Oprah Winfrey enjoying time off after finale(Photos-Video)

Oprah Winfrey is relaxing after the final episode of her chat show aired by spending all day in her pajamas. The media mogul -- who quit 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' after 25 years to concentrate on her own network, OWN -- tweeted fans to explain she was spending her new found free time watching her best friend Gayle King on TV with her partner Stedman Graham and preparing for an upcoming holiday. She wrote: "Staying in pjs all day. Getting hair braided for summer vaca. Reading all ur emails. Watched

 Gayle K. Show with Stedman. On at 4-6 on OWN. (sic)" After hosting a star-studded show where a galaxy of celebrities including Tom Cruise and Madonna paid tribute to the inspirational television presenter, Oprah appeared solo for her final program on Wednesday where she bid farewell to the "great love" of her life. She said: "From you whose names I will never know, I learned what love is. You and this show have been the great love of my life. "Thank you for being as much of a sweet inspiration for me as I tried to be for you. I won't say goodbye. I'll just say until we meet again." Recalling the many stunts she had performed on camera over the course of the show's history, she joked, "The only thing I haven't done is jump from a plane. I know if we had gone 26 seasons, I probably would have caved."

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Kiss on Live TV

Yes its true, JB and Selena kissed on TV this weekend at the Billboard Music Awards. Watch the video below:


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Finale Ratings: 'Oprah' Breaks Record, 'American Idol' Soars

"The Oprah Winfrey Show" finale delivered a highest overnight rating for the program in 17 years. The last episode which aired May 25 received a 13.3 household rating, according to preliminary ratings from Nielsen. That was the biggest since a February 21, 1994 episode titled "People Shed Their Disguises" which generated a 13.4 rating. The Wednesday installment was the culminate in a three-day farewell episodes of "Oprah". The Monday and Tuesday episodes, which were star-studded, delivered a 10.2 rating and a 10.7 rating respectively. In the meantime, "American Idol" ended the tenth season with a huge rating.

The final result show which crowned Scotty McCreery as the champion averaged 28.2 million viewers with a 8.9 rating in 18-49 demographic. It was up 9% in the demo and 17% in total viewers from 2010. "Idol" finale also beat "Dancing with the Stars" season ender (20.9 million, 4.5), which aired on Tuesday, by 32% in total viewers. However, "DWTS" finale knocked down "Idol" penultimate episode which aired on the same day.

Watch The Kentucky Derby 2011 Online On NBC Website

Coverage of the 2011 Kentucky Derby will be aplenty on Saturday as all eyes turn to Churchill Downs for the 137th running of the race. Kentucky Derby weekend is an event in itself as Churchill Downs turns into a weekend-long part with over 100,000 fans converging on the area. And for horse racing fans and casual observers alike, it's the most recognizable event in the sport.

There are plenty of ways to watch the 2011 Kentucky Derby, including the traditional forms of media. Versus will broadcast the Kentucky Derby undercard beginning at 11 a.m. EDT. The Kentucky Derby itself will be broadcast by NBC, with coverage set to begin at 4 p.m. But for those without access to a TV, or those looking for a new-age way to watch, there is an option.

The 2011 Kentucky Derby will also be broadcast online, with NBC showing a simulcast on its website. A link has yet to be posted, but NBC has been broadcasting a live-stream throughout the week and should have one before post-time, coinciding with the network broadcast. We'll be updating this story with the link when it's posted.

The 2011 Kentucky Derby post time is at 6:24 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, May 7th and SB Nation has everything you need to prepare for it - current Derby odds, contender profiles, field updates and more. You can find all of that and more at our 2011 Kentucky Derby StoryStream. Also, our horse racing blog And Down The Stretch They Come has two must-read resources for Derby fans: A Beginner's Guide To Following Horse Racing and a glossary of horse racing terms.

Casey Abrams Likens 'American Idol' Judges' Input To 'Jelly Beans'

It's a lot to take in. Imagine being on TV for the first time in your life, in front of several hundred screaming fans in a Los Angeles studio and more than 20 million at home, and not only performing a cover of a song you may not even know, but listening to feedback on your work from three judges, mentor/ record industry legend Jimmy Iovine and the show's producers.

It can be a head-swimming proposition, but for just-booted "American Idol" bass-slapper Casey Abrams, filtering all of that information was not as hard as it sounds.

 "I tended to listen to the coaches more," he said of the "Idol" team of behind-the-scenes vocal coaches that includes associate music director and arranger Michael Orland. "He's sick and he's funny in a weird way. And I just trusted him musically."

But Abrams, who studied music and music theory at California's Idyllwild Arts Academy, also combined that with the words of wisdom from the producers, Iovine and the judges' comments from the previous week. "You piece it together and it's like the jelly beans in a big jar," Abrams explained. "You're not gonna be like, 'Hey producer what do you think? Oh, you think that?' "

In other words, none of those other voices are enough to push a performance in one direction or another, but rather, they're all pieces of a tapestry. There are always those weird flavors in a jelly bean jar, though, like your cotton candy or root beer, right?

"The buttered-popcorn jelly bean would have to be J.Lo," Abrams said of the judge he famously smooched on the show. "Right? She's buttery?"

Don't miss "Idol Party Live" every Thursday at noon on MTV.com for analysis, celebrity guests and even some karaoke — get in the conversation by tweeting with the hashtag #idolparty! In the meantime, get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

NatGeo to re-air ‘Restrepo’ after filmmaker’s death in Libya

The National Geographic Channel announced Thursday that it will re-telecast the documentary “Restrepo” at 9 p.m. Monday, after news that Tim Hetherington — one of two men who made the film — was killed Wednesday while covering the combat in Libya.

In January 2010, the channel acquired the global broadcast rights to “Restrepo,” in which Hetherington and journalist Sebastian Junger (author of “The Perfect Storm”) chronicled the deployment of a U.S. Army platoon stationed at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan.

NatGeo ran the Academy Award-nominated film in November. The replay will include a tribute to Hetherington, NatGeo said.

The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost in the Korengal Valley called Restrepo, which was named for a medic who was killed in action.

On Aug. 7, Hetherington and Junger went to the Summer TV Press Tour to talk about “Restrepo.” Hetherington was asked what makes him “need to go and do all this difficult work?” and whether there was “any adrenaline or any sort of thing like that that’s also something that you seek out.”

“It’s important to cover stories that gave meaning to me,” Hetherington answered.

“You know, adrenaline is a small part of that, but it’s not really the reason why I go back,” he said. “The same for the soldiers when they fight. Soldiers fight in war for, ultimately, brotherhood. The adrenaline is a part of it but not the driving factor.”

‘Idol’ shift

Fox is moving “American Idol” back to Tuesday and Wednesday nights — but only for the season finale.

The final performance episode will air May 24. The final results night, when the winner (cough — James Durbin — cough) is crowned, will air May 25.

Why the move?

The official 2010-11 TV season ends the night of May 25. If this season’s final “American Idol” results show aired Thursday night that week, as it has all this season, Fox would not get to include the show’s sure-to-be-big ratings in the network’s season average.

Last season’s finale was no barnburner, and it managed to clock 24 million viewers. Fox doesn’t have many shows that attract 24 million viewers. Heck, Fox doesn’t have any other shows that have 24 million viewers.

Fox had decided to move the hit reality series from its traditional Tuesday-Wednesday play pattern and air it instead Wednesday and Thursday nights to establish a beachhead on Thursday night. CBS had moved its Thursday reality hit “Survivor” to Wednesday, so there was plenty of room for “Idol” on Thursday.

Thursday night is big in the broadcast-TV world — it’s when movie studios really like to start pitching their weekend openings in a big way, for instance, because we apparently decide Thursday night what movie we’re going to see that weekend.

It’s also apparently the night we decide what new car we’re going to go test-drive that weekend, and which new washer and dryer we want to look at. Weird, I know — but the networks have research. Put “Idol” on Thursdays and movie studios, car companies and appliance retailers come pouring in, wanting to reach their potential customers — and willing to pay “Idol” ad rates. Everybody wins.

Oprah books Frey

Truth-challenged author James Frey and Oprah Winfrey will continue their use-use relationship next month when he appears on one of her very last shows while she is Queen of Syndicated Daytime Talk TV.

Oprah’s Harpo Productions won’t say what day he’ll show up — just that it will be “sometime in May.”

Naturally, Oprah’s looking to attract the biggest audiences possible for her final few episodes so she can go out with a bang.

Frey will appear for the whole hour, to talk about his new novel, “The Final Testament of the Holy Bible.”

When last we saw Frey and Oprah together on her show, in January 2006, he was on the receiving end of quite a verbal walloping. Oprah was understandably upset. First, she endorsed the guy’s memoir, “A Million Little Pieces,” and had him on her show to plug the book, which promptly shot to 2 million copies sold.

Then, when rumors started that Frey had partially fabricated the story, Oprah stood by him in interviews, causing pundits and navel-gazers to look at her squiggly-eyed and write unpleasant things about her credibility.

Then, it became painfully clear that he had, in fact, fabricated parts of his story.

So there he was, on Oprah’s show, with his tail between his legs while being lit into by the Queen of Syndicated Daytime Talk TV — after she’d first told her viewers, “I made a mistake” defending Frey and his book. On that show, Frey for the first time acknowledged that in writing “A Million Little Pieces,” he systematically lied.

“I feel that you betrayed millions of readers. . . . That bothers me greatly. . . . I feel that you conned us all,” Oprah pounded and pounded some more.

It was brilliant television.

“She was unrelenting,” William Bastone, founder of the Smoking Gun Web site — which had eviscerated Frey’s book — told The Washington Post. “I thought she was incredible. I thought she was fabulous.”

(In fall 2008, Oprah reportedly contacted Frey to apologize for that on-screen drubbing.)

Now, Oprah has a show to wrap up and historic ratings to try to achieve. Frey has a new novel to plug, about the second coming of Jesus in contemporary times as an active bisexual former alcoholic with a prostitute girlfriend who aborts her first child.

Oprah and Frey: on again. It’s a match made in heaven.

Hospitalized American Idol Hopeful Casey Abrams Says He's "Feeling Really Good"

American Idol fans can rest easy. Casey Abrams is finally out of the hospital, and he told us at the 28th Annual Paley Television Festival event in Beverly Hills that he's "feeling really good."
The 20-year-old finalist was noticeably absent from the March 10 elimination show, when host Ryan Seacrest shocked fans with the news that Casey was bedbound at Cedar-Sinai hospital, with explaining much more about Abrams' condition, leading us to wonder if he was going to be able to continue on the road to Idol glory.
So what's the latest on the Idol hopeful's condition? And how do Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler really feel about their reps and the Idol hype?
As Casey Abrams hit the red carpet to pose for photos with the rest of this year's finalists, he appeared a little rundown, with bedhead and a paler-than-usual complexion. The unconfirmed rumor flying around had it that Casey was suffering from an infection of his lower intestine and colon, but even veteran judge Randy Jackson said he was fuzzy on the exact nature of Casey's medical problem.
"I don't know the extent of what his health problems are, but I'm hoping and praying—we're all praying because we love him," he said. "He's doing pretty well. I saw him the other day. Happy to see him and hope that his health continues, because I mean, the guy is so talented. He's one of my favorites. So I think he's going to be all right."
Although Casey's health is improving, his future on Idol is unknown, but he doesn't hesitate to credit his fans for their part in inspiring his stellar performances. "The audience makes me feel really good," says Casey.
Speaking of favorites, some fans have not been so readily embracing Idol's resident dawg, claiming that Randy Jackson is this season's "mean judge." But that's a rep Randy doesn't want, and he took the panel discussion of the show as an opportunity to set the record straight on his judging style.
"I am not mean," he said. "Listen, I have always said I didn't like things, if people were terrible or it wasn't great before, it's just that maybe [now] I'm just one of the fewer ones saying it."
Regardless of what fans think, Randy says his bond with fellow panelists Jennifer Lopez and Steven has been unbreakable since a get-to-know-you dinner party hosted by Ryan Seacrest at his home before the start of season 10.
"Within five minutes...we got on like a house on fire," he laughed.
Steven, who we found out was the 40th or so person to be considered for the open judges' seats on the show this year, initially questioned how joining Idol would impact his Aerosmith career, but he revealed he's beyond happy with his new judging role.
"Stopping, and putting on the brakes and doing Idol, it gave me an arena to be who I really am," he said. "This is just how I am, always have been, it's just been kept under the hood of rock 'n' roll."
Are you happy Casey Abrams is back in the Idol mix? Do you love or loathe Steven Tyler as a judge? Who are you rooting for this week on Idol? Leave a comment and share your thoughts!

Warlocks (and Alec Baldwin) Want Charlie Sheen to Get His Act Together

Add the witches and warlocks of Salem, Mass. to the list of those who have had it up to here with the Sheenanigans.
As it turns out, the Coven of the Raven Moon was none too amused when Charlie Sheen announced he's a "Vatican assassin warlock" during a recent radio interview.
Hence, it was time for a five-minute "magical intervention."
The group felt that Sheen calling himself an "assassin warlock" cast peace-loving Wiccans in a bad light. In order to teach Sheen a lesson (and bind him from harming himself and others), the coven headed to a Salem witchcraft store and summoned the archangels of the four corners of the world, according to Variety.
"May you find healing and open your eyes; we bind you from harm in the craft of the wise," three coven members reportedly chanted after lighting candles and shaking a talisman head of Anubis.
But the bevy of beefs with the former Two and a Half Men star didn't stop there.
Alec Baldwin also had some tough love for the record-setting Twitterer.
"You can't win. Really. You. Can't," Baldwin wrote in an editorial for The Huffington Post. "Take a nap. Get a shower. Call Chuck. Go on Letterman and make an apology. Write a huge check to the B'Nai Brith. And then beg for your job back. Your fans demand it."
And that wasn't all.
"Sober up, Charlie. And get back on TV, if it's not too late. This is America. You want to really piss off Chuck and Warner Brothers and CBS? Beg for America's forgiveness. They will give it to you. And then go back. You are a great television star. And you've got the gig," Baldwin continued. "P.S.... buy Cryer a really nice car."

Japan Central Bank Pledges to Ensure Stability After Quake, Tsunami Strike

Prime Minister Naoto Kan mobilized Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and the central bank pledged to ensure financial stability after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Sendai, a city of 1 million, causing damage across the east coast of Japan. “I call on citizens to act calmly,” Kan told reporters in Tokyo after convening his emergency disaster response team. “The Self-Defense Forces are already mobilized in various places. The government is making its utmost effort to minimize the damage,” he said, saying later in a news conference that the impact was widespread.
The Ministry of Finance said it’s too soon to gauge the economic impact of the temblor, the world’s biggest in more than six years. Japan’s central bank set up an emergency task force and said it will do everything it can to provide ample liquidity. The BOJ, which has already cut its benchmark rate to zero in an effort to end deflation, had last month said the economy was poised to recover from a contraction in the fourth quarter.
“It’s early days but the horrific events in Japan bear very close watching from a financial perspective, given the bloated problems in Japan’s public sector,” Stephen Gallo, head of market analysis at Schneider Foreign Exchange in London, said in an e-mailed note. Kan, 64, had been in the midst of a political battle to approve financing for his budget as credit- rating companies warn the nation’s government to rein in the world’s biggest public debt.
Stocks Slide
Japan’s stocks slid 1.7 percent in Tokyo today as the earthquake struck less than half an hour before the market closed. The yen advanced 0.2 percent to 82.77 per dollar as of 5:07 p.m. in Tokyo. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped 1.4 percent as of 5:22 p.m. in Tokyo, with losses accelerating after the quake. Futures on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index fell 1 percent.
The central bank said in a statement that its settlement system was working and that it was able to settle all accounts today without disruption.
Televised footage showed a tsunami striking northeast Japan. Outside of Tokyo, Narita airport, the area’s main international gateway, closed, Kyodo News reported. Haneda, the main domestic airport, was reopened after closing earlier, according to Kyodo.
“Major damage occurred in the Tohoku area,” Kan said in a nationally televised address, referring to the northern region of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island. “We will work with all our might to ensure people’s safety and minimize the damage. I ask everyone to pay attention to TV and radio reports and act calmly. Some nuclear power plants automatically shut down, but so far we haven’t confirmed any leakage of radioactive material.”
The quake struck at 2:46 p.m. local time 130 kilometers (81 miles) off the coast of Sendai, north of Tokyo, at a depth of 24 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Service said. It was followed by a 7.1-magnitude aftershock at 4:25 p.m., the service said. Aftershocks continued to affect office buildings in Tokyo as recently as 5:21 p.m. local time.