said.

She hugged and kissed his long partner date Stedman Graham and tight hand with members of the public before walking through the corridors of Harpo Studios in Chicago hugging and crying with his staff. She shouted, "we did it!"

The last kick of the final showed Winfrey walking away with his Spaniel cocker, Sadie.

Some fans across the country were parties to the final. Sharon Evans, 53, Chicago had pancakes with her mother and friends.

"It was very controlled today and I appreciated that she took this last hour not step to present any celebrities or favorite things", said Evans. "It is really what it says, a letter of love for us."

Amy Korin, 32, of Chicago, was in the studio room when issuing registered Tuesday. It describes the monologue as Winfrey with the feeling of opening graduation speech. "It was just incredible testify", she said.

Celebrities in the audience included Tyler Perry, Maria Shriver, Suze Orman, and Cicely Tyson. None of them joined Winfrey on stage. A week earlier, Hollywood A-listers and 13,000 fans farewell Winfrey in a large celebration of the double-episode at the United Center in Chicago.

In the final registration bare bones, there were just 404 members of the audience, according to Harpo Productions. The show received requests for ticket from 1.4 million in its last season, the company said.

Winfrey has become famous over the decades of establishment of hard-to-get celebrity and shows interviews his annual gift, where she gave members of the audience with these amazing gifts such as cars and vacations Australian.

Already a journalist for television, Winfrey arrived in Chicago in 1984 to WLS - TV morning talk show, "Chicago h." A month later, the show was no. 1 on the market. A year later it was renamed "the oprah winfrey Show".

Open Winfrey Harpo Studios the neighbourhood of West loop of Chicago in 1990. On 1 January this year, it launched the Oprah Winfrey network, which is based in Los Angeles.

Final Winfrey devoted fans, the "safe harbor"

CHICAGO - there is no free cars or vacations. No things favorites or makeovers. No celebrities on stage - although there are many in the audience.

The final of the Oprah Winfrey Show, recorded Tuesday and was released Wednesday, was all about the thing that makes elle a billion dollar success: the unique connection, elle made with millions of viewers for 25 years. In what it calls its "love letter" fans, she clarified that he, all these friendships TV went in both directions.

"Something in me connected with each of you in a way that allowed me to see me in you and you in me", said Winfrey. "I listened to and grew up, and I know that you grew up with me.".

Winfrey was the only person on stage with little background music and clips short flashback. The show went to ads with "twenty-five years", a gentle song that musician Paul Simon wrote and recorded for it.

It calls its "safe harbor" fans and became tears in their eyes when reflecting on his upbringing in rural Mississippi.

"It is no coincidence as a lonely girl," Winfrey said, suffocation, "who did not believe much of love, even though my parents and grandparents did the best they could, it is not by chance if I grew to feel kindness véritableaffection" "".trust and validation of millions of you around the world. ?

Winfrey said viewers that sometimes she was a teacher, but more often its viewers told him. She called episode on Wednesday his "class from this last stage".

At one point, she thanked the viewers for sharing his "blessings yellow brick road" - something she said back in November 2009, when it announced that it would end his show. The programme gave rise to an empire of media, including a magazine and the cable network of Winfrey, which it launched in January.

Wednesday show was the last piece of a sendoff for long months, but as time wrapped, Winfrey continued to say goodbye.

"I will not say goodbye." "I just say, until next time," she said.

She hugged and kissed his long partner date Stedman Graham and tight hand with members of the public before walking through the corridors of Harpo Studios in Chicago hugging and crying with his staff. She shouted, "we did it!"

The last kick of the final showed Winfrey walking away with his Spaniel cocker, Sadie.

Some fans across the country were parties to the final. Sharon Evans, 53, Chicago had pancakes with her mother and friends.

"It was very controlled today and I appreciated that she took this last hour not step to present any celebrities or favorite things", said Evans. "It is really what it says, a letter of love for us."

Amy Korin, 32, of Chicago, was in the studio room when issuing registered Tuesday. It describes the monologue as Winfrey with the feeling of opening graduation speech. "It was just incredible testify", she said.

Celebrities in the audience included Tyler Perry, Maria Shriver, Suze Orman, and Cicely Tyson. None of them joined Winfrey on stage. A week earlier, Hollywood A-listers and 13,000 fans farewell Winfrey in a large celebration of the double-episode at the United Center in Chicago.

In the final registration bare bones, there were just 404 members of the audience, according to Harpo Productions. The show received requests for ticket from 1.4 million in its last season, the company said.

Winfrey has become famous over the decades of establishment of hard-to-get celebrity and shows interviews his annual gift, where she gave members of the audience with these amazing gifts such as cars and vacations Australian.

Already a journalist for television, Winfrey arrived in Chicago in 1984 to WLS - TV morning talk show, "Chicago h." A month later, the show was no. 1 on the market. A year later it was renamed "the oprah winfrey Show".

Open Winfrey Harpo Studios the neighbourhood of West loop of Chicago in 1990. On 1 January this year, it launched the Oprah Winfrey network, which is based in Los Angeles.

Oprah Winfrey focuses on Fans in the final

For the last episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" registered Tuesday, talk-show Queen appears only on the Chicago scene, speak to the viewers what they have heard him for 25 years the show to perform. The final will be broadcast Wednesday.

Fans leaving Tuesday record said that Winfrey had tears in their eyes that the icon for the television, said a final thank you.

"She said: ' this is not goodbye." This is next time, "said Amy Korin, 32, of Chicago, who was in the audience.

Winfrey then kissed and hugged his partner long, Stedman Graham, and made its way through the corridors of Harpo Studios, say goodbye to his staff, members of the audience said. She kept saying, "We the done!" We did it!, "Korin said and giving its employees."

There was a single chair on the stage, but Winfrey held most of the time, said of the members of the public.

"A lot of crying and hugs, tears and hugs,"Said Korin."."

Members of the audience described a final of the series produced simply filled with a sense of gratitude.

"It was just him all the time, a summary of what she believed in, that we have him gave as spectators and that she hopes that she gave us, said Nancy Evankoe, 60, Hoffman Estates, who went to the recording with his daughter.".

In November 2009, Winfrey announced that it would end its popular show after 25 years. Tuesday, the record comes a week after a list of Hollywood and 13,000 fans Winfrey farewell in a show of double-episode at the United Center in Chicago. The shows that aired Monday and Tuesday included Aretha Franklin, Tom Cruise, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jordan and Madonna, among the other stars of television, music and films.

Registration final bare bones has had its share of celebrities in the audience including Tyler Perry, Maria Shriver, Suze Orman, and Cicely Tyson, but none of them joined Winfrey on stage. There are members of the audience 404, according to Harpo Productions.

Hundreds of stunned fans hit by their chance to obtain tickets for the final show gathered outside Winfrey television studio, Chicago, Tuesday morning.

Sarah Cranley, 32, of Chicago waited for his mother, who has travelled in Pittsburgh for the registration. Cranley said that she felt very lucky to hang the tickets at the last show and the prospect of Winfrey live did a not yet feel real.

"You think about how many billions of people around the world watching him and want to be here," said Cranley. "What are the chances?".

Mother of Cranley, Sally Mowrey, 59, said that Winfrey is a constant in his life when her husband's work transfers had his family move 17 times.

"It was something that I could, after watching Oprah," said Mowrey. "It was a thing that has not changed."

Fans said they went through the normal process of ticketing for final registration by submitting their names online. Some said that they have written letters explaining why they were Winfrey fans.

Best friend Winfrey Gayle King mixed with waiting fans and interviewed several with a camera phone. For her, the end of the show is bittersweet.

"I have such feelings on this subject," the King said fans.

The final of "the oprah winfrey Show" has remained a secret, even as Harpo Studios the publicised as a television event.

Eckhart Tolle Winfrey Tops sales list

 Congratulations, Eckhart Tolle. You lead the list of vendors of largest of the Oprah Winfrey Show club book of the last decade.

Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 75 per cent of non-book sales, announced Friday choice that Winfrey for mutual assistance that favorite "A new Earth" in 2008 has led to approximately 3.4 million copies sold. The second was James Frey notorious "A Million little pieces", with a little less than 2.7 million copies. The classic Elie Wiesel Holocaust memoirs "night" was third, to about $ 2 million.

The list is not complete, including 27 of 65 of Winfrey picks, accounting for more than 22 million books sold. Nielsen included only works out editors in special editions of Winfrey book club. And Nielsen, which began in 2001, has no numbers for 1996 to 2000 Winfrey club. She completed her long talk-show on 25 May.

"We will surely miss her from a commercial point of view, but also because of how she talk about books.". I think that reading groups begin much more with it, "said Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA), who published" A new Earth "and other major vendors of Winfrey, including" the pillars of the Earth to Ken Follett "and John Steinbeck"east of Eden.""

"The Road of Cormac McCarthy," Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "Love in the time of cholera" and Joyce Carol Oates were also in the top 10.

Winfrey was a manufacturer of guaranteed success, but Nielsen figures show surprisingly erratic sales, even a book to a book. In 2002, "Fall on your knees Ann - Marie MacDonald" sold more than 700,000 copies, while the next selection, "Toni Morrison"sula".", has fallen below 150,000 Phase of "classics" Winfrey, from 2003 to 2005, reached a peak at the beginning with the million selling "east of Eden" and fell less than 200 000 with the final choicea trio of novels by William Faulkner.

After "A new land," have dropped regularly. The next book, David Wroblewski first novel "The story of Edgar Sawtelle" sold 770,000 copies, followed by a collection of stories, of Uwem Akpan "say that you are one of them," which sold 405,000. The e-book rising tide likely sales injured for the final choice of Winfrey, in December 2010, a special edition of Penguin of the novels of Charles Dickens, "A Tale of two cities" and "great Expectations." They recorded only 95,000 copies by Nielsen, the least on the list. The two novels are out of the right to author and widely available in the free editions online.

"I would have preferred that people bought the books," said Kennedy, who cited the free electronic books as the main reason for the decline in sales. "However, at least people were reading and it is wonderful."

Eckhart Tolle Winfrey sales top list

NEW YORK - congratulations, Eckhart Tolle. You lead the list of vendors of largest of the Oprah Winfrey Show club book of the last decade.

Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 75 per cent of non-book sales, announced Friday choice that Winfrey for mutual assistance that favorite "A new Earth" in 2008 has led to approximately 3.4 million copies sold. The second was James Frey notorious "A Million little pieces", with a little less than 2.7 million copies. The classic Elie Wiesel Holocaust memoirs "night" was third, to about $ 2 million.

The list is not complete, including 27 of 65 of Winfrey picks, accounting for more than 22 million books sold. Nielsen included only works out editors in special editions of Winfrey book club. And Nielsen, which began in 2001, has no numbers for 1996 to 2000 Winfrey club. She completed her long talk-show on 25 May.

"We will surely miss her from a commercial point of view, but also because of how she talk about books.". I think that reading groups begin much more with it, "said Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA), who published" A new Earth "and other major vendors of Winfrey, including" the pillars of the Earth to Ken Follett "and John Steinbeck"east of Eden.""

"The Road of Cormac McCarthy," Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "Love in the time of cholera" and Joyce Carol Oates were also in the top 10.

Winfrey was a manufacturer of guaranteed success, but Nielsen figures show surprisingly erratic sales, even a book to a book. In 2002, "Fall on your knees Ann - Marie MacDonald" sold more than 700,000 copies, while the next selection, "Toni Morrison"sula".", has fallen below 150,000 Phase of "classics" Winfrey, from 2003 to 2005, reached a peak at the beginning with the million selling "east of Eden" and fell less than 200 000 with the final choicea trio of novels by William Faulkner.

After "A new land," have dropped regularly. The next book, David Wroblewski first novel "The story of Edgar Sawtelle" sold 770,000 copies, followed by a collection of stories, of Uwem Akpan "say that you are one of them," which sold 405,000. The e-book rising tide likely sales injured for the final choice of Winfrey, in December 2010, a special edition of Penguin of the novels of Charles Dickens, "A Tale of two cities" and "great Expectations." They recorded only 95,000 copies by Nielsen, the least on the list. The two novels are out of the right to author and widely available in the free editions online.

"I would have preferred that people bought the books," said Kennedy, who cited the free electronic books as the main reason for the decline in sales. "However, at least people were reading and it is wonderful."

Stars Come out to Say Goodbye to Oprah Winfrey

 Oprah Winfrey wiped tears away celebrity after celebrity him surprised during a farewell double episode recording of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" before his final.

"Thank you is not enough, but I thank you," Winfrey said the 13,000 crowd that gathered at United Center in Chicago Tuesday evening for "Surprise oprah!" A spectacular farewell. "For your love and your support, thank you. ?

The crowd gave Winfrey a standing ovation when she walked first on the scene. Then, the stars are out with producers of Winfrey making good on their promise of the greatest celebrities of film, music and television.

Aretha Franklin sings "amazing grace." Tom Hanks has acted as host for the evening. Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles during the 1990s, told Winfrey that she inspires him. Tom Cruise, famous for his couch jumping on Winfrey's show, was there. Jerry Seinfeld wore a tuxedo to give a comedy routine. And Madonna said she was among the millions of people who are inspired by Winfrey.

"It advocates for the things that it believes, even if it makes him unpopular," said Madonna.

In November 2009, Winfrey announced that it would end its popular show after 25 years. Tuesday, the record will be released on May 23 and 24, before final Winfrey Show on May 25.

Tom Hanks talks about Oprah Winfrey during a constellation of stars double-registration of "Surprise oprah!" A spectacular farewell "on Tuesday 17 May 2011, in Chicago." "the oprah winfrey Show" ends his race May 25 after 25 years and millions of fans around the world are waiting to see how it will close a show that spawned a media empire.

"You always had the power and that is the message that you have made in our lives," cruise said Winfrey.

The show highlighted the efforts of Winfrey charity over the years. About 300 students Morehouse College walked along the aisles of the United Center as Kristen Chenoweth sings "For Good" from the musical "Wicked." Winner of Grammy John Legend was broadcast in a school in New Orleans and Winfrey book club was leased to get millions to read.

Josh Groban and Patti LaBelle sang "somewhere over the rainbow" Winfrey sat in a white Chair on stage. Jamie Foxx and Stevie Wonder singing "isn't she Lovely" Winfrey. Wonder followed with his own song, singing for her "Oprah please use your gifts to uplift as many hearts." Simon Cowell made an appearance. Rosie O'Donnell sings a song of Broadway style.

Winfrey's longtime partner, Stedman Graham, introduces Franklin after told Winfrey he loved him and was proud of him.

"It really amaze me that I get to be around a woman that changes the lives of people every day, which also takes its own lunch to work," Graham told the crowd. "You know what is really incredible." You have done this, love, through all the sacrifices you have made, you have the humility and amazing grace of God. ?

This is that Franklin took the stage in a white-shouldered dress than to sing "amazing grace." Later, she joined Usher for the final song of the show, "Oh Happy Day," that the glittering confetti filled the arena.

Maria Shriver, TV journalist and Kennedy heiress, appeared on the same day that it was revealed that her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, resulted in a child with a woman on his staff of household more than ten years ago. Shriver does not mention her husband during the recording.

"You have given me love, support, wisdom and most of the the truth," Shriver said Winfrey. "And I know that I am not alone in receiving these gifts for you."

The registration of the second show begins with Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who thanked Winfrey and he said it is millions and "which puts you in the status of a goddess."

Frey called Winfrey Interview "personal car Accident".

Author James Frey tells Oprah Winfrey that if he could do so once more he would have "been honest" in the promotion of his book "A Million little pieces."

Frey appeared on the episode of "the oprah winfrey Show" Monday, more than five years after that Winfrey was on live TV to lie in the book. Winfrey has called "the great controversy" in the history of his show.

Winfrey chooses history of addiction Frey "A Million little pieces", for his club book in September 2005, which makes it a million-seller.

Frey admitted on Winfrey's show in January 2006 that he lied in the book. Winfrey told him that she felt deceived and that he had betrayed millions of readers.

Frey said Winfrey Tuesday that he is never seen interview and called him a "personal car accident".

Questions linger about the end of "oprah winfrey" show (AP)

CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey gave to the world of poets and politicians, actors a list and musicians and subjects of talk-show which defined and reflect American culture of 25 years.

As the "the oprah winfrey Show" ends, with 16 episodes left of May 4, his millions of fans around the world are waiting to see how it will close a show that has designed a media empire.

Winfrey producers plan a constellation of stars, double registration on 17 may at United Center in Chicago. The shows will be released on May 23 and 24, as episodes of second and third to the last of Winfrey.

The show is dubbed "Surprise oprah!" A spectacular farewell. "Winfrey hate surprises, producers say, but she agreed to this event.

But for fans, the questions remain.

Who will be at the United Center, this Tuesday evening? That will be retransmitted by satellite or deliver a message of farewell registered?

Winfrey has a stable of friends of celebrities who appeared several times on his talk show. John Travolta. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Jennifer Aniston. Chris Rock.

Could the Black Eyed Peas perform, as they did when Winfrey stopped Michigan Avenue in Chicago in 2009?

Then there's the Presidents and world leaders: Bill Clinton. George Bush w.; Nelson Mandela. The President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have already appeared on a special program broadcast Monday.

And Winfrey has other very respected friends that might be possibilities: Maya Angelou; Sidney Poitier; Barbara Walters. Not to mention the protégés of Winfrey, who promoted it to their own celebrity of television, such as Mehmet Oz, Phil McGraw and Nate Berkus.

Kelly Brittain, a mother of 41 years three and Assistant Professor at East Lansing, Michigan, looked Winfrey for decades. In 2000, she participated in a record on the phenomenal graduates. Audience members received mortar caps; Brittain hers stores in a box of memories.

"Somehow, I know that the producers, they will absolutely"wow"she," Brittain said.

There for a major cultural event, he would have said Bill Carroll, an expert on the daytime television for the Katz television market in New York.

"It will be top-of-the-top of someone who is available to go to Chicago, that day," said Carroll. "It will be spoken and talked and looked and talked about."

Harpo Productions has received more than 154,000 of seats in the event ticket - the capacity of the United Center is about 20 000 people. There was a lottery for seats.

"For a national and international public, which is a small number,"said Marianne Jennings, a professor at Arizona State University, who did research on the industry of the ticket for decades."

Tickets for the Chicago record could be even more coveted that the seats for the Super Bowl or world series, said.

"This is a unique event," said Jennings. "It is something that we seized on this subject.". It is something about being there with the crowd, be there for the story. ?

History of talk-show Winfrey is small: 30 000 guests, 4 500 episodes, and 283 items named her "favorite things" in the famous annual giveaway.

But there is still a more important question: what will be Winfrey for the final may 25? Harpo does not speak, nor is the Queen of talk show.

Experts suggest that the eruption of the Chicago celebrity means that the final will be in studio Winfrey for quieter, more intimate occasion, perhaps even without an audience.

"If I were a visualizer for a long time, I would want the show to put an end to a place where I am more comfortable with it and more familiar," said Janice Peck, author of "" the age of Oprah: cultural icon for the neoliberal era. ""

Viewers are looking for a sincere connection after having daily interaction with Winfrey for 25 years, said Peck.

"Long time fans will feel cheated if it does not honor in a way that history," Peck said. "They want to be crying." They want to feel something, some powerful emotional departure. ?

Samantha Howsare, 22, of Pittsburgh, who watched Winfrey since she can remember and named his goldfish "oprah" when she was 3, stated that she does not know that Winfrey could interview or that could give Winfrey away to make it worthy of the final.

"I don't want to feel that it will be on tomorrow," said Howsare. "I don't want it to be minimized in any way and if she played until it is the last episode right, then it would get many people to cry, and it would be a good thing.".

A model to consider would be final episode of Johnny Carson as host of "the tonight Show" in 1992, said Carroll: there are no guests and after his traditional monologue Carson showed a montage of past performances.

"For the greater part of the end of the show he sat on a stool and only directly talked to people at home", said Carroll. "That was so class for it."

Brittain is among fans who hope that Winfrey will remain on television, thinking that there may be a promise of an annual Oprah Winfrey special or other appearances.

"What TV would be without Oprah on radar?" Brittain said. "It is difficult to understand." Now used this source of global inspiration, infinite possibilities of the impossible? ?

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