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Oprah is spending a huge amount of cheddar for Obama’s inauguration, and of course, her ‘gal pal’ Gayle has been by her side every single step of the way:

Oprah is gearing up for Barack Obama’s inauguration and sparing no expense. An insider said, “Oprah is doing her show live from the Kennedy Center that week and flying her staff in for it. It’s going to be a huge production.” Winfrey is also hosting an exclusive inauguration-night party in Washington at an undisclosed location with her best friend, Gayle King. King has been by Winfrey’s side at all Obama events, leaving some to ask where her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, has been. “Why wasn’t he there with her election night?” a spy asked. “I mean, he does live in Chicago.”

Leave it to Oprah and her flair for extravaganzas. But as far as personal matters go, the writing is on the wall. The high yella gigolo Steadman & Gayle are some lucky muthas. Oprah’s one helluva sugar mama.

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Rumor has it that Oprah is looking for a crib in the District to be by her man, Obama:

OPRAH Winfrey wants to be as close to Barack Obama as possible. Insiders say Winfrey has started a preliminary search for a home in Washington, DC. A nine-bedroom Georgetown mansion she’s said to have asked about is listed at $50 million, but another source said, “She has never personally been to see it.”

We mean, damn, is Oprah trying to be president in a few terms or something? Spending $50 millions stacks on a crib to be near the president (and his wife and kids, might we add) is a bit aggressive, Harpo.

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Oprah is not feeling the way Sarah Palin played her, but she knows she’ll have the last word:

“I said I would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin when the election was over…I went and tried to talk to Sarah Palin and instead she talked to Greta [Van Susteren]. She talked to Matt [Lauer]. She talked to Larry [King],” Winfrey tells Extra. “But she didn’t talk to me.” Continue »

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These young ladies still have what it takes to make grown men look sideways… Continue »

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Celebs like Common, Diddy, and Oprah came out to show support and celebrate Susan Taylor’s 37 years at Essence Magazine. 37 long ass years. That’s a lot of work, but I guess it’s true that it doesn’t feel like work if you love what you do. Congratulations.

A few more pics of the event below.

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Oprah and her lawyer’s about to put the legal smackdown on that sheisty former ex-mistress. According to Livesteez:

Oprah Winfrey has asked a court to either dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed against her in Philadelphia last month by the ex-headmistress of her South Africa girls school, or order that the matter be settled in arbitration.

Nomvuyo Mzamane accuses Winfrey of falsely implying that she wasn’t trustworthy, and of making such statements as, “I thought she cared about the girls of South Africa” in the wake of a sex abuse scandal at her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. Tiny Virginia Makopo, a dorm matron who worked under Mzamane, was charged with abusing six students last year. She has pleaded not guilty to 14 related charges in a South African court.

Mzamane’s lawsuit seeks more than $250,000 on five defamation and related counts from Winfrey and her production companies, reports the Associated Press. Winfrey denies making any false or defamatory statements and argues that the federal suit should not proceed in Pennsylvania.

This chick ought to be ashamed of herself. All that foul sh*t went down on her watch, then has the nerve to try to dig all up in Oprah’s pockets. She doesn’t stand a chance in hell.

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Remember the half man, Thomas Beatie, who had a baby a while back and was on Oprah…well he/she is back and pregnant again:

Thomas Beatie — the “pregnant man” who made headlines and gave his first exclusive interview to Oprah Winfrey and People magazine — is pregnant again. Barbara Walters — who’s profiling Beatie and his wife in a one-hour special tomorrow night on ABC called “Journey of a Pregnant Man” — revealed today on The View that during their interview, the couple said they’ll give birth again in June. “I said I’m speechless,” Walters said during the morning gab fest. Beatie — legally a man — gave birth to his first child, a baby girl, back in June. His story made world headlines and sparked a rush of comments on this blog months ago.

Ol’ TomTom is pretty much a woman with no tittays and a mustache but is living it’s life as a man. But if you want to be a man, then why physically have a baby? The “wife” does that.

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Oprah’s daytime talk show could have a new home according to Livesteez:

Oprah Winfrey is expanding her media empire and launching her own television network. Discovery Communications, which is partnering with Winfrey in the OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) cable channel starting next year with distribution in 70 million U.S. homes, announced yesterday “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will cease to air via syndication on ABC by September 2011.

“The expectation is that after that, her show will go off of ABC in syndication and she will come to OWN,” Discovery CEO David Zaslav said on the company’s first earnings call as a public company. “We’re talking now about what the presence will be and what kind of programming she would be involved in directly. But this is her Chapter 2, and building the OWN brand online and on-air is . . . a core mission for her.”

Zaslav said Winfrey now is “very involved with us and focusing on what the channel is going to be, as well as developing Oprah.com.”

The move is a blow both to CBS-TV Distribution, which syndicates the show, as well as to ABC, which airs it, reports the NY Post. But Oprah’s company, Harpo, said in a statement that although her production contract is up in 2011, “she has not made a final decision as to whether she will continue her show in syndication beyond that.”

Oprah’s leaving and we have tears in our eyes, but not because we are sad. We’re crying because for the first time ever, we know who has the upper hand in getting one of those new jobs that will be coming. Wink.

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Oprah is living out Biggie’s famous words. Livesteez is reporting that another nut job is trying to sue her, this time for $180 million:

Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey is being sued by a Louisiana man for $180 million, after claims the popular talk show host gave false statements to the FBI, which led to his being arrested in 2006. Keifer Bonvillain says that he was wrongfully accused of attempting to extort Winfrey. Bonvillain was arrested in December at his home in Houma, after allegedly recording a phone conversation with one of Winfrey’s production company employees and saying he wanted to publish a book using the information from the recorded material, as reported by Vibe.com.

Touch the link for the rest of the grandiose statements that that Bonvillain character gave in his defense.

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Tyler Perry threw a big bash to celebrate the opening of Tyler Perry Studios and stars like Oprah and Will Smith came out to show their support. When stars of that caliber start coming to your events, it is most likely a sign that you have “made it,” and we ain’t even mad at you Tyler.

The pics below are as close as we could get you to the all the fun.

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