Billionaire Oprah, 56, is launching her own cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network, next January, and last week called the scandal-hit Duchess to offer her a deal.

A source close to Sarah Ferguson said last night: ‘Oprah made the call this week. They spoke in person and, for Sarah, the offer is a ray of light at the end of a very dark tunnel.

‘Oprah has known Sarah for some time and the Duchess went on Oprah’s show to explain herself after her most recent scandal. Oprah has always been impressed by Sarah’s ability to pick herself up and reinvent herself.

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As Oprah Winfrey’s quarter-century run on daytime TV comes to a close, her new adventures may be accompanied by a TV film dramatizing her life.

Producer Larry A. Thompson is set to produce the two- or four-hour Winfrey film will be based on Kitty Kelley’s tell-all biography.

The TV project is expected to air in September 2011, which would coincide with the end of Winfrey’s weekday talk show.

Thompson has produced TV biopics about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and Sonny and Cher.

There is no word on who will play Oprah Winfrey but who would you like to see play this media mogul?

Amber Riley will then perform the “Star Spangled Banner”  prior to the All-Star Game.

Unlike the World Series game last fall where she was joined by her “Glee” castmates, this time she’ll be going solo.

The pre-game will also feature celebs like Charlize Theron, Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Harrison Ford, Sheryl Crow, Salma Hayek and Julia Roberts. They’ll be part of a video recognzing people honored by MLB for their community service.

When auditions closed June 26, 2010, there were more than 9,500 online videos and more than 6,100 contestants who came to open casting calls in New Jersey, Texas, California and Georgia. Over 143 million votes were cast online and the results were carefully verified by a third party before the winners of the online competition were announced.

Originally only five finalists were to be selected but due to the overwhelming response, OWN has decided to select the next three vote getters to join the other finalists at the final auditions in Los Angeles. The online finalists, in order of verified vote count, are:

• Jacqueline Wattimo of Waterton, MA with 9,360,096 votes.
• Dr. Phyllis Tucker-Wicks of Tampa, FL with 8,453,803 votes.
• Stacia Pierce of East Lansing, MI with 7,604,501 votes.
• Kornelius Bascombe of Raleigh, NC with 5,856,075 votes.
• Dr. Tony Roach of Abilene, TX with 3,842,648 votes.
• Maria Holloway of Miami, FL with 3,796,219 votes.
• Zach Anner of Austin, TX with 3,484,018 votes.
• Jasbina Ahluwalia of Oak Brook, IL with 2,728,232 votes.

Contestants selected to appear on the show in January will be one step away from living out their dreams.  Challenges will range from booking interviews and researching story ideas, to successfully completing an actual screen test. The person selected to be the winner will receive a 6-episode commitment for his or her own show, executive produced by Mark Burnett, and scheduled to premiere on OWN in 2011.

TV personality Nene Leakes stepped behind the bar to serve up a couple of drinks to patrons as well.

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